Remote Services
REFERENCE: (973) 285-6969 or e-mail AskaLibrarian ....library catalog ..or ..request material not owned in Morris County. The ID number for the databases and the catalog is the 13 digit number on the back of your library card. Enter it without the spaces. Need a library card?
Jersey Clicks searches multiple databases and offers chat reference service. Which database to use?


AUTOMOTIVEAutomotive Repair Reference Center: 61,660 vehicles, 1945 to date; 205,000+ drawings/photos; 130,000+ wiring diagrams
BIOGRAPHYAmerican Natl Biography, deceased, from Oxford Univ. Press. (Call (973) 285-6969 or e-mail Reference for password.)
Biography Collection Complete, from EBSCO
BUSINESSReferenceUSA* Needs firewall off. ( Online tutorial. )
(See also Regional Business News and Business Source Elite (8,800 magazines) in EBSCO for articles and company profiles from DataMonitor).
CURRENT EVENTSFacts.com offers World News Digest, Issues and Controversies (good for debates!) and Today's Science. Please contact Reference (973-285-6969) for password.
EN ESPANOLInforme!* Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
GENEALOGYProQuest's HeritageQuest* (see under Genealogy)
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
CountryWatch, geopolitics of 193 nations. Call (973) 285-6969 or e-mail Reference for password.
FACTS ON FILE: includes
History Center: also offers special collections in African American, Native American and Women's history. (Online tutorial)
Geography (maps/flags)
See also, History Reference Center
HEALTHHealth Reference Center. For articles, use EBSCO for Health Source, Academic/Nursing or Consumer editions, and Clinical Pharmacology.
LITERARY CRITICISMLiterary Reference Online-- authors, works, characters, definitions of literary terms, movements, groups
NoveList*
Literary Reference Center* --criticism, plot summaries, author biographies. (See screen shot.)
MAGAZINESArticles can also be e-mailed from the databases.
#1 EBSCOhost* 3,000 magazines indexed, 1,700 full text online; includes health, business and children's databases and in-depth records for selected businesses.
(See screen snapshot.)

#2 ProQuest: magazines, many full text, in business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. Some titles go back to 1971. Pick your town to log in

NEWSPAPERS*Custom Newspapers: full text of the New York Times, (Newark) Star Ledger, The Bergen Record, Los Angeles Times and The Times (London) among others.
For Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, LA and NY Times, etc. use ProQuest, above.
Newspaper Source, in EBSCO offers 25 international/national newspapers.
SCIENCE GreenFILE, enviromnental database
Science Online, diagrams, timelines, essays, biographies, definitions. (Online tutorial)
Science Reference Center
REFERENCE Bookmark the online reference web or call (973) 285-6969 (RefDesk).
Click on Ask! anywhere in the MCL web.
NJ LOCATIONS--Which NJ libraries have the magazines you need?
Rutgers titles are listed separately, in their online catalog. Use JerseyCat to search for books throughout the state. *These databases funded by the NJ State Library.

Don't have a library card? Morris County residents get one at their local libraries. If you work in Morris County, ask about a courtesy card at the public library in the town where you work or talk to our Circulation staff.

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Which database to use?

Business:
Try Reference USA to find services/businesses, develop client lists or find possible employers. See also BusinessSource database in EBSCO for articles from business magazines.

School/elementary
K-2 can use Searchasaurus in EBSCO: graphical interface, online encyclopedia and articles from Weekly Reader, Junior Scholastic, etc.

School/middle

HS/College

There are a few databases in the library from which material can be mailed to you. Drop us a note if you can't find what you need in these 10 databases.

Return to the online resources.


http://www.mclib.info/remote.html
Morris County Library, Whippany, NJ
11 October 2001, updated 1 July 2005