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Type in the barcode number from your Verona Public Library card for complete access to the following databases:

   General reference

Encyclopædia Britannica
This database provides the full content of the current Encyclopædia Britannica as well as the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, video clips, quotations, and links to more than 130,000 websites.
Provided by the Friends of the Verona Public Library

*To access this dictionary outside of the Library, contact us for password information.

 

 

 

 

Oxford English Dictionary Online

The Oxford English Dictionary is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words from the English language.  The OED is a historical dictionary that traces the chronological evolution of a word rather than just its current and most common definition.  Updated quarterly.

Type in a quick search below: 

Oxford English Dictionary
RefDesk is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.  This is a useful site for quick reference help on a wide variety of topics.

Great Lives from History:
Inventors and Inventions
Great Lives from History:  Inventors and Inventions
In-depth critical essays on important men and women inventors of all time, from around the world.

   Newspaper and magazine articles

EBSCO
Full-text articles from over 1,700 popular periodicals.  Also included are general reference information,  health, history & biography resources, photographs, maps, and more.  Updated daily.  Articles may be printed or e-mailed.
Star-Ledger
New Jersey's largest circulated newspaper.  Full-text articles from 1/1/1996 - present.

InfoTrac
Custom Newspapers by Thompson-Gale.  Included are the New York Times and The Bergen Record.

¡Informé!
Full-text Spanish language articles on many subjects: cultural and lifestyle issues, health, parenting, entertainment, and current events.
Historical New York Times
New York Daily Times (1851 - 1857)
New York Times (1857 - 3 yrs. before current year)
ProQuest.com ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Search historical articles and photographs by era, the day in history, or notable people.  Newspapers include The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times & others.
Verona-Cedar Grove Times
Available in library only
Searchable database (1948 - 1999); more current years on CD-Rom (2000 - present).  Articles and photos may be printed, saved and e-mailed.

  

   Literary criticism

Contemporary Authors
Complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Criticism on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers who are now living or who died after 1959. 
Additional book reviews and literary criticism can also be found in the periodical databases listed above (EBSCO, InfoTrac, and Informé).

   What to read next

NoveList
Wondering what to read next?  Find book suggestions and reading lists based on your own preferences.  Search by author, genre, plot, characters, or "read-alikes" of your favorite authors.  

   Live Reference Assistance 

QandA NJ
Submit your question to a live reference librarian any time of the day or night.  Courtesy of the New Jersey State Library.  View their commercial on YouTube.

Many thanks to the New Jersey State Library for funding the EBSCO databases, InfoTrac, Informé & HeritageQuest.  To search all of these databases at once, visit JerseyClicks.

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