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Online Databases

(paid for by the Library of The Chathams, the M.A.I.N. Library Network or the NJ State Library)
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Database Name and Description - 
Library Access
(click on dot)
Home Access
(click on dot)
Ancestry Library - 
A Geneology Resource
Biography Collection Complete - 
A Comprehensive Collection of Full-Text Biographies
Bloom's Literary Reference Online
Search authors, works, themes and images.
ColumbiaGranger's World of Poetry -
Index to Poetry with Commentaries, Full-text Poems and Biographies

Columbia Grangers
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volumes 1-305 -
Criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers

Contemporary Literary Criticism
Curriculum Resource Center (Facts on File) -
Projects, Diagrams, and Information for School Teachers and Students
The World Almanac for Kids Online -
Printable Handouts for the Classroom, Experiments and more
Daily Life Online -


Daily Life Through History,DailLife in America, Folklore & Folklife Databases

Facts on File - History Database Center


A Suite of 7 History Databases

Fishawack Papers -


Collection of Papers on the History of Chatham, NJ (requires Adobe Reader)

Historical New York Times 1851-2005


Full text of the New York Times since 1885 (Please use ProQuest for 2006-Present)

History Reference Center  (EBSCO) -
Full Text Reference Books, Encyclopedias, etc. From Leading History Publishers
History Resource Center - American Immigration (Salem Press) - 


Offers multiple fields for refining searches including curriculum, category, and geographical location.

History Resource Center US (Thomson Gale)- 


Access over 4000 Historical Documents, Articles and reference works  from pre-Colonial times to the present.

History Resource CenterWorld (Thomson Gale)- 


Global coverage of history, includes primary source material.

LitFinder - 


Index, Text, and Commentaries for Essays, Poems, and Short Stories

Literary Reference Center -
 

Literary Criticism, Plot Summaries, Author Info; Includes Magills.
NoveList Plus - Suggestions for Reading -

Find Your Next Good Read
NoveList K-8 -

Suggestions for Younger Readers
Prices4Antiques -


Information and Prices for Antiques

Salem History -
American Immigration
Great Events (20th century 1902-2000)
Milestone Documents in World History

World Folklore and Folklife
Information on Rituals, Myths, Legends, and Festivals


Listen To A Book - 
Downloadable Audiobooks


New Book Newsletter


Electronic versions of classic literature


Search the Internet


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This presentation written and maintained by staff of the Library of The Chathams. Last updated  by Tom Gray.
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