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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)
You will be asked to enter your Chatham library card number to access these databases - please enter it with no spaces.


Database Name and Description - 
Library Access
(click on dot)
Home Access
(click on dot)
Biography Collection Complete - 
 
A Comprehensive Collection of Full-Text Biographies
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry -


Index to Poetry with Commentaries, Full-text Poems and Biographies

Columbia Grangers
Contemporary Authors (archival, accessed through JerseyClicks)


1.Click Custom Search.   2. Clear the default checkmarks.
3.Place a Checkmark in front of Contemporary Authors
4.Enter the author's name into the text box and choose
Author/Creator from the dropdown menu.  
5.Click Search

Daily Life Online –


Daily Life Through History + World Cultures Today
Facts.com -


Historical Almanac

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 6.0)

HeritageQuest -


Genealogy, Local History, and Pre-1930 Census Information

Historical New York Times 1851-2004 -


Full Text of the New York Times back to 1851

 
History Reference Center  (EBSCO) -
 
Full Text Reference Books, Encyclopedias, etc. From Leading History Publishers
History Resource Center US (Thomson Gale)- 


Access over 4000 Historical Documents, Articles and reference works  from pre-Colonial times to the present.

History Resource Center World (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

Prices4Antiques -


Information and Prices for Antiques

Twayne’s Authors
 
Critical Information from the Twayne Literary Criticism Series
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


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This presentation written and maintained by staff of the Library of The Chathams. Last updated by Joan Hipp and Kris Keyser.

This material copyright 2008, Library of The Chathams