Research

This resource offers an extensive collection of scholarly journal abstracts and full-text articles on a wide range of subjects including biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, religion, and more.

Access to this database is provided by the New Jersey State Library.

Complete electronic editions of more than 700 U.S. Newspapers, including The Record (1985-current) and The Star-Ledger (1989-current).

Ancestry® Library Edition delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. The world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource is now available for your use at the Wood-Ridge Memorial Library. Unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more. Sign up at the Circulation Desk to use a library computer, or bring your own laptop or tablet to access Ancestry via the Library’s Wi-Fi.

Biography In Context offers a user-friendly portal experience for those seeking content on the world’s most influential people. Learners can explore more than 650,000 biographical entries of international figures from every time period and area of study.

This online resource pairs classic animated storybooks from Weston Woods with nonfiction ebooks from Scholastic to build real-world knowledge and early literacy skills. BookFlix® encourages a love of reading and learning among early readers in pre-K through grade 3.

This database provides full-text coverage of scholarly business, management, and economics journals and covers such topics as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, and more. It also includes a collection of business publications and company profiles from MarketLine.

Access to this database is provided by the New Jersey State Library.

Consumer Reports offers consumer protection and product reviews and includes articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics, and the judicial and regulatory actions that affect consumers.

CultureGrams is a leading reference for concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries around the globe. It includes the World Edition, Kids Edition, States Edition, and Canadian Provinces Edition.

eLibrary simplifies the research process, empowering novice researchers to more easily and efficiently choose their research topic and find authoritative information to support their research claim. Organized by topic, and ideal for students, this is a massive collection of multidisciplinary content, 100% full-text, including documents from books, magazines, journals, newspapers, photographs, transcripts, and videos.

The Education Resource Information Center, or ERIC, provides access to education literature and resources. It contains more than 1.4 million records and 337,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.

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This collection for educators provides access to lesson plans, student tools, curriculum standards, full-text articles from high-quality educational journals, and more.

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This resource includes the full text of popular elementary school magazines, children’s encyclopedia entries, and more. All complete articles are assigned reading level indicators (Lexiles). In addition to articles, this resource also includes more than a million images, including photos, maps, and flags.

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This resource is designed for teens and adults. It offers an extensive collection of full-text articles from leading magazines and reference books.

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This search tool is designed for students in grades 6-12. It offers magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, and more.

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This encyclopedia offers easy-to-read encyclopedic entries specifically designed for kids. Over 25,000 entries are available on a wide range of topics.

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This database offers a step-by-step approach to addressing basic legal matters, such as developing a will, conducting real estate transactions including rental or lease agreements, and more. Users have access to thousands of customizable online legal documents by simply downloading the appropriate form and plugging in their information.

This resource offers over 600,000 indexes, abstracts, and full-text articles on topics including global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Access to this database is provided by the New Jersey State Library.

HeritageQuest® Online delivers a collection of American genealogical and historical sources, with coverage dating back to the 1700s. It consists of:

• U.S. Federal Censuses feature the original images of every extant federal census in the United States, from 1790 through 1940
• Genealogy and local history books and directories deliver more than 40,000 family histories, local histories, city directories, and other books.
• Revolutionary War records contains original images from pension and bounty land warrant application files help to identify more than 80,000 American Army, Navy, and Marine officers and enlisted men from the Revolutionary War era.
• Freedman’s Bank Records, with more than 480,000 names of bank applicants, their dependents, and heirs from 1865–1874, and full-page register views.  It offers valuable data that can provide important clues to tracing African American ancestors prior to and immediately after the U.S. Civil War. It is considered one of the most important resources for African-American genealogical research.

HeritageQuest® Online may be accessed either within the Library or remotely with your Wood-Ridge Memorial Library card number.

Study the progression of events over time by browsing issues of The New York Times, which offers coverage from 1851-2015, including news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more.

Hoopla is a digital collection of over 200,000 streaming and downloadable movies, TV shows, music, and audiobooks that you can access on your computer or download to a portable device.

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The image collection consists of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.

find thousands of magazine and journal articles, primary sources, educational videos, encyclopedia articles, eBooks and more in just seconds. Need help? Check out this guide.

This comprehensive collection of job and career resources offers everything needed to create professional and competitive resumes and cover letters, search for jobs, give professional interviews, and more.

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Kanopy is an on-demand film streaming service showcasing more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema. Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku. Wood-Ridge Memorial Library card holders receive four play credits per month, with each play allowing 72 hours of unlimited access to the film. Register for Kanopy with your name, e-mail address, and Wood-Ridge library card number.

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Kanopy Kids features a curated selection of educational and enriching videos with developmentally appropriate, age-based ratings from Common Sense Media, as well as additional parental controls. Kanopy Kids highlights films and TV series that inspire and inform, helping children develop empathy, mindfulness, and self-esteem through entertaining and educational videos. Both Kanopy and Kanopy Kids are available on any computer, television, or mobile device, with apps for Roku, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, iOS, and Android.

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LearningExpress Library features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help patrons of all ages, offering:

• Test preparation for the PSAT®, SAT®, ACT®, and AP® college entrance exams
• Test preparation for the GED®, TASC®, and HiSET® high school equivalency exams
• Test preparation for the TOEFL iBT® and United States citizenship exams
• Computer and Internet basics, popular software programs and social media
• Job search and workplace skills improvement
• Skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science
• Career certification and licensure exam prep

This product offers access to hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. It covers a wide range of topics, including business and corporations, family affairs and divorce, immigration and travel, financial planning, copyrights, property and real estate, rights and disputes, wills and estate planning, and more.

Access to this database is provided by the New Jersey State Library.

Read eBooks and listen to audiobooks instantly from our digital collection. Try the new Libby app on your phone or tablet! You can also enjoy titles from our OverDrive website on your computer, Kindle or eReader.

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Supported Devices

• Android devices (4.0 / 4.4 or higher)
• Apple iOS devices (9.0 or higher)
• Windows 8/10 devices
• Kindle eReaders & Fire tablets
• Kobo eReaders
• Nook tablets & eReaders
• PCs, Macs, & Chromebooks

This database includes indexes on over 700 journals, books, research reports, author profiles, and more. It covers subjects including librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more.

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This comprehensive database includes the full text of over a million plot summaries, synopses, work overviews, literary criticism articles and essays, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, poems, short stories, author interviews, classic texts, and more.

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Literature Resource Center offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 150,000 writers in all disciplines, time periods, and regions of the world.

This database covers virtually every subject area and offers the full text for over 1,050 general reference publications, 52 reference books, and an image collection of over 502,000 photos, maps, and flags.

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This resource includes the full text of thousands of popular middle school magazines, biographies, historical essays, primary source documents, and more. The reading level of all included articles is indicated.

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This resource covers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, offering a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.

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This is an award-winning educational program that assists young learners in building foundational literacy skills and preparing for Kindergarten. Designed for children ages 3 to 6, Miss Humblebee’s Academy employs friendly cartoon characters to guide learning activities, making it a fun and easy-to-use, with lessons spanning all major academic subjects.

This tool offers information on a wide variety of fiction titles, lists of award-winning books, book discussion guides, book talk guides, recommended reads, and more.

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This tool is designed for students in grades K-8 and offers reading lists, searchable lists of award-winning titles, series coverage, curriculum support, and the ability to search for books by a variety of criteria including Lexile scores, subject, author, popularity, and more.

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We offer eBooks and audiobooks through OverDrive, free with your library card. Read on phones, tablets, computers and eReaders including Kindle from our OverDrive website or on mobile devices using the Libby app.

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Supported Devices

• Android devices (4.0 / 4.4 or higher)
• Apple iOS devices (9.0 or higher)
• Windows 8/10 devices
• Kindle eReaders & Fire tablets
• Kobo eReaders
• Nook tablets & eReaders
• PCs, Macs, & Chromebooks

This collection covers current social topics and contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including essays, leading political magazines, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books.

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This resource includes the full text of popular elementary school magazines, children’s dictionary entries, and more. The reading level of all included full-text articles is indicated.

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This resource provides detailed, current directory information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses, 102 million U.S. residents, 683,000 U.S. healthcare providers, 1 million Canadian business, and 11 million Canadian residents.

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Una base de datos completa de habla hispana, que ofrece contenido de una variedad de contenido incluyendo 49,000 entradas enciclopedicas, más de 100,000 imágenes, 2,500 informes sobre la salud, un diccionario español-inglés y texto completo para más de 100 libros de referencia y docenas de revistas de interés general en una amplia gama de áreas temáticas.

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This database is updated daily and provides full-text coverage of regional business publications, including 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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This resource provides a proven language learning immersion method trusted for over 20 years.

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This database offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.

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This resource for educators provides indexing and abstracts of periodicals and covers topics such as assessment, best practices, continuing education, current research, curriculum development, literacy standards, and more.

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Provides access to the five most respected regional and national American newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times in full-text format. Offers users thorough and timely coverage of local, national, and global events. Archives available as follows:

The New York Times – 1980 to present
The Wall Street Journal – 1984 to present
The Washington Post – 1987 to present
Chicago Tribune – 1985 to present
Los Angeles Times – 1985 to present