Resources
Our Link Directory
- Our Link Directory A list of links Avalon Library recommends that may not be resources.
Antiques & Collectibles
Prices4Antiques Reference is a price guide database for antiques and collectibles. It combines sale information from a number of highly-regarded auction houses to establish fair and accurate market prices on antiques and collectibles of all kinds. It's also loaded with great pictures! To enter Prices4Antiques Reference from outside the library, Click here and enter your library card number.
Auto Repair
Auto Repair Reference Center
The Auto Repair Reference Center database includes automotive repair information supplied by Point 5 Technologies, Inc., under license from Nichols Publishing, the former publisher of Chilton® Information and information from Delphi Integrated Service Solutions. Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945.
Content includes over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photos, aprox. 75,000 technical service bulletins and recalls, over 130,000 wiring diagrams, specifications and maintenance schedules, Labor Time Guide and Estimator.
Biography
Biography Collection Complete Search for biographies of current famous people and historical figures.
Books
Avalon Library Blog Check out what's new at the library. Read staff book reviews. Add your own comments!
Books In Print is large database of books that are currently in print. It includes publication information, reviews, and excerpts.
Literary Reference Center Allows you to search for literature articles, book reviews, literary cricism, speeches, and bibliographies.
Novelist Plus (Fiction and Non-fiction) is a unique fiction and non-fiction database. Its purpose is to help you find new fiction and non-fiction by comparing books you have already read and enjoyed. Novelist Plus also provides study guides, reading level appropriate material, book group discussion questions, author websites, book reviews, and more!
SJRLC Audiobook Downloads Select from hundreds of fiction and nonfiction titles and listen to audiobooks either on your computer or download to your Windows Media compatible MP3 player (*audiobook downloads are not compatible with Apple computers or with IPod players). Some titles can be burned to compact disc.
Databases in Other Languages
Informé is a Spanish language database incorporating a Thesaurus and articles from popular Spanish language magazines. It is accessible from outside the library with your library card.
DIY Databases
Do-It-Yourself databases including home improvement and auto repair.
Home Improvement Reference Center Home Improvement Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for home improvement assistance, including: maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, wood projects, outdoor improvements, decorating home & garden, etc. This comprehensive resource contains 26 major reference works in full text with more than 10,000 images (none found available online anywhere else). Additionally, the database contains full-text magazines (e.g. This Old House). Remote access is available for library patrons for use from home.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center Small Engine Repair Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. This comprehensive resource contains 407 reference books in full text with original photos and illustrations that guide the user through every job. The database often contains more than 25 years of an engine model, and offers assistance in providing routine maintenance, such as tune-ups and brake service, as well as extensive repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly. Also, the database allows users to select a type of product, specific brand, specific model/engine type, and specific area of that model/engine type. Additionally, model numbers will also be searchable.
Finance & Money
Fine Arts
African American Song Database With jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression represented, African American Song brings 50,000 tracks of music to the ears of library patrons and music scholars. It’s the first online resource to document the history of African American music in the form of an online music listening service. Users search using a powerful interface, identify the music and performances they want to hear, and click to listen through speakers or headphones.
American Song is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. This release includes 1,063 albums, equalling 18,194 tracks, growing regularly.
Classical Music Library is an ever-growing, fully searchable classical music resource—a comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to on the Internet. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information. Unlike other resources on the Web, Classical Music Library is the only audio service developed exclusively with the needs of librarians in mind. It’s also the only dedicated library resource offering music licensed from major labels. Users browse, search, click, and then listen to the music over the Internet.
Opera in Video contains 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon. The collection presents an overview of the most commonly studied operas in music history, opera literature, and performance classes. Multiple performances and stagings worldwide of the major operas allow for analysis of stage design, vocal techniques, roles, and musical interpretation across time periods, opera houses, and conductors.
Smithsonian Global Sound is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms. The database includes an extraordinary array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds.
Theater in Video contains more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video—more than 500 hours in all. These definitive performances, by leading actors and directors, have been painstakingly licensed from a wide range of copyright holders. They are now delivered to you over the Internet, in a revolutionary new format developed specifically for drama. For the first time, students, instructors, and researchers can bookmark specific scenes, monologues, and staging examples and then include those online links in their papers and course reserves.
Genealogy
NEWFootnote History and Genealogy Archives Plus
combines an unprecedented collection of original historical documents and personal histories, creating a unique historical and genealogical resource. This database offers a vast, growing array of valuable and unique content currently consisting of over 60 million pages of historical documents, including millions of records available from a content partnership with the National Archives and other institutions.In addition, Footnote History and Genealogy Archives Plus offers access to several very special and unique collections, including:
America's Genealogy Bank Easily search and browse millions of genealogies, obituaries, marriage and birth announcements and more from 1652 to the present. Includes historical newspapers, books and documents, along with modern obituaries and the Social Security Death Index.
America's Historical Newspapers
Access to thousands of historical newspaper articles, perfect for gathering background information for your genealogical research.
America's Historical Newspapers Access to thousands of historical newspaper articles.
America's Obituaries and Death Index is a nation-wide database of death notices and obituaries.
Ancestry.com Library Edition is the definitive genealogy database. It is available only inside the library.
General Reference
Access World News is a world-wide newspaper database. It is accessible from outside the library with your library card number as a login. Find local news articles too from the Press of Atlantic City (1988-Present), The Philadelphia Inquirer (1981-Present) and the New York Times (2000-Present), among thousands of other newspapers.
Custom Newspapers contains full-text articles from the New York Times and many other national and international newspapers. It is accessible from outside the library with your library card.
EBSCOhost Web is a broad, multidisciplinary research database. Incorporating an encyclopedia, thousands of magazine and journal articles, education and business resources, grade-level specific materials for schoolchildren, medical information and much, much more, EBSCOhost is very often the only database you need. To access EBSCOhost Web from inside the library, click here.
Encyclopedia Britannica Full-text access to the Encyclopedia Britannica. To access Britannica from inside the library, please click here.
Points of View Reference Center provides articles and information on specific topics, such as Presidential Elections, Abortion, Alternative Medicine, etc., in order to help you support your stance on a particular issue or for you to determine your stance on an issue. Adds essay help if you are writing on the topic. This is particularly helpful for high school students.
Science Reference Center Research the latest in science news, specifiying Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, and Life Science. Also search specific publications, like Science and Nature, for full-text articles.
TOPICsearch Find articles by specific topics--current events such as Iraq, or the 2008 political campaign. Also search for information about topics like alchol abuse, energy, global warming, health and wellness, etc.
World Book Online Reference Center The premier online reference source-containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more. With state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, editor- reviewed Web sites, and more. Access age-specific articles plus academic research material! Sign in using your library card number, located on the back of your library card.
Health and Medicine
Health Reference Center from Facts on File boasts a visually appealing interface that is clearly organized and easy to navigate. This user-friendly database includes more than 585 educational videos on a wide range of health topics; more than 1,100 searchable and browsable color illustrations; and a "Health in the News" section with regularly updated health news articles. This invaluable resource provides reliable information on today's most pressing health topics and key social concerns.
PLOS Medicine A peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science.
PubMed Central Full text articles relating to medicine and science, provided by the National Institutes of Health.
History
America's Historical Newspapers Access to thousands of historical newspaper articles.
History Reference Center Find articles through Ebsco on particular historical events in the United States and the world.
Kids' Databases
Biography Collection Complete Search for biographies of current famous people and historical figures. You can limit the articles by grade levels, 5-8 and 9-12.
Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids Full-text access to the Encyclopedia Britannica. For access within the library, please click here.
NoveList Plus K-8 Book reviews, discussion questions, information about authors and suggested fiction and non-fiction reading for specific grades
Science Reference Center Research the latest in science news, specifiying Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, and Life Science. Also search specific publications, like Science and Nature, for full-text articles.You can limit results by grade level, between grades 5 and 8 and grades 9-12.
Searchasaurus is a research database specifically designed for kids in grades K-8.
Sidekicks A graphic novel and comic review site for kids, created and maintained by librarian Robin Brenner
TOPICsearch Find articles by specific topics--current events such as Iraq, or the 2008 political campaign. Also search for information about topics like alchol abuse, energy, global warming, health and wellness, etc. Articals can be limited by grade level, 5-8 and 9-12.
Tumble Readables
Allows beginning readers to easily read along, following clear and simple sentences. 125 Read-Along titles (and an additional 100 large print online titles): picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle school readers, YA/teen novels, children's classics and Shakespeare.
Tumblebooks is an online collection of animated, talking picturebooks, reading comprehension quizzes, educational games, and teacher resources. Children will love the format. Stories are available in French, Spanish, Chinese, and English.
Tutor.com Live help with your homework provided by certified tutors. Available from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
World Book Online Reference Center Access frequently updated information on all topics found in the print version of the World Book Encyclopedia. Also find fantastic references for New Jersey-specific curriculum.
Language
Tell Me More Languages
Immerse yourself in a new language or spruce up your existing skills with the Tell Me More Language database from Auralog. Learn French, English (British and American), Spanish (Latin Am. and European), Italian, German, and Dutch at home and at your own pace. Tell Me More provides well-rounded instruction in speaking, listening and writing plus provides bonus cultural material to complete your education.
Newspaper Articles
Access World News is a world-wide newspaper database. It is accessible from outside the library with your library card number as a login. Find local news articles too from the Press of Atlantic City (1988-Present), The Philadelphia Inquirer (1981-Present) and the New York Times (2000-Present), among thousands of other newspapers.
America's Historical Newspapers Access to thousands of historical newspaper articles.
Obituaries
America's Obituaries and Death Notices is a nation-wide database of death notices and obituaries.