Current, online version of the definitive dictionary of the English language. Traces the evolution of a word over time.

A collection of reference works including poetry and quotation indexes, full-text for the Bible and Shakespeare, dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Searchable online reference books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and quotation books in many subject areas.

A collection of electronic reference books in the Sciences, Social Sciences, History, Religion, Business, Multicultural Studies and Arts.

Searchable access to over 200 Oxford University Press reference sources.

"Data.gov starts an exciting new chapter in its evolution to make government data more accessible and usable than ever before."

Data sets in social sciences. (You must create a MyData account to download data.)

Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history. Users can customize, save, share, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages for further analysis and use in reports and presentations.
For further information and tutorials, visit the Social Explorer Guide.

A comprehensive collection of statistics related to social, political and economic conditions in the United States. Published annually by the government since 1878; as of 2013 published by Proquest. Updated monthly.

Online version of Encyclopedia Britannica, with links to recommended web sites.

(Provided through NJ State Library; also available through jerseyclicks.org)
Useful for EXAMPLES of persuasive/point of view essays.
Full-text series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

Author biographies, work overviews, literary criticism and bibliographies.

One of the best sources for finding and verifying famous quotations. Scroll down to the Search within work box to search quotations.

ARTstor is a digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. The collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists’ estates.

Reference work for art; includes Grove Art Online; The Oxford Companion to Western Art; Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and others.

Online music reference work. Includes Grove Music Online; Oxford Dictionary of Music; Oxford Companion to Music, etc.