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| Access Video on Demand
Watch documentaries, educational films or helpful how-to videos from home on your computer or mobile device. Access Video offers streaming video on demand covering a wide-range of subjects available anywhere or anytime you have an internet connection. From arts & humanities to science, mathematics, and technology, you will ind your favorites from top-quality producers such as BBC, the History Channel, and NOVA all with easy search and browse op
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Accessible Archives
Full text access to 18th and 19th century newspapers including the Pennsylvania Gazette (1738-1800). Primary sources covering the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Women’s Suffrage movement, and more. Includes 19th and early 20th century county histories from throughout the United States including Salter’s 1890 A History Of Monmouth And Ocean Counties and Ellis’s 1885 History Of Monmouth County, New Jersey . Other digitiz
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| African-American History Online (Facts on File Online)
Explore more than 500 years of the African-American experience. Browse by topic or timeline. Contains articles, essays, biographies, images, primary sources and timelines.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| America's Obituaries
Find obituaries and death notices from over 600 U.S. newspapers (coverage varies depending on the newspaper).
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| American History Online (Facts on File Online)
Find firsthand knowledge of American History with primary documents. Search and browse by topic and by era from pre-Colonial America to the present with articles, maps, graphs, videos, biographies and timelines.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| American Indian History Online (Facts on File Online)
Imagine—15,000 years of American Indian history are crammed into one resource! Search by tribe, by cultural area, or by time period. Includes biographies, timelines, images, maps, charts, primary sources and traditional stories and legends.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Ancestry Library Edition
Only available inside any library branch.
Discover billions of family history records including census, birth, marriage, death, military, immigration, and more. Start your genealogy search for free inside any library.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Ancient and Medieval History Online (Facts on File Online)
The history of ancient and medieval Africa, Near East and Asia, Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages in Europe, the Medieval Islamic world and North and South America before Columbus. Subjects in the topic centers include art, cities, economics, geography, government, literature, religion, and science. Includes primary sources, maps, videos and timelines.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Asbury Park Press (1905 – 2011) Historical Digitized Newspaper by Proquest
Description: Search the news coverage of the major local newspaper for over 100 years. Every page is digitized so every word and image is as originally published. More recent back issues are available as full text only in the databases Asbury Park Press (2012 – present) and in US Newsstream. Available for use remotely as well as in every library location
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Black Americans Reference Library
Learn about the Black American experience. Gale’s collection of reference books covers everything from the daily life of the slave, to literature to the pioneers who have broken the color barrier. It’s all here on your online library.
This database is provided through funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Black Freedom Struggle
Primary documents related to African American history from the early days of the Abolitionist Movement, Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement and more. Includes more than 2,000 unique documents from newspaper articles, pamphlets, letters, legal cases and government documents.
This database has been made freely available to all by ProQuest.
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| Facts on File Online
Search across multiple history databases within Facts on File Online in an instant. Subject choices include: American History, American Indian History, American Women's History, Modern World History, Ancient and Medieval History and African-American History.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library
Imagine a comprehensive reference library right at your fingertips; it’s all here- encyclopedias, almanacs and reference books on a wide variety of topics including movie reviews, college scholarships, the Vietnam War, Catholicism, endangered species and small business information.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| HeritageQuest
Family history and genealogy online collection includes Census records, a family and local histories book collection, city directories, military records, immigration records, the Social Security Death Index, Revolutionary War Pensions, Freedman’s Bank records and more.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| History Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
From Mayan civilization to the dawn of the new millennium, this resource covers all aspects of history. Includes books, magazines, historical documents, biographies, maps, videos and photos.
This database is funded by the Ocean County Library
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| Modern World History Online (Facts on File Online)
Get the real story on Che and Castro, Mozart and Mao, plagues and peace treaties. The people, places, and events from the mid-15th century to the present are all covered here. Biographies, timelines, maps and charts, pictures and primary sources will allow you to research a particular occurrence or individual in greater depth than you ever thought possible.
This database is provided through funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| New Jersey Courier Digital Archive 1852 – 1922
Access the Courier family of newspapers remotely or from within the library. Explore issues of the Ocean Emblem, New Jersey Courier, Ocean Monmouth and Burlington Fruit Grower, and New Jersey Courier from December 10, 1852 through December 29, 1922. A custom search feature is planned.
This digital archive is provided through a grant from the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission in partnership with the Ocean County Library.
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| New York Times Digital Access: in-library
NYTimes.com is a multiplatform news resource that provides unlimited access to New York Times content, including breaking news, multimedia, opinion, blogs, videos, and more. Access is available inside all library locations without restriction, while a valid OCL library card is required for remote access. This database is provided through funding from the Ocean County Library.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| New York Times Digital Access: remote (Login required - click here)
NYTimes.com is a multiplatform news resource that provides unlimited access to New York Times content, including breaking news, multimedia, opinion, blogs, videos, and more. Access is available inside all library locations without restriction, while a valid OCL library card is required for remote access.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| New York Tribune/Herald Tribune (1841 – 1962) – Historical Newspaper Archive by ProQuest
For genealogy, history and research, search the everyday news coverage of the newspaper in direct competition with the New York Times for over 100 years. Politics, society, sports, major events, obituaries and more.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Philadelphia Inquirer (1860 – 2001) – Historical Newspaper Archive by ProQuest
For genealogy, history and research, search the everyday coverage of a major Philadelphia newspaper for more than a century including considerable New Jersey news. Politics, society, sports, major events, obituaries and more. More recent back issues of the Philadelphia Inquirer are available in US Newsstream.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Proquest Online
All the Proquest collections at once. Includes hundreds of current newspapers from the Asbury Park Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, five historic newspaper archives (The New York Times, Boston Globe, New York Herald Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post), Available remotely with your library barcode.
These databases are provided through funding from Ocean County Library.
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| The Boston Globe (1872-1985) – Historical Newspapers Archive by ProQuest
For genealogy, history and research, search the everyday news coverage of the major newspaper of New England for more than a century. Politics, society, sports, major events, obituaries and more. More recent back issues of the Boston Globe are available in US Newsstream.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| The New York Times with Index (1851 – 2013) – Historical Newspapers Archive by ProQuest
For genealogy, history and research, search the everyday news coverage of the newspaper of record for more than 150 years. Click on the Topics button to browse the famous New York Times Index to identify the important articles on a topic with short summaries. Politics, society, sports, major events, obituaries and more. More recent back issues of the New York Times are available in US Newsstream.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| Trenton Times Historical Archive
Explore more than a century of valuable reporting on people, places and events from a major New Jersey newspaper that includes many major Ocean County news stories. Genealogists with any interest in New Jersey or eastern Pennsylvania families, history teachers, journalists or anyone with an interest in NJ history will find information here they’ll find nowhere else. There is easy to use full text searching in this digital resource. Dates includ
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| Tuckerton Beacon Digital Archive 1917-1987
Within any Ocean County Library location, search the digitized issues of the Tuckerton Beacon from 1917-1987. Because of copyright restrictions, remote users may only access issues from 1917 to 1922. This digital archive would not have been possible without the partnership between the Great John Mathis Foundation/Bass River Historical Society, the Asbury Park Press – Gannett Co. and the Ocean County Library.
To access years 1917 to 1922 from home: Click here.
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| Universal Class for Libraries
Learn something new today! Continuing education courses free with an Ocean County Library card. Offers remote, 24/7 access via the Internet, real instructors, connecting with other students and continuing education units on selected courses. Classes offered include medical billing, computer skills, office skills including Microsoft Word and Excel, self-help, GED training, psychology, parenting, arts and crafts including photography, math, test
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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| The Washington Post (1877-2000) – Historical Newspaper Archive by ProQuest
For genealogy, history and research, search the everyday coverage of the newspaper of Washington, DC for more than a century. Politics, the federal government, society, sports, major events, obituaries and more. More recent back issues of the Washington Post are available in US Newsstream.
This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.
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