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Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday - Saturday:  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Contact the Children's Department

Online Information Resources 

TEEN STUFF click here

WorldBook Online encyclopedia/dictionary/atlas - excellent for students AND teachers

Click here to get the entire World Book Online Suite if you are outside the Library.

Library card necessary

EbscoHost  find/read/print/e-mail periodical articles

JerseyClicks   JerseyClicks is the portal for searching the full-text databases -  magazines, literary criticism, biographies - subsidized by the NJ State Library.  You can search 15 databases simultaneously.  You can have access to these data bases from your home when you enter your library card number.  

African American Experience --Primary source compilation of images of works published from 1693-1830, written by or about members of America's black populace.  Now available from home if you know your library card number and PIN.  (Click African American Experience for entry into images.) 

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