The Library has many databases that can assist you and your parents with both reading and homework. These databases are free to Montclair Public Library cardholders and can be accessed in the library or wherever an Internet connection can be found. All you need is your library card and pin number to get started! Browse around on your own or stop by the Library for a demonstration.
Here are some databases that you might particularly useful:
Learning Express Library: This website contains practice tests to assess and sharpen your skills in Reading, Writing & Math. Subjects are arranged by grade level
beginning at fourth grade. There are also tests to help high school students
prepare for college entrance exams.
Facts on File: Facts on File is a great resource for homework assignments and other school projects for students in grades six through high school. There is a heavy
focus on history; other database topics include science, health and Harold Bloom’s
Literary Criticisms. There is also a world atlas with printable maps. Many articles include photographs and videos.
Grolier Online: You have several of our most popular reference books at your fingertips with this informative database. Head here for access to the Encyclopedia Americana, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, and the World Atlas Online.
The following databases are provided by BCCLS. To access them from the BCCLS homepage, click on "Magazines, Newspapers, and Reference Resources" in the upper lefthand corner. Enter your library card number on the following page and click "Log-In to Reference Resources." Click on "All Resources" in the upper lefthand corner to see a full list of databases, then click on the name of the database you'd like to access.
Novelist K-8 Plus: This database is filled with book reviews and recommended reading lists to help your find your next favorite read. This is a great site to use when writing book reports and author studies. Novelist K-8 Plus also provides book discussion guides, which are perfect to use with book clubs.
Kids Search: Working on a research project? This is a terrific search engine designed for students in grades 3-8. You'll find not only reference books and encyclopedias that address your topic, but also magazine and newspaper articles, radio and TV news transcripts, country/state/province fact sheets, photos, maps, flags, and more!
Databases by Letter
The Library has many databases that can assist you and your parents with both reading and homework. These databases are free to Montclair Public Library cardholders and can be accessed in the library or wherever an Internet connection can be found. All you need is your library card and pin number to get started! Browse around on your own or stop by the Library for a demonstration.
Here are some databases that you might particularly useful:
Learning Express Library: This website contains practice tests to assess and sharpen your skills in Reading, Writing & Math. Subjects are arranged by grade level
beginning at fourth grade. There are also tests to help high school students
prepare for college entrance exams.
Facts on File: Facts on File is a great resource for homework assignments and other school projects for students in grades six through high school. There is a heavy
focus on history; other database topics include science, health and Harold Bloom’s
Literary Criticisms. There is also a world atlas with printable maps. Many articles include photographs and videos.
Grolier Online: You have several of our most popular reference books at your fingertips with this informative database. Head here for access to the Encyclopedia Americana, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, and the World Atlas Online.
The following databases are provided by BCCLS. To access them from the BCCLS homepage, click on "Magazines, Newspapers, and Reference Resources" in the upper lefthand corner. Enter your library card number on the following page and click "Log-In to Reference Resources." Click on "All Resources" in the upper lefthand corner to see a full list of databases, then click on the name of the database you'd like to access.
Novelist K-8 Plus: This database is filled with book reviews and recommended reading lists to help your find your next favorite read. This is a great site to use when writing book reports and author studies. Novelist K-8 Plus also provides book discussion guides, which are perfect to use with book clubs.
Kids Search: Working on a research project? This is a terrific search engine designed for students in grades 3-8. You'll find not only reference books and encyclopedias that address your topic, but also magazine and newspaper articles, radio and TV news transcripts, country/state/province fact sheets, photos, maps, flags, and more!
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
Making this the first stop for any biographic inquiry, Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated includes in-depth, full-text profiles, with more than 32,000 photographs of the subjects, plus up-to-date bibliographies. With coverage of newsmakers and figures of prominence from a wide range of fields, it encompasses biographical coverage from a host of high quality Wilson biographical resources, including Current Biography, the World Authors Series, and the Junior Authors & Illustrators series. In addition, Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated includes over 65,000 profiles licensed from a number of respected reference publishers.
The Gazetteer can be used for: Reports and Research for Business development plans; Reference and Scholarly Papers; Student Assignments; General Geographic Knowledge; Trivia Questions; Specific Geographic Knowledge; Travel Information; Historical Research and Reference.
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
Use this website for the latest information on our award-winning print and electronic reference products for the school and library market, including the Facts On File Online Reference Databases and our Curriculum Resource Center.
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
Provides access to the following resources:
Encyclopedia Americana; Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia; New Book of Knowledge; American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; Roget's Thesaurus; and World Atlas Online.
Kids Search is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 3 through 8. Students have access to a variety of sources including magazines, newspapers, reference books and encyclopedias, biographies, radio & TV news transcripts, country/state/province fact sheets, primary source documents, photos, maps, flags and more.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
School media specialists, teachers and parents interested in helping kids locate age-appropriate books in the library will appreciate the features and depth of content contained within NoveList K-8. Designed especially for elementary and middle school students, NoveList K-8 is an online database with fiction and nonfiction titles chosen specifically to support the school curriculum as well as the pleasure reading needs of students.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library™ provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,050 titles—nearly 2,800 in full text—from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
Searchasaurus provides students in elementary schools with an exciting and easy way to experience online searching. Students have access to a variety of sources including full-text primary magazines, newspapers, Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Animals, reference books, biographies, country/state/province reports, photos, maps, flags and more.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
SIRS Knowledge Source (SKS) is a comprehensive database portal which is comprised of several distinct reference databases including SIRS Researcher®, SIRS Government Reporter®, SIRS Renaissance®, SKS WebSelect™, SIRS Discoverer®, and Discoverer WebFind™. Updated daily, SKS provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, the arts and humanities. Full-text articles and Internet resources are carefully selected from thousands of domestic and international publications and respected organizations.
Student Research Center (SRC) is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12. SRC provides students in secondary and middle schools with the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information that they need from their EBSCO databases.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
TOPICsearch contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
The Twayne Authors Series is the premier literary reference resource series comprising Twayne's U.S. Authors, Twayne's English Authors, and Twayne's World Authors. Each of these individual titles provides literary criticism for approximately 200 authors, bringing the total number of authors covered in the Series to nearly 600. Each author selected for coverage is tied to the high school and college curriculum.
Combines detailed, printable, full-color maps of countries, provinces, and states with up-to-date statistical and local information.
Magazines & Newspapers
The Library has many databases that can assist you and your parents with both reading and homework. These databases are free to Montclair Public Library cardholders and can be accessed in the library or wherever an Internet connection can be found. All you need is your library card and pin number to get started! Browse around on your own or stop by the Library for a demonstration.
Here are some databases that you might particularly useful:
Learning Express Library: This website contains practice tests to assess and sharpen your skills in Reading, Writing & Math. Subjects are arranged by grade level
beginning at fourth grade. There are also tests to help high school students
prepare for college entrance exams.
Facts on File: Facts on File is a great resource for homework assignments and other school projects for students in grades six through high school. There is a heavy
focus on history; other database topics include science, health and Harold Bloom’s
Literary Criticisms. There is also a world atlas with printable maps. Many articles include photographs and videos.
Grolier Online: You have several of our most popular reference books at your fingertips with this informative database. Head here for access to the Encyclopedia Americana, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, and the World Atlas Online.
The following databases are provided by BCCLS. To access them from the BCCLS homepage, click on "Magazines, Newspapers, and Reference Resources" in the upper lefthand corner. Enter your library card number on the following page and click "Log-In to Reference Resources." Click on "All Resources" in the upper lefthand corner to see a full list of databases, then click on the name of the database you'd like to access.
Novelist K-8 Plus: This database is filled with book reviews and recommended reading lists to help your find your next favorite read. This is a great site to use when writing book reports and author studies. Novelist K-8 Plus also provides book discussion guides, which are perfect to use with book clubs.
Kids Search: Working on a research project? This is a terrific search engine designed for students in grades 3-8. You'll find not only reference books and encyclopedias that address your topic, but also magazine and newspaper articles, radio and TV news transcripts, country/state/province fact sheets, photos, maps, flags, and more!
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library™ provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,050 titles—nearly 2,800 in full text—from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
TOPICsearch contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
THIS DATABASE IS PROVIDED BY BCCLS. ENTER YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER AND CLICK "LOG-IN TO REFERENCE RESOURCES". CLICK ON "ALL RESOURCES" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO SEE A FULL LIST OF DATABASES. CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE DATABASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FOR ACCESS.
