The Reference Department has been completely updated to address the needs of our community, including collections in: Business, College and Career, Health, New Jersey.
Of special interest to students, we have a complete collection of reference books of literary criticism on: World Literature, Poetry, Drama, Popular Fiction, Novels, Short Fiction, Short Stories.
ConsumerReports Online
 "Consumers Union (CU) is an expert, independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves. The organization was founded in 1936 when advertising first flooded the mass media." Read more...
As a Library cardholder you are automatically a member. Please sign-in using Username: "parkridge" & Password: "library"
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Language Learning Center - the Web's most comprehensive language learning guide
A FREE comprehensive guide to learning foreign languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
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Jersey Cat
 JerseyCat is New Jersey's statewide virtual catalog and interlibrary loan system. It is provided to all libraries within the State of New Jersey by the New Jersey State Library and the Regional Library Cooperatives. There is no charge to the local library for the service. It provides all New Jersey residents and library staff with real-time searching capabilities for New Jersey's Z39.50 compliant library catalogs. It also includes a union catalog of holdings from the small to medium libraries that are under 100,00 volumes. Periodical titles can be searched for in the NJ Union List of Serials. It also provides New Jersey residents and library staff with an interlibrary loan system that they can use from their home, school, or office via the World Wide Web.
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JerseyClicks
 JerseyClicks is New Jersey's statewide portal that features federated searching of the statewide full-text databases offered by the New Jersey StateLibrary, the New Jersey Network, and funds from the Library Services and Technology Act.
New Jersey residents can search the full-text databases through one user-friendly interface. JerseyClicks offers keyword and custom searching of databases through a federated search. That means you don't have to search each database individually. You can search them simultaneously. These high quality databases cover subjects such as health, history, business, education, science, current events, literature, and popular fiction. The suite also includes Informé, our Spanish language full-text database.
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Q and A NJ
 We are a network of experienced New Jersey Librarians offering free live, interactive search assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Q and ANJ is supported in whole or part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the New Jersey State Library, an affiliate of Thomas Edison State College, and is managed by the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative and staffed by member libraries in the NJ Library Network.
Because of the source of our funding, Q and A NJ is a service for
New Jersey residents and New Jersey students only.
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World Book Encyclopedia
(for Park Ridge residents only) |
N.Y. Times Bestsellers |
The Record
(Newspaper, 1984-current)
Available in-library or by subscription
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Infotrac
Newspapers, Magazines and Reference in Full Text: Health, Business, & Literature.
Access away from the library requires your library card number.
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EBSCO
Searchable full text for nearly 1,210 journals.
Access away from the library requires your library card number.
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The Library Spot
Free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information.
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Proquest
Magazines and Newspapers in Full Text.
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BCCLS Internet Reference |
Pascack Valley History
The mission of The Pascack Valley History Project is: To Identify, Preserve And Provide Access To The Rich History Of The Pascack Valley.
New the the Pacscack Valley History Project
PV Photobase database
"The photobase contains digital copies of photographs, artwork, maps, documents, newspaper clippings, advertisements and other images relating to the history of the Pascack Valley." http://www.pvphotobase.org/
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Novelist
Readers Advisory for Fiction
Access away from the library requires your library card number.
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Librarian's Index to the Internet |
Reference USA |
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The BookPage Online
A monthly general interest book review, BookPage covers the best in new releases.
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Killer Books
Books to die for, selected monthly by IMBA, The Independent Mystery Bookseller Association.
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One Book N.J.
One Book New Jersey is an exciting program that libraries and their partners will promote across the state. The goal is to bring people together through literature by encouraging them to read the same book and participate in discussions and other events centered on that book. OBNJ celebrates reading, literacy and all that New Jersey's libraries do.
OBNJ is presented by the New Jersey Library Association’s Public Relations Committee and Children’s Services and Young Adult Sections, in collaboration with the New Jersey State Library and the Secretary of State.
Local and statewide events will occur between January and April, with major events planned for National Library Week during the month of April. Promotional materials, marketing and "how-to-do-it" resource guides will make participation easy for libraries and their partner organizations.
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The Book Reporter
Thoughtful book reviews,compelling features,in-depth author profiles and interviews,excerpts of the hottest new releases,literary games and contests,and more every week.
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Literary Criticism with free print option
Access away from the library requires your library card number.
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