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Catalog and Databases
The HPL Database is an extensive list of all the information we currently have access to. Please select from the databases below.

Catalog

The catalog of the Hoboken Public Library, a member of BCCLS, the Bergen County Cooperative Library System. You may search for items owned by over seventy libraries.

Want suggestions of books to read? NextRead newsletters are available online with suggestions for a variety of genres. Library patrons can sign up to have the newest ones sent to their email.

NextReads

 
Downloadable Audio Books
(Both are currently only accessible to Windows users)

Naxos
Naxos Music Library is the largest source of classical music online.
It provides both music and spoken word in streaming audio format.


ListenNJ
ListenNJ you may checkout up to 3 audiobooks for 14 days.
Requires only a current Hoboken Public Library Card.
 
The Dewey Decimal System

Dewey Decimal Classification Table.
For browsers who just want to know what general call number
area to look in for nonfiction.
 
Databases

Healthy NJ

Healthy NJ
The UMDNJ Libraries' Consumer Health Website

InfoTrac
INFOTRAC
Connect to a database of full text articles on business, health and general reference, and literary criticism topics. Patrons may access full text from home or office with a valid Library Card number.

ProQuest
Proquest  
Magazines and newspapers in full text.

The Bergen Record
Bergen Record
Search stories from the Bergen Record from 1984 to present.

Ebsco
Ebscohost
Search magazine articles through a number of different databases.

Learning Library
LearningExpressLibrary
Connect to the Learning Express Library website for help with tests from Advanced Placement to Writing Skills. Patrons can access the site from home by selecting New User, and then entering a valid library card number in the User Name box. Patrons can create their own passwords.

Lexis Nexis
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LexisNexis® News
Connect to this website for up-to-date national and international news.

NJ Clicks

JerseyClicks is New Jersey's portal that features searching of the full-text databases offered by the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Network, and funds from the Library Services and Technology Act. The databases include Reference USA and many more!

 

Online Grolier Encyclopedias and
Gale Virtual Reference Library Ebooks

Grolier Online

Encyclopedia Americana
Includes in depth information for older students and adults on a variety of topics including biographies.

New Book of Popular Science
Includes information about science and technology. Science in the news will be of interest to both middle and high school students.

Lands and Peoples
Includes information about countries, cultures, and current events geared towards middle and highs school students.

To login to all three encyclopedias:

• From within the Library, click here.


From Home, click here.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Ebooks Include:

  • African American Almanac , 10th ed.,  2008
  • Cities of the United States , 6th ed.,  4v,  2009
  • Complete Human Diseases and Conditions , 3v,  2008
  • Encyclopedia of American Industries , 5th ed.,  2008
  • Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior , 3rd ed.,  4v,  2009
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture , 2nd ed.,  6v,  2008
  • Everyday Finance: Economics, Personal Money Management, and Entrepreneurship , 2v,  2008
  • Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics , 2v,  2008
  • Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans , 25th ed.,  2009

From within the Library or From Home, click here.

Q&A NJ

New Jersey library patrons can connect online with a real librarian 24/7 for help with their information need with Q&A NJ. 


     

 

 

 
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