Each database works differently and holds different content – such as recipes, videos, resources for test preparation, financial research tools, and more! However, there are similarities to all of them.
In each resource, there are basic search boxes to enter search terms, and there are often advanced search options that can help to narrow your searches as well.
A sampling of instructions, search tips, and video tutorials for some of the library databases is listed below.
- Ancestry Library Edition:Access to Ancestry.com collections
- Sharing Ancestry documents by email.
- Saving Ancestry documents to a computer.
- Ancestry Library Edition vs. HeritageQuest – see the differences.
- Ancestry Library’s Help & Support page.
- Consumer Reports:View issues through Monmouth County Library’s website
- How to access issues of Consumer Reports.
- EBSCOhost offers a variety of video tutorials pertaining to various databases.
- Gale short video tours.
- HeritageQuestResearch your family and ancestors
- Ancestry Library Edition vs. HeritageQuest – see the differences.
- InfoBaseGeneral education resources
- American History Online video tour.
- Bloom’s Literary Reference video tour.
- Science Online video tour.
- JSTORPeer-verified journals and scholarly literature
- JSTOR’s Help & Support page.
- Libby:
eBooks, audiobooks, and popular magazines - Creating your Libby account.
- Enabling email notifications.
- Upload Libby eBooks onto a Kindle.
- Upload Libby eBooks onto a Nook.
- Move Libby eBooks onto a different Kindle.
- Libby’s Help & Support page.
- New York TimesKeep informed with daily access codes
- How to access the New York Times every day through the library’s website.
- Proquest Newspapers general search tips.
- Rosetta Stone Library SolutionLearn different languages from around the world
- List of languages available.
- Access Rosetta Stone by computer.
- Access Rosetta Stone on the Monmouth County Library app.
- Value LineInvestment research
- Value Line’s FAQ page.
