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1 Vogt Dr.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
908-458-8415
379 South Branch Rd.
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
908-458-8420
100 South 10th Ave.
Manville, NJ 08835
908-458-8425
100 Community Dr.
Skillman, NJ 08558
908-458-8430
6 Rockview Ave.
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
908-458-8435
Peapack & Gladstone Municipal Complex
Peapack, NJ 07977
908-458-8440
35 West End Ave.
Somerville, NJ 08876
908-458-8445
42 Mountain Blvd.
Warren, NJ 07059
908-458-8450
20 Stirling Rd.
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-458-8455
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Family Storytime
Share this interactive program filled with songs and stories with the whole family. Monday's storytime will be repeated on Tuesday. Dress for Mess.
Monday, March 24 | 10:30am - 11:00am
Warren Township branch
Explore EventT(w)een Paint Night
Hang out with other tweens & teens and make a fun painting!
Monday, March 24 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Hillsborough branch
Explore EventIndividualized ESL Classes
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Monday, March 24 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Manville branch
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Argo Prep
Digital workbooks, practice questions, video explanations, and progress tracking for math, language arts, science, and social studies, for grades K-8. First time users must create an account with a password of a minimum of 6 characters.
Comics Plus Children’s Library Collection
Recommended for Ages 5 to 14. Comics Plus offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from your favorite publishers: Dark Horse, IDW, Tokyopop and more.
Flipster
Flipster is a next-generation digital magazine solution that makes it easy for you to read your favorite magazines–for free.
HelpNow
BrainFuse Help Now is a free one-on-one online tutoring for K-12 students available in English and Spanish from 2 p.m. – 11 p.m. — with homework help for core subjects, including mathematics, science, and English language arts; plus writing lab; college prep; adult learning center; and more.
LearningExpress Library
Designed to help students and professionals at all levels of learning achieve their educational and career-related goals, with a comprehensive selection of interactive online tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books, and test preparation tools modeled after official tests.
Middle Search Plus
Find more than 180 popular middle school magazines, plus full-text biographies, primary source documents and an image collection of more than 1.8 million photos, maps and flags.
National Geographic Virtual Library
National Geographic Virtual Library gives you access to the complete archive of the “National Geographic Magazine.” It includes every page of every issue. There is also a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images, and videos.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Discover reading recommendations for kids and teens with booklists, read-alikes, and author and series information. Search for books by reading level, genre, content, time period, and more.
TumbleBooks Library
Animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction titles, playlists, and graphic novels.
TumbleMath
A comprehensive collection of math picture books, in the TumbleBook format with animation and narration. Searchable by math concept or standard, the collection also includes supplementary materials such as lesson plans and quizzes.
Bloom’s Literature
A comprehensive resource for the study of literature with critical essays and discussion questions, author biographies and character analyses, full-length poems, the full text of hundreds of reference books, full-length videos of classic plays and films, and more.
Comics Plus
Comics Plus offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from your favorite publishers: Dark Horse, IDW, Tokyopop and more.
Comics Plus Children’s Library Collection
Recommended for Ages 5 to 14. Comics Plus offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from your favorite publishers: Dark Horse, IDW, Tokyopop and more.
Creativebug
Over 1,000 award-winning arts and craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists, including sewing, quilting, paper crafting, knitting, crochet, art, design, jewelry making, and more.
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center
Find detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career and job seeking skills, and resources for education planning, including school finder, career exploration, and college planning timeline.
Flipster
Flipster is a next-generation digital magazine solution that makes it easy for you to read your favorite magazines–for free.
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Discover comprehensive test prep and career solutions from Peterson’s, a world-leading educational provider. Search thousands of college and graduate schools, identify scholarships, take a wide range of subject and vocational practice tests, create resumes, and explore careers.
HelpNow
BrainFuse Help Now is a free one-on-one online tutoring for K-12 students available in English and Spanish from 2 p.m. – 11 p.m. — with homework help for core subjects, including mathematics, science, and English language arts; plus writing lab; college prep; adult learning center; and more.
Job & Career Accelerator
Resources and guidance for career exploration and job searching, including current job and internship listings, tips for job interviews and guides for creating professional resumes and cover letters. Tools for school and scholarship searches.
LearningExpress Library
Designed to help students and professionals at all levels of learning achieve their educational and career-related goals, with a comprehensive selection of interactive online tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books, and test preparation tools modeled after official tests.
Mango Languages
Learn a new language or brush up current skills with more than 50 language courses, as well as 17 English courses for speakers new to English.
MAS Ultra: School Edition
Find full-text high-school magazines plus biographies, primary source documents, reference books, and over a million photos, maps and flags.
National Geographic Virtual Library
National Geographic Virtual Library gives you access to the complete archive of the “National Geographic Magazine.” It includes every page of every issue. There is also a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images, and videos.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Discover reading recommendations for kids and teens with booklists, read-alikes, and author and series information. Search for books by reading level, genre, content, time period, and more.
Points of View Reference Source
Find balanced perspectives on hundreds of current events and controversial issues.
Academic Search Premier
Find select full-text information or citations and abstracts in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
Ancestry Library
Available in library branches only. Access billions of names in thousands of genealogical databases including Census and Vital Records, birth, marriage and death notices, the Social Security Death Index, Passenger lists and naturalizations, Military and Holocaust Records, City Directories, New York Emigrant Savings Bank records, and African American and Native American Records. Research aids may be found under the “Learning Center” drop-down.
Bloom’s Literature
A comprehensive resource for the study of literature with critical essays and discussion questions, author biographies and character analyses, full-length poems, the full text of hundreds of reference books, full-length videos of classic plays and films, and more.
Candid Foundation Directory and Grants to Individuals
Available in library branches only. Nonprofits and individuals can find and connect to funders who will support their cause, with information on more than 100,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grant-making public charities in the U.S.
Candid GuideStar
Available in library branches only. Access information on over 2 million nonprofits where you can donate, work, volunteer, or seek out services.
Comics Plus
Comics Plus offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from your favorite publishers: Dark Horse, IDW, Tokyopop and more.
Computer Skills Center
Access 90+ self-paced video tutorials to improve computer skills including navigating the internet, using social media, or learning new software programs.
consumerreports.org
ConsumerReports.org is Consumer Reports magazine and so much more. It features ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services in categories including appliances, cars, electronics and computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel.
Courier News: Digital image edition
Digital image edition of the “Courier News” (Bridgewater NJ) is available from 1961 – present, with approximately 1 week embargo.
Courier News: Full text edition
Full-text of the the “Courier News” (Bridgewater NJ) is available from 1999 – present.
Creativebug
Over 1,000 award-winning arts and craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists, including sewing, quilting, paper crafting, knitting, crochet, art, design, jewelry making, and more.
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center
Find detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career and job seeking skills, and resources for education planning, including school finder, career exploration, and college planning timeline.
Flipster
Flipster is a next-generation digital magazine solution that makes it easy for you to read your favorite magazines–for free.
Fold3
Discover your family’s military past. With content from the Revolutionary War onward, Fold3 Library Edition is an invaluable research resource for historians, genealogists, researchers, military enthusiasts, veterans and their families, teachers, and battle reenactors.
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Discover comprehensive test prep and career solutions from Peterson’s, a world-leading educational provider. Search thousands of college and graduate schools, identify scholarships, take a wide range of subject and vocational practice tests, create resumes, and explore careers.
Global Newsstream
Global Newsstream enables users to search the most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full- text format. Includes U.S. Newsstream, Canadian, International, and Global Breaking News.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Information on health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health, with full text access to nearly 80 consumer health magazines.
HelpNow
BrainFuse Help Now is a free one-on-one online tutoring for K-12 students available in English and Spanish from 2 p.m. – 11 p.m. — with homework help for core subjects, including mathematics, science, and English language arts; plus writing lab; college prep; adult learning center; and more.
HeritageHub
U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images.
HeritageQuest Online
Find unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, and interactive census maps.
Job & Career Accelerator
Resources and guidance for career exploration and job searching, including current job and internship listings, tips for job interviews and guides for creating professional resumes and cover letters. Tools for school and scholarship searches.
Kanopy
Kanopy’s new PLUS model delivers high-quality, thoughtful entertainment in curated subscription packs. All titles are simultaneous access, and there are no checkout limits.This means you can binge as many movies as you want, and you never have to wait in line for the next one!
LearningExpress Library
Designed to help students and professionals at all levels of learning achieve their educational and career-related goals, with a comprehensive selection of interactive online tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books, and test preparation tools modeled after official tests.
Legal Information Source
Navigate legal matters of all kinds with reliable “how-to” information, Nolo legal guides, and thousands of federal and state-specific legal forms.
LinkedIn Learning
Learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals with LinkedIn Learning’s 16,000 + online video courses. See instructions for using the LinkedIn Learning app.
Mango Languages
Learn a new language or brush up current skills with more than 50 language courses, as well as 17 English courses for speakers new to English.
Morningstar
Comprehensive stock database that includes financial data on companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ®, and the American Stock Exchange; in-depth research reports on companies; data on mutual, closed-end, and exchange-traded funds; analysts’ reports on funds; and educational features such as interactive training on basic and advanced stock, fund, and portfolio techniques.
National Geographic Virtual Library
National Geographic Virtual Library gives you access to the complete archive of the “National Geographic Magazine.” It includes every page of every issue. There is also a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images, and videos.
NAXOS Music Library
Stream the world’s largest online classical music library plus jazz, world, and pop/rock music from any computer, anywhere, anytime. With the iPhone/iPod and Android mobile apps, subscribers can also access the service on the go.
New York Times
Access the New York Times digital version in the library, or access remotely with your library card. First time users will need to register for an account by entering their email address and creating a password, and will receive access for 72 hours. This step must be repeated each time the pass expires.
Nexis UNI
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis® and also U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. The intuitive interface offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as alerts and saved searches, and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
NoveList Plus
NoveList Plus is your one-stop guide to great reading, with recommendations for what to read next, read-alikes, book lists, and information on authors, series and award-winning books.
PressReader
Color full-page and article reproductions of 7000-plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines. Now featuring The Economist. See instructions for login information.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New Jersey Collection
Historic newspaper collection with access to full-page image editions of local New Jersey newspapers including the Asbury Park Evening Press, Home News Tribune, Courier-News, Courier–Post, plus more.
Standard and Poor’s NetAdvantage
NetAdvantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information that offers online access to Standard & Poor’s research-related products such as industry surveys, stock reports, corporation records, The Outlook, mutual fund reports and more. The S&P Capital IQ platform delivers the highest quality financial intelligence covering both public and private capital markets.
The Star-Ledger Collection
Search the Star Ledger newspaper collection for text printed from 1989-present, images used from 2017-present, and web-only text from 2007-present. Select the second option: Image format for digital image editions.
Udemy (Gale Presents)
Find thousands of video-based courses in 75 categories of business, technology, software, and personal development.
Value Line
Find investment information and analysis on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles, and no-load mutual funds; plus access investment education including how-to guides, articles, and videos.
Wall Street Journal
Access to the Wall Street Journal including the digital version of the daily paper and a four-year archive of articles, plus more. See instructions for remote access and access at the Montgomery branch.
Events & Programs
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- Customize your web experience by selecting your branches and audiences Customize experience
Family Storytime
Share this interactive program filled with songs and stories with the whole family. Monday's storytime will be repeated on Tuesday. Dress for Mess.
Monday, Mar 24 | 10:30am - 11:00am
Warren Township branch
Explore EventT(w)een Paint Night
Hang out with other tweens & teens and make a fun painting!
Monday, Mar 24 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Hillsborough branch
Explore EventLearn Spanish with Memes and Songs
Tuesday, Mar 25 | 6:00pm
- 7:30pm
North Plainfield branch
Individualized ESL Classes
Call the library to schedule an appointment.
Monday, Mar 24 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Manville branch
Explore EventBook Lists
New Jersey History
Explore BooklistEssential guide to perennial gardening : techniques and know-how for planning, planting, and tending low-maintenance perennial plantings
American Horticultural Society
Herbs in Every Season: 48 Edible and Medicinal Herbs for the Kitchen, Garden, and Apothecary Paperback
Cohen, Bevin
Essential guide to organic vegetable gardening : techniques and know-how for planning, planting, and tending a home vegetable garden organically
American Horticultural Society
Black Girls Gardening: Empowering Stories and Garden Wisdom for Healing and Flourishing in Nature Hardcover
Grossman, Amber
Spring Into Gardening
Explore BooklistProtein power smoothies : 75 high-protein, low-carb smoothies that ditch the sugar, support muscle-building, and optimize your metabolism
DiBiasi, Heather
100 morning treats : with muffins, rolls, biscuits, sweet and savory breakfast breads, and more
Kieffer, Sarah
Ready, Set, Breakfast
Explore BooklistSolve the Puzzle
Explore BooklistInspirational Black Lives
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Fuel Your Future
Practice makes perfect. Free test and career prep software to help your job search or advance your career.
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