A-Z Databases

Use America: History and Life with Full Text to find journal articles on the history, society, and culture of the United States and Canada, selected from over 1,200 peer-reviewed national and international journals.

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides accurate, non-partisan policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate.

Search full-text scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications on all aspects of earth, atmospheric, and aquatic sciences, including atmosphere dynamics, aquaculture, forecasting, conservation, climatology, geophysics, meteorology, paleontology, seismology. Encompasses major environmental science indexes such as Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA), and Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) which provides extensive coverage of global scholarship on marine, brackish water, and freshwater fisheries and environments. Part of ProQuest Central.

Cross-disciplinary database featuring full text content published in scholarly journals, trade journals, books, news sources, conference proceedings, reports, and documents. Topics include climate change, conservation, endangered species, environmental health, environmental policy, plant science, land use, sustainability, waste management, and water quality. Part of ProQuest Central.

The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) Data Finder provides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for years from 1790 through the present and for all levels of U.S. census geography, including states, counties, tracts, and blocks.

Published by IPUMS, a federally funded project of the University of Minnesota. IPUMS provides downloadable data and microdata sets from the U.S. and international sources, harmonizing variables so data is comparable and consistent. IPUMS platforms includes data from numerous U.S. government entities, such as the NIH, NSF, FDA, Census, BLS, CDC, NASA. Free access after creating an account.

Take online practice tests for many U.S. educational and vocational exams. Access is free to everyone in New Jersey by geolocation; create a free Gale account to access content and save your progress.

Educational practice tests include: foundational math and reading, college admission tests (ACT, CLEP, SAT, etc.), and grad school (ACT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT, GMAT, Miller analogies, etc.)

Vocational practice exams for certification, credentialing, or licensing include: Accountant/Auditor, ACT WorkKeys, American Foreign Service, Clerical, Cosmetology, Firefighter, Law Enforcement (State trooper, promotional exams, corrections), Teaching (Praxis, etc), Medical/Nursing/Dental (NCLEX, TEAS, PTCE, PAX, PSB, CNA/HHA, Vet Tech, Hygienist, Massage, PT assistant, etc.), military (ASVAB, etc.), postal, real estate, aviation and transportation (TSA, CDL), Journeyman Plumber, radiologic and surgical technician.

The database also includes an easy to use resume builder, career explorer tool, and college locator.

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