ONLINE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM THE CRANFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
Art - Biography & Genealogy - Business - Careers, Jobs & Training
Children's Resources - Digital Content - Español/Foreign Languages
General Reference - Health - History/Social Studies - Language Acquisition
Library Services - Local History - Newspapers - Science
Art
Creativebug – An inspirational resource for DIY, crafters and makers, Creativebug.com has thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Find projects for every occasion and easy ways to practice your craft every day.
Black Life in America - Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.
HeritageHub -Formerly America's Obituaries and Death Notices. Easily search a collection of over 22 million recent records from hundreds of U.S. newspapers, some dating as far back as 1824. Updated daily, it incorporates over 75 million records from the Social Security Death Index (1937-present), organized by state.
HeritageQuest – a collection of material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Researchers can use this resource to find their ancestors and trace their paths across America. Includes all of the images–and extensive indexing–from the 1790 to 1930U.S. federal censuses. Offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and more than 12,000 local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents, such as tax lists, city directories, and probate records.
Business
Corfacts – New Jersey’s premiere business-to-business database.
EBSCOhost – A suite of online reference resources, including Business Searching Interface and Small Business Reference Center. Use your library card number when prompted for “Patron ID.”
JerseyClicks – A suite of databases provided by the New Jersey State Library. It includes: Business Source Elite, ReferenceUSA, and Regional Business News.
Reference Solutions - Formerly known as ReferenceUSA. Provided by the New Jersey State Library, Reference Solutions has white pages and business listings for the US and Canada. US physicians and dentists, new movers/homeowners, and a section on consumers and lifestyles are included.
Weiss Ratings - Financial strength ratings for banks, insurance, and credit unions. Investment ratings for stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Customized Medigap buyer's guide, consumer guides and financial literacy basics series.
Peterson's Test and Career Prep - Find all the tools you need to discover your passion, ace your exams, and excel in your career.
Reference Solutions - Formerly known as ReferenceUSA this is provided by the New Jersey State Library, Reference Solutions contains listings for jobs and internships. Also listings for white pages and business in the US and Canada. Also, US physicians and dentists and new movers/homeowners are included.
Capstone Interactive Kids Library – Capstone capitalizes on the use of multimedia, providing a great interactive resource to be used by teachers, parents, and students to enhance reading and reading comprehension levels.
Dinosaurs – A detailed resource from Cavendish Square Digital that features plenty of maps, drawings, and diagrams. Articles include 41 general topics and a breakout by Saurischian versus Ornithischian. Special mention to the Research Tools section and its Tree of Life, timeline, Dinosaur Hunters, Where the Fossils Are, and more.
Elements – A detailed resource from Cavendish Square Digital that discusses the origin, discovery, special characteristics, and importance of the 117 known elements, from aluminum to zirconium.
Explorers and Exploration – A detailed resource from Cavendish Square Digital that profiles many explorers who have broken new paths and offers historical, geographical and motivational perspectives on their accomplishments.
International Wildlife – A detailed resource from Cavendish Square Digital that focuses on the physical features and lifestyles of species in the animal kingdom.
Inventors and Inventions – Cavendish Square Digital makes this very easy to search by name and category of device. Searchable images include drawings, diagrams, maps, timelines, and photos.
TumbleBookLibrary – TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of talking picture books. Tumblebooks are created by adding animation, sound, music, and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book that children can read or have read to them. To access TumbleBookLibrary just enter your Cranford library card number.
World Book Online – Contains every article from the 22-volume print version of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus state-of-the art multimedia and editor-reviewed Web sites.
Digital Content
eLibraryNJ – free downloadable ebooks and audiobooks. Please note: if your library card is expired, or if you owe the library money or have overdue items, you will not be able to use this service.
hoopla - Hoopla contains nearly half a million titles from six different formats: movies, TV, music albums, e-audiobooks, e-books, and comics/graphic novels. On a mobile device, borrowed content may be temporarily downloaded and accessed offline or, in either the app or on a computer, all borrowed content may be used while connected to the Internet by streaming. To register for hoopla digital for free with your library card, please download the hoopla digital app from your Apple or Google Play store on your mobile device. If you are using a computer, go to hoopladigital.com. Please note: To register, you will need to know your library card number and PIN (Personal Identification Number). If you don't have a PIN, please contact the library at 908-709-7272. Also, if your library card is expired, or if you owe the library money or have overdue items, you will not be able to use this service.
Español/Foreign Languages
EBSCOhost – A suite of online reference resources, including Novelist, Novelist Plus, Business Source Corporate, Coin Career Library, EBSCO Animals, EBSCOhost Deutsch, Espanol and Francais, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Kids Search, MAS Ultra – School Edition, McClatchy-Tribune Collection, Searchasaurus, and Student Research Center. Use your library card number when prompted for “Patron ID.”
America's News by Newsbank has dozens of timely suggested topics for research and study.
EBSCOhost – A suite of online reference resources, including Novelist, Novelist Plus, Business Source Corporate, Coin Career Library, EBSCO Animals, EBSCOhost Deutsch, Espanol and Francais, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Kids Search, MAS Ultra – School Edition, McClatchy-Tribune Collection, Searchasaurus, and Student Research Center. Use your library card number when prompted for “Patron ID.”
JerseyClicks – A suite of databases provided by the New Jersey State Library. It includes: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Elite, ERIC, GreenFILE, Image Collection, Job and Career Accelerator, Legal Information Reference Center Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), Literary Reference Center, MasterFILE Elite, MiddleSearch Plus, NoveList K-8, NoveList, Points of View Reference Center, Primary Search, Reference USA, Referencia Latina, Regional Business News, Rosetta Stone, Small Business Reference Center, and Teacher Reference Center.
World Book Online – Contains every article from the 22-volume print version of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus state-of-the art multimedia and editor-reviewed Web sites.
Health
Salem Health – Magill’s Medical Guide (4th ed., 2007), Cancer (4 vols., 2008), Genetics and Inherited Conditions (3 vols., 2010), and Psychology and Mental Health (4 vols., 2010) Encyclopedias. Click on the Remote Access Login tab.
History/Social Studies
Salem History – The Thirties, Forties, Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties in America, Milestone Documents in American History, Great Lives from History, Great Events from History and the Historical Encyclopedia of American Business. Click on the Remote Access Login tab.
Library Services
Constant Contact – Receive weekly email updates on what’s happening in the library. Click here to subscribe.
Mobile Printing – print to one of the library’s printers from your home or office PC, laptop, or mobile device and pick the job up at the library Reference Desk. Printing costs $.10 per page for black and white and $.20 per page for color. Click here to print from a PC or laptop. To print from a mobile device, go to your device’s app store, search for the free PrinterOn app. You can also email print jobs to cpl-walnutavenue-bw@printspots.com for black and white printing or cpl-walnutavenue-color@printspots.com for color printing.
Cranford Public Library Online Catalog – Search the catalog for thousands of books, recorded books, and audio-visual items. Set up your own account and see what items you have out and when they are due. With a personal account, you can also renew and reserve items online. To access your account, you will need your library card number, plus a password. If you need a password, please ask at the library’s main desk.
Interlibrary Loan – If you can’t find what you’re looking for in the library catalog, click here to submit an interlibrary loan request. This service is available only to Cranford Public Library card holders. Click here to see the library’s Interlibrary Loan Policy in full.
JerseyCat – Search the catalogs of hundreds of New Jersey public and academic libraries simultaneously. JerseyCat can also be used to initiate interlibrary loan requests for books and other items the Cranford Public Library does not own.
MURAL – Cranford Library card holders have borrowing privileges at more than 40 area libraries through the MURAL reciprocal borrowing system. Materials may be borrowed and returned at any participating library. Each library has its own lending policies, so please call ahead to see what is available for borrowing. Click here for a list of MURAL libraries.
Wowbrary – Free weekly alerts listing the library's newest books, movies, music and audio books. Click here to sign up.
Local History
Burditt Newspaper Index – An index to articles in the Cranford Chronicle(November 29, 1893 to February 10, 1921), the Cranford Citizen (March 5, 1898 to February 10, 1921), and the Cranford Citizen and Chronicle (February 17, 1921 to May 26, 1949—name changed to Citizen and Chronicle after May 13, 1937). The Index was created by Arthur and Hazel Burditt. Use the password "Burditt" to access this resource.
Cranford Archive – Full-text, keyword searchable files in PDF format, including Cranford newspapers (1894-2005), Cranford city directories (1901-1982),Cranford High School yearbooks (1922-2008), the Cranford, New Jersey, Name Index, compiled by Robert J. Fridlington, and Cranford Rotary Club Biographies by Arthur K. Burditt (members of the Club between 1923 and 1969). For full-text coverage of the Cranford Chronicle from June 2005 to the present, see America’s News above.
Newspapers
America’s News – Full text coverage of the Cranford Chronicle (6/2005- 2019) and the Star-Ledger (5/1989- current), two of 101 N.J. newspapers out of 1470 U.S. newspapers. Also includes Newsweek (1991- 2012) and U.S. News & World Report (1993- 2010).
Cranford Archive – Full-text, keyword searchable files in PDF format, including Cranford newspapers (1894-2005), Cranford city directories (1901-1982),Cranford High School yearbooks (1922-2008), the Cranford, New Jersey, Name Index, compiled by Robert J. Fridlington, and Cranford Rotary Club Biographies by Arthur K. Burditt (members of the Club between 1923 and 1969). For full-text coverage of the Cranford Chronicle from June 2005 to May 2015, see America’s News above.
Historical New York Times with Index. Full text articles in PDF format from the New York Times from 1851 to 2009.
Science
Salem Science – The Solar System (3 volumes, 2010). Click on the Remote Access Login tab.
