New Jersey History Day 2014: Library Catalogs

To find primary sources in library catalogs, the following search terms - coupled with your subject terms - are among the most useful:

• Anecdotes
• Archives
• Biography
• caricatures and cartoons
• case studies
• Catalogs
• comic books, strips
• correspondence
• description and travel
• diaries
• documentary films
• exhibitions
• interviews
• manuscripts
• maps
• notebooks, sketchbooks
• personal narratives
• photography
• pictorial works
• portraits
• public opinion
• songs and music
• sources
• speeches
• statistics
• statues

Cheng Library Catalog

Contents of the Cheng Library's collection.

PALS Plus Catalog

PALS Plus is 20 public and academic libraries located in Passaic and Essex Counties, NJ. Its members share library and computer resources to better serve the information needs of local communities. This is the PALS Plus catalog.

JerseyCat

Search other library catalogs in New Jersey.

New Jersey State Library Catalog

The State Library's catalog has the most complete collection of New Jersey government documents, many of which pertain to suburban issues.

WorldCat

WorldCat is a huge union catalog of libraries in the U.S. and other countries; it contains over 100 million records.