The Rutherford Library now has a
reference collection of E*Books
What’s an E*Book?
E*books are electronic versions of high-quality reference books which may be viewed and searched online. This particular collection includes nearly 400 reference books from the publisher Gale.
What are some of the titles?
Sample titles in this robust collection include:
American Inaugurals
American Men and Women of Science, 23rd ed.
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed.
Encyclopedia of India
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2nd ed.
Endangered Species
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
History of the American Cinema
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed.
And coming in December, we'll have brand new e*book editions of:
Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans, 25th ed.
College Blue Book, 36th ed.
Everyone can access these resources at the Library. And, if you have a Rutherford Library card, you can use these books from home!
How can I access this collection?
> If you are inside Rutherford Library, just click on the Gale Virtual Reference Library button above and you will immediately be taken to the search screen.
> If you wish to access the collection remotely, click on the Gale Virtual Reference Library button above and use your Rutherford Library card number to log on to the search screen.
Once you are at the search screen, you may either search ALL the e*books at once:
…or you may choose to search a particular book on a subject.
General subjects are listed below the search screen. Click on the plus sign to see the available titles in that subject. Then, click on the title of your choice and you can search it alone. Here is an example:
Continuing the example, click on Career Information Center.
Now you can search just that book:
WE HAVE EVEN MORE RESOURCES!
Gale, which provides the databases under the name Infotrac, also has given us a few specialized databases. These expand on the databases which are available when you are searching from the BCCLS search screen. Click on the Change Databases link at the top of the Gale Virtual Reference Library page and you will get easy access to a selection of databases including NJ Custom Newspapers funded by the NJ State Library and Business Index ASAP:
…AND ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR
RUTHERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD!