The library subscribes to over 50 online Research Databases that supply trustworthy information compiled by respected book and journal publishers. Use these databases at the library or from home with your library card number to find magazine and newspaper articles, online reference books, company data, and reliable resources for homework assignments in all subjects.
You will need to enter a valid library card number (no spaces), from a Morris County Library to gain access from home.
Some Genealogy databases are only available in the library's North Jersey History Center. Please click here to see a complete listing of Genealogy databases including historic Morristown and Morris County materials.
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America's GenealogyBank To access this database from home you must have a valid Morristown and Morris Township Library Card. Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies plus, the complete American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set, Social Security Death Index and more than 23 million obituaries. |
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America's Historical Newspapers: Jersey Journal To access this database from home you must have a valid Morristown and Morris Township Library Card. The Jersey Archive online covers the periods May 02, 1867 to December 30, 1922. The Jersey Journal was originally known as the Evening Journal. It was changed to its current name the Jersey Journal in 1909. Articles are searchable and indexed. Issues published within the date range may be missing. Efforts to locate and add any such issues is ongoing. |
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America's Historical Newspapers: The Trenton Evening Times To access this database from home you must have a valid Morristown and Morris Township Library Card. The Trenton Evening Times Archive covers the periods May 5, 1883 to March 15, 1993. Articles are searchable and indexed. Issues published within the date range may be missing. Efforts to locate and add any such issues is ongoing. |
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America's Obituaries and Death Notices To access this database from home you must have a valid Morristown and Morris Township Library Card. The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices. Choose a state to see a complete listing of each newspaper available in that state. |
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American Periodicals Series Text and images from American magazines and journals published, 1740-1940. |
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Civil War Era This database covers the years 1840-1865, and provides a variety of regional, individual, political and editorial perspectives and orientations. |
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HeritageQuest (To access this database from home you must have a valid Morristown and Morris Township Library Card.) Searches census records, books and more. |