Job Search Resources

Job Listigns

• General
  • Craigslist job listings: South Jersey
  • Craigslist job listings: Philadelphia
  • Careerbuilder
  • Indeed.com
  . (Holidays excluded.) If you can't get through, call the library at 456-4181 to ask about getting help with filing your unemployment application online.
  • Access to more than 5 million current job listings
  • Use of expert tools for creating resumes and cover letters that stand out
  • Free tutorials on Adobe, Corel and Microsoft software products
  • Explore more than 1000 different occupations
  • Strategies for successful interviewing, networking and making a lasting impression
  • Tracking features that allow you to retrieve and build on your progress
  
  

  Job Listigns

  • General
    • Craigslist job listings: South Jersey
    • Craigslist job listings: Philadelphia
    • Careerbuilder
    • Indeed.com
    • Job-hunt.org - tips for your job hunt, with a focus on avoiding scams and protecting job seeker privacy
    • LinkUp.com - only lists jobs found on company websites, which are typically a different selection of jobs than show up on websites like Monster and Career Builder.
    • Monster.com
    • Nationjob.com
    • New Jersey Civil Service Commission - main page with news and links to testing info
    • Frequently Asked Questions about applying for NJ Civil Service jobs
    • Nine Steps to a New Career - tips on getting a civil service job, from the NJ Civil Service Commission
    • NJ.com
    • Office of Personnel Management - federal government jobs
    • ReferenceUSA - Find Jobs with ReferenceUSA.
    • Retirement Jobs
    • Simply Hired - claims to be the largest job search engine, with over 3 million job listings. Integrated with LinkedIn social network.
    • SnagAJob - part-time and hourly jobs
    • Temporary employment agencies on YellowPages.com, by distance from Gloucester City.
    • Workforce 50
    • ZipRecruiter
  • Health Care Jobs
    • Health care jobs in NJ from Careerbuilder
    • Health care jobs in NJ from Monster.com
  
  
  • Summer, Resort, and Overseas Job & Internships
    • About Jobs
    • Cool Works
    • Got A Job
    • Job Monkey
    • Summer Jobs
  
  

  Work at Home

  • FocusForward - get paid for your opinions
  • Mysurvey.com - (slowly) earn rewards points for completing surveys; occasionally get free products to test
  • RatRaceRebellion - screened job leads in a daily newsletter, plus tips on the website
  • WAHM.com - the online magazine for Work At Home Moms

  • Work at home tips from Good Morning America - info on such jobs as virtual call center agent, e-juror, medical transcription, online concierge, and many more

  
  

  More Useful Websites for Job Hunters

  • Best Places to Work from Glassdoor.com
  • Employment Resources on the Internet - guide from Camden County Library
  • Miracle Widget Repairs Co. - New to computers? Get some practice filling out an online application for this fictional company before trying the real thing
  • New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
    • Events Calendar from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Includes Job Fairs, resume workshops, and more, some at South Jersey locations.
    • Jersey Job Club - sign up for a series of workshops, hear guest speakers, find out about hot career areas
    • Jobs4Jersey
  • NJWorks@YourLibrary
  • Online Job Search Guide from About.com
  • Salary.com - find out what you are really worth
  • Sample resumes (2000+) at Jeff the Career Coach
  • Social Jobs Partnership on Facebook
  • U. S. Department of Labor's CareerOneStop - portal that includes links to America's Job Bank, America's Career InfoNet, America's Service Locator, Workforce Tools of the Trade, O*Net Online, and more

  Links updated October 5, 2018

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  Law Resources

  • 12 online tools to discover sexual predators in your neighborhood
  • Attorneys - an attorney-search website with hundreds of free articles on a variety of legal topics
  • Bankruptcy - info on Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy from Nolo, plus alternatives for managing debt
  • FDSys (Government Printing Office) - Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, and much more
  • Findforms.com
  • Findlaw
  • Forms from Internet Legal Research Group - some free, some premium
  • Justia - search for cases on the dockets of federal district courts
  • Legal Information Institute: Law about...
  • LSNJ New Jersey (You and the law in NJ)
  • www.NJChildSupport.org - access case information, fact sheets, forms, and more
  • New Jersey Judiciary Homepage
  • New Jersey Legislature Home Page
  • Office of the Law Revision Counsel
  • RocketLawyer.com - create free legal forms, find a lawyer, and more
  • Self Help Resource Center - help with representing yourself in court (pro se) from the NJ Judiciary
  • Supreme Court Decisions
  • THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
  • Uniform Crime Reporting - Current Data by Town in NJ
  • United States Code
  • The Virtual Chase at Justia.com - strategies and specific websites for legal research

  Updated 1/19/2016

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  Literature Study Guides

  Your Best Bet--Literary Reference Center on EbscoHost. Click here, then enter your library card barcode number if asked for Patron ID. In the list of databases that comes up, scroll down and click on Literary Reference Center. Type your  author's name in the Search box. Most articles are available in full text and can be searched internally, saved and printed.

  
  
  • BookRags - literature guides, criticism and author biographies (150+ are free, the rest require payment)
  • Contemporary Authors  archives from Gale - also available throughJerseyClicks
  • Documenting the American South - includes the full-text Library of Southern Literature, slave narratives, and more
  • Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
  • GradeSaver ClassicNotes
  • Literary Index - index to entries in Gale publications such as Contemporary Literary Criticism
  • NovelGuide - Novel Resource Guide/Literary Analysis
  • Paris Review - archive of interviews with major authors, back to 1953
  • PinkMonkey.com
  • Shakespeare Online
  • SparkNotes
  • Study Guides for Various works
  
  

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  Local Events

  • Audubon
  • Bellmawr
  • Broadway Theatre in Pitman, NJ
  • Brooklawn
  • Burlington County
  • Camden County
  • Camden Waterfront
  • Cherry Hill
  • Gloucester City
  • Gloucester County
  • Haddonfield
  • The Ritz Theatre Co.
  • Song Kick
  • SouthJersey.com
  • Ticketmaster
  • Scottish Rite Auditorium Tickets
  • Investors Bank Performing Arts Center
  • West Deptford Township
  • Westville
  Updated 1/25/2016

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  Maps

  • Atlas page at Kid Info
  • Atlases and Maps at Refdesk.com
  • Bing traffic map for the local area
  • Google Maps
  • Historic maps of Gloucester City, from 1920 and 1923
  • Map Machine (National Geographic)
  • Mapquest
  • Old Maps Online
  • Sanborn Maps of Gloucester City, viewable online. FromPrinceton University. Sanborn Maps for additional years are also available on microfilm at the New Jersey State Library.
  • Terrafly - satellite images
  • USGS Historic Topographic Maps Project - download PDF format maps
  
  

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  Medical Websites

  Multi-topic websites

  • Affordable Care Act Research Guide - The New Jersey State Library enhanced an existing research guide providing basic and extended information on the ACA. The 2019 open enrollment period runs November 1st, 2018 through December 15th, 2018.
  • Biomed Search
  • Centers for Disease Control
  • Consumer Reports WebWatch for online health resources
  • FamilyDoctor.org
  • Free Medical Journals - by Amedeo. Also see the Amedeo's free subscription service which will send updates based on your own selected medical topics and medical journals.
  • Harvard Health - Formerly InteliHealth
  • Healthfinder - US Dept. Health &Human Services
  • HealthyNJ (Website of UMDNJ)
  • JerseyClicks (NJ State Library databases)
  • KidsHealth.org
  • Mayo Clinic - information on symptoms, drugs, tests, and more
  • MedicineNet - Medical Information For Diseases, Treatments, Procedures, Drugs and more
  • Medline Plus from the National Library of Medicine
  • Medscape
  • Merck Manuals online - full text, medical and veterinary
  • Multilingual Health Education
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • National Center for Health Statistics
  • New England Journal of Medicine On-line -- Home Page
  • PDR Health
  • Web MD
  • Who Named It? (Dictionary of medical eponyms)

  Medical Services and Insurance Coverage

  • Clinical Trials
  • eHealthinsurance.com - Input your zip code, gender, and date of birth, it provides a listing of various plans and compares prices and features
  • Healthcare.gov - Locate public programs and private insurance options, including pricing information . Also get quality of care reports for hospitals, nursing homes, home health services and dialysis centers.
  • Hospital Compare - ratings from US Dept of Health and Human Services
  • Medicare.gov
  • New Jersey Self Help Clearinghouse - directory of self-help groups on topics such as addiction, specific diseases, parenting support, etc. Includes help for starting your own group. 
  • NJ Family Care - free or low-cost health insurance for low-income families
  • NJ Parent Link - help with health issues, behavioral health, childcare, available services

  Medications

  • Best Buy Drugs - most cost-effective prescriptions according to Consumer Reports
  • Caremark Drug Interaction Checker
  • DrugDigest.org
  • New Jersey Prescription Drug Price Registry - compare prices on 150 common medications
  • Project Medicine Drop - where to securely drop off unused medications, to prevent abuse and protect the environment
  • RX4NJ.org search for programs that provide free and low-cost medications
  • RX Outreach - a non-profit, mail-order pharmacy that provides over 400 affordable medications to people in need
  • Together RX Access - discount program from Pfizer

  Specific Problems

  • Asbestos Exposure
    • Asbestos.com - the most up to date information on asbestos related diseases on the web today including: lung cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis and more. From the Mesothelioma Center.
    • Mesothelioma Guide
  • Cancer
    • American Cancer Society
    • Cancer Health Center from WebMD
    • Financial assistance finder for cancer patients from the National Cancer Institute
  • Cardiovascular Health
    • American Heart Association
    • American Stroke Association
    • Heart Disease Health Center from WebMD
  • Diabetes
    • Joslin.org
    • Mendosa.com
  • Emergencies
    • First Aid Guide from the Mayo Clinic
    • Learn CPR
  • Influenza
    • Flu.gov
    • Healthmap Vaccine Finder
  • Mental Health
    • Dr. John Grohol's Psych Central
    • NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
    • Phobia List
  • National Organization for Rare Disorders
  • Obesity
    • Food and Nutrition Information Center
  • Skin Disease Finder - photos of skin conditions plus treatment information

  Tests

  • LabTestsOnline.org
  • Medical Tests

   

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  Miscellaneous

  • South Jersey Ghost Research
  • UFOSeek (paranormal and UFO database)
  
  

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  Music Resources

  
  

  Legal (as far as we know) Free Download Sources

  • About.com article on sources for free, legal music downloads
  • Fatwallet.com Free Stuff forum - search for music or mp3 in forum search box
  • Free Music Archive - discover new music; free MP3s offered by radio station WFMU
  • Google Music's free song of the week
  • Internet Archive audio section - includes studio recordings, live recordings, and even a special Grateful Dead section!
  • Last.fm free MP3 downloads, and streaming
  • Makeuseof.com article on more free, legal music sources
  • Music podcast directory for iTunes
  • National Jukebox from Library of Congress - free streaming of vintage music and other historic sound recordings
  • NPR Music Podcasts (expand the Music topic to see the list)
  • Pandora - free streamed music, geared toward your personal tastes 
  • Slacker - personalized content
  • Songza - free streamed music, with playlists designed for particular moods or occasions
  • Spotify - streamed music
  • Your Music Finder on WhyMusicMatters.com from the RIAA. Includes free and paid resources
  
  

  Other Resources

  • 8Notes.com (Free sheet music)
  • 45cat.com - research 45-rpm singles in a database built by 45cat.com users
  • AMG All Music Guide
  • Classical Net
  • Cultural Equity - folk music from around the world, collected by Alan Lomax
  • Discogs.com - search for information about music, track your collection and wantlist, buy and sell music recordings, and help build the database by submitting new information
  • Edison Sound Recordings - music plus speeches, comedy routines, and more
  • Ethnomusicology
  • FolkLib Index (Folk Music Sites)
  • International Lyrics Playground - over 30,000 song lyrics 
  • International Music Score Library Project - free public domain music scores
  • Rhythmweb (rhythm & percussion)
  • Song Index at Newark Public Library
  • Sound Junction - listen, explore, discover, create
  
  

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  New Jersey Resources

  • Courier-Post South Jersey
  • Free Public Records Directory
  • GovTrack.us - track voting and attendance records of members of Congress, research pending legislation on the federal and state level (all 50 states)
  • Locate your elected official
  • LSNJ New Jersey (You and the law in NJ)
  • New Jersey Administrative Code, including Uniform Construction Code
  • www.NJChildSupport.org - access case information, fact sheets, forms, and more.
  • New Jersey Digital Highway - NJ history and culture
  • New Jersey Energy Choice
  • NJ Family Care - free or low-cost health insurance for low-income families
  • New Jersey Home Page
  • New Jersey Offender Search Engine (broader search than Megan's Law search below)
  • New Jersey Sex Offender Registry (Megan's Law)
  • New Jersey State Legislature Page
  • Requesting Vital Records in NJ
  • Self Help Resource Center - help with representing yourself in court (pro se) from the NJ Judiciary
  • Weird New Jersey - the odd, the offbeat, the trivial

  Updated 2/22/2016

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  News Sources

  Local TV and Radio News

  • 6abc Action News
  • CBS Philly
  • Fox 29
  • MyPHL17 News
  • NBCPhiladelphia.com
  • NJTV
  • WHYY Newsworks
  
  

  National and International TV and Radio News

  • ABC News
  • BBC News
  • C-SPAN
  • CBS News
  • CNN
  • Fox News
  • MSNBC
  • NHK World
  • NPR News
  • PBS News
  • TV News at the Internet Archive
  
  Online Only Sources
  • The Daily Source - curated news from around the internet
  • Google News
  • Yahoo News
  
  

  Special Interest

  • CNBC Business News
  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - parody from Comedy Central
  • ESPN Sports News
  • The Onion - timely parody and satire
  • Salon.com - the online arts and culture magazine
  • Science Daily
  
  

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  Newspapers, Magazines and Journals

  • EbscoHost - If you are connecting from a non-library computer, you will be asked to enter your library card number. EbscoHost includes databases for searching general interest, academic, medical, science, environmental, education, biographical and business publications. Many articles are available in full text.
  • The Atlantic - most articles from 1995 on are available free. Articles back to 1857 are available to purchase.
  • Courier-Post
  • Gloucester City News
  • Good Housekeeping magazine - 1885 to 1950 (some years missing)
  • History Today - full articles from 1980 on; 1979 and earlier are incomplete
  • Life Magazine Photo Archive
  • Life Magazine Complete Issue Archive 1936-1972
  • Media History Project - full text periodicals related to the history of movies, broadcasting and sound recording. Includes collection of fan magazines, including nearly 25 years of Photoplay.
  • New York Times
  • Popular Science - from 1872
  • Smithsonian - from 2002
  • Sports Illustrated archives - from 1950
  • Time Magazine archives - from 1923
  • Biomed Search - most comprehensive free search tool online for medical and scientific publications, including many articles and dissertations found nowhere else
  • Chronicling America - Library of Congress website featuring full-text newspapers from 1860-1922, plus information on newspapers as far back as 1690
  • Free Medical Journals - by Amedeo. Also see the Amedeo's free subscription service which will send updates based on your own selected medical topics and medical journals.
  • Google News Archive - list of historic newspapers that have been digitized, and basic search box
    • Google News Advanced Search page for searching current and archived news stories
  • Google Scholar (includes scholarly articles, theses, papers, books and technical reports)
  • Highwire by Stanford University - free online full-text articles from science journals
  • Informe on JerseyClicks* - Spanish language database indexing Hispanic periodicals
  • JStor Register and Read - Free, read-only access for individuals to a portion of JStor's journal collection. These journals are normally only available to students affiliated with a subscribing college or university library.
  • News Library from Newsbank - search millions of articles in thousands of publications at one time, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, and South Jersey Times. Searching is free, but there is a cost to access the full-text articles. Once registered, you may save searches, your search history and articles all in one place.
  • Old Magazine Articles - a collection of primary source, public domain articles on broad topics of historical interest

  *These services are partially funded by the LibraryLinkNJ, a state tax funded service of the New Jersey Library Network.

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  Parenting

  
  

  See our related pages:

  • Anti-bullying Resources
  • Children's Literature
  • College Information
  • Education
  • Gloucester City Schools
  • Social Services resources
  • Kids Page
  • Medical Websites
  • Sports and Games
  
  

  Information elsewhere on the web:

  • www.NJChildSupport.org - access case information, fact sheets, forms, and more.
  
  

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  Finding People

  
  
  • 411Locate.com - includes reverse lookup by phone for white pages
  • Addresses.com
  • AnyWho-get name and address by phone number, also white pages name and phone number by address
  • Finding a birth parent or adoptee
  • Free People Search
  • Free Public Records Directory
  • How to track down anyone online - article on Lifehacker.com
  • International White and Yellow Pages
  • Phone Look Up - includes a reverse phone directory that includes some unlisted and cell numbers
  • Pipl.com
  • Switchboard.com
  • Yellow Book(Locate people or businesses)
  • Yellowpages.com
  
  

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  Philadelphia

  
  
  • Free Library of Philadelphia
  • Old Images of Philadelphia on Facebook
  • Philadelphia - directory of electronic sources from the University of Pennsylvania libraries
  • Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library
  • PhillyHistory.org - official photo archive from the City of Philadelphia
  
  

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  Philadelphia Inquirer

  
  

  Philadelphia Inquirer articles from ther past seven days are available free at Philly.com. You can search Philly.com for articles as far back as 1981, but you must pay to access the actuall full-text articles. Obituaries are kept online for one year and are free to access.

  
  

  The Newspaper Source Plus database on EbscoHost includes the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News as far back as 1997. (If you are using EbscoHost from a computer outside the library building, you will need to enter your library card number.) Scroll down to the bottom of the EbscoHost page and check the box next to Newspaper Source Plus to chose that database. Then use Advanced Search, and include the desired newspaper name in a search box for Journal Name.

  
  

  News Library includes the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1981. Searching is free, but there is a cost to access the full-text articles. Once registered, you may save searches, your search history and articles are all in one place.

  
  

  The public may access full-text articles (no images) without charge at Rutgers' Robeson Library in Camden and Camden County Library in Voorhees back to 1981 through the Newsbank database.

  
  

  Camden County Library also has the paper on microfilm back to 1973, with paper indexes for 1979 and 1980.

  
  

  The Free Library of Philadelphia has the Philadelphia Inquirer back to 1860 on microfilm, and indexes are available for some years.

  
  

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  Poetry

  
  
  • The American Verse Project - American poetry from before 1920
  • PoemHunter.com
  • Poets.org - from the Academy of American Poets. Poems by topic, biographical information and more.
  • The Poetry Foundation - poem search tool, audio, video, even an iPhone app
  • Representative Poetry Online
  • Resources for your rhymes - sites for slam/spoken word/performance poetry
  • The Ultimate Poetry Resource Guide
  
  

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  Election Information and Presidents

  Election Information

  • Camden County Guide to Elections and Government
  • Camden County Clerk's Election Division - call 856-225-7220 for information on the Vote By Mail (absentee) ballot application. Or, print the application out from here.
  • Camden County Superintendent of Elections - call 856-661-3555 to make sure you are still registered.
  • Commission on Presidential Debates
  • Election calendar - deadlines for registering & absentee voting in New Jersey
  • Factcheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check
  • GovTrack.us - track voting and attendance records of members of Congress, research pending legislation on the federal and state level (all 50 states)
  • Huffington Post - campaign finance news
  • League of Women Voters
  • Living Room Candidate: watch presidential campaign commercials, 1952 - 2012
  • Polling Place Search / District Finder
  • Printable mail-in voter registration form from NJ Division of Elections
  • Project Vote Smart
  • RealClearPolitics.com - public opinion poll results and much more
  • Voting Section Home Page (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
  
  

  Presidents

  • Access to a Legacy - new online digital archive from the John F. Kennedy Library & Museum, containing documents, photographs and audiovisual materials
  • WhiteHouseTapes.org - from Roosevelt through Nixon administrations

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  Public Policy and Opinion

  
  
  • Polling Report - results of public opinion polls
  • Public Agenda Online: Public Policy Research
  • World Public Opinion
  
  

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  Quotations

  
  
  • BrainyQuote
  • Quotation Resources - links to even more sources, from RefDesk.com
  • The Quote Garden
  • Quote Investigator
  • Quoteland.com - Quotations on every topic, by every author, etc.
  • Respectfully quoted
  • Thinkexist.com
  • Wikiquote
  
  

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  Real Estate

  • Camden County Property Tax and Ownership Information Search
  • Foreclosure.com - locate properties in foreclosure
  • Homeowner's Property Tax Reduction Kit (.pdf file which requires Adobe Reader)
  • NACA - nonprofit offering a Home Save program and low-cost purchase mortgages
  • NJHousing.gov - find or list affordable housing
  • Philly.com Real Estate
  • SouthJerseyClassifieds.com
  • Tips on avoiding foreclosure, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Zillow.com - another tool to check a home's value
  
  

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  Religion

  
  
  • Beliefnet - features and message boards on inspiration, spirituality, and faith
  • Religious Tolerance
  • BBC's Guide to Religions of the World
  • Listing of Official Denominational Websites
  
  

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  Science and Math

  
  

  Science

  
  
  • Biomed Search
  • Chem4Kids
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Science
  • Gray's Anatomy
  • Highwire by Stanford University - free online full-text articles from science journals
  • JerseyClicks (NJ State Library databases - IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)
  • JerseyClicks (NJ State Library databases - USE THIS FROM HOME!!)
  • NASA Homepage
  • Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Science Daily
  • Science.gov - suitable for research for middle school through college

  Math

  • Algebra.com
  • Ask Dr. Math
  • Create A Graph
  • Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects
  • Math TV - help with algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus
  • Mathway.com - math problem solver
  • NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
  • OnlineConversion.com - convert units of volume, weight, area, energy, speed, etc.
  • Purplemath - algebra lessons and a discussion forum
  
  

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  Search Engines

  
  
  • Bing
  • Blinkx Video Search (search for online video clips)
  • Duck Duck Go
  • FindingDulcinea - curated groups of sites by topic
  • Findsounds.com
  • Google
  • Google Groups (search newsgroup discussions)
  • Google Maps(search for local businesses and services)
  • Google Scholar (search scholarly articles, theses, papers, books, patents, and technical reports)
  • MSN Search
  • Wolfram Alpha
  • Yahoo!
  • Yahoo video search (search for online video clips)
  
  

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  Science and Math

  
  
  • Science
    
    • Biomed Search
    • Chem4Kids
    • Eric Weisstein's World of Science
    • Gray's Anatomy
    • Highwire by Stanford University - free online full-text articles from science journals
    • JerseyClicks (NJ State Library databases - IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)
    • JerseyClicks (NJ State Library databases - USE THIS FROM HOME!!)
    • NASA Homepage
    • Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Science Daily
    • Science.gov - suitable for research for middle school through college
  
  
  
  • Math
    
    • Algebra.com
    • Ask Dr. Math
    • Create A Graph
    • Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects
    • Math TV - help with algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus
    • Mathway.com - math problem solver
    • NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
    • OnlineConversion.com - convert units of volume, weight, area, energy, speed, etc.
    • Purplemath - algebra lessons and a discussion forum
  
  

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  Senior Citizens

  Gloucester City Information

  • Bingo games are held at the fire hall, 230 Nicholson Road. For information call (856) 456-0685.
  • Senior Housing
    • Francis J. Gorman Manor at Carpenter's Square, 430 S. Broadway, Phone (856) 456-5099
    • Gloucester Towne, 101 Market Street, Phone (856) 456-5772
  • Taxes and water/sewer bills - possible adjustments for seniors

  Camden County Information

  • AARP Tax Aide locator - get free help filing your taxes
  • SCUCS (Senior Citizens United Community Services) - bus trips and more

  New Jersey Information

  • AARP New Jersey
  • New Jersey State Community & Wellness Website
    • Division of Aging and Community Services - programs designed to make it easier for seniors to maintain themselves independently for as long as possible
  • New Jersey Medicaid
  • NJ Ease - the easy way for seniors and their families to get information about and access senior services. Call toll free 1-877-222-3737 and speak to a trained, knowledgeable person in your own county
  • Senior Freeze (Property Tax Reimbursement) Program

  National/General Information

  • AARP
  • Guide to Long Term Care Planning from the National Care Planning Council
  • Medicare
  • Senior Journal: Daily News for Active Seniors
  • Social Security Administration
  • Travel
    • Road Scholar (Elderhostel)
    • Travel Tips for Older Americans - from the U.S. Department of State

  Updated 12/16/14

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  Social Services Resources

  Food

  • Saint Mary's Church
    • 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030
    • Daily, 1:00-2:00pm
    • Phone: 856-456-0052
    • Free bag lunch provided daily to anyone in need, from the back door of the rectory.
  • Gloucester City Hope Mobile
    • 1400 Crescent Blvd, Gloucester City, NJ 08030
    • 4th Thursday, 11am - 1pm
    • Phone: 856-662-4884
    • Contact: Food Bank of South Jersey
    • Open to residents of Gloucester City. All new clients must bring a photo ID and proof of income, such as a pay stub, Family First card, or Social Security statement.
  • Jewish Family and Children's Services
    • 1301 Springdale Road, Suite 150, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
    • Monday - Thursday, 9am - 9pm | Friday 9am - 4pm
    • Phone: (856) 424-1333
    • Email: info@jfedsnj.org
    • The JFCS Betsy & Peter Fischer Food Pantries provide non-perishable food and personal care items to food-insecure households in Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester Counties.
  • Lighthouse Baptist Church
    • 811 Market St, Gloucester City, NJ 08030
    • 4th Thursday, 4pm - 8pm / Holidays 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 4pm - 6pm
    • Contact: David Serfass
    • Phone: 856-456-8595
  • Potters House Assemblies of God
    • 301 Monmouth St, Gloucester City, NJ 08030
    • 3rd Wednesday, 11am - 4pm
    • Phone: 856-379-0478
    • Contact: Rosita Gomez
  • Helping Hand Food Pantry
    • Church of the Ascension, 110 South Sussex St, Gloucester City, NJ 08030
    • Fridays, 10am - 11am
    • Phone: 856-456-4394
  • Food Bank of South Jersey
    • Website: https://foodbanksnj.org
    • The Food Bank of South Jersey works with more than 150 food pantries and Hope Mobiles in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem coutnies to provide healthy food to seniors, families and children in need.
  • NJ SNAP
    • Website: www.nj.gov/humanservices/dfd/njsnap/
    • NJ SNAP, formerly Food Stamps, is New Jersey's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that can help low-income families buy the groceries they need to eat healthy.
  • NJ 211
    • Website: https://www.nj211.org/
    • Online database for topics like Food Banks, Food Pantries, Food Distribution Centers, Holiday Food Drives, Emergency/Food, Women Infants & Children (W.I.C.), Nutrition and Soup Kitchens.

  Housing

  • Local Housing Authority
    • City of Camden: 856-968-2700 or http://www.camdenhousing.org/
    • Cheryy Hill: 856-432-8706 or http://www.cherryhill-nj.com/151/Affordable_Housing/
    • Clementon: 856-784-1134 or http://clementonhousingauthority.com/
    • Collingswood: 856-854-1077 or https://www.collingswoodhousingauthority.com/
    • Gloucester City: http://www.gcnjha.com/
    • Haddon: 856-854-3700 or http://www.haddowntownshiphousingauthority.com/
    • Pennsauken: 856-663-0514 or http://www.twp.pennsauken.nj.us/content/housing-authority/
  • Rental Housing
    • New Jersey Housing Resource Center: 1-877-428-8844 or http://www.njhrc.gov/njhrc/find/
    • HUD-subsidized housing: http://wwww.hud.gov/apps/section8index.cfm
    • USDA-subsidized rural housing: 609-267-1639,124 x 124 or http://rdmfhrentals.sc.egov.usda.gov/RDMFHRentals/select_county.jsp?st=NJ&state_name=NewJersey&st_cd=34
    • Affordable Homes New Jersey: https://www.afordablehomesnewjersey.com/
    • Camden County OEO: http://www.camdencountyoeo.com/housing.html/
    • Volunteers of America, Delaware Valley: 856-854-4660 or http://www.vodav.org/movingforward/
    • Lutheran Social Ministries of Camden: 856-966-3402 or http://www.lsmn.org/how-we-help/affordable-housing/affordable-family-housing/
    • (62+) Lutheran Social Ministries: 856-661-0141 or http://www.lsmnj.org/how-we-help/affordable-housing/affordable-senior-housing/
  • Residents with Disabilities
    • Aging and Disability Resource Connection: 1-877-222-3737
  • Shelters and Emergency Housing
    • Website: portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/new_jersey/homeless/shelters
  Health Care
  • Healthcare.gov (Health Insurance Marketplace, aka "Obamacare")
  • Info on Charity Care in New Jersey (for those not eligible for Medicaid or NJ Family Care) from Legal Services NJ 
  • Free flu shots in Camden County
  • New Jersey Family Care
  • RX for NJ - find free and discounted prescription drug programs
  • New Jersey Individual Health Coverage Program Rates - updated monthly by the State of New Jersey
  • New Jersey Prescription Drug Price Registry - compare prices at different pharmacies on 150 most common medications
  • NJ211.org - search in headings starting with Medical, or by name of disease.
  • VIPPS accredited online pharmacies - if shopping online for the best price on prescription drugs

  Jobs and Work Issues

  • Child care services and subsidies
  • Our page of links for online job-hunting - includes NJ Unemployment link, job listing sites, and much more.

  Transportation

  • DriveLess.com (Cross County Connection) - directory of local public transportation, carpools, and more.
  • Gas Price Watch - search for lowest gas prices by zipcode
  • Special "dollar  a day" car insurance for Medicaid recipients
  • Reduced fares on NJ Transit for senior citizens and disabled
  Money Management
  • Clarifi - formerly Consumer Credit Counseling of Delaware Valley
  • Get the Facts on Bankruptcy - from Bankrate.com
  • Money Smart - a free online money management course from the FDIC
  • Look in our non-fiction section at 332.024 for personal finance and budgeting books
  • MyMoney.gov - financial tips compiled from 20 federal government agencies
  • Rutgers University Cooperative Extension materials on personal finance

  General/Financial Assistance

  • (HPP) Camden County Council on Economic Oppurtunity: 856-964-6887 or http://www.camdencountyoeo.com/
  • 2-1-1, the NJ Helpline Call Center
  • Gateway Community Action Partnership: 856-935-0944 or http://www.gatewaycap.org/
  • Community Outreach Inc., 168 East Broadway, Salem, 08069
  • Open Door Outreach Inc.: 856-229-9638
  • Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden: 856-691-1841 or http://catholiccharitiescamden.org/?staff=Camden-county
  • Salvation Army: 856-379-6900
  • Volunteers of America, Delaware Valley: 856-854-4660
  • Respond, Inc.: 856-365-6597 or http://www.respondinc.com/
  • (Seniors) SCUCS: 856-456-1121 or http://scucs.org/services/housing-assistance/
  • Cathedral Kitchen: 856-964-6771 or http://www.cathedralkitchen.org/health-support/
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society
    • Bellmawr: 856-931-6307
    • St. Simon Stock (Berlin/Pine Hill/Clementon): 856-767-7391

  Free and Almost-Free Stuff

  • Craig's List
  • Freecycle
  • The Thrift Shopper - directory of thrift stores
  • Yard and garage sales from the Courier Post - scroll down to the Everything Else section at bottom of page; search for "yard sale" or "garage sale." Or, click on Garage Sale Locator Map.

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  Speeches/Transcripts

  • American Rhetoric - 5000+ speeches, debates, legal proceedings, and more, in full-text, audio and video
  • Edison Sound Recordings - speeches are included, along with music and more
  • Meet the Press - transcripts and other resources
  • National Public Radio transcripts
  • Speeches on Youtube
  • White House Briefing Room - press releases, speech texts, pictures, video

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  Sports and Games

  • Philadelphia Eagles
  • Philadelphia Flyers
  • Philadelphia Phillies
  • Philadelphia 76ers
  • Sports Know-How - history, rules, field dimensions and more
  • Triple Crown History

   

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  • City/town Info
  • The Fifty States from InfoPlease.com
  • License Plates of the World
  • U.S. Newspaper List
  
  

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  Tax Information

  Since Spring 2010, due to budget constraints, the State of New Jersey is no longer providing paper Income Tax Forms in bulk to libraries or post offices. You may print out or photocopy tax forms at the library for 15 cents a page. You may also use NJ WebFile, the State of New Jersey's free online tax filing system, from a library computer. For more information on how to get NJ forms, click here.

  
  

  • For Federal Forms, click here.
  • Important Tax Dates
  
  

  Online Tax Filing

  • H&R Block
  • IRS Free File
  • TaxAct
  • TurboTax Free Efile
  • NJ Web File and E-Filing information
  
  

  Other tax information

  • AARP Tax-Aide tax preparation volunteers, find locations nearby (for age 60 and over)
  • Camden County Property Tax and Ownership Information Search
  • Homeowner's Property Tax Reduction Kit (ask you to request free .pdf file)
  • It's Deductible - track charitable contributions and more
  • New Jersey Division of Taxation Regional Office-Camden
  • New Jersey Senior Property Tax Freeze (PTR booklets)
  • New Jersey Division of Taxation homepage
  • 2012 and older Tax Forms from SaveWealth.com
  • Vita / TCE tax preparation volunteers - find locations nearby
  • Where's My Refund? - interactive page on the IRS website

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  Travel

  • Airwise (airport guides; flight tracker; weather; travel resources; flight, airline, hotel, and rental car information)
  • Amtrak
  • Bedbug Registry - bedbug sightings in specific hotels and apartments; read reports or submit your own. (Tip: it's easier to locate the desired hotel by clicking on the map vs. using their search boxes.)
  • Cheap Tickets.com (Flight Tracker under Travel Resources)
  • Driveless.com (Cross County Connection) - links to all local public transit, including PATCO, NJ Transit, RiverLine, Amtrak, and more
  • Fodors
  • TravLang - foreign languages for travelers
  • Passport services and information
  • Recreation.gov (federal campground reservations)
  • Rand McNally
  • RoadScholar.org - formerly Elderhostel
  • Seatguru.com - your enlightened guide to airline seating
  • State Department travel warnings and travel alerts
  • Tingo - book a hotel room, and you get a refund if the rates go down
  • TransitView - real time route information from SEPTA

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  U.S. History

  • American Memory - online digital collections print and audiovisual materials from the Library of Congress
  • America's Story from America's Library - interactive site designed for kids by the Library of Congress
  • Chronicling America - vintage newspapers online
  • Early America - primary sources from the 18th Century
  • History Matters - includes primary sources
  • New Deal Web Guide at Library of Congress - includes links to digitized materials available online
  • New Jersey Digital Highway
  • New Jersey History and Genealogy Links from Burlington County Library
  • Our Documents
  • Princeton University archive on Liberty and the American Revolution
  • Today in History
  • USHistory.org - from Independence Hall, with an emphasis on Philadelphia
  • Wikipedia United States Events of the Year - this link is for 1957. Go up to the address bar in your browser and substitute any year in this address for current events of that year.

  Civil War

  • American Civil War
  • Civil War Photographs
  • Civil War @ Smithsonian
  • Documenting the American South - includes primary sources
  • Freedom: A History of U.S.: Webisode 6: A War to End Slavery
  • New Jersey in the Civil War

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  Weather and Atmosphere

  Local Conditions

  • National Weather Service Home Page
  • NBC Philadelphia Weather Stories section - good for getting total amounts for storms, such as snowfall totals
  • Phillywx.com on Facebook
  • The Weather Channel

  Science and Nature

  • Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
  • Cloud Boutique (PSC Meteorology Program)
  • Global Warming - from National Geographic
  • NASA's Earth Observatory
  • National Hurricane Center
  • National Snow and Ice Data Center
  • Rainbows
  • Space Weather Resources (Rice University)
  • Spaceweather.com
  • Tornado Project Online
  
  

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  Women

  • Women's history links from the National Archives
  • Women's Issues section of About.com
  
  

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  Zip Codes

  • MelissaData - zipcode maps, mail carrier routes, address checker, and more
  • Zip Code Lookup
  
  

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