Welcome to the catalog of the Hoboken Public Library, a member of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System. You may search for items owned by over seventy libraries and within some BCCLS databases. Books not available within the BCCLS catalog may be requested through Jerseycat (Statewide ILL catalog) by resident Hoboken library card holders. For browsers who just want to know what general call number area to look in for nonfiction you can use the Dewey Decimal Classification Table.
Please note a few of these resources require a pin number/password. You can retrieve your pin number by going to this bccls page and entering your library card. It will send it to you by the email that you have associated with your library account. If you need assistance with any of these services email reference@hoboken.bccls.org
Databases and Reference eBooks By Topic
Education and Student Resources
Tax Form and Assistance Information
eResources Alphabetically
Acceda Noticias-now incorporated into Hispanic Life in America (Newsbank)-Spanish Language Newspapers
Access World News (formerly America’s News from Newsbank)–Local and World Newspapers
Ancestry (only available in the library)-Genealogy Research
APS Public Access Program for Physics Periodicals
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality (Provided by ProQuest)
Business Source Elite *-Business Profiles and Periodicals
City of Hoboken Municipal Code
Consumer Reports – Part of MasterFILE Elite
Data Axle-Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA)*
eBCCLS-ebooks, digital magazines, and digital audiobooks**
eLibrary NJ -ebooks and digital audiobooks
EbscoHost -a variety of reference databases
ERIC(Education Resource Information Center) *-education literature and resources
Freegal Music-streaming and downloadable music
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship
Gale Business: Plan Builder
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Health Source: Nursing/Academic and Consumer Edition
Heritage Hub formerly America’s Obituaries (Newsbank)
Heritage Quest
Hispanic Life in America
Hudson Reporter Publications (Newsbank)
Infobase Resources for Children Mailbox Plus
Jersey Clicks*
Jersey Journal 1/16/99-Current (Newsbank)
Legal Information Reference Center *
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts*
MasterFILE Elite* (includes access to Consumer Reports)
Military & Government Collection*
NYTimes.com access in the library
NYTimes.com access from home for Hoboken Public Library Resident Card Holders. Email reference@hoboken.bccls.org with your HPL barcode or stop by the reference desk for access code good for 72 hours. Or access with your library card through Pressreader.
PressReader (including NY Times and Economist Access)
Salem Press Ereference books
History Literature
Sanborn Maps (in-Library)
Sanborn Maps (Outside of Library)
Small Business Reference Center*
Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) access is provided to Hoboken Public Library Resident Card Holders. Please email us with your library barcode for a link for access.
*Starred electronic resources are provided to New Jersey’s libraries including the Hoboken Public Library by the New Jersey State Library and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Updated 8/2/2024 -AH