Introduction to the New Jersey State Library Resources and Services May 8, 2019 1 Connecting people with information through libraries
New Jersey State Library Presenters • Maria Baratta, Associate Director of the State Library Information Center • Leslie Witko, Supervising Librarian, Law Library 2 Connecting people with information through libraries
What we will cover: • Introduction to the State Library • New Jersey documents and other state resources • Legal research tools • United States documents • Research guides • Databases • Discovery service • Interlibrary loan • eBooks 3 Connecting people with information through libraries
New Jersey State Library www.njstatelib.org 4 Connecting people with information through libraries
Get yourself a library card! 5 Connecting people with information through libraries
Our staff 6 Connecting people with information through libraries
New Jersey Documents & DSpace 7 Connecting people with information through libraries
Range of state publications • Public hearing transcript • Poster on work safety in pizza parlors • Report on the pension system • Pamphlet on Revolutionary War • Maps • Frog sounds CD • Periodicals • Online databases
What Will I Find in DSpace? • Currently 32,000+ items • New publications • Publications we have been collecting since 2002 • Older series and annual reports • On Demand • An eclectic collection!
Looking at DSpace 11 Connecting people with information through libraries
What shows up under DOT in DSpace? 12 Connecting people with information through libraries
DSpaceHome New Jersey State Publications Digital Library Transportation, Department of General Publications and Reports of the Dept. of Transportation 13 Connecting people with information through libraries
Scanned Document Route Renumbering - 1953 First page from scanned Cover image from scanned document document 14 Connecting people with information through libraries
Born digital document 15 Connecting people with information through libraries
Digital Jerseyana 16 Connecting people with information through libraries
Memoir of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy Rail Road, April 15, 1836 . 17 Connecting people with information through libraries
Digital New Jersey Newspapers 1922 2018 18 Connecting people with information through libraries
Legal Resources 19 Connecting people with information through libraries
NJ State Library: Law Library • 4 Librarians • 1 Library Assistant Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm 185 West State Street Trenton, NJ 08608 (609) 278-2640, ext. 102 reflaw@njstatelib.org 20 Connecting people with information through libraries
NJ Legal Resources New Jersey Statues New Jersey Administrative Code New Jersey Register Rules of the Court/Attorney Ethics Legislative History Documents Agency Decisions (current and past versions of all) 21 Connecting people with information through libraries
New Jersey Legislature https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ • New Jersey Statutes • New Jersey Chapter Laws • Bills • Committee Statements, etc. Please note, these are for NJ Laws only — For Federal Laws, see https://www.usa.gov/laws-and-regs; For local laws, use the links found here: https://www.njstatelib.org/research_library/legal_resources/nj_legal_resources/ local_ordinances 22 Connecting people with information through libraries
NJ Legislative History https://repo.njstatelib.org/advanced_search.html • A collection of all the original documents • Often used to find intent and/or clarification. • Created by NJSL Law Staff • Every Law — call if not online! 23 Connecting people with information through libraries
NJ Administrative Regulations: https://www.state.nj.us/oal/rules/accessp/ • The New Jersey Administrative Code (NJAC) is the codification of all the rules and regulations made by the Executive Branch Agencies in NJ. • Proposed Rules are published in the New Jersey Register (NJR). The NJR from 1969 to 1995 can be found on the library website here: http://tinyurl.com/y5s92x5x 24 Connecting people with information through libraries
New Jersey Courts https://njcourts.gov/ • Self Help Center • Rules of the Court • Rules of Professional Conduct • Overview of the Court System 25 Connecting people with information through libraries
US Documents 26 Connecting people with information through libraries
U.S. Government Information • Congress.gov • CRS Reports • govinfo.gov • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications • Census.gov • USA.gov 27 Connecting people with information through libraries
Congress.gov - let’s you follow or track what’s happening in the Legislative Branch 28 Connecting people with information through libraries
CRS Reports https://crsreports.congress.gov – these are the in depth research and analysis reports called for by Congress 29 Connecting people with information through libraries
govinfo.gov - free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government 30 Connecting people with information through libraries
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications - catalogs and facilitates searching of government publications 31 Connecting people with information through libraries
Census.gov & data.census.gov 32 Connecting people with information through libraries
USA.gov – like Government Google 33 Connecting people with information through libraries
USA.gov 34 Connecting people with information through libraries
Research Guides 35 Connecting people with information through libraries
State Library Research Guides https://libguides.njstatelib.org 36 Connecting people with information through libraries
Databases 37 Connecting people with information through libraries
Not all database are the same 38 Connecting people with information through libraries
New Jersey State Library A-Z Database List, https://libguides.njstatelib.org/az.php 39 Connecting people with information through libraries
Why do I need a library card? Many of our databases require you to login with your library barcode number. This applies to interlibrary loan and eBook access. 40 Connecting people with information through libraries
Let’s look for something 41 Connecting people with information through libraries
Search results in the free ASCE database 42 Connecting people with information through libraries
Abstract and citation detail 43 Connecting people with information through libraries
Discovery 44 Connecting people with information through libraries
Simple search interface 45 Connecting people with information through libraries
Sort of like Google across all of our resources and open web content, too. 46 Connecting people with information through libraries
Open source content Look for the full text link 47 Connecting people with information through libraries
Full text link leads to the source page. Grab the pdf 48 Connecting people with information through libraries
Pretty easy. 49 Connecting people with information through libraries
Interlibrary Loan 50 Connecting people with information through libraries
No, I definitely want the ASCE reference 51 Connecting people with information through libraries
Yeah, that’s it. Darn! Not found in the library holdings. But what’s this about interlibrary loan? 52 Connecting people with information through libraries
Why do I need a library card (again)? Many of our databases require you to login with your library barcode number. This applies to interlibrary loan and eBook access. 53 Connecting people with information through libraries
Once you create an ILLiad profile, the full citation of the resource you found in the Discovery section will populate the form. Easy Peasy. 54 Connecting people with information through libraries
eBooks 55 Connecting people with information through libraries
eBook Types and Formats Nonfiction Fiction Reference eAudiobook eBook Mobi bile le de device ce (iOS OS, , Andr droid) d) Desktop access 56 Connecting people with information through libraries
eBooks and Audiobooks @NJSL 57 Connecting people with information through libraries
Can you tell me again why I need a library card? Many of our databases require you to login with your library barcode number. This applies to interlibrary loan and eBook access . 58 Connecting people with information through libraries
Questions? Call us 609-278-2640 x 103 – Reference 609-278-2640 x 102 – Law Library Email us refdesk@njstatelib.org reflaw@njstatelib.org 59 Connecting people with information through libraries
New Jersey State Library Presenters • Maria Baratta, Associate Director of the State Library Information Center, mbaratta@njstatelib.org • Leslie Witko, Supervising Librarian, Law Library, lwitko@njstatelib.org 60 Connecting people with information through libraries
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