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Mrs. Laurie Matassa is the Freehold Regional High School District media center specialist. Check her calendar to see where she is. Email her with research or book questions and support.

The Freehold Regional High School has entered into a partnership with the Monmouth County Public Library and the Freehold Public Library to share their database resources with our school community. Directions to access the public libraries are below.

For student residents of Colts Neck, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan, and Marlboro AND CNHS, FTHS, HHS, MNHS, & MRHS Staff:

Click here for Monmouth County Library Resources

In a mutual agreement between the Freehold Regional High School District and the Monmouth County Library System, our students will be able to access the databases with a pin number from school or home. This mutual agreement benefits our students in providing academic resources for their school research assignments and projects. Click here for directions to access the Monmouth County Library.

Databases for Research (All are accessible through the Monmouth County Library link above. Descriptions are available through the library link as well. For databases with Ebsco in parenthesis, you may need to click on "EbscoHost Web" first to access it.)

- Academic and Scholarly Journals/Articles - Academic Search Premier, GreenFile, JSTOR Scholarly Journals, eBook Open Access (Ebsco), OpenDissertations (Ebsco).
- Business - Business eReference Collection, Business Source Premier & Regional Business News (Ebsco), Mergent Intellect, Reference Solutions, Small Business Reference Center, Valueline.
- Biographies - Biography Reference Source, Gale Ebooks, Contemporary Authors.
- Careers - Career Guidance at Salem Press (ebooks), Ferguson's Career Guidance Center, Learning Express Jobs Accelerator, Reference Solutions.
- Driving Test Prep - Driving-Tests.org.
- Education and Teaching -Educational Resources Information Center/ERIC, Professional Development Collection, Teacher Reference Center (Ebsco).
- Encyclopedia & eBooks (General Research)- EbscoHost eBooks, eBook Public Library Collection (Ebsco), Ebsco eClassics Collection, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Gale eBooks, MAS Reference eBook Collection (Ebsco), MasterFile Reference eBook Collection (Ebsco).
- General News and Current Events - America's News by NewsBank, Asbury Park Press, Ebscohost Web, Flipster Online Magazines, MAS Ultra, MasterFile Premier (Ebsco), Military and Government Collection (Ebsco), New York Times Collection, Newspaper Source Plus (Ebsco), Newswires (Ebsco), Points of View (Ebsco), Star-Ledger Collection, TOPICsearch (Ebsco), U.S. Newstream by Proquest, Wall Street Journal.
- Geography and Culture - World Geography and Culture Online.
- Health - Health Source (Ebsco), Health Source Center (Ebsco), Health and Medicine eReference Collection, Health and Medical Resources at Salem Press, MEDLINE (Ebsco).
- History - African American History Online, American History Online, American Women History Online, American Indian History Online, Ancient and Medieval History Online, Modern World History Online, HeritageQuest Online, Historical Newspapers of Monmouth County, Historical Northeast Regional Newspapers, History and Social Studies Resources at Salem Press, History Reference Center (Ebsco), New York Times Historical, History Reference eBook Collection (Ebsco), Red Bank Register.
- Literature - Bloom's Literary Reference Online, Contemporary Authors, Gale Literature, Literary Reference Center, Literature Resources at Salem Press, Literary Reference eBook Collection (Ebsco).
- Science Databases - GreenFile (Ebsco), JSTOR, Science Online, Science Reference Center (Ebsco), Science ebooks from Salem Press, MAS Ultra (Ebsco), Science Reference eBook Collection (Ebsco), Science Resources by Salem Press Online.
- Spanish Resources - Referencia Latina.
- Reading Advisory - Novelist Plus.

NOTE: Click on the school names below to see other databases that each school has access to.

For student residents of Freehold Boro AND Freehold High School Staff:

Click here for Freehold Public Library Resources

In a mutual agreement between the Freehold Regional High School District and the Freehold Public Library, our students will be able to access the databases, digital streaming movies, ebooks, and audiobooks with their library card from school or home.
This benefits our students in providing academic resources for their school research assignments and projects. Click here for directions how to use the Freehold Public Library.

Databases for Research (All are accessible through the Freehold Library link above. For databases with Ebsco in parenthesis, you need to click on "Jersey Clicks" first to access it. For some of these, you also need to click on one of the other databases, and then the name of the database to see all of the other database options to search into--see images below. )

Academic and Scholarly Journals/Articles - Academic Search Premier (Ebsco), Open Dissertations (Ebsco)
Business - Business Source Elite (Ebsco), Regional Business News (Ebsco), Small Business Source (Ebsco)
Careers - Gale Peterson’s Test and Career Prep (Through Jersey Clicks)
Education and Teaching -Educational Resources Information Center/ERIC, Professional Development Collection, Teacher Reference Center (Ebsco).
Encyclopedia & eBooks (General Research)- EbscoHost eBooks, eBook Public Library Collection (Ebsco), Ebsco eClassics Collection, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, MasterFile Premier and Elite Reference eBook Collection (Ebsco).
General News and Current Events - Ebscohost Web, MasterFile Premier (Ebsco), Military and Government Collection (Ebsco), Newspaper Source Plus (Ebsco), Newswires (Ebsco), Points of View (Ebsco). Newspapers.com and Proquest Database (NOT on Jersey Clicks and will require your Public Library card # to login).
Geography and Culture - CIA's World Factbook (NOT on Jersey Clicks & does not require a login).
Health - Health Source (Ebsco).
History - ProQuest Database including New Jersey Historical Newspapers (NOT on Jersey Clicks and will require your Public Library card # to login).
Literature - Literary Reference Center (Ebsco), Literary Reference eBook Collection (Ebsco).
Science Databases - GreenFile (Ebsco), LiveScience (NOT on Jersey Clicks & does not require a login).
Spanish Resources - Referencia Latina.
Reading Advisory - Novelist Plus.

NOTE: There are more databases available to Freehold Boro students for general news, literature, history, science, etc. Click below where it says "Freehold High School Access only".