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Looking for a good mystery? A how-to on home renovation? A travel guide for Las Vegas? A biography on Hemingway for a term paper? You'll find all these and more in our book collection. The Woodbridge Library meets both your information and leisure needs with over 460,000 volumes, circulating and reference.
Special print collections include large print, young adult, test preparation and Adult Basic Reading/English as a Second Language (Main Library only.) The Main Library carries books in Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Gujarati and Hindi. The Library also maintains a collection of over 21,000 non-print items. All agencies have extensive DVD/Video collections of both current and classic feature films, while the Main Library also circulates educational videos, compact discs, language tapes and recorded books on tape and CD.
The
Woodbridge Library has an extensive collection of Internet subscription
databases available for public use at the library. All of the titles listed
below are available at the Main Library. Branch libraries have selected titles.
Some databases can also be accessed from your home or office computer if you
have a Woodbridge Public Library card. Click here
for remote access.
The Woodbridge Library carries over 500 titles, which include some academic and trade journals as well as popular magazines and newspapers. The collection is supported by periodical indexes in paper and online formats.
The Periodicals Department at the Main Library has extensive retrospective holdings on microfilm for many titles, including the New York Times back to 1851, the Home News & Tribune to 1967, Time to 1938 and National Geographic to 1910. The Department has microfilm reader-printers, including two in digital format. The Department also houses some local area newspapers dating back to the 1920s/1930s and some high school yearbooks. The Department can be reached at ext. 7160.
The Fords, Henry Inman and Iselin Branches have select collections of magazines. All agencies have a collection of circulating magazines with a loan period of two weeks.
The Woodbridge Public
Library has been a depository for federal documents since 1965. As a member of
the GPO’s Federal
Depository Library Program, we receive free of charge selected items
produced in print, microfiche and electronic (CD-ROM or DVD) format.
Among
the highlights of our collection are Census materials, Congressional hearings,
public laws and regulations, and Supreme Court decisions. In addition to items
in our physical collection, we provide access to many government documents via
the Internet. All federal documents, regardless of format, are listed in the
Library’s online
catalog.
The
Library has also been a depository for New Jersey state documents since 1965,
receiving hearings, budget and financial information, statistics, laws,
committee reports and other materials.
A list of some
of the most popular and useful web sites for U.S., New Jersey and Woodbridge
government may be found here.
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Please
speak to a librarian at the Information Desk, 732-634-4450 x7120, if you need
assistance in locating a federal or New Jersey government document.
The Woodbridge Library has a special collection of local
history materials, photographs and limited genealogical information. Access
to this collection is by appointment only. To make an appointment or to make
local history inquiries, call Wendi Rottweiler at 732-634-4450 ext. 7131 or
e-mail at 
. Woodbridge Library card holders can access
Heritage Quest through the Library's website. AncestryPlus is available at
the Main and branch libraries. We also will process your requests for the
Census Microfilm Rental Program - call 732-634-4450 ext. 7120.
Books
and other materials that are not owned by the Woodbridge Public Library can be
borrowed for you from other libraries in New Jersey or across the country.
Please read our Interlibrary
Loan policy for complete details.
Filling
out one of the forms starts the process without requiring you to visit one
of our libraries to request an item. You will be notified when the item arrives.
We will contact you if more information is needed, or if there is a change in
the status of your request. If you have a problem submitting the form, please
call the reference desk and place your request with the librarian.
Please
do not use this form to request items that are listed in this catalog.
If an item is listed in the catalog but is not currently on the shelf, please
follow the instructions to place a hold on that title.
Current
Best Sellers that are not listed in this catalog and books that are not yet
published are not available through Interlibrary Loan.
Please speak to a librarian to request these titles.
If
you are willing to accept any edition of the book, i.e. hardcover, paperback,
etc. then provide us with the author and title only.
If
you are requesting a specific edition or volume of a title, then provide us with
the author and title, and as much information as you know about the publisher,
publication date, and/or ISBN.
COMPUTER TERMINALS FOR PUBLIC USE
Public computers are available for Internet searching at all agencies of the Library on a walk-in and/or appointment basis. Both color and black & white printers are available. Call your local branch for more information. Librarians will answer your questions on using the Internet and advise you on the resources available there and how to access them.
All agencies also have computers with Microsoft Word and Excel on them suitable for preparation of reports and resumés. Call ahead for an appointment.
Woodbridge Public Library provides free wireless Internet access to library users with appropriately equipped and configured laptop computers, PDA’s, or other Internet-enabled portable devices. Wireless Internet access is available at the Main Library and at all Branch Libraries. Please read our Wireless Access Policy for complete details.
NEW
JERSEY LIBRARY for the BLIND AND HANDICAPPED
The Woodbridge Public Library is a service center for the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, offering certain free services to all print-handicapped New Jersey residents. NJLBH offers a wide variety of the same kinds of informational and recreational books that are available in an active public library. Braille newspapers and magazines, talking books, records and cassettes on loan, as well as the use of a machine to play them, are available to registrants with disabilities. Contact the Main Library for further information. You may also call NJLBH directly at 1-800-792-8322.
Woodbridge residents who are restricted or confined to home may have books selected and delivered to them. Please
contact Kathryn Brown at 732-634-4450 ext. 7126 or e-mail her at 
You can automatically be placed
on the holds list for new hardcover fiction books by the authors you
choose here. The list will be shuffled with each new
title. Complete this form and click on the "Join" button at the bottom
of the page. If you wish to make changes to the form before submitting it, click
on "Reset". Please email any questions to 
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provide you with a copy of our next title to be discussed. Hope to see you
there!
Click here for a list of previously discussed books.
The NextReads service allows you to enjoy annotated
introductions to books in any of the areas of interest listed below!
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the latest edition, or sign up for e-mail delivery of as many newsletters as you
want.
For e-mail delivery, click in the box next to each newsletter you wish to
receive, type your name, e-mail address and a password of your choosing in the
boxes provided, then click on Subscribe.
You will receive the latest newsletters right away, and continue receiving
monthly or bi-monthly updates (depending on the list) until you decide to end
your subscription.
Every
Monday you will receive an email featuring a new book, then daily you’ll be
emailed a portion of that book. It only takes five minutes to read the day's
selection and by the end of the week you'll have sampled two to three chapters.
Want to read more? Request the book from the library.