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Navisun

Navisun, a community solar farm owner and operator, delivers clean electricity into the PSE&G grid. Navisun supports the Linden Public Library through donations for each enrollment. Patrons of the library who reside in Linden and neighboring towns are guaranteed 10% savings on their electricity costs (15% savings if low-to-moderate income, or LMI) when they sign up for community solar.

Periodicals

Guidelines

  • Back issues of magazines in paper copy are held for one year unless indicated. Scroll down for complete list of holdings.
  • Popular newspaper titles are held for one (1) month.
  • Paper copy of Linden’s local weekly newspaper is held for one year. Older issues are available on microfilm or online. Select “Local Archives” from side menu for online access.
  • Limited years of the New York Times Newspaper is available on Mircofilm.
  • Magazines and newspapers are for use in the Library and do not circulate.

Complete Holdings

A

  • AARP Magazine
  • America
  • American Genealogist
  • American History (Formerly American History Illustrated) (3 Yrs)
  • American Libraries (2 Yrs)
  • Ask Magazine (Children’s Room)
  • Astronomy (2 Yrs)
  • Atlantic Monthly (2 Yrs)

B

  • Babybug- (Children’s Room)
  • Barron’s Newspaper
  • Better Homes & Gardens
  • Better Investing (2 Yrs)
  • Bloomberg Business Week (2 Yrs)
  • Bon Appetit
  • Booklist (2 Yrs)
  • Brainspace (Children’s Room}

C

  • Car And Driver
  • Christian Century (2 Yrs)
  • Cobblestone (Children’s Room)
  • Coin World Monthly
  • Coin World Weekly (1 Month)
  • Commentary (2 Yrs)
  • Commonweal (2 Yrs)
  • Consumer Reports (3 Yrs)

D

  • Discover (3 Yrs)
  • Downbeat

E

  • Essence

F

  • Faces (Children’s Room)
  • Family Handyman
  • Food Network
  • Forbes (18 Months)
  • Fortune (18 Months)

G

  • Girls Life (Childrens’ Room)
  • Golf Digest
  • Good Housekeeping

H

  • Harpers Magazine (2 Yrs)
  • Hemmings Motor News
  • Hgtv Magazine
  • Highlights Five (Bi-Lingual)
  • Highlights For Children (Children’s Room)
  • Home News Tribune (1 Month)
  • Horn Book Magazine (Children’s Room) (2 Yrs)
  • Hot Rod

I

K

  • Kiplinger’s Personal Finance (3 Yrs)
  • Kirkus Reviews (2 Yrs)

L

  • Ladybug- (Childrens’ Room)
  • Latina Style
  • Library Journal (2 Yrs)
  • Linden Leader (Microfilm 11/1927-6/1955)
  • Linden News ( Microfilm 11/1927-6/1955)
  • Linden News Observer (Microfilm 6/1955-1/9/1964)
  • Linden Observer (Microfilm 2/1920-12/1920); (1/1923-9/1955)
  • Linns Stamp News -18 Months

M

  • Macleans Magazine (2 Yrs)
  • Make:Technology On Your Time (Children’s Room)
  • Mens Health
  • MIT Technology Review (2 Yrs)
  • Motor Trend

N

  • Nation (2 Yrs)
  • National Geographic (18 Months)
  • National Geographic History
  • National Geographic Kids (Children’s Room)
  • National Review (2 Yrs)
  • National Wildlife (2 Yrs)
  • New Jersey Business Week (2 Yrs)
  • New Jersey Monthly (2 Yrs)
  • New Jersey Municipalities (2 Yrs)
  • New Republic (2 Yrs)
  • New York Magazine
  • New York Amsterdam News (1 Month)
  • New York Times (1 Month Paper Copy)
  • New York Times Magazine (6 Months)
  • New York Times Microfilm (1954-1959; 1965-2000)
  • Nuts & Volts

O

  • O: The Oprah Magazine

P

  • People
  • Popular Mechanics
  • Practical Homeschooling (2 Yrs)
  • Prevention (2 Yrs)
  • Psychology Today (2 Yrs)
  • Publishers Weekly (2 Yrs)

R

  • Ranger Rick (Children’s Room)
  • Real Simple
  • Rolling Stone
  • Runners World

S

  • Salt Water Sportsman
  • Saturday Evening Post (2 Yrs)
  • School Library Journal (Children’s Room) (2 Yrs)
  • Science News (2 Yrs)
  • Scientific American (2 Yrs)
  • Scout Life (Children’s Room)
  • Smithsonian (2 Yrs)
  • Southern Living
  • Spectator Leader (2 Yrs- Paper Copy)
  • Spectator Leader (Microfilm 1998-2003); (2004-12/2006 )
  • Sports Illustrated
  • Sports Illustrated For Kids (Children’s Room)
  • Star-Ledger (1 Month)

T

  • Taste Of Home
  • This Old House
  • Time Magazine (2 Yrs)
  • Travel & Leisure
  • Treasures: Vintage To Modern Collecting

U

  • USA Today Newspaper (One Month)

V

  • Value Line Investment Survey
  • Vanity Fair
  • Vogue

W

  • Wall Street Journal (1 Month)
  • Washington Monthly (2 Yrs)
  • Wired (2 Yrs)
  • Woman’s Day

eBooks & Entertainment

Freading

Patrons of the Linden Public Library have access to thousands of eBooks from a number of different genres. Search for fiction in the areas of mysteries, thrillers, and suspense. You can also find books on a range of nonfiction subjects including religion, self-improvement, history, and more! Freading is compatible with most major eReading devices. To access the site, click on the image to the right. Click here to access Freading.

AXIS 360

Axis 360 is Baker & Taylor’s digital media circulation platform for libraries. Discover and use the digital media you want on the devices you choose. Click here to access AXIS 360.

Hoopla

Instantly borrow digital movies, music, eBooks and more, 24/7 with your library card. Click here to access Hoopla.

Freegal® Music

Freegal® Music is a free music service from your library. All you need is your library card number and possibly a PIN if your library utilizes them. Freegal® Music offers access to about 15 million songs, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists, and over 40,000 music videos. In total the collection is comprised of music from over 40,000 labels with music that originates in over 100 countries. There is no software to download, and there are no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. Access to Freegal is limited to patrons of subscribing libraries. Click here to access Freegal® Music.

eLibrary NJ

We are pleased to announce that we have added eBooks to our collection for your reading enjoyment! Downloads are available to your personal PC, laptop, or PDA. The first time you check out materials on this site, instructions will be provided for you to download the software you need. With OverDrive Media Console v3.2, most WMA Audiobooks are iPod & iPad compatible! In just a few clicks, send titles to your Windows-formatted device; the ‘Plays on’ icons at this site indicate compatibility. Click here to access eLibrary NJ.

The Libby App by OverDrive

All you need is a library card to access ebooks, audiobooks and more for free! Read & listen to books with just a tap in our award-winning app! Need a library card? Libby may be able to help! Click here to access Libby.