Library Hours
Mon 9am - 9pm
Tue 9am - 9pm
Wed 9am - 9pm
Thu 9am - 9pm
Fri 9am - 5pm
Sat 9am - 4pm
Sun 12pm - 4pm

Books and Periodicals

The Mt. Olive Public Library owns a large collection of fiction and non-fiction books in the Adult, Children's and YA areas.

The adult new book collection is in the main area of the library on the shelves in front of the big window. The newest adult fiction and non-fiction books can be found here. Books from these shelves have a 14-day loan period.

There are new children's books are located on the shelves as you enter into the children's wing of the library. New YA books are located along the window at the rear of the YA area.

We also have a collection of large print books which are located in the Adult wing of the library.

The remainder of the adult, children's and YA fiction and non-fiction collections can be found in their respective areas and have a 21-day loan period.

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The Mt. Olive Public Library subscribes to over 100 magazines and periodicals. We keep back issues from magazines for one year and newspapers are kept for 3 months. While current issues do not circulate, back issues of magazines may be checked-out for 21 days. The newspapers the Library subscribe to are:

  • NY Times
  • Star Ledger
  • Wall Street Journal
  • National Business Employment Weekly
  • AARP Bulletin
  • Daily Record
  • Mt. Olive Chronicle
    (full print available 1979 to present)
  • Barron's
  • Business News NJ
  • USA Today

 

Can't find an article in the magazine or newspapers in the library? Don't stop there! The Mt. Olive Public Library subscribes to several online periodical databases, giving library cardholders access to full-text periodical and newspaper articles 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Go to the Electronic Databases page to see the options available to you.