New Jersey’s Official Health Insurance Marketplace
The Open Enrollment Period for the 2026 coverage year has ended.
Visit nj.gov/getcoverednj to sign up.
In New Jersey, health care coverage is required. To learn more, visit the NJ State Library’s information page here.
For more information, call (908-204-3031, ext. 4), text (908-365-0776), or email (reference@bernardslibrary.org). Visit the Reference Desk to see New Jersey’s Official Health Insurance Marketplace notebook, filled with helpful resources..
Medicare
Get Started with Medicare here.
Medicare Open Enrollment is October 15 – December 7.
Visit the Reference Desk for information and forms on open enrollment.
Visit the Somerset County State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) for more information and assistance on signing up.
Health Websites
Medline Plus
Includes links to reliable, understandable health websites from the National Institute of Health produced by the National Library of Medicine. Click here to download the current issue of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine.
PubMed
Comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Healthfinder
A government site with information and tools to stay healthy. Resources from over 1600 government and non-profit organizations.
The Cleveland Clinic Health Information Center
Provides information on over 900 health topics. Podcasts, webcasts, and transcripts of web chats with physicians are also available as well as a live chat service.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic has consumer health information provided by Mayo Clinic experts.
Castle Connolly Top Doctors
A reputable source for finding doctors. Search by specialty and location.
Find a Doctor or Health Facility
The New Jersey Department of Health site includes many tools to help you select a doctor or health facility.
Ask at the Reference Desk for Top Docs (NJ Monthly Magazine) and the American Board of Medical Specialists
Local Health Resources
CLIP
The Consumer Library Information Prescription (CLIP) Service is a free medical information service provided by the Atlantic Health System Libraries to all patients, their families or caregivers, and the public. Detailed information on 675,000 physicians and 180,000 dentists.
To contact them, click here, call 908-522-2699, fax your request to 908-522-2274 or email request to clip@atlantichealth.org.
Health Tote Bags
Bernards Township Library has partnered with the Atlantic Health System – Morristown Medical Center Library, to provide the community with health tote bags targeted to specific health topics. This collaborative project is funded by Morristown Medical Center.
Health topics include:
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Arthritis
- Autism
- Bereavement and Grief
- Breast Cancer
- Caregiver Health
- Dementia
- Diabetes
- Eating Disorders
- Fall & Injury Prevention
- Gut Health
- Heart Health
- Healthy Weight
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Mental Health
- Mental Health and Resilience for Teens
- Mental Health for Teens
- Opioid & Substance Abuse
- Pain Management
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Prediabetes
- Prostate Cancer
- Sex/Sexuality for Teens
- Strength Improvement
- Stroke Recovery
- Teen Girl’s Development (including periods)
- Teen Mental Health & Resiliency
See the availability of the tote bags, and place a hold for pickup in the library catalog.
Atlantic Health System used the Community Health Needs Assessment to choose priority health issues for the tote bags. Experts at the medical center selected the books, CDs, DVDs and handouts for the bags. Bernards Township Library has added the “Health and Living Well Resources in Our Community” brochures.
The tote bags are available now to check out for 21 days. The bags are located in the upper level of the Library near the Reference Desk. For questions or further information, please visit or call the reference desk at 908-204-3031 ext. 4.
