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- Revistas en Inglés con Traductor a Español - EBSCO Español (English Magazines with Spanish Translation)
Newspapers & Magazines
- America's News Magazines This current-awareness database provides full-text coverage and analysis of current events from various familiar magazines in the following categories: news, business, entertainment, lifestyle, science and technology, and sports.
- Newsbank Find articles in California newspapers. Many include text from the mid-1990s forward, and some, such as the Sacramento Bee, go back to the early 1980s. Special reports on "hot topics" include coverage by US and world newspapers.
- General Articles Full text magazine, newspaper and journal articles.
- Health Articles Full text magazine, newspaper and journal articles.
- All Articles Full text magazine, newspaper and journal articles.
- EBSCO Español Revistas en Inglés con Traductor a Español (English Magazines with Spanish Translation).
Business
- Morningstar Comprehensive mutual fund and stock information, analysis, and reports for beginning and experienced investors.
- ReferenceUSA Contains a business part with detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses AND a residential telephone directory of over 210 million people in the U.S. Up to 50 records at a time may be downloaded from library computers, or up to 5 records at a time from home or work. (If you are asked for a user-id and password instead of your library card number, try disabling your security software's privacy controls.) - Help
- Business Articles Full text magazine, newspaper and journal articles.
Colleges & Careers
- Career Guidance On-line Profiles of over 1,800 of today's most popular jobs in more than fifty industries.
- College Source College catalogs online; additional links to the colleges' home pages are available in the library from Internet workstations only, or from home.
- Education Articles Full text magazine, newspaper and journal articles.
- Learning Express Library Improve your score on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing exams by taking these practice tests and analyzing the results. You will be asked to create a free account the first time you use this database. Use your library card number as your username.
Biography
- Biography Resource Center Biographies of individuals from around the world, compiled from Gale Group sources, and full-text articles from periodicals.
- Lit Finder Includes Poem Finder, with over 100,000 full-text poems; Story Finder with stories, explanations, and biographies; and the new Essay Finder, with essays from the 20th century in the humanities and social sciences, as well as biographies and pictures.
- Literature Resource Center Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
- Marquis Who's Who on the Web Biographical profiles of over 1.3 million notable men and women from around the world who have been listed in a Marquis publication since 1985. This collection also includes the people profiled in Who's Who in American History, Who's Who in American Art, and Who's Who in American Politics.
- Who's Who in American History Profiles of over 130,000 noteworthy people from American history since 1607. These people are also included in Marquis Who's Who on the Web.
- Who's Who in American Art Profiles of over 14,000 of today's most notable artists, including notable artists from the 20th century. These people are also included in Marquis Who's Who on the Web.
- Who's Who in American Politics Profiles of over 36,000 of today's political leaders, including important figures from the past decade. These people are also included in Marquis Who's Who on the Web.
Books & Reading
- Download Digital Books Download audiobooks and eBooks. Choose from romance, mysteries, study guides, computer manuals, travel guides, biographies, and more.
- Self Help Law eBooks Selected titles from Nolo Press and other legal self-help publishers are now available as NetLibrary e-books. Search, browse and read the e-books in this collection in the library, or create a free account to use the collection from your home computer.
- Books in Print Professional Provides info on over 4.7 million titles, more than 600,000 full-text reviews, 7,000 author bios, over 300 awards, stock availability from over 20 major suppliers and more!
- Patron Books in Print User-friendly, easy-to-navigate way to search the full Books in Print database. You can also create custom lists and set up e-mail alerts."
- Novelist Your guide to fiction: besides locating books to read, users can learn more about books and authors through Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides,
- Novelist K - 8 Student-friendly fiction database covers 38,000 titles selected for grades K-8, as well as full text book reviews and teacher resources.
- Lit Finder Includes Poem Finder, with over 100,000 full-text poems; Story Finder with stories, explanations, and biographies; and the new Essay Finder, with essays from the 20th century in the humanities and social sciences, as well as biographies and pictures.
- Literature Resource Center Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
- Search OCLC WorldCat Find books, music, videos, articles and more. with WorldCat. If you find an item you would like to check out that is not in the online catalog you may request an inter library loan.
- Search Other Library Catalogs (Z39.50)
Reference
- Ancestry Library Edition This genealogy
and local history research tool includes digitized images of the US
Federal Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital
and church records; directories; passenger lists and more!
- CultureGrams Get an insider's perspective on the daily life, history, customs, lifestyle and culture of the world's peoples.
- Mitchell's OnDemand5 Automotive repair
and estimating information, including technical service bulletins and
wiring diagrams, for autos manufactured 1983 - 2001, and tune-up and
emissions information for older cars and light trucks.
- Thomson Gale Legal Forms Thomson Gale LegalForms is a collection of California legal documents and forms, selected federal forms, and forms available from the official web sites of other states. Select from professionally drafted documents in subject areas like bankruptcy, contracts, divorce, employment, landlord/tenant, name change, power of attorney, real estate, taxes, wills, and more. California Judicial Council and other California court forms can be found on the California Courts web site, http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/forms/.
- World Book Online All the articles from the print set, plus audio, video, selected magazine articles and Web sites.
- World Conflicts Today Explore ten current conflicts, such as Afghanistan, Chechnya, Korean Peninsula and Northern Ireland that have important global implications. Each report combines both historical information and current news.
Telephone Directories
- International Phone Directory Find phone numbers and addresses worldwide.
- ReferenceUSA Contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses. Patrons may download up to 50 records at a time from library computers, or up to 5 records at a time from home or work. (If you are asked for a user-id and password instead of your library card number, try disabling your security software's privacy controls.) - Help
Student Resources
- Accelerated Reader Lists Readthebooks.com offers searchable reading lists for kindergarten through middle school students that help families find books by author, title, subject, grade level and Accelerated Reader points.
- America's News Magazines This current-awareness database provides full-text coverage and analysis of current events from various familiar magazines in the following categories: news, business, entertainment, lifestyle, science and technology, and sports.
- CultureGrams Get an insider's perspective on the daily life, history, customs, lifestyle and culture of the world's peoples.
- Kids InfoBits Curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text information for beginning researchers in Grades K-5. Includes teacher resources and worksheets.
- Kids Search K - 5 Research materials for Grades K- 5. Find specially selected information on animals, arts, health, news, social studies, sports, and more.
- Student Research Center 6 -12 Research materials for Grades 6-12 – find biographies, pictures, current issues, country reports, primary source documents, health, radio & tv transcripts, and much more.
- Novelist K - 8 Your guide to fiction: besides locating books to read, users can learn more about books and authors through Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks.
- Biography Resource Center Biographies of individuals from around the world, compiled from Gale Group sources, and full-text articles from periodicals.
- Who's Who in American History Profiles of over 130,000 noteworthy people from American history since 1607. These people are also included in Marquis Who's Who on the Web.
- Who's Who in American Politics Profiles of over 36,000 of today's political leaders, including important figures from the past decade. These people are also included in Marquis Who's Who on the Web.
- World Book Online All the articles from the print set, plus audio, video, selected magazine articles and Web sites.
- World Conflicts Today Explore ten current conflicts, such as Afghanistan, Chechnya, Korean Peninsula and Northern Ireland that have important global implications. Each report combines both historical information and current news.