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Business Center
Doing Business
- Business
- Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.
- Business Insights: Global
- Compare global economies, countries, and industries with in-depth analysis on over 400,000 companies.
- Entrepreneurship
- Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more. Analyze business insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. Updated daily. Best for business schools and entrepreneurs.
- Legal Forms
- Access a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms and resources across the most popular legal areas.
- LegalTrac
- Find legal information before you pay the lawyer. Ideal for students, law school faculty, and legal researchers. Gale OneFile: LegalTrac provides access to more than 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text.
- LinkedIn Learning
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"LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform that helps you discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos. With more than 5,000 courses and personalized recommendations, you can discover, complete, and track courses related to your field and interests. You can also choose to add these courses and related skills to your LinkedIn profile once you've completed them." - LinkedIn Learning
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- News
- Access major U.S. and international newspapers online. Also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español).
Citizenship and ESL
Citizenship and ESL
Use these resources to prepare for the citizenship test, find quality information in Spanish, Learn English and more.
- Britannica Escolar*
- Enciclopedia español para los estudiantes más jóvenes y educadores Spanish encyclopedia for younger students and educators.
- Informe Academico*
- Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America.
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Peterson's Test Prep
Find all the tools you need to discover your passion, ace your exams, and excel in your
career. Improve your score with Peterson’s award-winning educational content. - Pro Citizen*
- Prepare for the American citizenship test. Watch short videos and take quizzes to help remember what you need to know.
- Pronunciator*
- A fun and free way to learn any of 163 languages with personalized courses, movies, music and more.
- USA Learns*
- Learn English for free with video lessons and 1000s of activities
- New Skills for the Nursing Assistant course
- U.S. Citizenship course
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español)
Do It Yourself
Do It Yourself
Find the tools you need to inspire or complete your next project. Whether you are researching your ancestors to building a porch or learning a new language these free resources are here for you.
- Ancestry.com
- Research your family history with the world’s largest collection of online family history records. Build a family tree and explore your genealogy!
- Books and Authors
- Learn about your favorite books and authors and discover your next great read.
- Chilton Library
- Find trusted information on vehicle maintenance, repair, and technical service bulletins for most years, makes, and models.
- DMV Practice Tests
- Before you fix your car, learn how to drive it.
- Gardening and Horticulture
- Cultivate your green thumb. Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts.
- GetSetUp
- GetSetUp offers classes for older adults just learning technology, as well as classes in the following categories: Physical Health (exercise, healthy cooking), Mental Health (stress, meditation, dementia), Social Health (book club, gardening, pets), and Vocational Health (resume writing, interviewing).
- Health and Wellness
- Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
- Home Improvement
- Looking for inspiration or advice? Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
- Legal Forms
- From rental agreements to child custody find the legal forms you need. Access a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms and resources across the most popular legal areas.
- LegalTrac
- Find legal information before you pay the lawyer. Find more than 1,200 major jaw reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals.
- Pronunciator*
- A fun and free way to learn any of 163 languages with Personalized Courses, movies, music, and more.
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español).
Jeopardy Crash Course
Jeopardy Crash Course
Dig deep into these magazine, news, and research tools to sharpen your understanding of our world today. Expand your knowledge, ask good questions, and enjoy the research ride.
- Archives Unbound
- Gain access to rare primary source documents with these topically focused digital collections. Supports academic research.
- Biography
- Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.
- Books and Authors
- Learn about your favorite books and authors and discover your next great read.
- Diversity Studies
- Explore cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. This collection includes more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals, updated daily.
- Environmental Studies
- Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
- General OneFile
- Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
- Gender Studies
- Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
- Health and Medicine
- Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
- Learning Express
- Achieve your educational and career goals with targeted learning centers for reading, writing, math, science, high-school equivalency, college admissions exams, job searching, career planning, licensing exams, and resources for en Espanol for Spanish speakers.
- Literature Resource Center
- Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
- Lit Finder
- Access literary works and authors throughout history, including full-text poems, plays, short stories, speeches, and more.
- News
- Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
- Proquest eLibrary
- Search one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content. Ideal for elementary students, college-prep and college-level researchers, and professional educators.
- U.S. History
- Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.
- World History
- Reaches back to the ancient world—and forward to today's headlines—to deliver a chronicle of the people, cultures, events, and societies that have formed the history of the human race.
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español).
Job Resources
Job Resources
- A to Z Database
- Job search, reference & mailing list database including 30 million business & executive profiles & 240 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more!
- Learning Express
- Achieve your educational and career goals with targeted learning centers for reading, writing, math, science, high-school equivalency, college admissions exams, job searching, career planning, licensing exams, and resources en Espanol for Spanish speakers.
- LinkedIn Learning
- "LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform that helps you discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos. With more than 5,000 courses and personalized recommendations, you can discover, complete, and track courses related to your field and interests. You can also choose to add these courses and related skills to your LinkedIn profile once you've completed them." - LinkedIn Learning
- Peterson's Test Prep
- Find all the tools you need to discover your passion, ace your exams, and excel in your career. Improve your score with Peterson’s award-winning educational content.
- Vet Now*
- This versatile online service supports job seekers, veterans, and their families with all stages of job searching, employment transition assistance, navigating the VA bureaucracy, preparing for standardized tests, and building marketable academic skills.
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español).
Networking and Fundraising
Networking and Fundraising
- A to Z Database
- Research competitors, build mailing lists
- Candid Learning
- Access free on demand training for non-profits, fundraising, and grant writing.
- Foundation Directory Online
- Find the information you need to work towards your fundraising goals! Research grant opportunities quickly and efficiently with FDO’s intuitive search functionality and informative data visualizations.
- Online Training: Watch the six minute introduction video.
Student Success: Pre K - Elementary
PreK - Elementary
- Britannica Escolar
- Enciclopedia español para los estudiantes más jóvenes y educadores Spanish encyclopedia for younger students and educators.
- Britannica School
- Britannica School is a database of information that can be used on any browser. Students use the tool for research, while teachers can plan lessons and share them with others.
- CultureGrams
- Get all the information you need for your U.S. State Report. Find primary sources and up-to-date cultural information on the countries of the world. Get an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
- Elementary
- Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
- HelpNow
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Online tutoring program and homework assistance service is available to every California student, with or without a library card, will have access to 24/7 online tutoring in core K-12 subjects. Spanish language tutors will be available as well as tutors fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.
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- Tumble Books
- Access over 1100 titles for grades K-6, including animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French. Plus, the collection features Graphic Novels.
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español).
Student Success: Middle School
Middle School
- Britannica School
- A database of information that can be used on any browser. Students use the tool for research, while teachers can plan lessons and share them with others.
- CultureGrams
- Learn about countries around the world. Find primary sources and up-to-date cultural information on the countries of the world. Get an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
- HelpNow
- Online tutoring program and homework assistance service is available to every California student, with or without a library card, will have access to 24/7 online tutoring in core K-12 subjects. Spanish language tutors will be available as well as tutors fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.
- Middle School
- Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español).
Student Success: High School
High School
- Academic One File
- Search millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
- Environmental Studies
- Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
- Gale OneFile High School Edition
- Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students.
- General OneFile
- Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best used for general research.
- High School
- Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.
- HelpNow
- Online tutoring program and homework assistance service is available to every California student, with or without a library card, will have access to 24/7 online tutoring in core K-12 subjects. Spanish language tutors will be available as well as tutors fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.
- Literature Resource Center
- Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
- ProQuest eLibrary
- Search one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content. Ideal for elementary students, college-prep and college-level researchers, and professional educators.
- Research Companion
- Information literacy product built to help students do more effective scholarly research and to support educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
- School Educators Complete
- Access 12,900+ titles including unique ebooks from Wiley. It covers all academic topics for students and provides educators with content in topics relevant to teaching and learning.
- SIRS Discoverer
- General reference database for upper elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as reading, language arts, science, social studies, history, health and technology.
- SIRS Issues Researcher
- Offers balanced content selections from more than 2,000 global sources to help novice researchers make sense of the major issues of the day.
- Science
- Gale in Context Science provides access to scientific articles.
- Teaching Books
- Find support for assignments about books and author studies, watch book trailers, and meet the author recordings.
- U.S. History
- Discover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.
- World History
- Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español).
*Complete List of Databases
- A to Z Database
- Academic OneFile
- Ancestry.com
- Archives Unbound
- Biography
- Books and Authors
- Britannica Escolar*
- Britannica School
- Business
- Business Insights: Global
- Chilton Library
- CultureGrams
- Diversity Studies
- DMV Driver Tests
- Elementary
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Studies
- Flipster
- Foundation Center
- Gale OneFile: High School Edition
- Gardening and Horticulture
- Gender Studies
- General OneFile
- GetSetUp
- Global Issues
- Health and Medicine
- Health and Wellness
- High School
- HelpNow*
- Home Improvement
- Information Science
- Informe Académico*
- Job Now*
- Learning Express* - Also en Espanol
- Legal Forms
- LegalTrac
- LinkedIn Learning
- Literature Resource Center
- LitFinder
- Middle School
- News
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Peterson's Test Prep
- Pro Citizen*
- Pronunciator*
- ProQuest eLibrary
- Research Companion
- Schools and Educators Complete
- Science
- Science (Gale Interactive)
- SIRS Discover
- SIRS Issues Researcher
- Teaching Books
- Tuition Funding Resource
- Tumble Books
- U.S. History
- USA Learns*
- Vet Now*
- World History
*Resource is available in Spanish. (El recurso también está disponible en español).
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