 | Biography Resource Center
Full-text articles from reference books and periodicals. |
 | Career Transitions* is for anyone looking for a job, needing to create a resume, or wishing to explore potential career paths. Job-seekers can assess their strengths and interests, find new opportunities, and ultimately improve their chances of landing a job. |
| CQ Global Researcher Focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues. |
 | CQ Researcher Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news; noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. |
 | General Reference Center Gold
Articles or summaries from magazines, newspapers & books, 1980 - current. |
 | The Health Reference Center Academic
1980 - Current
Summaries or full-text articles from books, journals and popular magazines on health and medicine. |
 | Literature Resource Center: Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. |
 | Live Home Work Help from Tutor.com
Get free tutoring for Math, science, English and social studies, from 1 pm till 10 pm seven days a week. |
| Medline Plus A free website featuriing consumer-focused medical information provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. |
| Newsbank Newspapers
Use these links to search individual newspaper titles:
Daily Breeze (1984-Current)
Orange County Register & Local Weeklies (1987-Current)
Fresno Bee (1986-Current)
Sacramento Bee (1984-Current)
San Diego Union-Tribune (2000-Current)
San Francisco Chronicle (1985-Current) |
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| Newsbank News Magazines
Includes Newsweek (Full text from 1991)
And U.S. News & World Report (Full text from 1993) |
| Local Weeklies (Non-Subscription Web Resources)
The Easy Reader [Hermosa Beach] (Archived issues back to July, 1999)
The Beach Reporter [Manhattan Beach] Searchable Archive: Two Weeks |
 | NoveList Access from Home here OR at the Library here
Search over 100,000 fiction titles by author, title, subject, similar reads, genre, or lists.
The database contains descriptive and evaluative reviews. |
 | NoveList for K-8 Access from home here OR at the Library here
Search by author, title, series name, or find a book by topic or through plot description. |
 | Opposing Viewpoints
Draws on the social issues book series and other reference sources, with links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. |
 | Powersearch Searches across 4 of the Gale Databases including Custom Journals, Health Reference Center, General Reference Center Gold and Opposing Viewpoints. |
| ProQuest Newspapers
Christian Science Monitor (1988-Current)
Los Angeles Times (1985-Current)
New York Times (1980-Current)
New York Times Book Review (1997-Current)
New York Times Magazine (1997-Current)
Wall Street Journal (1984-Current)
Washington Post (1987- Current) |
| Reference USA
U. S. Business Module: Directory of 14 million U.S. companies
U.S. Residential Module: 120 million households and 65 million homeowners
Health Care Module: 834,000 physicians, surgeons and dentists
Canadian Business Module: 1.4 million Canadian businesses
Canadian Residential Module: 12 million Canadian households |
 | SIRS Knowledge Source for Students
Researcher for social issues, health, science, and business
Government Reporter for Historic and Government documents, directories and almanacs
Renaissance for current perspectives on the arts and humanities
Access SIRS from home here, and from the Library here. |
 | SIRS Discoverer for Younger Students
Discoverer For students in grades 1-9
Access SIRS from home here, and from the Library here. |
| Live Home Work Help from Tutor.com
Get free tutoring for Math, science, English and social studies, from 1 pm till 10 pm seven days a week. |
| New! | Testing and Education Resource Center: Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate schools, as well as identify scholarships. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals. |
| *This project is supported in whole by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. |
