Electronic Resources

 

 The American Archive of Public Broadcasting: Seventy years of historic public radio and

 television programs. 
 Archive of Redondo Beach History     SCLC Digitized Archives of Local Libraries.
 Archives of Sexuality and Gender LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940.
 Archives Unbound  Presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college level.
Brainfuse Job Now/ Vet Now  Job seekers and veterans. Offers live job coaching and resume assistance, job listings, test prep, and assistance with VA benefits and unemployment assistance.
Britannica School Library provides students and parents with an online library of books, scientific research, newspaper articles, photos, videos and more, all age appropriate and aligned with the school curriculum.    
Britannica Escolar An informational resource in Spanish for primary and secondary education that is safe, up-to-date, and appropriate for every educational level.
     Use your Library Card Number and PIN number in place of School Access ID and School Pass Code. 
California Revealed Over 150 years of California's unique stories from collections across the state, provided online by the California State Library.
Driving Tests and Manuals
For cars, motorcycles and commercial drivers are now available here. This new site also includes the answers to over 100 commonly asked DMV related questions.
Medline Plus
A free website featuring consumer-focused medical information provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. 
Newspaper Navigator—  Library of Congress tool that facilitates searches for historic newspaper photos.
Newsbank Newspapers
Daily Breeze (1984-Current)

Newsbank News Magazines
Includes Newsweek (Full text from 1991 to the present) and Newsweek Global

Newspapers (Local Weeklies: Non-Subscription Web Resources)

California Digital Newspaper Collection Contains over 1,500,000 pages of significant historical California newspapers published from 1846-present.

The Easy Reader [Hermosa Beach] 
The Beach Reporter [Manhattan Beach] 
The Redondo Reflex (1906-1970), The Redondo Compass (1892) and selected City Directories.
The Hollywood Riviera Tribune 1948-1967 (76 issues)

The New York Times

Get free, unlimited access to the New York Times. Click here, then click Redeem for digital access. You will be prompted to create or login to your New York Times account. Redeem a new code for access every 24 hours.
NoveList Access from home  OR at the Library.
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 OR at the Library.
Search by author, title, series name, or find a book by topic or through plot description.
Pronunciator Learn 80 languages in any of 50 languages with Pronunciator, the Library’s new language learning database.  Featuring songs, poems, movies, and more, Pronunciator provides lessons for early learners (3-6) and young learners (7-12) in addition to adults.
Thank you to the Friends of the Library for funding Pronunciator.
ProQuest Databases 
Containing scholarly journals, books, videos & audio, dissertations and theses, newspapers and more.

  CultureGrams Concise cultural information on countries around the world. (Grades 3-12)
  eLibraryGeneral reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with
  editorial guidance for novice researchers.   (Grades 6+)
  ProQuest Research Companion Information literacy tools and tutorials to help develop
  critical thinking. (Grades 8+)
  School & Educators Complete eBook subscription database (over 12,000 titles) to
  support multiple subject areas (English Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies,
  Health, Physical Education, Information Literacy and Technology). (Grades 9+)
  SIRS Discoverer Selected content for novice researchers, especially elementary and
  middle school students and educators. (Grades 3-9)
  SIRS Issues Researcher Curriculum-aligned database of content organized by complex
  issues, ideally for middle and high school students and educators. (Grades 6+)

ProQuest Newspapers
Chicago Tribune (1985-current) 
Los Angeles Times (1985-Current)
Los Angeles Times (Historical, 1881-1992)
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)
Rosetta Stone Plus Learn over 30 different foreign languages with the leading online program
Teaching Books  An online database of thousands of multimedia resources that can be used to explore children’s and young adult books and their authors. It helps books come to life!
Book Connections Bring reading to life. Enjoy over 200,000 resources about children’s and young adult books.
Book & Author Resources Browse over 200,000 books and resources about children and young adult books.
Engage with Diverse Books A diverse books toolkit that helps analyze collections, identify and bring to life diverse texts, and encourage reflection on cultural representation.
Children’s Books & Author Resources Children’s book collection that you can filter by title, grade level, genre, cultural area and more.
Teen Books & Author ResourcesTeen book collection that you can filter by title, grade level, genre, cultural area and more.
Children, Teen, & Family Homekit Book & Reading Engagement Kit to meet authors and illustrators, watch book trailers, support assignments about books and author studies, and more.
Book Connections in Spanish Bring reading to life. Enjoy over 200,000 resources about children’s and young adult books in Spanish.
Tutor.com
Get free tutoring for Math, science, English and social studies, from 1 pm till 10 pm seven days a week. Available in English and in Spanish. 
You can also get help finding a job: Connect with a career coach, drop off a resume for review, search online for job resources.
Thank you to the Friends of the Library for funding Tutor.com.
Universal Class  Continuing Education. Over 500 classes, many offering CEUs, and over 100 video-audit classes.