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State of California Department of Justice

On June 1, 2022, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans issued its interim report to the California Legislature. The interim report surveys the ongoing and compounding harms experienced by African Americans as a result of slavery and its lingering effects on American society today. The interim report also includes a set of preliminary recommendations for policies that the California Legislature could adopt to remedy those harms. A final report will be issued before July 1, 2023.

This short tutorial will tell you what you need to know about signing up for an account.  Visit it before you head over to ABCmouse.

ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities (books, puzzles, educational games, art activities, songs, etc.) across all major subject areas—reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music.

NOTE: You must create your ABCmouse account on a desktop computer, after which it can be accessed from a mobile device.
ABCmouse offers 30-day pass checkouts - after 30 days, you'll need to renew.  Each account will accommodate up to three children. 

Available for in-Library use only.  ABCmouse is designed to teach children - preschool - Kindergarten.

Founded in 1934 in New York City, the Academy of American Poets is the nation's leading champion of American poets and poetry, with members in all fifty states. Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.  The Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month in April 1996.

Find current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more with the world's largest collection of full-text news sources. Includes local news, editorials, announcements and other sections from more than 10,000 sources.

Build your math, reading, writing, grammar, and public speaking skills. You’ll also find resources in English and Spanish to help you prepare for the U.S. citizenship exam.

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This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Get matched with a pro bono financial adviser (CFP®) who is volunteering their time to help people like you make real progress with your money. There’s no catch - the advisers can’t sell you anything or take you as their client. It’s their way of giving back to the community. Take five minutes to sign up and get matched with an amazing financial adviser today! 

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This collection Includes images related to the history of Albany, from the late 1800s to 2001. Notable aspects of the collection include images of homes and buildings (including school buildings, the public library, and the Peralta Park Hotel), street scenes, significant individuals, and historic events.

This collection includes:

• Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collections
• Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
• Music Online: The Quest TV Collection
• Dance Online: Dance in Video
• The Broadway On Demand Collection
• National Theatre Collections
• The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection
• Theatre in Video
• Classical Music in Video
• Opera in Video

Browse all collections here, or check out each individual collection by finding it in eLibrary A-Z List under the title.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; biographical index, DAR information, Social Security Index and a strong Civil War collection.

The Architectural Digest Archive is an extensive collection of the famed international design magazine from 1922 through 2011, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format. Published monthly by Condé Nast, the magazine has enjoyed a longstanding reputation as the definitive source for architects and interior designers as well as for everyday design enthusiasts. Each issue features beautiful photography and information on architecture and interior design, art and antiques, travel destinations, and extraordinary products.

Fremont-Newark, CA
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people, and much more from current and archived issues of The Argus.
Covers 2001-Present.

Art Magazine Collection Archives contains indexing and full text (including covers and advertisements) for Magazine Antiques (1922-2016), ARTnews (1902-2006), and Art in America (1913-2015). This archive provides a history of collecting over the course of the 20th century, as well as a comprehensive record of fine arts, art history, interior design, decorative arts, and architecture in the 20th and early 21st centuries. 

American Art News
Full Text: 11/05/1904 To 02/10/1923

Art In America Archive
Full Text: 01/01/1913 To 12/01/2015

Art News Archive
Full Text: 02/17/1923 To 02/01/1941

ARTNews Archive
Full Text: 02/15/1941 To 12/01/2006

ArtistWorks provides world-class instruction for the most popular string and band instruments through self-paced video lessons from professional musicians.

• Instruction in piano, guitar, voice, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, ukulele, and much more! 
• Blues, Bluegrass, Jazz, Rock, Classical and More
• Hundreds of hours of high-quality video instruction
• Studio quality play-along tracks
• Downloadable written materials, tablature, and sheet music
• Supported languages: English

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Explore and gain a deeper understanding of the Asian American experience as recorded by the news media, from the 18^th century through today.

The Atlantic Magazine Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive (including covers and advertisements) of this leading monthly magazine beginning in November 1857 and ending April 2014.

A database of world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps.

Information is excellent for students. Find all those state animals, symbols, flags, etc. Maps, geography, food, and much more. Parents will be interested too!

Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection delivers some of the most significant dramatic literature of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries by leading actors from around the world, all from the curated archive of the nation’s premiere radio theatre company and recorded specifically for online listening. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

Learn the basics of using a computer, navigating the internet, and using popular Microsoft Office software programs such as Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

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This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

IN LIBRARY USE ONLY: Ratings of local auto repair shops, plumbers, veterinarians, banks, doctors, dentists, carpet cleaners, and  more. 

This collection comprises a treasure trove of BBC productions of famous literary works, many that were buried in the BBC archive for the past few decades. A great breadth of works is included from Dickens to Shakespeare, from Chekhov to Arthur Miller, from Jane Austen to Mary Shelley. Talent like Mark Rylance, John Gielgud, Ian McKellen, Colin Firth, and more make this product a must-have for theatre, drama, performing arts, and literature courses. In addition to actual performances, the product includes titles like Face to Face where actors and directors discuss their craft. From Alexander Street.

Beanstack is a free service designed for families with young readers. Discover our favorite books, matched to your child's interests, and other tools for building literacy.

California Indie-Authors, Indie Author Project Select, and local content.

Covering a wide range of topics—including Literature, Philosophy, History, Geography, and Science—HistoryLab is BiblioBoard’s chief historical database. HistoryLab contains 400 Anthologies with over 14,000 full-text eBooks and over 24,000 pieces of primary source content. BiblioBoard Core Anthologies cover a range of topics from Abraham Lincoln and the Alamo to ballet, baking, chocolate, Mozart, Jack London, and Victorian Fashion.

This website, focused on Black Freedom, features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. its intention is to support a wide range of students, as well as independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. – and the fights against it. 

The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. From Newsbank.

The Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection is a collaborative project to provide digital access to materials documenting the roles and experiences of Black Women in the Women’s Suffrage Movement and, more broadly, women’s rights, voting rights, and civic activism between the 1850s and 1960. From the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

The Bloomberg Businessweek Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of Businessweek, beginning with its first issue in 1929 and ending in December 2000.

An easy-to-use resource center for library users interested in learning more about the skilled trades and seeking to explore a career transition. BlueCareer provides in-depth information on more than 100 skilled trades, connects individuals with hundreds of trade schools across the United States and Canada, and provides training resources for those seeking to build their trade knowledge and experience.

See TeachingBooks for Libraries

NOTE: As of Thursday, January 11, "Book Connections" is now rebranded as "TeachingBooks for Libraries." TeachingBooks for Libraries is the same resource with the same tools!

BookBrowse is an online magazine for booklovers - including reviews, previews, "behind the book" backstories, author interviews, reading guides, and much more.

Free tutoring for students of all ages is now available 24/7! Brainfuse HelpNow offers assistance in Math, Language Arts, and other core K-12 subjects in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog. There’s no age limit to who can use the service. Adult learners can also access writing assistance, citizenship resources, and other tools.

Self-assessment and job search resources. Get live resume and interview coaching, find unemployment assistance, job resources, and more, including eParachute, a Brainfuse partnership offering an online resource created by What Color is Your Parachute? by author Richard Bolles. 

Britannica School en Español.

Britannica School is a three-part encyclopedia with portals for elementary, middle, and high school students. This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

The Broadway On Demand Collection takes viewers from behind the stage to the bright lights of Broadway through masterful plays, musicals, and dance performances, but it also provides a diverse range of unique behind-the-scenes series, documentaries, instructional videos, and more. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

This business research database provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles.

Grants.ca.gov is managed and hosted by the California State Library, opens a new window. The California Grants Portal is your one destination to find all grants and loans offered on a competitive or first-come basis by California state agencies. 

California Libraries Catalog is a unique database that shows the holdings of books, videos, audio, maps, and other materials held by libraries in California. Each public library in the state now has a subscription to FirstSearch, the search engine to WorldCat and the California Libraries Catalog. First Search is the tool that looks for books and other library materials by author, title, format, publisher, and many other search terms.

Calisphere is the University of California’s free public gateway to a world of digitized primary sources. Easy to use! Calisphere contains more than 150,000 photographs, documents, and works of art.

Explore CalMatters explainers that provide the data-driven context you need to make sense of big issues confronting California. 

CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization bringing Californians stories that probe, explain, and explore solutions to quality-of-life issues while holding our leaders accountable. 

Explore potential careers (including military service), build workplace skills, and prepare for the ACT^® WorkKeys^® Assessments, the ASVAB test, the TOEIC^® test and career licensure exams.

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This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a national public health institute in the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and internationally.

Auto Repair manuals. This is a digital version of the Chilton Manuals.

Chronicling America is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)- a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress.

Stingray Classica is the world’s premium classical music destination dedicated to classical music, opera, and ballet.

Features:

• More than 1000 concerts all commercial free!
• New content is added weekly
• Concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, Festivals, and more!
• Supported languages: English, French, Dutch

Get a 7-day pass through this link or in the Libby app under "Extras." Check out our Quick Start Guide for information and help getting started.

Classical Music in Video provides an extensive collection of influential performances and documentaries demonstrating the continuous development of classical music, spanning eras from canonical masters to modern composers. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

Prepare for the PSAT/NMSQT, ACT, and SAT tests, study for your AP Exams, and write your college admission essay.  From LearningExpress Library

You will be required to create a LearningExpress Library account to use this resource. 

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Brush up on your reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, math and science skills. Prepare for ACCUPLACER^® and ASSET^® college placement tests, CLEP^® and DSST^® exams, and graduate school admissions exams such as the GMAT^®, GRE^®, LSAT^®, MCAT^® and PCAT^®.

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This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

The fastest and easiest way to learn how to use a computer is with video tutorials. Now you can learn computer and internet basics quickly and become comfortable with everything your computer has to offer. From LearningExpress Library.

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This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Consumer Reports offers reviews for products and services. This is a version of Consumer Reports that is presented article by article. If you would like to read the latest issue of the eMagazine, it is in our Flipster eMagazine collection. Check out our FAQ for more instructions.

Craftsy is an online resource for all creative makers from basic instruction to advanced techniques for fabric and yarn crafts, baking, drawing, and much more.

Get a 7-day pass through this link or in the Libby app under "Extras."  Check out our Quick Start Guide for information and help getting started.

¡Accede a clases divertidas y creativas a través de Craftsy en Español donde puedes expresarte cocinando, dibujando, tejiendo, acolchando y más! Encuéntralo gratis en nuestra biblioteca en “Extras” en @LibbyApp. This is a seven-day checkout.

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Concise cultural information on countries around the world. (Grades 3-12).  CultureGrams offers:

• World Edition: Experience the world with cultural information on more than 200 countries and territories.
• Kids Edition: Get a kid's-eye view of daily life in countries around the world.
• States Edition: Explore all the U.S. states in colorful, engaging reports.
• Provinces Edition: Tour all the Canadian provinces and territories in 13 image-filled reports.

Dance Online: Dance in Video presents an extensive collection of performances, instructional materials, documentaries, and interviews, showcasing high-caliber performances from the greatest dance companies and performers worldwide, spanning from traditional ballet to hip hop, street dance, and modern dance, offering a unique opportunity for to study and analyze the fusion between styles. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

Read classic novels, children’s books, textbooks, and non-English titles, all for free, with no login or library card needed. These books are also available to read via the SimplyE app - choose Digital Public Library of America from the list of libraries.

Discover & Go provides instant online access to free and low-cost tickets to museums, science centers, zoos, theatres, and other fun local cultural venues. Please refer to our explanation, opens a new window of zip code requirements for Discover & Go.  Check out our Quick Start Guide.

This subscription collection includes academic eBooks related to diversity, anti-racism, ethnic studies, disability studies, gerontology & age studies, migration studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious studies. The collection utilizes outside resources and scholarship to ensure that the collection remains up to date and aligned with current research.

IN LIBRARY USE ONLY

This collection includes two eBooks:
How to Do Your Own Divorce in California in 2019 by Ed Sherman
Make Any Divorce Better by Ed Sherman

A full-text resource of over 100 popular and scholarly periodicals published in the Chinese language in China. Includes periodical articles for adults, young adults, and children and covers a wide range of topics including health, home, parenting, poetry, medical research, recipes, traveling, and politics.

Practice tests for the California driving permit. Includes practice tests for the automobile permit/license, commercial driver's license, and motorcycle permit/license. Also includes the driver's handbooks for all three types of test. Some material is available in Spanish and Russian.

en español
на русском

Explore current and archived issues of The East Bay Times with full-color newspaper pages and individual articles, as well as content only published online. Coverage from 2016 through current.

Ebony is one of the key African-American magazines of the 20th century, covering 20th and 21st-Century current events, art, design, politics and culture, literature, advertising, and more. Their editorial philosophy is to “showcase the best and brightest as well as highlighting the disparities in Black life in the United States and worldwide”. The Ebony Magazine Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive (including Covers and Advertisements) beginning in November 1945 to June 2014.

Explore eBooks, available in the browser or for download, for adults, teens, and kids on a variety of subjects. Downloaded eBooks from EBSCO can be read in the EBSCO Mobile app or in Adobe Digital Editions. Check out our Quick Start Guide for instructions.

EBSCO provides free research databases covering a variety of subjects for students, researchers, and librarians. Researchers can also use EBSCO Essentials to search for free, reliable articles and connect to their library to access additional EBSCO content.  This collection includes the resources listed below.

• EBSCO Essentials
• EBSCO Open Dissertations
• GreenFILE
• Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts
• Teacher Reference Center
• European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750

Comprehensive databases for finding articles on all topics; with the full text of more than 1,700 periodicals. Choose a specific subject collection in which to search or search all. Collections include business, children and teens, ethnic, health, home cooking and gardening, environment, science, sports, politics and more. Includes Consumer Reports magazine. 

The Economist (North American Edition) is now available through PressReader!  Click the link to check out our Quick Start Guide - Using PressReader for the First Time to get started.

The Esquire Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in October 1933 through March 2014 of the American popular men's magazine Esquire, published by Hearst Communications.

With its curated full-text materials, Ethnic Diversity Source is essential to support the study of African Americans, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinx Americans, Multiracial Americans, and Native Americans, among others, with respect to their cultures, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences. Scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, historical documents, and biographies are complemented by primary sources, such as speeches and interviews. Complete with robust collections of videos and e-books, Ethnic Diversity Source creates a dynamic research experience for students and researchers.

Full text for more than 150 popular middle school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays.

Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia; New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Encyclopedia of Animals™; and thousands of relevant photos, maps, and flags.

Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents.
Easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic.  Includes topic overviews that provide a starting point for research.

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FinancialFit offers short, easy-to-understand lessons, videos, and interactive tools to help you make informed financial decisions and achieve your financial goals. Choose from subjects like: 

• Creating a budget
• Managing debt
• Paying for college
• Marriage and partnership
• Planning for emergencies
• Setting up your financial life
  ...and much more!

Flipster offers popular eMagazines that can be read in the browser or through the Flipster app.

Only Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry combines official military records with deep first-person content, including bios, photos, letters, and more. More than 500 million searchable records span hundreds of years.

The Folger Shakespeare brings you the complete works of one of the world’s greatest playwrights and poets. Whether you’re a Shakespeare lover, student, teacher, or scholar, the Folger Shakespeare is a trusted resource for Shakespeare’s plays and poems and for information about his life and world.

The Forbes Magazine Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of Forbes, beginning with its first issue in 1917 and ending in December 2000.

The Fortune Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1930 of the American business magazine Fortune, published by Time Inc.

PLEASE NOTE: This resource is only available at the Foundation Center inside the Fremont Main Library.  For more information about the Foundation Center, contact the Fremont Main Library.

Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

The GDL hosts a variety of directory products that particular libraries can choose from. Use it to search, sort and export information both from current directory editions as well as prior editions that are maintained as searchable backfiles. Multiple directories can be cross-searched. GDL includes Encyclopedia of Associations.

Formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale eBooks offers encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Includes reference eBooks, literature resources, and more.

Essays, articles, and websites provide extensive information on more than 220,000 noteworthy people from many countries and throughout history, including the present. In addition to searching by name, you can also search by occupation, nationality, ethnicity, or time period.

Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content. Provided courtesy of the California State Library.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints is designed for high school students and draws on a variety of sources including the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, to offer pro and con articles, statistics, topic overviews, and primary documents related to controversial topics. Also included are resources for the National Debate topic. 

Manipulate and explore 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. Reference and periodical content provide additional context for further understanding.

This resource searches across the following Literary databases in Gale Literary Sources:
Gale Literature Resource Center
Gale Literature: Something about the Author

Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.

Something about the Author examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults.

A great resource for a variety of educators—from teachers and administrators to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. It seeks to provide full text for titles in the ERIC database and covers multiple levels of education and every educational specialty, such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing, and provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.

Analyze business insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. Updated daily. Best for business schools and entrepreneurs.

Provides balanced coverage of this significant aspect of culture and society. This database includes topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.

Contains valuable content for library science students, information science students, technology professionals, and others. Information Science is updated daily with articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more.

Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America.

Addresses concerns over the protection of assets, physical or intellectual, ranging from the individual property owner to multinational corporations. Insurance and Liability connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals.

Contains scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily, content supports key subject areas, such as governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more.

https://ezproxy.aclibrary.org/login?url=https://link.gale.com/apps/STND?u=alamco_mainContains full-text cover-to-cover coverage of over 100 national and international newspapers In addition, selected news and business stories are provided from another 165 Knight-Ridder/Tribune newspapers.

Covers the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.

Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies analyzes and contributes to popular culture by offering useful information for researchers in social science, history, art, and liberal arts courses.

Covers topics of philosophies and religions in one comprehensive collection. Researchers will gain valuable insight into the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily, Religion and Philosophy supports a broad range of topics from theological approaches to social issues.

Contains scholarly journals and magazines that can be used by novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Updated daily, U.S. History offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.

Aids users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. Vocations and Careers offers hundreds of current and applicable periodicals ranging from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism contains millions of articles to help researchers gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. This definitive collection is intended for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science

Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines for use by novice historians and advanced academic researchers. World History offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.

Use Gale Power Search to search across all of our cross-searchable Gale resources at one time.

Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.  Provided courtesy of the California State Library.

National Geographic magazine, the official journal of the National Geographic Society,  built its reputation delivering the highest-quality photojournalism and cartography in the world.

The iconic monthly publication provides unparalleled, in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and more -- making it an essential resource for educators and students as well as general readers. Enjoy unlimited access to the magazine from the first issue in 1888 through 2015 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable.

Previously known as Teaching & Education Reference Center plus Career Center (TERC)

Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.  Take a Career Assessment, get career help, and find job listings from Indeed.com.  Use the VisualCV Resume Builder to easily create a professional-looking resume. 

Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and personal interests. Connect to 4,000+ on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors. Courses cover content on leadership and management, coding, design, marketing, IT operations, data science, project management, human resources, sales, accounting and finance, and productivity. Powered by the Udemy for Business collection.

This resource requires that you create an account.  You can log in with an existing Google or Microsoft account, or create an account with Gale Cengage.

NOTE: This resource is only available to users with regular library cards. eCards are not compatible. You can convert your eCard by visiting one of our community libraries.
NOTE: Users must be physically within Alameda County to use this resource.
NOTE: The Udemy for Business app is not currently available for library users.

If you are denied access to this resource, check out our Quick Start Guide. 

Gale Primary Sources takes users beyond a simple search, allowing them to analyze content using frequency and term-relationship tools. Through intuitive subject-indexing users will discover new material even in the most familiar of content sets.

Searches: 

Gale Primary Sources: Archives of Sexuality & Gender
Gale Primary Sources: Archives Unbound

A unique fully-searchable collection that brings together approximately 1.5 million pages of primary sources on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world. Contains LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940, Parts I & II.

Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students.

Build skills for classroom and homework success. The Grades 4-8 Educator Resources Center helps elementary and middle school educators prepare students for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects. From LearningExpress Library

You will be required to create a LearningExpress Library account to use this resource

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

The Great Courses offers engaging and understandable lectures by esteemed professors, professionals, and experts in topics ranging from history, science, and much more.

Get a 7-day pass through this link or in the Libby app under "Extras." Check out our Quick Start Guide for information and help getting started.

Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.

HeritageQuest Online provides a comprehensive collection of genealogical and local history resources. This database
makes it convenient to explore billions of American and international genealogical records dating back to the 1700s —
including unique primary sources, family and local histories, research guides, interactive census maps, and more. Combined
with an easy-to-use search experience, it’s easier than ever for users to discover their ancestors and learn about local people
and places from the past.

Build basic skills, prepare for the GED and HiSET, and get ready to get your High School Diploma. From LearningExpress Library.

You will be required to create a LearningExpress Library account to use this resource.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Build skills for classroom and homework success. The High School Students Center helps students in high school prepare for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects. From LearningExpress Library

You will be required to create a LearningExpress Library account to use this resource

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. From Newsbank.

Homework Central gives student researchers access to five resources: 

• CultureGrams: Offers unique, concise cultural information, multimedia, and vital statistics on the countries of the world, US states, and Canadian provinces. (Grades 3-12)
• eLibrary: Offers a collection of multidisciplinary periodical and digital media content, designed for beginning and intermediate researchers. (Grades 6+)
• ProQuest Research Companion: eLearning platform offering multimedia-based lessons on information literacy principles including finding, evaluating, and using information. (Grades 8+)
• 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+)

This resource is available courtesy of the California State Library.

hoopla BingePass lets you, well, binge! Entire collections of streaming content are at your fingertips with just one 7-day checkout.

hoopla's BIngePass collection includes materials for adults, teens, and kids.  Choose from a growing collection of content.

Check out a Curiosity Stream Bingepass and get a one-week pass to access an ever-growing collection of award-winning original and curated factual films, shows, and series covering science, nature, travel, history, technology, and more.  Checking out a pass will use one of your hoopla monthly checkouts.

After pressing play, you will be redirected to a new browser window to view Curiosity Stream videos.  You will not be required to create an account.
The Curiosity Stream app is not compatible with this offer.

Check out a hoopla eMagazine Bingepass and get a one-week pass to read as many of the 50+ magazines at hoopla as you wish. Checking out a pass will use one of your hoopla monthly checkouts.

hoopla BingePass lets you, well, binge! Entire collections of streaming content are at your fingertips with just one borrow. Each borrow allows you to consume as much content as you want for 7 days. Not done? Check out another pass!

Each Kids' BingePass offers eBooks, eAudiobooks, and/or Streaming video focused on fun subjects, popular publishers, and more.  Check them out!

Current BingePass Options:

• Reading Corner
• Kids' Books in Action
• Hellosaurus
• Highlights Collection
• KidzVidz
• STEAM Powered Kids
• Cuentos para niños en español
• Growing Up: Social-Emotional Learning
• Read-Along to Learn
• Learn About the World

The Great Courses Library Collection is the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment, with hundreds of courses spanning thousands of in-depth video lectures on subjects like Science, Health & Wellness, and much more.
This is part of hoopla's Bingepass collection.  7-day check out.

Access the Great Courses through the hoopla app from your favorite app store.  You can also access it using the hoopla site.

Incredibly engaging, interactive, and educational, Hellosaurus puts kids ages 2 to 8 in their favorite shows. Featuring popular titles like The Wiggles and Love, Diana, children develop life skills independently and safely by having fun. One borrow gets them all the Hellosaurus they want for 7 days.

You must download the Hellosaurus iOS or Android app to your mobile device to play this content. No signup is needed. 

hoopla Digital offers a huge collection of comics and graphic novels from the most popular publishers in the field, including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, and many more. hoopla comics are always available - no waits, no holds! Check out our Quick Start guide.

Enjoy a huge selection of movies from all around the world.  At hoopla, everything is always available - no holds, no wait!

The loan period for hoopla video is three days.

hoopla Digital offers a massive collection of music albums in dozens of genres.

Enjoy a huge selection of television shows from all around the world.  At hoopla, everything is always available - no holds, no wait!

The loan period for hoopla video is three days.

Submit your indie-published book here and share your eBooks with patrons of Alameda County Library and libraries throughout California. The best submissions are curated, featured, and promoted by Library Journal, Overdrive, and other notable organizations and businesses.

iNDIEFLIX is a streaming movie service that offers access to pop culture favorites, box office hits, award-winning feature films, documentaries, and shorts.

• Thousands of full-length feature films, shorts, documentaries, and series from around the world
• Diverse voices, pop culture favorites, and box office hits
• Award-winning feature films, documentaries, and shorts
• Thousands of hours of commercial-free programming
• Academy Award-winning animation

Get a 7-day pass through this link or in the Libby app under "Extras."  Check out our Quick Start Guide for information and help getting started.

NOTE: Some content may include mature themes and language - viewer discretion is advised.  You will be asked to provide an email address the first time you use iNDIEFLIX.

JET Magazine Archive covers the civil rights movement, politics, education, and other social topics with an African American focus. It includes over 3,000 issues providing a broad view of news, culture, and entertainment from its first issue in 1951 through 2014.

Whether you’re looking to find a new job in your current field or pursue a career in an exciting new industry, Job & Career Accelerator has the powerful tools and expert guidance to help you through every step of the process to succeed in today's job market. 

You will be required to create a LearningExpress Library account to use this resource.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Find eBooks to read on your Kindle.  OverDrive is the only library platform that offers the Kindle format. Check out our Kindle Guide.

The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant.

Practice taking tests online for the ACT, SAT, GED, and other academic exams. Tests also include civil service, military, law enforcement, real estate, other career exams, and the U.S. Citizenship Test. You will need to register to create a free account with LearningExpress Library so you can access your own exams on repeat visits from your home.

For information about using the LearningExpress Library app, check out our FAQ.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

This partnership is between the Alameda County Law Library and the Alameda County Library.

Database collection includes: 

• Dissomaster
• OnLaw
• Nolo Press eBooks
• WestLaw
• Trellis
• Lexis Nexis
• Divorce Solutions California by Nolo Press Occidental (available inside all Alameda County Library branches)

This partnership is between the Alameda County Law Library and the Alameda County Library.

Database collection includes: 

NOTE: Westlaw is no longer available at Fremont Main Library. It is still available at Dublin Library.

• Dissomaster
• OnLaw
• Nolo Press eBooks
• Trellis
• Lexis Nexis
• Divorce Solutions California by Nolo Press Occidental (available inside all Alameda County Library branches)

Check out all of our Libby Extras!  You can also find direct links in our AtoZ list by browsing for the name of the Extra.

Our current Extras include:

• ArtistWorks
• Classica
• Craftsy
• Craftsy en Español
• The Great Courses
• iNDIEFLIX
• Qello

Look at our Quick Start Guide for information about each Extra and help getting started.

Take advantage of all the Library of Congress offers - from home! Digital Collections features thousands of items in hundreds of subject areas.

The Life Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1936 of the American variety magazine Life, published by Time Inc.

LinkedIn Learning for Library provides unlimited access to great content from Lynda.com plus courses offered in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese.
Users of any skill level will find bite-size tutorials or comprehensive courses on hundreds of topics the latest software, creative, and business skills.  All you need to get started is your library card/PIN.

If you choose to use the LinkedIn Learning app, our library ID is aclibrary. For help, check out our Quick Start Guide.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

NOTE: Due to privacy concerns, the library version of LinkedIn Learning is anonymous.  This means that certificates earned by library users will not have the student's name on them. 

This ground-breaking project, launched in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, is an interactive online map that features audio recordings of 47 contemporary Native American poets, including Louise Erdrich, Natalie Diaz, and Ray Young Bear, among many others.  The project was conceived by US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.

With LOTE4Kids, kids can now enjoy 3000+ read-along eBooks in over 65+ languages, including American (ASL), British (BSL), New Zealand (NZSL), and Australian Sign Language (AUSLAN), together with English translations. Check out our Quick Start Guide.

The Maclean's Magazine Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of this influential Canadian magazine beginning in 1905 and ending in 2015.

Magzter Library provides thousands of periodicals with diverse content across 40+ topic categories and in over 30 languages.

NOTE: To access Magzter, enter your library card number and PIN.  You will be redirected to the site without having to log in again, but you may have to wait a few seconds for the redirect to complete.

The Magzter app is not currently available for this resource.

For more information and a list of available languages, check out our Quick Start Guide.

This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for high school students. Topics include biography, history, careers, language arts, literature, government, health, math, science, current events, and social-emotional health.

This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Complete also contains full text for more than 1,000 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.

Consumer health care information from the National Library of Medicine.

Formerly: Genetics Home Reference. Offered by the National Library of Medicine, providing summaries of genetic conditions and their molecular basis in an easy-to-understand language. Browse the site by specific disorder or condition, by gene, or by chromosome.

Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps, and flags.

This eBook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for middle school students. Topics include social studies, math, history, language arts, technology, geography, culture, and science.

Morningstar has a new look!  Get a quick tour at our Morningstar Quick Start Guide.

Combines in one database all the stock, fund, industry, and ETF information necessary for in-depth research and smart portfolio construction. It is a one-stop-shop for screening and report-building tools including extensive help, and educational materials.

Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries provides an extensive virtual encyclopedia of unique American folk, blues, soul, jazz, and protest songs, as well as a broad range of world music through partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

Music Online: The Quest TV Collection, co-created by Quincy Jones & Reza Ackbaraly, offers valuable materials for music history and cultural studies through the preservation of diverse live performances, spanning the evolution of jazz and beyond — representing funk, soul, hip-hop, folk, indie, electronic, blues, and other eclectic world genres. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

My China Roots is a genealogy resource for researching Chinese ancestry. Users can research ancestral villages, surname origins, and digitized zupus (documents compiled by families to record the names and details of ancestors).

MyHeritage is the place for discovering, sharing, and preserving family history.  It contains records from World Vital Records. 

NOTE: The MyHeritage app is not compatible with the library's subscription at this time.

The Nation Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of The Nation, beginning with its first issue in 1865 through 2020. The Nation is America’s oldest weekly magazine and one of its premier journals of opinion since its inception in 1865. Full Text:07/06/1865 To 12/28/2020.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.

Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching a historical topic that interests you

The National Review Archive offers complete indexing & abstracting and full-text coverage for all issues of the journal back to the first issue in 1955 through 2020. The publication consistently provides insightful and unique coverage of political, economic, social, and cultural issues and trends, and remains one of the leading sources in this regard.  Full Text:11/19/1955 To 12/31/2020.

National Theatre Collection provides contemporary video productions, modern reinterpretations of classic all featuring acclaimed actors and directors of the highest caliber along with exclusive behind-the-scenes archival content. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

Native Land offers an interactive map of the territories of Indigenous nations and includes territories, language maps, and maps of treaties. The site also includes teaching guides, resources, a guide to territory acknowledgment, and morel

The Naxos Music Library contains over 75,000 tracks of music, primarily classical and traditional music from around the world. Check out our Quick Start Guide.

Naxos Spoken Word Library offers eAudiobooks including literature and poetry, and classics from medieval times to the twenty-first century; many original productions supplement a range of non-fiction. Included are a variety of unabridged and skillfully abridged audiobooks. Check out our Quick Start Guide.

This free online service showcases the newest titles purchased by Alameda County Library. You can choose to receive alerts via email and/or RSS feeds. If you see a new title that you are interested in, just click "borrow" to place a hold on the item right away.

The New Republic Archive offers an in-depth examination of American politics, foreign policy, and culture while covering topics from a variety of viewpoints. This archive offers complete indexing & abstracting and full text for all issues back to the journal's inception in 1914. Full Text:11/07/1914 To 12/01/2020.

This link is for users who are outside of the library.  To get started, take a look at the instructions in our Quick Start Guide.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

This link is for use inside the library.  For offsite/remote access, check out New York Times Online - At Home and On The Move.

For more information, take a look at our New York TImes FAQ.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

With an extensive list of publications from around the globe, NewspaperArchive.com includes billions of newspaper articles dating back to 1607 and extends to the present day. Immerse yourself in rich historical content, as every newspaper within this archive is fully searchable by keyword and date. Whether you're exploring major cities or discovering the hidden stories of small towns, NewspaperArchive.com offers an unparalleled experience for everyone. 

Newspapers.com Library Edition provides online access to nearly 20,000 historical newspapers. It offers full-page images with searchable full text for millions of pages of newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of known, regional, and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.

Novelist K-8 will help you find a new book or old favorite; read-alikes and award-winning titles.

So many books! Find books by author, title, subject, genre, location, type of character, and much more. Novelist plus

O’Reilly for Public Libraries offers unlimited access to 50K+ titles (including O’Reilly books in early release), 30K+ hours of video, case studies from top companies, learning paths, expert playlists, and more—with nearly 1,000 topics to explore in technology and business.

O'Reilly for Public Libraries replaces Safari Books Online.

Opera in Video offers a curated selection of the world's most significant opera performances, featuring top artists, conductors, and venues, providing a valuable resource for studying opera's rich canon. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

See: Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Our Comics Guide offers thousands of comics for all ages. For more information, check out our OverDrive/Libby Quick Start Guide.

OverDrive/Libby provides eBooks and eAudiobooks for download and browser reading/listening. Includes Project Gutenberg classics. Get your Kindle eBooks here! For more information, check out our OverDrive/Libby Quick Start Guide.

OverDrive eMagazines offers thousands of popular titles you can read cover to cover in the browser or the Libby app. Magazine checkouts do not count against your eBook/eAudiobook limit! For more information, check out our OverDrive/Libby Quick Start Guide.

Our Kids' Guide is the place for kids to find all the books they want to read. For more information, check out our OverDrive/Libby Quick Start Guide.

Our LGBTQIA Guide offers eBooks and eAudiobooks for all ages. For more information, check out our OverDrive/Libby Quick Start Guide.

Our Romance Guide has romance titles for every taste! For more information, check out our OverDrive/Libby Quick Start Guide.

Our Teen Guide is the place for teens to find all the books they want to read. For more information, check out our OverDrive/Libby Quick Start Guide.

Oxford Dictionaries Premium is the home of our premium language resources for English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. 

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.

As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from dictionaries of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You’ll still find present-day meanings in the OED, but you’ll also find the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

The OED started life more than 150 years ago. Today, the dictionary is in the process of its first major revision. Updates revise and extend the OED at regular intervals, each time subtly adjusting our image of the English language.

The Palace Project app gives Alameda County Library cardholders one interface to browse, borrow, and read eBooks and listen to eAudiobooks.  With one login and as few as three clicks, you can start discovering and reading our entire collection of nearly 200,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks.  Read or listen to OverDrive titles, enki Library titles, and much more!

The Poetry Foundation, the publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience. 

Learn how to use today’s most popular software programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and more. These easy-to-use courses will teach you everything you need to know and help make your goals a reality — all designed to fit your current skill level and schedule. From LearningExpress Library

You will be required to create a LearningExpress Library account to use this resource.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Get ready to achieve your college goals. 

You will be required to create a LearningExpress Library account to use this resource.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Create a professional-looking eBook, or format your book for printing.

Explore eMagazines and News from around the world and in dozens of languages. Take a look at our Quick Start Guide for help with using PressReader for the first time. 

Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full-text information dates as far back as 1990.

This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for primary school students. Topics include social studies, history, language arts, geography, culture, math, and science.

ProCitizen will help you prepare for the Civics, Reading, and Writing portions of the United States Naturalization Test.

Prepárese para su examen de Naturalización de los Estados Unidos con pruebas de práctica, materiales y actividades de estudio.

Pronunciator is an online language-learning service that includes courses in dozens of languages for beginners and advanced learners, kids, and adults. This includes ESL courses for speakers of a large selection of non-English languages. Pronunciator’s interactive online courses feature pronunciation analysis, virtual coaches, scored quizzes, and downloadable audio lessons and phrasebooks.

Search across all of the ProQuest resources we have available to find eBooks, articles, audio and video, dissertations and theses, and more.

Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y ciudadanía en español. Este centro ofrece a los adultos que están muy ocupados los recursos para mejorar sus habilidades básicas, ganar sus credenciales de GED® o ser ciudadano estadounidense. De LearningExpress Library.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Previously known as ReferenceUSA

US and Canadian Businesses provide key executives, sales volume, #of employees, parent and subsidiary relationships for over 10 million U.S. & over 1 million Canadian companies. Residential USA and Canada databases contain 120 million residential listings for the U.S. and 12 million for Canadians, with income and house values. Health Care Providers contains 650,000 doctors and dentists searchable by geography, specialty, Board certification, and much more. 

This database provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Rock’s Backpages is the largest database of music journalism online.  The archive features over 50,000 articles on thousands of artists from ABBA to Zappa, plus over 800 audio interviews with legends from Jimi Hendrix to Kate Bush.
Rock's Backpages has been going for over 20 years and works with hundreds of writers to archive their interviews and reviews for students, researchers, and music-lovers.

Learning languages is fun with Rosetta Stone!  Experience immersive learning that includes:

• 30 languages to meet a range of cultural interests
• Core lessons to build reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills
• Focused activities to refine grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and more

Setting up the Rosetta Stone app? Check out our FAQ for important information.

The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection with high-definition recordings of The Bard's dramatic canon, featuring the world's finest Shakespearean actors and directors, along with supplementary teaching materials, the Royal Shakespeare Company Collection helps bring Shakespeare to life in the modern age. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

Safari Books Online is now O'Reilly for Public Libraries! 

Please find this resource under 'O' for O'Reilly.

Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.

NOTE:  SimplyE will no longer be available as of April 1, 2024.  If you have not switched to The Palace Project, please do so before that date.  The Palace Project offers OverDrive eBooks and eAudiobook, special collections, and enki titles. Check out our Quick Start Guide to Palace and get started now!

A collection of state-specific resources, such as demographic data, fastest-growing cities, licenses and permits, organizations, and more that are important to the start and development of businesses.

The Sports Illustrated Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1954 of the American sports magazine Sports Illustrated, published by Time Inc.

TeachingBooks for Libraries adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. This online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books for youth, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.

This resource was formerly called Book Connections

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

Theatre in Video offers access to hundreds of the world's most important plays, documentaries, and instructional materials, as well as interviews with prominent directors, designers, writers, and actors, providing an authentic behind-the-scenes look at various productions. From Alexander Street.

This resource is provided courtesy of the California State Library.

The Time Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1923 of the American popular magazine Time, published by Time Inc.

Transparent Language Online provides an effective and engaging experience for language learners looking to build their vocabulary, practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and maintain what they learn.  With courses and supplemental resources in 110+ languages, Transparent Language Online can be accessed anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.

The U. S. News & World Report Magazine Archive (1926-1984) database consists of the influential news magazine U. S. News & World Report (1948-1984) -- plus the predecessor titles: United States Daily (1926-1933), United States News (1933-1948), and World Report (1946-1948). Each title features cover to cover processing, which renders all of the content from the front cover to the back cover fully searchable, including the advertisements.

See: Gale Presents: Udemy

The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.

The US Copyright Office offers services and support to creators and users of creative works. Use the site to research, register a copyright, or record a document.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.

Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL) promotes programs that help American adults get the basic skills they need to be productive workers, family members, and citizens. The major areas of support are Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English Language Acquisition. These programs emphasize basic skills such as reading, writing, math, English language competency and problem-so

Value Line puts you in the driver’s seat with accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools, and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives you the power to evaluate investments with confidence. 

The Vanity Fair Magazine Archive contains indexing, abstracting and full text for the complete archive (including Covers and Advertisements) beginning in September 1913 to February 1936 and March 1983 to October 2015.

Enjoy full access to the Washington Post, one of our nation's leading newspapers. Take advantage of:

• Expert reporting and analysis from Washington and around the world, including award-winning investigative coverage and editorial commentary.
• Real-time Q&A Discussions providing a behind the scenes look at key stories.
• Live-streaming of Washington Post Live events, where top-level government and business leaders, emerging voices, and newsmakers discuss the most pressing national and global issues of the day.
• Newsletters
• and much more!

NOTE: To use offsite access you will need to check out a pass in the browser.  You will then be able to log in to the app.  Follow the instructions in our Washington Post Quick Start Guide. 

NOTE: If you have trouble with logging in to get a pass, particularly if you've tried multiple times, try going to https://www.washingtonpost.com/ and logging in there.  It's possible that you have an active pass already.  You can see the status of your pass by clicking on your name in the upper right corner of the screen and choosing "Account Settings," and then choosing "My Subscriptions."

Enjoy full access to the Washington Post, one of our nation's leading newspapers.  In Library Only use lets you take advantage of:

• Expert reporting and analysis from Washington and around the world, including award-winning investigative coverage and editorial commentary.
• Real-time Q&A Discussions providing a behind the scenes look at key stories.
• Live-streaming of Washington Post Live events, where top-level government and business leaders, emerging voices, and newsmakers discuss the most pressing national and global issues of the day.
• Newsletters
• and much more without a library card! 

Also, check out our at-home/offsite access.  

A single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering Insurance, Banks, Mutual Funds, Stocks, and Medigap. 

This reference resource, produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), offers almanac-style information about the countries of the world.