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To search a database, click on the links below. When accessing databases from home you will be prompted to enter your 13-digit library card number (no spaces). Need help using a database? Call your local County Library or email us.

Auto Repair

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  • Chilton Library
    Detailed step-by-step service instructions, photographs, illustrations, wiring diagrams, diagnostic trouble codes, recall information, and maintenance and specification tables. Covers domestic and import vehicles up to current model year.

Biographies

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Business

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  • Business & Company Resource Center
    Company profiles, histories and detailed industry information.
  • Legal Information Reference Center
    Search full-text legal self-help reference works and get free legal forms. Topics covered include business law, financial planning, family law, property and real estate law, and rights and disputes.
  • ReferenceUSA
    Select "U.S. Businesses" for detailed business information. Select "U.S. Residential" to conduct market research or locate friends and relatives.

More business resources...

Career

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  • Career Transitions new
    An online career guidance center that walks you through the job-search process from beginning to end.
  • Learning Express Test Prep
    Practice tests, tutorials and eBooks for school and career, including college entrance, civil service and citizenship. To use Learning Express and save your test results, sign in as a New or Return User (username = 13-digit library card number, password = create your own).
  • Live Homework Help
    Click on "Career Help" for resume and cover letter help and career tips from Career Solvers and other job search pros.
  • Tutor.com's Adult Education and Career Center
    Live tutors are available for career help, including resume review, job searching and interview preparation. Tutors can also help with GED and Citizenship preparation, and essay review. Additionally tutors can help adult learners with back to school needs. Help is available in English and Spanish.

More career resources...

Directories

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  • Directories
    Find business information on brands and their companies. Search for contact information on multinational, national and regional groups. Discover listings for radio, television, cable and print media. Users can search multiple directories at one time.

Downloadable Audio & eBooks

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Encyclopedias

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Español

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Mas libros digitales

Genealogy

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  • HeritageQuest
    Complete U.S. Federal Census, Freedman's Bank Records for African American genealogy research and Periodical Source Index (PERSI).

Health & Medicine

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More health eBooks

Consumer Health Information Program

History

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More history eBooks

Homework

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More homework eBooks

Kids

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  • Kids World Book Encyclopedia
    Illustrated encyclopedia for students grades 1-4.
  • Live Homework Help
    Get free homework help from a live, online tutor in math, science, English, and social studies.
  • NoveList K-8
    A guide to reading for children grades Kindergarten-8. A resource for children, parents, and teachers.
  • Social Studies Fact Cards
    Covers U.S. states and presidents, California history and world history. For students grades 4-6.
  • TumbleBook Library
    Animated and talking children's books.
  • Learning Express Test Prep
    Practice tests, tutorials and eBooks, including Elementary School and MIddle School Skills Improvement. To use Learning Express and save your test results, sign in as a New or Return User (username = 13-digit library card number, password = create your own).
  • Kids' Virtual Reference Library
    eBooks covering popular subjects including history, geography, religion, and science. Designed for children in upper elementary school.

Languages

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  • Mango Languages new
    Free, online language-learning includes 22 languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Greek. Also has English language courses for speakers of 15 different languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, and Russian.
  • PowerSpeak Languages new
    Learn Spanish, French, Mandarin, German, or English for Spanish-speakers through a series of stories, activities and innovative learning tools.

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Legal

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  • Legal Information Reference Center
    Search full-text legal self-help reference works and get free legal forms. Topics covered include business law, financial planning, family law, property and real estate law, and rights and disputes.

Literature

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  • Literature Resource Center
    Literary criticism, biographies and overviews of literary topics and works from all genres, disciplines, time periods and regions of the world.
  • NextReads
    Sign up to receive book recommendations by email. Choose from over 20 newsletters, including fiction, nonfiction, audiobooks and books for teens and kids.
  • NoveList
    A guide to fiction and nonfiction reading for all ages, including fiction and nonfiction reading interests.
  • Encyclopedia of World Mythology (eBook)
  • Shakespeare for Students (eBook)

More literature eBooks

Magazines & Newspapers

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  • Magazine and Newspaper Search - MasterFile
    General interest magazines and newspapers, many full text.
  • America’s Newspapers
    National and local papers including over 60 Los Angeles County papers such as the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Orange County Register.
  • Black Newspapers
    Black newspapers from across the U.S. including the Los Angeles Sentinel.
  • Los Angeles Times
    Full-text from 1985-present.
  • National Newspapers
    The 10 most respected major national and regional newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today plus Black newspapers.
  • Newspaper Source
    National, international, and regional papers plus television transcripts.

Science

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More science eBooks

Social Issues

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Taxes

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Test Prep

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  • Learning Express Test Prep
    Practice tests, tutorials and eBooks for school and career, including college entrance, civil service and citizenship. To use Learning Express and save your test results, sign in as a New or Return User (username = 13-digit library card number, password = create your own).
  • Live Homework Help
    Click on "Career Center" to get help with Citizenship and GED test preparation or click on the "Student Center" for worksheets, tutorials and study guides for more testing resources.

Travel

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  • Global Road Warrior
    Practical answers to your travel questions, such as how much to tip, religious taboos, greeting your host, family life, and punctuality.
  • Travel Guides (eBook)
    Travel guides for Northern California, the United States, and countries and cities throughout the world.

Virtual Reference Library

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  • Virtual Reference Library
    eBooks on art, business, education, the environment, health, history, law, literature, social sciences, science, and technology.