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Take a look at our new online databases. With your library card, you can access Chilton's, career guidance, travel guides, and more!

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.

Antiques

 

  • Price It New
    Identify, research and appraise art, antiques and collectibles. Advice from industry experts in articles and Q&A features covering pricing, restoration, and repair.

Auto Repair

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  • Chilton LibraryNew
    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 Forms
    Wide selection of legal forms including state-specific forms.
  • ReferenceUSA
    Select "U.S. Business" from the drop down menu 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 LibraryNew
    Match your interests to occupations and education prospects, research careers, and create a plan to accomplish your goals. Includes a resume builder.
  • 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).

More career resources

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

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.
  • NoveList K-8New
    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).

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) New
  • Shakespeare for Students (eBook) New

More literature eBooks

Legal

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  • Legal Forms
    Wide selection of legal forms including state-specific forms.

Magazines & Newspapers

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  • MasterFileNew
    General interest magazines and newspapers.
  • 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 SourceNew
    National, international, and regional papers plus television transcripts.

Science

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More science eBooks

Social Issues

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  • Opposing Viewpoints
    Viewpoint articles, full-text magazines and newspapers, primary source documents and statistics on contemporary social issues.

More social issues eBooks

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).

Travel

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  • Global Road WarriorNew
    Practical answers to your travel questions, such as how much to tip, religious taboos, greeting your host, family life, and punctuality.