Ancestry Library Edition - Find census, birth, marriage, death records and more.
Free expert tutoring, proofreading for essays, and more.
Online tutoring and homework help for kids and teens from Kindergarten to 12th grade, as well as an Adult Learning Center.
Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica and TeachingBooks.net are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.
These two databases are provided for all California students from the California State Library.
A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources. Post links directly to each school level, elementary, middle or high.
Need help from Britannica? See our support page. (800) 621-3900 x 7160 | edsupport@eb.com
One-stop resources for books you are reading and teaching, including author and illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and other enrichment content.
Need help from TeachingBooks.net? See our support page. (800) 596-0710 | accounts@TeachingBooks.net
Biographies, images, maps, references, encyclopedias, and the most popular magazines for all ages.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government 
AR BookFinder - Find the AR level of books for your kids.
Practice DMV Tests - Access to Free Practice Tests, California DMV Handbooks, and Frequently Asked Questions
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Archives Unbound - Access primary source material from 296 archival collections covering topics of importance to U.S. and California history.
Thousands of downloadable eBooks and Audiobooks with no late fees.
Click on the logos to check them out or find out more about the process here.
Magazines and Online Research Sources - Access thousands of current magazines, newspapers, trade journals, primary source documents and encyclopedic entries. Perfect for writing research papers and reports and browsing for general knowledge.
Visit RBdigital Magazines to access the latest magazines.
Offering full-color, digital magazines for immediate checkout and reading online for desktop and mobile devices. Popular new and backlist titles with no holds, no checkout periods and no limits.
We also have newspapers available online for anyone with a library card.
America's News
Free access. No subscription needed.
Newspapers - Visit NewsBank to read full-text articles in current editions of local, regional and national U.S. newspapers, and select magazines.
Including newspapers like:
Read the New York Times online
Enjoy complimentary unlimited access
to NYTimes.com. Accessible within library only.
If you would like to try it out but are not at the library, click here for 24 hours of free off-site access.
Browse through hundreds of old California newspapers online here.
Newspapers available starting from 1846, and can easily be searched by County or newspaper, as well as date.
View the Wall Street Journal online
(Accessible within library only.
Please ask the Reference Desk to sign you in.
One user at a time.)
Magazines for Teachers - Topics covered include best practices, curriculum development, literacy standards, pedagogical research, instructional media, language arts, science & mathematics, school administration, and more.
HelpNow's Adult Learning Center - (from HelpNow site click on Adult Learners) LIVE one-on-one academic coaching, practice test center, writing lab, career resources and other online resources.
Basic ESL for Libraries - Learn English online.
Government Documents - Access the Federal Depository Library Program Basic Collection.
GreenFile - Magazines and articles on environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments.
California Libraries Catalog - Find the materials you need in northern California libraries.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - Indexes more than 735 journals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage includes librarianship classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
