Online tutoring and homework help for kids and teens from Kindergarten to 12th grade, as well as an Adult Learning Center.
Biographies, images, maps, references, encyclopedias, and the most popular magazines for all ages.
A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources.
SIRS Discoverer (grades 3-9)
An easy-to-follow search of hand selected curriculum-aligned general reference content.
SIRS Issues Researcher (grades 6+)
Explore the pros and cons on today’s complex social issues.
eLibrary (grades 6+)
A collection of periodical and digital media content designed to support middle and high school students and beyond.
CultureGrams (grades 3-12)
Learn about cultures around the world, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
ProQuest Research (grades 8+)
Learn the fundamentals needed for research and writing and research.
Resources to enrich your experience reading children's and young adult books. Enjoy digital content connected to books for kids and teens.
One-stop resources for books you are reading and teaching, including author and illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and other enrichment content.
Topics covered include best practices, curriculum development, literacy standards, pedagogical research, instructional media, language arts, science & mathematics, school administration, and more.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Access primary source material from 296 archival collections covering topics of importance to U.S. and California history.
Find out more about the process here.
Ancestry Library Edition - Find census, birth, marriage, death records and more.
If connecting from home please follow the link here.
Brainfuse JobNow/VetNow
Access online resume help, live job coaching, help with determining your eligibility for VA benefits, and more.
Practice DMV Tests
Access to Free Practice Tests, California DMV Handbooks, and frequently asked questions.
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.
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.)
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.