Automotive Repair	Genealogy & Local History	People & Biography
Business & Co. Reports	Health & Medicine	Science
Careers & Job Assistance	History	Statistics
Consumer Information	Homework Help	Teachers and Teaching
eBooks & eAudiobooks	Literature & Reading	Test Taking - Practice Tests
Encyclopedias & Reference	Magazines & Journals
Foreign Language Instruction	Newspapers

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Automotive Repair:   Ebsco Host Car Repair Manuals  [more info]

Business and Company Reports: AtoZdatabases [more info] Business & Company Resource Center   [more info] Business Source Complete   [more info] Morningstar Investment Research Center  [more info] Reference USA - Our subscription to Reference USA ended January 14, 2012.  It has been replaced by AtoZdatabases.

Careers and Job Assistance Looking for a Job?  - local resources that can help. Consumer Information Bay Area Consumers' Checkbook - Only available in the Library - no home access. Consumer Reports - Takes you directly to Consumer Reports through Ebsco, where you can search within the publication from 1991 - present. The Library also subscibes to the print version at all library locations except Children's Library. Valid library card required for at home use.

eBooks and eAudiobooks: See the A-Z list for descriptions of the various products the Library offers.  You can search the Library Catalog to locate the majority of titles. Learn the basics to get started with eBooks from OverDrive's Northern California Digital Library

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Encyclopedias and Reference Resources: Encyclopedia Britannica  [more info] Gale Virtual Reference Collection  [more info] World Book Encyclopedia  [more info] Grzimek's Animal Life [more info]

Foreign Language Instruction: Mango Languages (interactive online instruction requires one time account creation)  [more info]

Genealogy and Local History Ancestry.com Library Edition (only accessible in library)  [more info] Heritage Quest  [more info] Museum of American Heritage Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA)  [more info]      *Image Database       *Newspaper Index        *Obituary Database "Lasting Memories" - An online directory of mid-peninsula obituaries from Palo Alto Online. Sutro Library

Health and Medicine: Alt Health Watch - the latest on alternative health and medicine Consumer Health Complete  [more info] Health and Wellness Center  [more info]

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History History Resource Center: U.S.  [more info] History Resource Center: World  [more info] The New York Times 1851 - 2007 [more info] Problems accessing The New York Times 1851-2007?  Click here.

Homework Help: Kindergarten through 5th grade California Mission Books - full text! [more info] Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids  [more info] Kids InfoBits  [more info] Kids Search  [more info] Primary Search  [more info]  Searchasaurus  [more info] World Book Encyclopedia for Kids  Middle School, High School and Beyond Biography Resource Center  [more info] Encyclopedia Britannica Online  [more info] Gale Virtual Reference  [more info] Middle Search Plus [more info] Opposing Viewpoints  [more info] Points of View Reference Center  [more info] Student Research Center  [more info] Student Resource Center  [more info] World Book Encyclopedia  [more info]

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Literature and Reading For all ages Bestsellers and Lists of New Materials BookLetters - browse award winners, sign up for custom book lists Books and Authors - find books based on your interests Digital Books and Music from Overdrive [more info] E-books and E-audio books - A-Z list Library Catalog - search our catalog for books, ebooks, dvds and cds. Literary Reference Center  [more info] Literature Resource Center  [more info] Novelist - use to find read-a-likes, explore by subjects  [more info] Just for kids BookFlix  - ebooks to watch and read!  [more info] California Mission Books - full text! [more info] Novelist K-8 - use to find good reads for kids  [more info] Tumblebook Library - ebooks just for kids!  [more info]

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Magazines and Journals (use for general searching or for topics not found here) Ebsco Host  [more info] EJournal - Find out if the library owns a magazine title or offers access to full text. Informe! - en Espanol [more info] OneFile  [more info]

Newspapers Library Press Display - Today's national and international newspapers full text!  [more info]  National and International Newspapers  [more info] The New York Times 1851 - 2007 [more info] Problems accessing The New York Times 1851-2007?  Click here. NEW!  Newsbank Local, State and National Newspapers Palo Alto Newspaper Index  [more info]

People and Biography Biography Resource Center  [more info] Biography Collection Complete Encyclopedia Britannica Online  [more info] History Resource Center: U.S.  [more info] History Resource Center: World   [more info] The New York Times 1851 - 2007  [more info] World Book Encyclopedia  [more info]

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Science Science Reference Center

Statistics Federal Statistics from over 100 agencies Rand (California Statistics)  [more info] Statistical Abstracts of the United States U.S. Census Data

Teachers and Teaching Resources ERIC -  full text subscription of ERIC documents. Educator's 200 - over 200 of most popular teaching journals [more info]

Test Taking and Practice Tests Learning Express - requires one time account creation [more info]

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