Research

• Auto Repair Reference Center

  Step-by-step repair procedures for most major vehicles as far back as 1945.

• Consumer’s Checkbook

  Ratings for Bay Area local service companies by a non-profit consumer agency.

• Biography Resource Center

  Biographical information on over 220,000 people from throughout history and around the world.

• Books & Authors

  Expert book reviews, recommendations and author biographies.

• Books, Movies, Music

  Staff-recommended good reads, lists of award-winning books, and book review information.

• Cliffs Notes

  Summaries and commentary for hundreds of literary classics.

• Literature Resource Center

  Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses for over 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

• Literature Resources from Gale

  Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

• LitFINDER

  Thousands of full-text poems, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches.

• NoveList

  Tell NoveList what you like to read, and it will suggest similar books you might like! Find new fiction books and authors based on your old favorites.

• NoveList K-8

  NoveList K-8 helps children grades K-8, parents, & teachers identify books appropriate for children's reading abilities and interests.

• Business & Company Resource Center

  Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more.

• Encyclopedia of Associations

  From the Gale Directory Library access the directory for international, national and regional associations.

• Morningstar Investment Research Center

  Research mutual funds and stocks for investment opportunities.

• Rich’s Guide to California Companies

  Database of over 30,000 Northern California firms with contact names, websites, and email addresses.

• Small Business Resource Center

  Complete small business management resources via a combination of periodicals and reference content.

• California Building Standards Codes

  CA Building Codes, includes Building, Fire, Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical.

• California Code

  CA law consists of 29 codes covering various subject areas.

• California Courts Self Help Center

  Information to help you work better with an attorney, and represent yourself in some legal matters.

• Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (español)

  Information to help you in some legal matters.
  Le ayudará a encontrar ayuda e información, trabajar mejor con un abogado y en algunos asuntos legales le ayudará a representarse a sí mismo.

• Community Information Program

  Database of nonprofit and public services available to people who live or work in San Mateo County.

• How to Reach Your Lawmakers

  Contact information for local, state, and federal elected officials.

• LegalTrac

  Provides indexing for around 1300 titles (and full text for over 100), including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.

• San Mateo County Code

  Rules and regulations for a wide variety of situations and issues as handled in San Mateo County.

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law

  American legal information on more than 5,000 legal topics.

• Enciclopedia Estudiantil (español) (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Encyclopedia for children with articles on general subjects, people, places, things, and ideas.
  Enciclopedia para niños con artículos en sujetos generales, personas, lugares, cosas, y ideas.

• Encyclopedia Americana

  Comprehensive General Encyclopedia providing articles on all subjects, full text periodical articles, links to related websites, and an interactive dictionary.

• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion

  Information about clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress from a variety of historical eras and cultures.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

  Information on alternative and complementary medical practices, recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases, and medicinal uses for plants and herbs.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

  Information on more than 1,600 medical disorders, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and procedures.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

  Essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, languages, historical background, and settlement patterns.

• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

  Based on the full text of the Academic American Encyclopedia, contains 36,000 articles, 15,000 bibliographies, Internet links to 15,000 articles, sound files, an interactive atlas, and an e-zine.

• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

  Encyclopedia of animal life, describing microscopic animals through primates. Contains color pictures and detailed descriptions.

• New Book of Knowledge

  Provides reference and current events for grades 3 and up. Students can search or browse encyclopedia articles alphabetically or by subject. Also includes projects and experiments, a world history timeline, educational games, and recommended websites.

• Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (español)

  A Spanish-language encyclopedia containing 15,000 articles, 6,500 photographs and more than 15,000 Internet links.
  Una enciclopedia que contiene artículos, fotografías y conexiones del Internet.

• Oxford English Dictionary

  The accepted authority and guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language.

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law

  American legal information on more than 5,000 legal topics.

• World Book Encyclopedia Kids (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities.

• World Book Encyclopedia Student (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Multimedia encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, animations, sounds, interactive maps, and more.

• California Missions eBooks

  Twenty California missions eBooks that can be read online or downloaded.

• Northern Califronia Digital Library (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Downloadable audio and text eBooks (bestsellers, classics, travel guides, biographies, etc.) and downloadable classical music.

• Gale Virtual Reference Library

  Reference eBooks about medicine, law, animals, colleges, social studies, and more.

• ManyBooks.net

  Freely available public domain eBooks in a variety of text formats designed for a wide variety of e-text readers.

• myilibrary

  Downloadable audiobooks fully compatible with iPod, iPod touch, and iPhone, as well as hundreds of other WMA and MP3 devices.

• Project Gutenberg

  Freely available public domain eBooks in text and computer-created audio formats.

• Safari Tech Books

  The best IT and technology eBooks from the best authors and publishers.
  Note: The Favorites and Bookmarks features do not currently work in Safari.

• TumbleBooks

  Animated talking storybooks for children in English, Spanish, and other languages.

• Ancestry Library Edition

  Resources for genealogical and historical research, including military, court, census, birth, marriage, and death records, and more.

• HeritageQuest (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Resources for genealogical and historical research, including the U.S. Federal Census, Freedman’s bank records, the PERSI index, and more.

• Custom Guide

  Online software and computer tutorials. Topics include Microsoft Office, Windows, Mac OS, Internet Explorer and much more.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

  Information on alternative and complementary medical practices, recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases, and medicinal uses for plants and herbs.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

  Information on more than 1,600 medical disorders, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and procedures.

• Health and Wellness Resource Center

  Health and medical information including an encyclopedia, drug information, and alternative treatments.

• MedLine Plus

  Health information from National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.

• MedLine Plus (español)

  Health Information in Spanish.
  Información de Salud: sobre diversas condiciones, enfermedades y bienstar, pruebas médicas, síntomas, lesiones y cirugías.

• America the Beautiful

  State history and facts, information about Native American tribes, explorers, presidents, and historical places and events.

• California Missions eBooks

  Twenty California missions eBooks that can be read online or downloaded.

• CultureGrams

  Cultural information about 182 countries and the U.S. states, including people, land, customs, lifestyle, and recipes.

• Encyclopedia Americana

  Comprehensive General Encyclopedia providing articles on all subjects, full text periodical articles, links to related websites, and an interactive dictionary.

• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion

  Information about clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress from a variety of historical eras and cultures.

• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

  Based on the full text of the Academic American Encyclopedia, contains 36,000 articles, 15,000 bibliographies, Internet links to 15,000 articles, sound files, an interactive atlas, and an e-zine.

• History Resource Center: U.S.

  Articles, primary sources, and scholarly analysis about United States history.

• History Resource Center: World

  Articles, primary sources, and scholarly analysis about world history.

• Middle Ages Reference Library

  Historical and biographical essays about the different civilizations and peoples of Medieval times.

• New Book of Knowledge

  Provides reference and current events for grades 3 and up. Students can search or browse encyclopedia articles alphabetically or by subject. Also includes projects and experiments, a world history timeline, educational games, and recommended websites.

• U*X*L American Decades

  Covers 20th-century events and social history beginning in 1900 and ending in 1999.

• America the Beautiful

  State history and facts, information about Native American tribes, explorers, presidents, and historical places and events.

• Biography Resource Center

  Biographical information on over 220,000 people from throughout history and around the world.

• California Missions eBooks

  Twenty California missions eBooks that can be read online or downloaded.

• Cliffs Notes

  Summaries and commentary for hundreds of literary classics.

• College Blue Book

  The definitive guide to thousands of 2- and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada, their programs, degrees, and financial aid sources.

• CultureGrams

  Cultural information about 182 countries and the U.S. states, including people, land, customs, lifestyle, and recipes.

• Enciclopedia Estudiantil (español) (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Encyclopedia for children with articles on general subjects, people, places, things, and ideas.
  Enciclopedia para niños con artículos en sujetos generales, personas, lugares, cosas, y ideas.

• Encyclopedia Americana

  Comprehensive General Encyclopedia providing articles on all subjects, full text periodical articles, links to related websites, and an interactive dictionary.

• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion

  Information about clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress from a variety of historical eras and cultures.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

  Essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, languages, historical background, and settlement patterns.

• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

  Based on the full text of the Academic American Encyclopedia, contains 36,000 articles, 15,000 bibliographies, Internet links to 15,000 articles, sound files, an interactive atlas, and an e-zine.

• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

  Encyclopedia of animal life, describing microscopic animals through primates. Contains color pictures and detailed descriptions.

• HelpNOW

  Connect live with an expert tutor for homework help in English & Spanish, seven days a week
  from 1 PM – 10 PM. Grades 3 - Adult.

• History Resource Center: U.S.

  Articles, primary sources, and scholarly analysis about United States history.

• History Resource Center: World

  Articles, primary sources, and scholarly analysis about world history.

• Homework Help Websites

  Useful websites to help you with common homework topics.

• ipl2

  The ipl2 digital collections include Resources by Subject, Newspapers and Magazines, Special Collec-tions created by the ipl2, and special collections for Kids and Teens.

• Kids InfoBits

  Homework help resources for beginning elementary school; also includes 75 popular kids magazines like Highlights and Sports Illustrated for Kids.

• LearnATest

  Practice taking tests online, like the SAT, ACT, civil service, law enforcement, EMS, postal services, U.S. citizenship, and more. When creating your account, you must use your library card number as your username.

• Literature Resource Center

  Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses for over 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

• Literature Resources from Gale

  Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

• LitFINDER

  Thousands of full-text poems, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches.

• Middle Ages Reference Library

  Historical and biographical essays about the different civilizations and peoples of Medieval times.

• New Book of Knowledge

  Provides reference and current events for grades 3 and up. Students can search or browse encyclopedia articles alphabetically or by subject. Also includes projects and experiments, a world history timeline, educational games, and recommended websites.

• New Book of Popular Science

  Science information about animals, plants, math, astronomy, chemistry, and more.

• Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (español)

  A Spanish-language encyclopedia containing 15,000 articles, 6,500 photographs and more than 15,000 Internet links.
  Una enciclopedia que contiene artículos, fotografías y conexiones del Internet.

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

  Hot topics database of pro and con articles and statistics on many current social issues.

• Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans

  Over 4,200 sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all levels of study.

• Science Resource Center

  Extensive information about earth, life, and physical sciences.

• Student Resource Center Gold

  Guided homework help with biographies, literature, history, health, science, and multicultural studies.

• U*X*L American Decades

  Covers 20th-century events and social history beginning in 1900 and ending in 1999.

• World Book Encyclopedia Kids (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities.

• World Book Encyclopedia Student (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Multimedia encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, animations, sounds, interactive maps, and more.

• Career Transitions

  Practical, personalized and guided experience that integrates all the tools needed in the job-search process including interest assessment, resume building, interviewing tips, job research and job searching.

• HelpNOW

  Adults can receive live online assistance in resume and cover letter writing through the "Adult Learning Center" from 1 PM – 10 PM.

• LearnATest

  Practice taking tests online, like the SAT, ACT, civil service, law enforcement, EMS, postal services, U.S. citizenship, and more. When creating your account, you must use your library card number as your username.

• Mango Languages (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian & more. Mango can also help second language learners learn English and is available for those speaking Chinese Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.

• Ask Us a Question by E-mail

  Email your question to one of our librarians and receive your answer within two days.

• California Libraries Catalog

  Search the library catalogs of hundreds of California public, school, academic, law, health and other libraries.

• HelpNOW

  Connect live with an expert tutor for homework help in English & Spanish, seven days a week
  from 1 PM – 10 PM. Grades 3 - Adult.

• ipl2

  The ipl2 digital collections include Resources by Subject, Newspapers and Magazines, Special Collec-tions created by the ipl2, and special collections for Kids and Teens.

• Other Area Libraries

  Other libraries within driving distance of San Mateo County.

• San Mateo County Library Catalog

  Catalog of materials (books, DVDs, CDs, eBooks, books-on-CD, and more) in the public libraries of San Mateo County.

• WorldCat Libraries Catalog

  Search the library catalogs of thousands of worldwide public, school, academic, law, health and other libraries.

• Academic Onefile (includes Expanded Academic)

  Academic and research articles from scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology, etc.

• Full Text Newspapers

  A selection of full text articles from newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and the Contra Costa Times.

• General Onefile (formerly Infotrac)

  Full-text articles for 5,800 popular magazines like Time, Newsweek, and People.

• Informe (español)

  Popular Spanish-language magazines.Revistas populares en español.

• Kids InfoBits

  Homework help resources for beginning elementary school; also includes 75 popular kids magazines like Highlights and Sports Illustrated for Kids.

• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

  Encyclopedia of animal life, describing microscopic animals through primates. Contains color pictures and detailed descriptions.

• New Book of Popular Science

  Science information about animals, plants, math, astronomy, chemistry, and more.

• Safari Tech Books

  The best IT and technology eBooks from the best authors and publishers.
  Note: The Favorites and Bookmarks features do not currently work in Safari.

• Science Resource Center

  Extensive information about earth, life, and physical sciences.

• American FactFinder

  Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.

• California Statistical Abstract

  A compilation of data on social, economic, and physical aspects of the State of California.

• Agriculture Collection

  Nearly 200 professional journals focused on agriculture and its related fields.

• Communications and Mass Media Collection

  More than 100 professional journals focused on all aspects of the communications field.

• Computer Database

  Computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

• Criminal Justice Collection

  150 journals to aid professionals or those studying to be a lawyer, law enforcement officer, paralegal, or a career in Homeland Security.

• Culinary Arts Collection

  150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines with thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

• Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

  Nearly 200 journals provide access to multiple viewpoints of this field; from the scientific community to governmental policy makers, and corporate interests.

• Fine Arts and Music Collection

  100 full-text journals support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

• Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection

  Nearly 50 journals relating to practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

• Home Improvement Collection

  Nearly 100 home improvement focused titles for hobbyists and professional carpenters, includes architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.

• Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection

  500 industry journals provide broad coverage and specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.

• INFOTRAC Diversity Studies Collection

  Journal articles on cultural differences, contributions, and influences in our global community.

• INFOTRAC Educators 200

  200 full text journals include topics such as the latest technological developments relating to education, instruction and coaching breakthroughs, child health and psychology.

• INFOTRAC Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Collection

  Journal coverage on such topics as gender studies, sexual behavior surveys, family and marital issues, conversion therapy, gay and lesbian rights, homophobia, health aspects and more.

• INFOTRAC General Science Collection

  Over 200 popular science journals offering in-depth information for general scientific research.

• INFOTRAC Information Science & Library Issues Collection

  Nearly 100 leading industry journals provide current and accurate information for the information professional.

• INFOTRAC Insurance & Liability Collection

  Nearly 40 journals that take a broad view of the insurance and liability industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.

• INFOTRAC Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection

  Collection includes over 60 titles with topics such as proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses and much more.

• INFOTRAC Pop Culture Collection

  Over 100 full-text periodicals provide resource material for any social sciences, history, art, or liberal arts researcher.

• INFOTRAC Religion & Philosophy Collection

  250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology.

• INFOTRAC Small Business Collection

  Articles from 250 business-related periodicals.

• INFOTRAC US History Collection

  Coverage of current thought on events in U.S. history as well as scholarly work established in the field.

• INFOTRAC Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection

  Nearly 400 vocational journals to explore; from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

• INFOTRAC War & Terrorism Collection

  Collection of journals for students of history, social sciences, and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes.

• INFOTRAC World History Collection

  Over 40 journals provide balanced coverage of current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.

• Military and Intelligence Database

  Over 400 journals covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs.

• Nursing and Allied Health Collection

  Nearly 400 titles cover all aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration.

• Psychology Collection

  200 periodicals that explore the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time.

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• Academic Onefile (includes Expanded Academic)

  Academic and research articles from scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology, etc.

• Agriculture Collection

  Nearly 200 professional journals focused on agriculture and its related fields.

• America the Beautiful

  State history and facts, information about Native American tribes, explorers, presidents, and historical places and events.

• American FactFinder

  Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.

• Ancestry Library Edition

  Resources for genealogical and historical research, including military, court, census, birth, marriage, and death records, and more.

• Ask Us a Question by E-mail

  Email your question to one of our librarians and receive your answer within two days.

• Auto Repair Reference Center

  Step-by-step repair procedures for most major vehicles as far back as 1945.

• Biography Resource Center

  Biographical information on over 220,000 people from throughout history and around the world.

• Books & Authors

  Expert book reviews, recommendations and author biographies.

• Books, Movies, Music

  Staff-recommended good reads, lists of award-winning books, and book review information.

• Business & Company Resource Center

  Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more.

• California Building Standards Codes

  CA Building Codes, includes Building, Fire, Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical.

• California Code

  CA law consists of 29 codes covering various subject areas.

• California Courts Self Help Center

  Information to help you work better with an attorney, and represent yourself in some legal matters.

• California Libraries Catalog

  Search the library catalogs of hundreds of California public, school, academic, law, health and other libraries.

• California Missions eBooks

  Twenty California missions eBooks that can be read online or downloaded.

• California Statistical Abstract

  A compilation of data on social, economic, and physical aspects of the State of California.

• Career Transitions

  Practical, personalized and guided experience that integrates all the tools needed in the job-search process including interest assessment, resume building, interviewing tips, job research and job searching.

• Cliffs Notes

  Summaries and commentary for hundreds of literary classics.

• College Blue Book

  The definitive guide to thousands of 2- and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada, their programs, degrees, and financial aid sources.

• Communications and Mass Media Collection

  More than 100 professional journals focused on all aspects of the communications field.

• Community Information Program

  Database of nonprofit and public services available to people who live or work in San Mateo County.

• Computer Database

  Computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

• Consumer’s Checkbook

  Ratings for Bay Area local service companies by a non-profit consumer agency.

• Criminal Justice Collection

  150 journals to aid professionals or those studying to be a lawyer, law enforcement officer, paralegal, or a career in Homeland Security.

• Culinary Arts Collection

  150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines with thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

• CultureGrams

  Cultural information about 182 countries and the U.S. states, including people, land, customs, lifestyle, and recipes.

• Custom Guide

  Online software and computer tutorials. Topics include Microsoft Office, Windows, Mac OS, Internet Explorer and much more.

• Encyclopedia Americana

  Comprehensive General Encyclopedia providing articles on all subjects, full text periodical articles, links to related websites, and an interactive dictionary.

• Encyclopedia of Associations

  From the Gale Directory Library access the directory for international, national and regional associations.

• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion

  Information about clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress from a variety of historical eras and cultures.

• Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

  Nearly 200 journals provide access to multiple viewpoints of this field; from the scientific community to governmental policy makers, and corporate interests.

• Fine Arts and Music Collection

  100 full-text journals support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

• Full Text Newspapers

  A selection of full text articles from newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and the Contra Costa Times.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

  Information on alternative and complementary medical practices, recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases, and medicinal uses for plants and herbs.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

  Information on more than 1,600 medical disorders, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and procedures.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

  Essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, languages, historical background, and settlement patterns.

• Gale Virtual Reference Library

  Reference eBooks about medicine, law, animals, colleges, social studies, and more.

• Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection

  Nearly 50 journals relating to practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

• General Onefile (formerly Infotrac)

  Full-text articles for 5,800 popular magazines like Time, Newsweek, and People.

• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

  Based on the full text of the Academic American Encyclopedia, contains 36,000 articles, 15,000 bibliographies, Internet links to 15,000 articles, sound files, an interactive atlas, and an e-zine.

• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

  Encyclopedia of animal life, describing microscopic animals through primates. Contains color pictures and detailed descriptions.

• Health and Wellness Resource Center

  Health and medical information including an encyclopedia, drug information, and alternative treatments.

• HelpNOW

  Connect live with an expert tutor for homework help in English & Spanish, seven days a week
  from 1 PM – 10 PM. Grades 3 - Adult.

• HeritageQuest (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Resources for genealogical and historical research, including the U.S. Federal Census, Freedman’s bank records, the PERSI index, and more.

• History Resource Center: U.S.

  Articles, primary sources, and scholarly analysis about United States history.

• History Resource Center: World

  Articles, primary sources, and scholarly analysis about world history.

• Home Improvement Collection

  Nearly 100 home improvement focused titles for hobbyists and professional carpenters, includes architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.

• Homework Help Websites

  Useful websites to help you with common homework topics.

• Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection

  500 industry journals provide broad coverage and specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.

• How to Reach Your Lawmakers

  Contact information for local, state, and federal elected officials.

• INFOTRAC Diversity Studies Collection

  Journal articles on cultural differences, contributions, and influences in our global community.

• INFOTRAC Educators 200

  200 full text journals include topics such as the latest technological developments relating to education, instruction and coaching breakthroughs, child health and psychology.

• INFOTRAC Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Collection

  Journal coverage on such topics as gender studies, sexual behavior surveys, family and marital issues, conversion therapy, gay and lesbian rights, homophobia, health aspects and more.

• INFOTRAC General Science Collection

  Over 200 popular science journals offering in-depth information for general scientific research.

• INFOTRAC Information Science & Library Issues Collection

  Nearly 100 leading industry journals provide current and accurate information for the information professional.

• INFOTRAC Insurance & Liability Collection

  Nearly 40 journals that take a broad view of the insurance and liability industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.

• INFOTRAC Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection

  Collection includes over 60 titles with topics such as proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses and much more.

• INFOTRAC Pop Culture Collection

  Over 100 full-text periodicals provide resource material for any social sciences, history, art, or liberal arts researcher.

• INFOTRAC Religion & Philosophy Collection

  250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology.

• INFOTRAC Small Business Collection

  Articles from 250 business-related periodicals.

• INFOTRAC US History Collection

  Coverage of current thought on events in U.S. history as well as scholarly work established in the field.

• INFOTRAC Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection

  Nearly 400 vocational journals to explore; from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

• INFOTRAC War & Terrorism Collection

  Collection of journals for students of history, social sciences, and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes.

• INFOTRAC World History Collection

  Over 40 journals provide balanced coverage of current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.

• ipl2

  The ipl2 digital collections include Resources by Subject, Newspapers and Magazines, Special Collec-tions created by the ipl2, and special collections for Kids and Teens.

• Kids InfoBits

  Homework help resources for beginning elementary school; also includes 75 popular kids magazines like Highlights and Sports Illustrated for Kids.

• LearnATest

  Practice taking tests online, like the SAT, ACT, civil service, law enforcement, EMS, postal services, U.S. citizenship, and more. When creating your account, you must use your library card number as your username.

• LegalTrac

  Provides indexing for around 1300 titles (and full text for over 100), including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.

• Literature Resource Center

  Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses for over 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

• Literature Resources from Gale

  Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

• LitFINDER

  Thousands of full-text poems, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches.

• Mango Languages (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian & more. Mango can also help second language learners learn English and is available for those speaking Chinese Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.

• ManyBooks.net

  Freely available public domain eBooks in a variety of text formats designed for a wide variety of e-text readers.

• MedLine Plus

  Health information from National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.

• Middle Ages Reference Library

  Historical and biographical essays about the different civilizations and peoples of Medieval times.

• Military and Intelligence Database

  Over 400 journals covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs.

• Morningstar Investment Research Center

  Research mutual funds and stocks for investment opportunities.

• myilibrary

  Downloadable audiobooks fully compatible with iPod, iPod touch, and iPhone, as well as hundreds of other WMA and MP3 devices.

• New Book of Knowledge

  Provides reference and current events for grades 3 and up. Students can search or browse encyclopedia articles alphabetically or by subject. Also includes projects and experiments, a world history timeline, educational games, and recommended websites.

• New Book of Popular Science

  Science information about animals, plants, math, astronomy, chemistry, and more.

• Northern Califronia Digital Library (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Downloadable audio and text eBooks (bestsellers, classics, travel guides, biographies, etc.) and downloadable classical music.

• NoveList

  Tell NoveList what you like to read, and it will suggest similar books you might like! Find new fiction books and authors based on your old favorites.

• NoveList K-8

  NoveList K-8 helps children grades K-8, parents, & teachers identify books appropriate for children's reading abilities and interests.

• Nursing and Allied Health Collection

  Nearly 400 titles cover all aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration.

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

  Hot topics database of pro and con articles and statistics on many current social issues.

• Other Area Libraries

  Other libraries within driving distance of San Mateo County.

• Oxford English Dictionary

  The accepted authority and guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language.

• Project Gutenberg

  Freely available public domain eBooks in text and computer-created audio formats.

• Psychology Collection

  200 periodicals that explore the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time.

• Rich’s Guide to California Companies

  Database of over 30,000 Northern California firms with contact names, websites, and email addresses.

• Safari Tech Books

  The best IT and technology eBooks from the best authors and publishers.
  Note: The Favorites and Bookmarks features do not currently work in Safari.

• San Mateo County Code

  Rules and regulations for a wide variety of situations and issues as handled in San Mateo County.

• San Mateo County Library Catalog

  Catalog of materials (books, DVDs, CDs, eBooks, books-on-CD, and more) in the public libraries of San Mateo County.

• Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans

  Over 4,200 sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all levels of study.

• Science Resource Center

  Extensive information about earth, life, and physical sciences.

• Small Business Resource Center

  Complete small business management resources via a combination of periodicals and reference content.

• Student Resource Center Gold

  Guided homework help with biographies, literature, history, health, science, and multicultural studies.

• TumbleBooks

  Animated talking storybooks for children in English, Spanish, and other languages.

• U*X*L American Decades

  Covers 20th-century events and social history beginning in 1900 and ending in 1999.

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law

  American legal information on more than 5,000 legal topics.

• World Book Encyclopedia Kids (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities.

• World Book Encyclopedia Student (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Multimedia encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, animations, sounds, interactive maps, and more.

• WorldCat Libraries Catalog

  Search the library catalogs of thousands of worldwide public, school, academic, law, health and other libraries.

• Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (español)

  Information to help you in some legal matters.
  Le ayudará a encontrar ayuda e información, trabajar mejor con un abogado y en algunos asuntos legales le ayudará a representarse a sí mismo.

• Enciclopedia Estudiantil (español) (Note: Your library card # is required)

  Encyclopedia for children with articles on general subjects, people, places, things, and ideas.
  Enciclopedia para niños con artículos en sujetos generales, personas, lugares, cosas, y ideas.

• Informe (español)

  Popular Spanish-language magazines.
  Revistas populares en español.

• MedLine Plus (español)

  Health Information in Spanish.
  Información de Salud:  sobre diversas condiciones, enfermedades y bienstar, pruebas médicas, síntomas, lesiones y cirugías.

• Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (español)

  A Spanish-language encyclopedia containing 15,000 articles, 6,500 photographs and more than 15,000 Internet links.
  Una enciclopedia que contiene artículos, fotografías y conexiones del Internet.

• TumbleBooks (español)

  Animated talking storybooks for children in English, Spanish, and other languages.
  Libros animados para niños en español y en otros idiomas.