Note:
Databases with an asterisk (*) are
available at Santa Clara City Library locations ONLY.
Ancestry
Library Edition*
Available at SCCL locations
ONLY
Courtesy of the Foundation and Friends of the Santa Clara City Library,
these databases include the U.S. Census Collection; the U.K. and
Ireland Collection; Birth, Marriage and Death Records; the Immigration
Collection; the Military Collection; Family and Local History Records;
Court, Land and Probate Records; and Trees and Message Boards.
AP
Images 
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
This is a collection of historical and contemporary news photographs
and images from the Associated Press.
Associations
Unlimited
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
Use this database to locate international and U.S. national, regional,
state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields.
Biography
Resource Center
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
Biographical descriptions of historical and contemporary people
from around the world are included in this database.
Brainfuse
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
This is a live online homework assistance service that enables students,
grade 3-12, to access one-on-one tutoring in English and Spanish
from 1 p.m-10 p.m. daily. Features include unlimited one-to-one
tutoring sessions; tutoring in a wide variety of subjects (math,
science, social studies, and English/language arts); skills building
exercises; and a 24-hour writing lab.
Business
& Company Resource Center
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
This database is useful for researching companies, industries, business
topics, and investments; included are many full-text articles from
business magazines and newspapers.
Califa
Digital Books
Downloadable
to your own personal computer with a current SCCL card
Digital books are electronic versions of print books. They include
downloadable audio books for listening and eBooks for on-screen
reading.
California Libraries Catalog
Available at all SCCL locations and from home
Search the catalogs of many libraries (public, academic, and special)
throughout California. We recommend that you use the California
Libraries Catalog and WorldCat Catalog link when searching from
within the Library. This is provided through a California State
Library project.
California
Libraries Catalog and WorldCat Catalog*
Available at SCCL locations
ONLY
Search the catalogs of many libraries (public, academic, and special)
throughout California. Also search library catalogs throughout the
United States and the world via WorldCat. This is provided through
a California State Library project.
CorpTech*
Available at SCCL locations
ONLY
This is a business directory of public and private technology companies.
Expanded
Academic ASAP
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology,
this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines.
Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many
with full text and images.
Full
Text Newspapers
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
Full-text articles from U.S. national, regional, and local newspapers,
as well as international newspapers, are available here.
Gale
Ready Reference Shelf
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
A collection of Gale's most popular reference databases including
Encyclopedia of Associations, Gale Directory of Publications &
Broadcast Media, and Research Centers Directory.
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
A collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference eBooks.
You can search an individual eBook or several eBooks simultaneously.
General
Business File ASAP
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends,
as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access
brokerage research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals,
and company directory listings.
General
OneFile
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
This database provides news and periodical articles on a wide range
of general interest topics; many are full-text articles with images.
This is a good place to start when looking for general interest
magazine articles.
General
Reference Center Gold
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
This is a general interest database that integrates a variety of
sources: newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications.
Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry
trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
Health
& Wellness Resource Center
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Full-text health and medical articles from reference books, magazines,
and other periodicals are provided. The resource center also includes
drug information, a medical encyclopedia, and a medical dictionary.
Health
Reference Center Academic
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
The database includes full text of nursing and allied health journals,
plus personal health information sources from InfoTrac's Health
Reference Center. The material contained in this database is intended
for informational purposes only.
Heritage
Quest Online
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Courtesy of the Foundation and Friends of the Santa Clara City Library,
these databases include 1790-1930 Federal Census Collection, Genealogy
& Local History Book Collection, PERSI Index, and Revolutionary
War Pension Records & Bounty Land Warrants.
History
Resource Center: US
Available
at all SCCL locations and from home with a current SCCL library
card
A complete overview of U.S. history. The content includes historic
primary documents, encyclopedic articles, full-text periodicals,
and audio and video clips of historic speeches and events.
History
Resource Center: World
Available
at all SCCL locations and from home with a current SCCL library
card
Coverage of 20th century world history. The content includes reference
sources, full-text academic journal articles, primary source documents,
and historic maps and atlases.
¡Informe!
Disponible en todas las bibliotecas de
la ciudad de Santa Clara (SCCL) y de su hogar con una tarjeta de
la biblioteca.
Artículos completos en español de las revistas y de
los periódicos hispánicos populares.
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
Full-text articles in Spanish from popular Hispanic magazines and
newspapers are available.
Kid's
InfoBits
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of students in kindergarten
through grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual
graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text,
age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content.
Learning
Express Library
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Learning Express Library (formerly LearnATest) is a collection of
online practice exams and test preparation material. Among the exams
available are the G.E.D., S.A.T., C.B.E.S.T., G.R.E., Police Officer,
Postal Worker, and U.S. Citizenship.
Link+
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home
LINK+ is a cooperative project among participating public and academic
libraries, which provides a single, searchable catalog for books.
Using LINK+, Santa Clara City Library users may borrow books from
one of the more than 30 participating LINK+ libraries when they
are not available at Santa Clara City Library.
Literature
Resource Center
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies,
and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets,
essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage
of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
Magill’s Medical Guide
Available at SCCL locations ONLY
This electronic resource is the online version of Magill’s Medical Guide. Entries in this encyclopedia describe major diseases and disorders of the human body, the basics of human anatomy and physiology, specializations in medical practice, and common surgical and non-surgical procedures. Funding for this electronic resource has been provided by Kaiser Permanente, South Bay Service Area.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
This resource includes approximately 2,100 mutual fund reports, 1,900 stock analyst reports, and 150 exchange-traded fund (ETF) reports. The Help & Education section offers courses on investing and training in the use of the Morningstar Investment Research Center. There is a limit of two simultaneous users. Funding for this database has been provided by the Foundation and Friends of the Santa Clara City Library.
National
Newspaper Index
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
This database provides an index to The New York Times, The Wall
Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times
and The Washington Post. The index contains article citations, but
not full text articles.
NewEnglandAncestors.org*
Available
at SCCL locations ONLY
Patrons at SCCL locations have access to all
areas of the NewEnglandAncestors.org Website, except The Great Migration
Newsletter Online. Users can access over 110 million names in 2000
databases. Patrons may view databases by record type, such as: atlases;
Bible records; cemeteries; tax lists; church, court, land, immigration,
and military records, and diaries. Patrons also may view databases
by region: Canada, England, Ireland, and northeastern United States.
NoveList
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Fiction readers can find the perfect novel with this reader's advisory
service. Use NoveList's "Find a Favorite Author" or "Find
a Favorite Title" feature to gather a list of materials, then
follow a title's link to our catalog to find it on our shelves.
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Opposing Viewpoints is a collection of essays and resources on current
social issues. This resource center contains both arguments supporting
and opposing each topic, and is useful for students preparing for
debates or writing reports.
Other
Local Libraries
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home
Search the catalogs of Bay Area libraries here.
PowerSearch
(Thomson Gale)
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current
SCCL library card
PowerSearch allows you to search multiple Thomson Gale magazine
indexes, electronic books, and databases simultaneously.
ReferenceUSA
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
ReferenceUSA indexes the contents of telephone white and yellow
pages in the United States. The Business section is useful for locating
businesses, associations, schools, and government agencies; it can
be searched and sorted by name, type of business, city, business
size, SIC code, etc. The Residential section searches individual
names, and may be used as a "reverse directory" to locate
people by address and phone number.
San
Jose Mercury News
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Newsbank provides access to full-text articles published by the
San Jose Mercury News since 1985.
San Jose Mercury News Historical Archive (1886-1922)
Available at all SCCL locations and from home with a current SCCL library card
Newsbank provides access to full-text articles published by the San Jose Mercury News from 1886-1922. This is a great tool for researching Santa Clara county local history.
Santa
Clara City Library Online Catalog
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home
Search the catalog by author, title, subject, keyword, or call number;
the catalog indexes books, audio-visual materials, compact discs,
and CD-ROMs owned by Santa Clara City Library.
Student
Resource Center-Gold
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
This database is useful for middle and high school students working
on assignments. It contains thousands of curriculum-targeted primary
documents, biographies, topical essays, critical analyses, full-text
magazine and newspaper articles, and over 20,000 photographs and
illustrations.
TumbleBook
Library: e-Books for e-Kids
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home
An online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach
young children the joys of reading in a format they love.
This
service has been made available through the generosity of the Foundation
and Friends of the Santa Clara City Library.
Value
Line Research Center*
Available at the Santa Clara City Central
Park Library ONLY
The Research Center provides online access
to Value Line's publications covering: stocks, mutual funds, options,
convertible securities, and special situation stocks. There also
is coverage of exchange traded funds. This database has been made
available through the generosity of the Foundation
and Friends of the Santa Clara City Library.
What
Do I Read Next?
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Useful for finding your next good book. Both fiction and non-fiction
titles are recommended. Most books included are award-winners, bestsellers,
or have appeared on a recommended reading list.
World Book Online Reference Center
Available at all SCCL locations and from
home with a current SCCL library card
Use this resource to search and view the World Book Encyclopedia online. World Book Online also includes a Spanish-language encyclopedia for students and World Book Kids. World Book Kids is a simple to use online resource for younger students.
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