Databases by Subject
(Use with your library card from home)
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS:
AcademicOnefile - Journal and magazine articles.
GeneralOnefile - Full-text magazine articles on a wide range of
topics.
Full Text Newspapers - Full text
newspaper database.
Informe
- Full text Hispanic magazines.
Monterey County Herald Archive
- 2002-present - Full-text articles on local news,
issues, events, and people from current and archived issues of the Monterey
County Herald. Updated daily. BIOGRAPHY
and GENEALOGY:
Ancestry Library
Edition -
makes family
research easy for beginners while still providing
in-depth tools for genealogists. In-library use
only.
Biography Resource Center - Biographical
information on over 335,000 people.
Who's
Who - Search all the Marquis Who's Who books at
once, including Who's Who in American Art.
BOOKS AND LITERATURE:
Book Index with Reviews - Reviews of books, videos, and music CDs.
Books and
Authors - Recommended titles and
plot summaries.
Downloadable Books and
AudioBooks -
now, for iPods and other MP3 players.
Literature Resource Center - Biography,
literary criticism and reviews.
Litfinder - access to more than 135,000 full-text
poems, stories, plays, speeches.
Novelist Plus--
Information on thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles. Reviews,
annotations, author read-alikes, discussion guides and more.
BUSINESS:
Business and Company Resource Center -
Company and industry information.
Career
Transitions - Explore careers and interests, build a resume.
Reference USA - Directory of US businesses, US residential households ,
and physicians and dentists.
Small Business Resource Center - resources for
starting and operating a business; includes sample business plans.
GENERAL REFERENCE:
Gale Directory Library Includes Gale's Directories
of Associations, Wholesalers and Distributors, Nonprofit Organizations, and
Publication and Broadcast Media.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Online reference sources.
Includes the following titles:
International Directory of
Films and Filmmakers
Ethical and Socially Responsible Investment: A guide for
researchers
Endangered Species
Pollution A to Z
Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for students
Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy
World of Forensic Science
PriceIt!- Antiques and collectibles pricing tool
LANGUAGES:
Mango is a fast, easy, and effective way to learn a
foreign language.
MEDICAL:
Health and Wellness Resource Center
- Medical reference database for consumers.
Health
Reference Center Academic
-
Full text articles from nursing and allied health
journals.
STUDENT RESOURCES:
History Resource Center - Primary
historical documents.
Kids InfoBits - For beginning
researchers, grades K-5.
NewsBanks Special Reports -
focus on topics of
current interest.
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center -
Overviews, statistics, and articles on current
social issues.
Science Resource Center - in-depth,
curriculum-oriented science database.
Student Resource Center Gold -
Reference database covering core curriculum areas.
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World Book
Encyclopedia, with articles, Web sites,
and much more. |
Web Resources by Subject
(Websites selected by
our librarians) |