Click on a subject to see a list of available resources. A library card is required for most resources.  Funding is provided in part through a generous donation from the Friends of the Palo Alto Library.

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

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

Business and Company Reports: Business & Company Resource Center   [more info] Business Source Complete   [more info] Morningstar Investment Research Center  [more info] Reference USA  [more info] Problems accessing Reference USA? Read this.

Careers and Job Assistance Career Transitions Looking for a Job?  - local resources that can help.

E-books and E-audio books: 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.

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Encyclopedias and Reference Resources: Encyclopedia Britannica  [more info] Gale Virtual Reference Collection  [more info] World Book Encyclopedia  [more info]

Foreign Language Instruction: Mango Languages (interactive online instruction requires one time account creation)  [more info] Net Library's Pimsleur audio collection:  select "Language Studies" from right hand subject bar.  [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 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] Grzimek's Animal Life 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] CQ Researcher  [more info] Encyclopedia Britannica Online  [more info] Gale Virtual Reference  [more info] Grzimek's Animal Life 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 Booklist Online  [more info] 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 Ingram's MyiLibrary  - ebooks [more info] Library Catalog - search our catalog for books, ebooks, dvds and cds. Literary Reference Center  [more info] Literature Resource Center  [more info] Net Library eAudiobook 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) CQ Researcher  [more info] Ebsco Host  [more info] EJournal - Find out if the library owns a magazine title or offers access to full text. ELibrary  [more info]  Problems accessing ELibrary?  Click here. Informe! - en Espanol [more info] OneFile  [more info]

Newspapers ELibrary  [more info] Problems accessing ELibrary?  Click here. 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. 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 Grzimek's Animal Life 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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