Magazine & Newspaper Articles |
| Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. |
| Provides full text articles from the Los Angeles Times newspaper. |
| Provides full text articles from the Whittier Daily News, The Orange County Register, and other local newspapers. |
| Search indices of Whittier Daily News and Los Angeles Times microfilm collections. Must visit the library to view full text. |
Job Search |
| Use this database to explore new career possibilities, identify ways to improve job prospects, prepare resumés and more. This project is supported in whole by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. |
Learn a New Language |
| Mango is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for 12 different languages. Try it today! |
Find a Good Book |
| Find your next book with new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. |
General Research |
| Contains repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are added to the product on a regular basis. All of the content in ARRC has been created by ASE certified technicians. |
| This resource provides access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. This database also includes searchable full text for current health-related pamphlets and nearly 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society. |
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| This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines, including Bead & Button, Birder's World, Creative Knitting, FineScale Modeler, Quilter's World, and many more. |
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| Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, Home Improvement Reference Center provides users with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering all manner of home improvement/repair projects. |
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| Contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. |
| Comprehensive directory of over 14 million business and 100 million residential telephone numbers, addresses and other information. |
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| Offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding. Business videos provide critical information for business owners: interviews, ‘lessons learned’ features, lectures and ‘how to’ videos help foster success in all aspects of managing a business. A collection of state-specific resources supports the researcher with demographic data and other local information. |
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| Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, Small Engine Repair Reference Center provides users with detailed, yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. All of the content is organized in a powerful, easy-to-use manner so that users can quickly gain the information they need. |
| Find photos, search the encyclopedia, look up words in the dictionary, and search magazines articles. |
For Students |
| Contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. |
| Provides biographical research information on notable people from all countries and time periods. |
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| Contains historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, historical videos and more. |
| Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. |
| Gale's literary criticism is now available online. For volumes published prior to 2008, check the library's print holdings. |
| Provides articles reflecting both sides of current issues. |
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| High school students can search magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, film & video by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate lexile reading levels. |
| For older students still developing their reading skills. Includes a Life Skills Tool Kit to help with money, health and housing issues students and their families may encounter. Includes voice and video presentations. |
| A database for elementary and middle school coming to the library for help with their homework and research projects.It includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools. |
Just for Kids |
| Bookflix lets you watch animated storybooks, read books online, play educational games, and more! For grades PreK-3. |
| Elementary and middle school students can find periodical, journal and magazine articles at their level. |
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| For Pre-K through 2nd grade, this database has three modules: Trek's Travels which offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos about numbers, shapes, colors, opposites, and more; Welcome to Reading which provides leveled reading practice to develop and strengthen phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and comprehension skills; and Know It which offers an interactive encyclopedia. |
| Find photos, search the encyclopedia, look up words in the dictionary, and search magazines articles. |
En Español |
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| Ofrece contenido desde una variedad de fuentes incluyendo entradas de enciclopedias, imágenes, reportes de salud, un diccionario de Español – Ingles, libros de referencia y revistas de interés general cubriendo un extenso serie de sujetos. |
| Encuentre fotos, busque en la enciclopedia, mire palabras en el diccionario, y investigue artículos en revistas. |
