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• Articles from Magazines and Newspapers
  • Full Text Newspapers
    
  • General OneFile
    Full-text articles for 5,800 popular magazines.
  • Academic Onefile
    Academic and research articles from scholarly journals.

• Biographies
  • Biography in Context
    Information on over 220,000 historical and international people.

• Business and Finance
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    Business and residence profiles; great for market research and people searches.
  • ReferenceUSA
    As of 4/01/2012, Reference USA will no longer be available. Please see AtoZdatabases for comparable service.
  • Small Business Resource Center
    Small business management resources.
  • Business & Company Resource Center
    Company profiles, brand information, investment reports, and more.

• Career Resources
  • CareerOneStop
    Job openings, salary data, and more.
  • SimplyHired
    Search engine for job listings.
  • Jobstar
    California-oriented job hunting website.
  • PeninsulaWorks
    Local job search center.

• Computer Learning
  • GCF Learn Free
    Free computer classes and more.

• Consumer Resources
  • Consumer reports
    Search for "camera" or "lawn mower" etc. along with publication title "consumer."
  • Kelley Blue Book
    Find pricing and reviews for new and used cars.
  • NADA Guides
    Pricing information for new and used vehicles.
  • Consumers' Checkbook (Redwood City cardholders only)
    Ratings for Bay Area local services by a non-profit consumer agency. In-library use only.
  • GreatSchools
    Information on school performance, listings of 200,000 public and private schools serving students from preschool through high school and more than 800,000 parent ratings and reviews.

• en español
  • Informe
    Revistas populares en español.
    Popular Spanish-language magazines.
    
  • Tumblebooks (Redwood City cardholders only)
    Libros animados para niños en español y en otros idiomas.
    Animated talking storybooks for children in English, Spanish, and other languages.
    
  • MedlinePlus en Español
    Información de Salud
  • Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California.
    Asuntos legales.

• Genealogy
  • Schellens Collection Index
    A 180 + volume scrapbook of people and places, covering every county of California.
  • Social Security Death Index
    
  • California Death Records
    
  • The USGen Web Project
    Free genealogy websites for genealogical research..
  • National WWII Memorial Registry
    
  • Records Project
    Records Project is a gateway to state and county records.

• Government & Legal
  • Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinances
  • San Mateo County Code
  • California Code
  • The State of CA
  • USA.gov
  • Brookings Institution
  • Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
  • United Nations
  • LegalTrac
    Indexing for major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.
  • CA Courts Self Help Center
  • NOLO Law for All
    Legal information geared toward the consumer.

• Health and Medicine
  • Health and Wellness Resource Center
    
  • Nursing and Allied Health
    
  • MedlinePlus
    Authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government agencies.

• History and Countries
  • US History in Context
    
  • World History in Context
    
  • BBC Country Profiles
    
  • The Economist Country Briefings
    Profiles and current articles concerning each country.
  • Library of Congress Country Studies
    Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
  • The World Factbook
    Key facts, maps, statistics, demographics, and a nutshell history of many countries.

• Homework
  • Bartleby.com Great Books
    Classic reference works including dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, quotations, English usage, and more.
  • Biography in Context
    
  • Kids InfoBits
    Curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content  for elementary school students.
  • Brainfuse Tutoring Service (Redwood City cardholders only)
    Free online help from expert tutors from 1-10 pm
  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context
    Pro and con articles on many current social issues.
  • Student Resources in Context
    
  • Virtual Reference Library
    Online versions of print reference books on history, popular culture, law, environment, and medicine

• Language Learning
  • Mango Languages
    Online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, English, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.

• Literature
  • Books and Authors
    Expert book reviews, recommendations, and author biographies.
  • Litfinder
    Access poems, plays, speeches, short stories and more
  • Literature Resource Center
    

• Science and Technology
  • Science in Context
    

• Statistics and Demographics
  • Redwood City demographics
    
  • Counting California
    Current and historical California social and economic statistics.
  • Kids Count
    Statistics on the education, economic, social and physical well-being of children in the U.S.
  • Population Reference Bureau
    Timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.
  • U.S. Census Bureau Fact Finder
    Population, housing, economic, and geographic data for the United States

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