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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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  ReferenceUSA (Redwood City cardholders only)
  Business & residential listings; great for direct marketing.
• Small Business Resource Center
  Small business management resources.
• Business & Company Resource Center
  Company profiles, brand information, investment reports, and more.

Career Resources

• Career Transitions
  Help with resume building and job searching.
• 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.

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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