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• Business and Finance
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    Investment research center for stocks, funds, market research and more. (Redwood City cardholders only)
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    Business and residence profiles; great for market research and people searches. (Redwood City cardholders only)
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• Career Resources
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    Job openings, salary data, and more.
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    Search engine for job listings.
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    California-oriented job hunting website.
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    Local job search center.
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    Teaching basic internet skills needed to find a job.

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    Find pricing and reviews for new and used cars.
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    Pricing information for new and used vehicles.
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    Ratings for Bay Area local services by a non-profit consumer agency. In-library use only.
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    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.

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    Revistas populares en español.
    Popular Spanish-language magazines.
    
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  • Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California.
    Asuntos legales.

• Genealogy
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    A 180 + volume scrapbook of people and places, covering every county of California.
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    Genealogy and History for the San Francisco Bay Area.
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    Free genealogy websites for genealogical research..
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    Records Project is a gateway to state and county records.

• Government & Legal
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    Authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government agencies.

• History and Countries
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    Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
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• Homework
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    Classic reference works including dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, quotations, English usage, and more.
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    Free online help from expert tutors from 1-10 pm
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    Pro and con articles on many current social issues.
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    Online versions of print reference books on history, popular culture, law, environment, and medicine

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    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.

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    Statistics on the education, economic, social and physical well-being of children in the U.S.
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    Timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.
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    Population, housing, economic, and geographic data for the United States

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