Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data
Edited by Nicole C. Engard · Foreword by Jenny Levine · ISBN 978-1-57387-372-7
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- Biography Resource Center - more info
- California Libraries Catalog - more info
- History Resource Center - US - more info
- History Resource Center - World - more info
- Homework Help from PLS
- Kid’s InfoBits - more info
- Literature Resource Center - more info
- Opposing Viewpoints - more info
- Student Resource Center Gold - more info
- Worldcat FirstSearch - more info
Some PLS member libraries subscribe to additional online resources. Anyone can access these resources in the library that owns them, but for home access you need a library card and a residence in that library's jurisdiction. Click on the link to your home library below to access a complete list of online resources offered by your home library.
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The premier source for associations - use this database to locate approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. The database is also used to monitor association trends; identify related associations; networking and making professional contacts; marketing to associations, their members and markets.
Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 220,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
The California Libraries Catalog is a unique database that shows the holdings of books, videos, audio, maps, and other materials held by libraries in California.
View CliffsNotes for free! (There is a fee for downloading and/or printing copies.)
CliffsNotes cover hundreds of literary classics so students get the most from the great works with expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.
InfoTrac Custom Full Text Newspapers Database provides quick access to the indexing of 100+ custom newspapers in one seamless search.
Digital books are electronic versions of print books. They include downloadable audio books for listening and eBooks for on-screen reading. Both digital audio books and eBooks can be used on a variety of devices such as PCs, laptops, and supported PDAs. You can even copy the audio books from your computer onto CD's and listen to them in your car. This site offers digital audio books in the OverDrive Media Console™ format, and eBooks in the Adobe® Reader® and Mobipocket Reader formats. (Sorry, iPod is not supported at this time.)
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Indexes 1,900 titles, 900 are full-text. Some of the areas covered include astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, communications, and the general sciences. Coverage extends as far back to 1980 for some titles. A journal list, with coverage dates, is available.
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases.
The History Resource Center: U.S. provides access to over 1,000 historical (primary) documents, more then 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals, and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
Covering the 20th Century, the History Resource Center: Modern World includes reference sources, full-text articles from more than 100 academic journals, maps and images, and full-text and facsimile images for over 1,400 primary source documents.
Investige las noticias y eventos más corrientes, la información de negocios del momento, los artículos de salud más importantes, temas de cultura popular y muchas otras materias incluidas en las revistas hispánicas más populares. ¿Como buscar ¡Informe!? Clic aqui. cabeza de la página
¡Informe! gives access in Spanish to indexing and abstracts, as well as full text for 60 of the most popular Spanish-language titles, and full text of 100 pamphlets in Spanish.
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. To search for product and service reviews, search by keyword and add "AND review*" to your search.
This periodical database is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Kid's Edition contains full-text to reference books and more than 75 popular magazines including Ranger Rick, Highlights, Science Weekly, Children's Digest, Jack & Jill and Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
Missions of California eBook series.
National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
Electronic books (ebooks) are available at your convenience - anytime, anywhere. And you don't have to worry about returning them. Topics include business management, careers, the Internet, computer science and personal law, plus the complete netLibrary collection of CliffsNotes. Click on this link for netLibrary frequently asked questions.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
The best IT books from the best authors and publishers in an online, searchable database. Good for IT professionals or programmers as a means of addressing their never-ending need to quickly pinpoint reliable code examples and technical information.
A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 1,000 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Includes Student Resource Center-Health Module.
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What Do I Read Next? includes over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 54,000 plot summaries, and awards information from 561 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Follow the series links to additional titles, use the Help Me Find a Book search to get recommendations based on some of your favorite titles or topics, or let our experts recommend books that capture the type of book you're looking for. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.
FirstSearch is an online service that gives library professionals and end users access to a rich collection of reference databases. With FirstSearch, materials in your library’s collection are highlighted in results from searches in dozens of leading databases.
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