AtoZdatabases

AtoZdatabases includes 30 million business profiles and 220 million residents. It's great for contact information, marketing research, and even job searches!

Auto Repair Source

Auto Repair Source is powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.

Business Source Complete

Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content.
  

Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is the full-text, online version of the popular consumer magazine.
CR is only available from inside the Menlo Park Library.

Legal Information Reference Center

Legal Information Reference Center provides exclusive online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, more than 225 full-text publications, and thousands of legal forms from Nolo Press and others.

ABCmouse

ABCmouse is the #1 Learning App for children ages 2–8+, with more than 8,500 activities that teach reading, math, science, health, social studies, art, and music.

Auto Repair Source

Auto Repair Source is powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.

Kanopy lets you stream films anytime, anywhere on the web site or in the app.  It has movies, documentaries, instructional films, and even a Kids section.
Menlo Park Library card (29044...) and PIN required.

Niche Academy

Skillsoft

Skillsoft is a Learning Management System (LMS) that provides access to eBooks, courses, and videos focusing on computer software, business skills and personal development.

Tutor.com

The Tutor.com Learning Suite combines online tutoring, homework help, and test preparation with powerful diagnostic tools and self-study resources to provide a well-balanced and flexible educational environment designed to meet the individual needs of all learners.

eBooks and eAudiobooks

Read and listen on your phone, tablet, Kindle, or computer.  Get details on our eBooks page 

eMagazines

Read current, full-color, full-screen magazines on your tablet or computer.  See details on our eMagazines page.

BookBrowse

BookBrowse is your guide to exceptional books.  We seek out and recommend only the best of the best, and then give you all the information you need to decide which are just right for you.

Literary Reference Center Plus

Literacy Reference Center Plus contains over 2,800 full-text literary reference books/works, over 700 full-text literary journals and magazines, 36,000 plot summaries/synopses, 230 author biographies, and 85,000 articles/essays of literary criticism.

The New York Times

The New York Times is available for free, unlimited access, 24 hours at a time.  Follow the link, log in with your library card number and PIN, and click Create Account.  Then read on your computer or the NYTimes app.

NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction. Their expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books.

NoveList K-8 Plus

NoveList K-8 Plus is a trusted source of read-alike recommendations specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests.

TeachingBooks.net

Teachingbooks.net has collected interviews, readings, videos, lessons and more about books and authors.  They help readers connect deeply with a book, gain insights from authors, and thoroughly experience the joy of reading.

Award-Winning Books: Resources
Book Guides & Lesson Plans
Booklists: Build Your Own
Diverse Books
Literature-Based Vocabulary Lists
Meet-The-Author Videos & Book Readings

Elementary School

Britannica School and Escolar is made for today’s digital classroom, with extensive, up-to-date information sources in English and Spanish.

Middle School

Middle School Supersearch provides 170 popular middle school magazines, thousands of historical essays, 80,000 biographies, 55,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

Biography Reference Center offers the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.

Britannica School and Escolar is made for today’s digital classroom, with extensive, up-to-date information sources in English and Spanish.

Referencia Latina is a comprehensive Spanish-language resource offering 49,000 encyclopedia entries, 50,000 images, 2,500 health reports, 100 reference books, dozens of general interest magazines, and daily updated articles from a dozen prominent newspapers from 10 Latin American countries.
 

High School and above

General Research Supersearch Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides 1,600 periodicals back to 1975, 440 reference books, 73,000 primary source documents, and 1.7 million photos, maps & flags.  Also includes Consumer Reports.

High School Supersearch is a multi-database search of several student resources below.

Academic Search Complete has more than 6,400 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,700 peer-reviewed journals. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887.

America: History & Life is for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history & culture from prehistory to the present. It has indexing for 1,700 journals from 1955 to present, and full-text of 200 journals and 100 books.

Biography Reference Bank combines in-depth, original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated with the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index.  It includes over 500,000 people and over 36,000 images!

Biography Reference Center offers the complete run of Biography Today and Biography, plus thousands of narrative biographies not available in other databases. 

Britannica School and Escolar is made for today’s digital classroom, with extensive, up-to-date information sources in English and Spanish.

Historical Abstracts & Full Text (World) covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.

History Reference Center (U.S. & World) offers 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, 140 history periodicals, 74,000 historical documents, 81,000 biographies of historical figures, 113,000 historical photos and maps, and 83 hours of historical video.

Points of View Reference Center contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue, helping students develop persuasive arguments and essays, understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

Referencia Latina is a comprehensive Spanish-language resource offering 49,000 encyclopedia entries, 50,000 images, 2,500 health reports, 100 reference books, dozens of general interest magazines, and daily updated articles from a dozen prominent newspapers from 10 Latin American countries.

Science Resource Center is a comprehensive research database of content from 860 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.

Teacher Resources is designed for professional educators, and provides a highly specialized collection of 460 high quality education journals and 230 educational reports.

Kanopy lets you stream films anytime, anywhere on the web site or in the app.  It has movies, documentaries, instructional films, and even a Kids section.
Menlo Park Library card (29044...) and PIN required.

Niche Academy is your online video tutorial source for getting started with Internet apps and library offerings.  Learn about Facebook, Instagram and Gmail, or Overdrive, Microsoft Office and NoveList -- and a whole lot more!

Skillsoft

Skillsoft is a Learning Management System (LMS) that provides access to eBooks, courses, and videos focusing on computer software, business skills and personal development.