 | AARP Job Board The AARP Job Board was designed with you in mind. Match your years of valuable experience with employers that are committed to an age-diverse workforce. Back to Top |
 | Beanstack Readers of all ages can register in seconds as individuals, a family, or classroom. Beanstack makes it easy for them to earn virtual badges, tickets for drawings, and real-world prizes by keeping track of their reading. Readers can also post book reviews and keep track of activities they complete along the way. Back to Top |
 | Braille & Talking Book Catalog | Library Services for People with Reading Disabilities California’s Library Services for People with Print Disabilities provides free audio and Braille books, magazines, and playback equipment to all eligible. Follow the link to find your local library and sign up for their free library service.Back to Top |
 | Brainfuse HelpNow Interact with live tutors for math, science, reading/writing, social studies, PSAT/SAT/ACT, AP, GED, and state standardized tests. Professional assistance is also available for resume/cover letter writing, US Citizenship prep, MS Office Essential Skills, and more! Back to Top |
 | Britannica School Edition Britannica School is the go-to site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases—Elementary, Middle, or High. Back to Top |
 | Britannica Escolar Britannica Escolar es el principal recurso de creación de conocimiento que es universalmente confiable para el contenido preciso y apropiado para la edad en español. Back to Top |
 | California Courts Self-Help Center The California Courts Self-Help Center provides resources for going to court; information regarding how to file, what are your steps, what do you need, how the process will work. Topics include, but are not limited to: Adoption, Criminal Law, Debt Collection, Divorce, Free & Low-Cost Legal Help, Eviction & Housing, etc. Back to Top |
 | Capstone Interactive Interactive eBooks, just as they should be! Choose from thousands of engaging fiction and nonfiction titles aligned to curriculum standards. One copy of an eBook serves every student and can be accessed 24/7 from school, home or on the go. Back to Top |
 | Center for Online Education Center for Online Education is a an independent organization, providing students the information they need to succeed in an online college. Back to Top |
 | CloudLibrary CloudLibrary provides access to more than 90,000 ebooks and audiobooks, including fiction and nonfiction titles for children, young adults, and adults. Back to Top |
 | Codecademy One of the top FREE coding programs available on the internet for the last 10 years, Codecademy is next level training for advancing 21st century skills. Learn advanced web development, programming, and data sciences included in their relevant catalog. Back to Top |
 | Digital Public Library of America DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA — photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more — are free and immediately available in digital format. Back to Top |
 | Discover & Go Discover & Go is a nationally recognized museum pass program developed by Contra Costa County Library that provides California library cardholders with free and discounted tickets to local museums and cultural institutions. Back to Top |
 | Driving-Tests.org Practice for the DMV permit test. Available for all U.S. States. Back to Top |
 | Easy Voter Guide Produced for statewide elections in California since 1994, the Easy Voter Guide is a collaboration of the League of Women Voters® of California Education Fund and the California State Library. Back to Top |
 | Enki Library The Enki Library contains 400 award-winning indie-published books, as well as several thousand simultaneous use ebooks from leading publishers. No library card is required. Available only to California residents. Back to Top |
 | Explora Public Libraries Explora Public Libraries provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework. A far better alternative to websites and search engines, Explora provides students with easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. Back to Top |
 | Flipster Read your favorite magazines on your computer or mobile device! Flipster includes magazines for children, teens, and adults. Back to Top |
 | Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Back to Top |
 | Gale in Context: Environmental Studies Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content. Back to Top |
 | Gale Interactive: Science Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. Back to Top |
 | Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14. Back to Top |
 | GetSetUp GetSetUp is an online community of people who want to learn new skills, connect with others and unlock new life experiences. Our safe, social and interactive learning environment has been specifically designed for older adults. Classes are taught by older adults and kept small to ensure everyone can actively participate. Back to Top |
 | Health Reference Center Includes comprehensive, in-depth coverage of body systems, current health issues, major diseases and conditions, treatments, and procedures, as well as health and nutrition information. Thirty-five Topic Centers—including a Teen Health Topic Center with relatable, reliable material for teens—highlight specially selected content to help users find a starting point for their studies, and numerous videos and collections of illustrations make it easy to find relevant visual media on the most frequently researched topics. Back to Top |
 | Hoopla Stream popular movies, TV shows, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comic books, and more from your computer, television, or mobile device. Sign up with an email address, password, and library card information; download the Hoopla app; and borrow up to 10 titles per month. Back to Top |
 | Just For Kids Access Video More than 5,000 educational videos songs, games, and other interactives just for kids, including Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin, and thousands more. Back to Top |
 | Kanopy Kanopy is an award-winning video streaming service, providing access to more than 30,000 films ─ titles are of unique social and cultural value from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and thousands of independent filmmakers. Back to Top |
 | Kanopy Kids Kanopy Kids streaming video service provides thoughtful entertainment for children aged preschool and up. Parents, teachers, and caregivers can stream videos from a curated selection of educational and enriching videos on Kanopy Kids with developmentally appropriate, age-based ratings from Common Sense Media, as well as additional parental controls to help keep kids safe. Back to Top |
 | LearningExpress Library | Quick Start Guide | Video Guides LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use e-learning platform featuring online tutorials, practice tests and e-books to help you achieve your educational and professional goals. In addition to helping you improve your skills in reading, writing, math and basic science, LearningExpress Library offers tools and resources to help you search for jobs, build workplace skills and prepare for career certification exams. You’ll also find college and grad school admissions test prep, GED® test prep and much more. Back to Top |
 | Mango Languages Learn a language with these online language-learning courses. Essential for ESL learners, or for anyone wishing to learn any of the 71 other languages from around the world. Mango Languages is available for free through your library! Back to Top |
 | MasterFILE Premier MasterFILE Premier contains full text for general reference magazines and publications covering a wide range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues. It also includes an extensive image collection of more than 2 million photos, maps and flags. Back to Top |
| MasterFILE Premier en Español MasterFILE Premier contiene el texto completo de revistas y publicaciones de referencia general que cubren una amplia gama de áreas temáticas que incluyen negocios, salud, educación, ciencia general y temas multiculturales. También incluye una extensa colección de imágenes de más de 2 millones de fotos, mapas y banderas. Back to Top |
 | The National Library of Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health, created and maintains MedlinePlus to assist you in locating authoritative health information.Back to Top |
 | Middle Search Plus Designed for middle school libraries, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database, providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such as history, current events, science and sports, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps, and flags. Back to Top |
 | NorthStar Northstar Digital Literacy tests your computer skills. You can build skills in key areas, and demonstrate your knowledge by earning certificates and badges. Back to Top |
 | Overdrive Enjoy reading Overdrive eBooks and audiobooks by the Northern California Digital Library. Overdrive offers thousands of ebooks and audiobooks anytime, anywhere! Back to Top |
 | PebbleGo Nonfiction articles for curious kids! Discover thousands of standards-aligned articles across Animals, Science, Social Studies, Biographies and Health! Also available in Spanish, and for upper elementary learners with PebbleGo Next. Back to Top |
 | Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free ePub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for enjoyment and education. Back to Top |
 | TeachingBooks for Libraries TeachingBooks.net is an online database of thousands of multimedia resources you can use to explore children’s and young adult books and their authors. Back to Top |
 | Veterans Health Library The Veterans Health Library (VHL) offers Veterans, family members, and caregivers 24/7 access to comprehensive, consistent, Veteran-focused health information, no matter where the Veteran receives care. Back to Top |
 | World Book Online World Book, Inc. is a leading publishing company that leverages cutting-edge technology to produce authoritative, trustworthy, and understandable educational and instructional content. Back to Top |
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