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Friends of the Sierra Madre Library fund: Biographies, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Los Angeles Times, NoveList, ReferenceUSA, and World Book Online databases. California Catalog and WorldCat is provided courtesy of the State Library of California.  Career Transitions is supported in whole by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

->> AtoZ Maps Online Maps of all types: Political, physical, outline, population, precipitation, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.

->> Biography Resource Center Biographies of past and present people from all over the world from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites.

->> California Catalog Holdings of all participating academic, government, public, school and special libraries.

->> Career Center from Tutor.com  Features access to a skills resource center. Adult services include help for cover letters and resumes, job search, financial literacy, helping children with homework, citizenship, and GED.

->> Career Transitions Explore careers, create your resume, find jobs!

->> General Reference Center Gold Resources, many with full-text and images, from national news magazines, business journals and encyclopedias.

->> Global Road Warrior The ultimate travel guide. Extensive geographical, cultural and travel information on all countries.

->> Literature Resources from Gale Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.

->> Mango Languages   an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian, and more.

->> NoveList Plus Fiction and nonfiction titles for readers of all ages with Author Read-alikes, Readers' Advisory, reviews, annotations, awards, and more.

->> Opposing Viewpoints Full-text resource covering today's hottest social issues.

->> Reference USA Information on businesses and people for researchers, students and job seekers.

->> Tutor.com Free online HOMEWORK HELP! Live help sessions with real tutors for students from Kindergarten through adult learners. Available from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. New - more user-friendly access! Just use your Library Card number to gain access to this service, no extra password is needed.

->> World Book Online Authoritative content designed for diverse ages, reading levels, and learning styles.

->> World Cat Bibliographic, ownership and metadata from thousands of institutions in a global library network. Allows you to search many libraries at once to locate an item near you.