General Collections and Humanities Center on the 3rd floor of the Main Library maintains a thorough circulating and library-use-only print collection of materials that can aid the amateur genealogist.
Comprehensive database for finding articles. Nearly 3,000 full text periodical titles and millions of full text articles, many with images.
Recent global news content and archives dating back to the 1980s, featuring newspapers, newswires and news sites in active full-text format. News streams included: Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
Index to U.S. government publications.
Covering the connections between the environment and the disciplines of agriculture, education, law, health and technology, with indexing and abstracts for more than 850,000 records and full text for 13,000 records.
Current nonprofit data on more than 2.5 million organizations, including authoritative data from several IRS sources. (External link: guidestar.org)
A comprehensive, searchable historical archive of Harper’s Bazaar. Note: Issues between 1870 and 1962 and earliest years issues (1867-) will be available in 2017.
The backfiles of consumer health and fitness magazines, such as Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Women's Health Activist, Prevention, and more. This collection supports the research topics of sex roles, body image, public health, nutrition and medicine. View title list.
SERVICE CHANGE: As of July 1, 2024, this subscription has been discontinued.
The Brainfuse online homework help program provides on demand, one-to-one homework help in English, Spanish and Cantonese for K-12, college students and adult learners in math, science, digital literacy, English, social studies and other subjects. In addition, the service offers writing assistance, a practice test center (including California State tests, GRE, GED, SAT, ACT and more), test preparation through a flashcard tool, digital literacy assistance and a 24/7 question center. The Adult Learning Center offers live academic tutoring, live skills tutoring, writing assistance and job-related interview coaching and resume lab.