AUTOMOBILES
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| Auto Links selected by OPL librarians |
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| Auto Repair Reference Center: Repair information for cars and light trucks. More than 40 years coverage for many models. Includes repair procedures and wiring diagrams |
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BIOGRAPHY
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| African-American History & Culture: An On-Line Encyclopedia from Facts on File: biographies, articles, historical documents, photographs, maps, charts, and more. |
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| Biography Resource Center: 250,000 biographies from respected sources. |
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| Literature Resource Center: biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. |
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BOOKS & LITERATURE |
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Award Winning Books: recommended books in many categories |
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| Books and Authors: Readers’ advisory information including recommended reading lists for both fiction and non-fiction. Book reviews, plot summaries and author information are provided. Young Adult titles are also covered. |
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| Books in Print: a comprehensive source for up-to-date listings of book, audiobook and video titles currently available for purchase. |
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| Downloadable AudioBooks from NetLibrary can be downloaded to your computer, and from there to a listening device such as an MP3 player. Titles include recent books by popular authors, including fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens, and children, classics and award winners. These audiobooks come in two formats, with hundreds of titles available in each format. The ones in MP3 format can be played on any computer or MP3 player, but the ones in WMA format will not work on iPods or Macs. You need to establish an account with NetLibrary before you can download these audiobooks. Click on “Create a Free Account” in the upper right-hand corner of the Audiobook Center page or the NetLibrary home page. You can create a NetLibrary account from outside Oakland Public Library. If you wish, you can download NetLibrary's Media Center software to your computer, which makes downloading and listening to these audiobooks easy and simple. [ Having trouble connecting to NetLibrary? Click Here ] |
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| Lit Finder: Covers world literature and authors throughout history. It contains over 150,000 full-text poems, 800,000+ poetry citations, plus short stories, speeches, and plays. |
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| Literature Resource Center: biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. |
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| NetLibrary: more than 4500 e-books that can be “checked out” to read online. A wide range of subjects and publishers with emphasis on technology, business and legal information. NetLibrary is also the home of Oakland Public Library’s collection of downloadable audiobooks. To get started, click on “Create a Free Account” in the upper, right-hand corner of the NetLibrary search screen. You can create a NetLibrary account from outside Oakland Public Library. [ Having trouble connecting to NetLibrary? click here ] |
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| Safari Tech Books: online text of more than 1800 current books on computer technology. |
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| Online Book Club: free chapters of new books: fiction, non-fiction, teen, audio and more |
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BUSINESS |
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| Business & Company Resource Center: business periodical articles from 1980 to the present; also includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports and chronologies. |
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| Global Road Warrior:
Provides regularly updated information on the countries of the world, for travelers, business people, and students. Categories include travel information, society and culture, business culture, photos, and maps.
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| InfoTrac OneFile: largest collection of magazine articles available through OPL; over 7000 periodical titles indexed; over 4000 titles provide full text of articles. |
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| Mergent Online: financial and investment information for publicly held companies. Includes current and historical data, company histories and stock splits, custom charts and graphs. (Mergent used to be known as Moody's.) |
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| Morningstar Online:
An investment resource specializing in fund investing. It provides trusted, independent and in-depth news, commentary, fund information, recommendations and research on stocks and mutual funds. It also provides tutorials and investment education.
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| Rand California Report: California statistics from over 70 databases produced by leading government, public policy and research institutions. |
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ReferenceUSA (business module): detailed information on more than 12 million US businesses. This database is available on one computer only, located in the Science, Business and Social Science area of the Main Library.
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| Small Business Resource Center: Helps entrepreneurs learn how to start, finance, and manage their small businesses, as well as provide information on marketing, management, human resources, and taxes. Resources include hundreds of real-life sample business plans, dozens of titles from business publisher John Wiley & Sons on small business strategy, and the full text of the Encyclopedia of Management, Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources, and Small Business Management - A Framework for Success. |
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COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET
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| The Librarians’ Internet Index: quality internet resources selected by librarians |
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| Mouse Maneuvers: how to use a mouse |
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| Mouse Tutorial: more mouse practice |
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| Search the Internet: this site, maintained by UC Berkeley, is a gateway to the leading internet search engines |
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| Yahoo.com: one of the best known web indexes |
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CONSUMER INFORMATION |
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e-BOOKS & DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS |
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| Oakland e-Port, by OverDrive:
(new to Oakland Public Library!) E-books and e-audiobooks, primarily popular fiction and nonfiction. OverDrive e-books can be downloaded and transferred to e-book readers, such as the Sony Reader and Barnes & Noble Nook. The e-audiobooks can be downloaded and transferred to Windows-compatible MP3 players as well as iPods. |
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| Directory Library: A collection of directories in electronic format. Users can search for organizations by name, keyword, industry, and geography. Directories included: Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations; Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations; Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Organizations; Directory of Non-Profit Organizations. |
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| Downloadable AudioBooks from NetLibrary/ Recorded Books can be downloaded to your computer, and from there to a listening device such as an MP3 player. Titles include fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens, and children, classics and award winners. These audiobooks come in two formats. The ones in MP3 format can be played on any computer or MP3 player, but the ones in WMA format will not work on Macs. You need to establish an account with NetLibrary before you can download these audiobooks. Click on “Create a Free Account” in the upper right-hand corner of the Audiobook Center page or the NetLibrary home page. You can create a NetLibrary account from outside Oakland Public Library. If you wish, you can download NetLibrary's Media Center software to your computer, which makes downloading and listening to these audiobooks easy and simple. [ Having trouble connecting to NetLibrary? Click Here ] |
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Downloadable AudioBooks--Public Domain: There are several web sites that offer audiobooks of works in the public domain that can be played on iPods and on Macintosh and Linux computers as well as PCs. This page, maintained by Park County Library System in Wyoming, provides descriptions and links to a number of those sites.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL):
A collection of reference books in electronic format:
American Men and Women of Science, 22 nd ed.; College Blue Book, 33 rd ed.; Dictionary of American History;Encyclopedia of Education; Encyclopedia of Modern Asia; Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2 nd ed.; Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2 nd ed.; Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia; International Directory of Films and Filmmakers; West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, 2 nd ed.
Titles in this collection can be searched individually, or all together using the Gale PowerSearch feature. |
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| NetLibrary:Viewable Only e-Books:
more than 4500 e-books that can be read online. A wide range of subjects and publishers with emphasis on technology, business and legal information. To get started, click on “ Create a Free Account ” in the upper, right-hand corner of the NetLibrary search screen. You can create a NetLibrary account from outside Oakland Public Library. [ Having trouble connecting to NetLibrary? click here ] |
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| Safari Tech Books:
online text of more than 1800 current books on computer technology, which can be viewed on your computer. They can not be downloaded or transferred to a device. |
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| Tumblebooks (for kids) are animated, talking picture books that can be played on your computer while online. (No downloading is possible!) The Story Book collection includes a fun variety of stories for different age levels. The pace of the stories can be controlled by the reader -- or set to automatic. The Tumble Readables are large print "read on your own" children's books. There's more . . . including health and language resources! |
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS |
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Encyclopedia Americana is a comprehensive general reference resource providing in-depth research for older students and adults. It includes a section of Profiles, or biographies in various categories, research topics, full text periodicals, web links, photographs, illustrations, maps, and flags. To get to the database, click on Encyclopedia Americana in the menu on the left side of the screen.
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La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre is a comprehensive research tool for Spanish speakers and advanced Spanish-language students. Included are maps, illustrations, flags, news stories from the Spanish-language press (Actualidades), timelines (Cronologias), vocabulary and pronunciation pages, and a Spanish grammar section. To get to the database, click on La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre in the menu on the left side of the screen.
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ESPAÑOL |
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| ¡Informe! (Revistas en Español): De 1996 al presente. Artículos de las revistas más populares en forma digital. Abarca temas de negocios, salud, tecnología, arte y entretenimiento. |
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La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre es una herramienta completa de investigación para personas de habla hispana y estudiantes de español avanzado. Incluye artículos extensos de cada país latinoamericano, mapas, ilustraciones, banderas, noticias actuales de la prensa hispana (Actualidades), cronologías, páginas de vocabulario y pronunciación, y una sección de gramática española.
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GALE POWERSEARCH |
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| Gale PowerSearch: All the Gale periodical archives and reference book sets can be searched at once using this feature. |
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GENEALOGY |
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| AncestryLibrary: public records and genealogy tools for the family historian. Emphasis on immigrant lists, passenger lists, and other public documents. This database is available at the Main and branch libraries, but not outside library facilities. |
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| HeritageQuest: public records and genealogy tools for the family historian. Emphasis on records from newspapers, local history books and documents. |
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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION |
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| Government Information Web Links selected by OPL librarians |
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| US Government Documents Catalog: US government documents listed by author, title, subject or words found in notes. |
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GRANT RESOURCES |
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Foundation Directory Online Professional comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants in a database of 92,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S. This database is available at the Main Library only. |
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| Foundation Grants to Individuals Online a database of more than 6,500 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.. This database is available at the Main Library only. |
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HEALTH & MEDICINE |
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| Health and Medical Web Links selected by OPL librarians |
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| Health & Wellness Resource Center: health information from over 700 journals, magazines, pamphlets and medical reference books. Written for non-experts. |
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| NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH COLLECTION: Covers all aspects of the nursing profession - from direct care to health care administration. More than 400 magazines and journals are indexed, and the collection's very current content is useful to both nursing professionals and students pursuing a nursing curriculum. |
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| PHYSICAL THERAPY AND SPORTS MEDICINE COLLECTION: Contains full-text articles from over 60 magazines, including articles about proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and applications for specific sports. |
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| PSYCHOLOGY COLLECTION: Indexes more than 500 journals and magazines, covering all fields of psychology, including abnormal, biological, comparative, developmental, adolescent, social, and applied psychology. |
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HISTORY |
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| History Links selected by OPL librarians |
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| U.S. History in Context: Books, journals, maps primary documents and multimedia describing United States History. |
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| World History in Context: Books, journals, maps primary documents and multimedia describing World History. |
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Job & Career |
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| Career Transitions helps you create a personal profile and use a Career Toolkit to build and save your resumes, cover letters, and references. You can return to your profile in the library--or remotely--to track and update your progress in job searching, career exploration, and education planning. Information on networking and other job-search tactics, as well as the opportunity to take low-fee distance learning courses, will help users improve their employment prospects. Local information on unemployment benefits, health benefits, and other social services is available, too. |
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| The new Job & Career Accelerator section provides information on jobs that suit your interests and experience, lets you check current job listings from over 5 million job postings, creates resumes and cover letters, and assists with interviewing skills. You’ll need to create a username and password to store your personal job search tools in complete confidentiality. Then, click on the Job & Career Accelerator link on the LearningExpressLibrary homepage. |
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KIDS |
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Amazing Animals of the World offers children access to information about the animal kingdom and its place in our world. It includes interactive information on over 1,200 animals, with illustrations, maps, and glossaries. To get to the database, in the menu on the left side of the screen, click on Amazing Animals of the World.
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America the Beautiful is a fact-filled tool for elementary and middle school students for research on the states, famous Americans and U.S. History. It includes articles, interactive almanac and maps, timelines, educational games. To get to the database, in the menu on the left side of the screen, click on America the Beautiful.
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| Kids InfoBits: articles and pictures from a variety of magazines, newspapers and reference books. Intended for elementary school students. |
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| Kid’s World Wide Web Links selected by OPL librarians. |
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Lands and Peoples provides elementary and middle school students with up-to-date information on countries, cultures and current events. Features include an encyclopedia of countries, facts and figures, cultural comparisons, games and quizzes, and a Global News Desk. To get to the database, in the menu on the left side of the screen, click on Lands and People.
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| Parents’ and Teachers’ internet resources selected by OPL librarians |
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Popular Science provides in-depth science, health, and technology research and news for students in middle school and beyond. It includes photos, maps, and technical illustrations, biographies of great scientists, information on science careers, and ideas for school science projects and experiments. To get to the database, in the menu on the left side of the screen, click on Popular Science.
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| Social Studies Fact Cards Online for students in grades 4 through 8. California history and culture, the states and presidents of the United States, and early civilizations of the world. |
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| Tumblebooks are animated, talking picture books that can be played on your computer while online. (No downloading is possible!) The Story Book collection includes a fun variety of stories for different age levels. The pace of the stories can be controlled by the reader -- or set to automatic. The Tumble Readables are large print "read on your own" children's books. There's more . . . including health and language resources! |
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LEGAL RESOURCES |
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| Lawyer Directory From Martindale : national directory of attorneys |
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LIBRARY RESOURCES WORLDWIDE |
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| Bay Area Libraries: a directory of area libraries with web links |
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CalCat/WorldCat (use this link from inside the library)
CalCat/WorldCat (use this link from outside the library)
CalCat provides access to the library catalog holdings of almost all public and academic libraries in California. WorldCat includes records for most public and academic libraries around the world that have online catalogs and at least some holdings in English. To search libraries worldwide (over 9000 libraries represented!) re-set the dropdown menu to “WorldCat” once you are inside the database. |
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MAGAZINE & JOURNAL ARTICLES |
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| Academic OneFile : articles and indexing from over 1200 college-level periodicals, from 1980 to the present. Full text articles are available from over 700 titles |
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| General OneFile : best source for magazine articles from popular news-stand magazines. Includes articles from over 1000 popular magazines from 1980 to the present. |
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| InfoTrac OneFile: largest collection of magazine articles available through OPL; over 7000 periodical titles indexed; over 4000 titles provide full text of articles. |
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| Magazine and journal articles may also be available in databases listed under specific subjects. |
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES & INDEXING |
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| Infotrac Custom Newspapers: Full-text coverage of more than 350 newspapers from around the world, including articles from the San Francisco Chronicle (since 1996), the Contra Costa Times, the San Jose Mercury-News and the New York Times (all since 2000). |
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| NewspaperArchive.com is the world’s largest collection of online newspaper images, including hundreds of English language papers from California and around the world. Most issues of the Oakland Tribune between 1874 and 1977 are included in this collection. Newspaper issues can be searched by word or date, and search help is available from within the NewspaperArchive.com site. This database is available at the Main and branch libraries, but not outside library facilities. |
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| Oakland Newspaper Index: index to articles about Oakland and vicinity in the Oakland Tribune and other local papers, produced by Oakland Public Library staff. |
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| Oakland Tribune archive: full-text of articles published since September 14, 2001 |
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| Online Newspapers : how to find and use newspaper websites and online newspaper indexes |
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OAKLAND |
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| About Oakland: internet links assembled by OPL librarians |
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| Community Information File: government and non-profit agencies in Oakland |
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STATISTICS |
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| Rand California Report: California statistics from over 70 databases produced by leading government, public policy and research institutions. |
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STUDENT RESOURCES |
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LearningExpressLibrary: Over 300 online practice tests, including the SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Postal Worker, and many others. Also includes U.S. Citizenship Exam Preparation; and English language and math practice exams for Spanish speakers. The new Job & Career Accelerator section is a good tool to help high school and college students in planning their educational and career path. It provides information on jobs that suit your interests and experience, lets you check current job listings from over 5 million job postings, creates resumes and cover letters, and assists with interviewing skills. You’ll need to create a username and password to store your personal job search tools in complete confidentiality. Then, click on the Job & Career Accelerator link on the LearningExpressLibrary homepage.
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| Lit Finder: Covers world literature and authors throughout history. It contains over 150,000 full-text poems, 800,00+ poetry citations, plus short stories, speeches, and plays. |
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| Science in Context Thousands of topic overviews, science experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations, plus the latest scientific developments in articles from over 200 science magazines. It focuses on key concepts taught in classrooms including biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, math, environmental science, life science, medicine, space science, computer science, technology, history of science, and science and society. |
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| Student Resource Center: magazine articles, photographs, audio and video clips, biographies, essays, and critical analyses. For middle school and older students. |
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| Global Road Warrior: Provides regularly updated information on the countries of the world, for travelers, business people, and students. Categories include travel information, society and culture, business culture, photos, and maps. |
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context: current information on controversial topics for students, writers and debaters.
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TEENS |
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| Teen links and resources selected by OPL librarians |
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TEST PREPARATION |
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| LearningExpressLibrary: Over 300 online practice tests, including the SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Postal Worker, and many others. Also includes U.S. Citizenship Exam Preparation; and English language and math practice exams for Spanish speakers. The new Job & Career Accelerator section provides information on jobs that suit your interests and experience, lets you check current job listings from over 5 million job postings, creates resumes and cover letters, and assists with interviewing skills. You’ll need to create a username and password to store your personal job search tools in complete confidentiality. Then, click on the Job & Career Accelerator link on the LearningExpressLibrary homepage. |
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TRAVEL |
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| Global Road Warrior: Provides regularly updated information on the countries of the world, for travelers, business people, and students. Categories include travel information, society and culture, business culture, photos, and maps. |
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UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES |
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| College Source Online: College catalogs for 16,000 universities and colleges. School profiles and links to school websites are also provided. |
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