Elementary School/
Kids Search

• 80+ full-text elementary school magazines. Includes the following: Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children's Dictionary and an Image Collection.

Social Studies Fact Cards

• Quick reference for students in grades 4-8 on topics included in the social studies curriculum in California. Full-text content of Contra Costa County local papers.

Contra Costa Times/
U.S. & World News

• Full-text content of Contra Costa County local papers. The Library is conducting a year-long trial of NewsBank's Research Collection featuring thousands of U.S. and global news sources.

Middle, High School/
Student Research Center

• 140+ full-text middle school magazines. 500+ full-text high school magazines and expanded full-text backfiles ( to 1975) for key magazines. Includes Biographies and Historical Essays, Primary Source Documents, reference books and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

Points of View

• Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. 280+ topics, each with an overview, point, counterpoint, and Critical Thinking Guide.

Literary Reference Center

• Provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

Research Guides

• Research assistance, pathfinders, and useful resources curated by your librarians

eBooks

• BookFLIX
  California Missions
  Cliffs Notes
  Downloadable Media Collection
  TumbleBook Library
  Virtual Reference Library