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Academic Search Complete

Scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database that offers indexing and abstracts for peer-reviewed journals, periodicals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings and more.


Alt Health Watch

Provides full text articles for peer-reviewed journals and reports, as well as pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.


America's News Magazine

America's News Magazine contains browsable current events resource that includes print and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos.


Ancestry Library - Library use only

Resources for genealogical and historical research. Search birth, census, court, death, marriage and military records.


Audiobook Collection - EBSCOhost

Search audiobooks, listen to samples, and download your selection.


Auto Repair Reference Center

Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945.

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Biography Collection Complete

Biography Collection Complete offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and more.

Biography in Context (Formerly Biography Resource Center)

Searchable, full-text database of biographies including current and historic figures based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Over 600,000 biographies covering more than 520,000 individuals.


Blogger - MVPL account

Mountain View Public Library's Blogger account. Read up on reviews by staff of books the Library offers. Get information on Library programs and events. Subscribe here or join the discussion by leaving your comments.


Bookflix

BookFlix is an interactive, online early literacy resource that pairs video adaptation of classic storybooks from Weston Woods with a related nonfiction eBook title from Scholastics. Great for kids to read aloud or read alone. Some materials in Spanish.


Brainfuse/Help Now
On demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning. Brainfuse HelpNow is an online tutoring service that allows library patrons to connect one-to-one to a trained tutor for academic assistance in math, science, languages, and social studies.

Business Source Complete
Access detailed company information and analysis, industry profiles and market insights and emerging trends.
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Career Transitions
Career Transitions is an online career guidance center that helps users through the job-search process from beginning to end. Get tips and advice on applying and interviews, tools in building your resume and writing a cover letter, interview simulations and many more.

Computer Source
Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete is a resource for consumer-oriented health content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.

CultureGrams
CultureGrams provides quick cultural and statistical snapshots of the over 200 countries recognized by the United Nations.
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Delicious Bookmark - MVPL account
Mountain View Public Library's Delicious account. Useful websites chosen by librarians and tagged according to topics.
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eBook Collection - EBSCOhost
Search and view the full text of eBooks. Includes the eBook collection from NetLibrary.

EBSCOhost Research Database
EBSCOhost offers a variety of comprehensive full text databases, ranging from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries.

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
World Book in Spanish. Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallagoz ofrece los artículos de la enciclopedia de las multimedias, los acoplamientos de la tela, los artículos periódicos, los vídeos, las animaciones, los sonidos, los mapas interactivos, y más.

ERIC
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.
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Facebook - MVPL account
Mountain View Public Library's FaceBook account. Another way to connect with the Library and receive news and information. Like us.

FaceBook - Teen Zone account
The Teen Zone's FaceBook account. Cool place for teens to hang out and share thoughts.

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Flickr - MVPL account
Mountain View Public Library's Flickr account.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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GreenFILE
Provides full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for scholarly, government and general-interest titles including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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Health Source - Consumer Edition
Searchable information on medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.

Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides scholarly full text journals focusing on medical disciplines and includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.

History Reference Center
The History Reference Center offers full text from reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, periodicals, historical documents, biographies, photos and maps, and historical video.
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
These volumes comprise a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.
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Kids InfoBits

Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.


Kids Search
Kids Search is a database designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities.
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Learning Express - username is your library card number
Learning Express offers free online practice tests, online computer courses, writing courses, math courses, job preparation, eBooks and other information for work and school.

Legal Collection
The Legal Collection contains full text for the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text
LISTA indexes core journals, priority journals, and selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

LINK +
LINK+ is a free service which allows Mountain View Public Library patrons to borrow items that are not available at the Mountain View Public Library. LINK+ is a cooperative project among many academic and public libraries in California.

Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books and literary journals. Includes plot summaries, articles, author biographies, book reviews, novels, literary journals, short stories, poems, author interviews, and images.
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Mango Languages
Basic and intermediate language lessons that combines real life situations and audio from native speakers with simple and clear instructions. Learn more.

MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, photos, maps & flags, color PDF's and expanded full text backfiles.

MasterFILE Premier
Multidisciplinary database provides full text for periodicals, reference books and primary source documents; also includes images, maps and flags.

Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus is a database that provides full text access to magazines covering contemporary and historical topics for middle and junior high school students.

Military & Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and more.

Mountain View Los Altos Adult Education
Mountain View-Los Altos Adult School provides training and skills to help adults achieve personal goals in employment, secondary education, and English language skills.

Mountain View Obituary Database
Mountain View Obituary Database is an online index to the obituaries of Mountain View residents found in the Mountain View History Center collection.
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NetLibrary eBook collection (now part of EBSCOhost eBook collection)
Netlibrary is now EBSCOhost. Library patrons can still enjoy Netlibrary's eBook collection by searching the EBSCOhost eBook database or the library catalog. To search for the entire eBook collection on EBSCOhost, click here.

New York Times - access through EBSCOhost Plus
Database of searchable full text articles of the New York Times from 01/01/1985 to present. Includes The Late Edition daily plus Sunday newspaper covering events in and around New York City; International news coverage; Arts and Entertainment; Obituaries; Sports; Financial and Stock Market information.

Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper SourcePlus includes more than 1,000 full-text for major newspapers and more than 38 million full-text articles.

Novelist
NoveList is a fiction database that provides reviews, annotations, recommendations, booklists and much more. Find new fiction books and authors based on your old favorites.
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Other Libraries
Information on Bay Area and Slicon Valley Libraries, LINK+ and WorldCat.

Overdrive
Overdrive's Northern California Library offers a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction titles of ebooks and audiobooks and a good size collection of classical music. You can read or listen to digital books or music on your computer, or on a compatible mobile device. All you need is your library account, internet access and free software from Overdrive.

Overdrive Adobe eBooks
Browse Overdrive eBooks in the following formats: PDF, Adobe EPUB and Open EPUB.

Overdrive Advantage
The library subscribes to Overdrive Advantage that gives library users access to more copies of popular titles and additional new titles. To access exclusive titles available on Overdrive Advantage, log in with your library card number.

Overdrive Audiobooks
Browse Overdrive's collection of audiobooks.

Overdrive eBooks
Browse Overdrive's collection of eBooks.

Overdrive eBooks - Children's Collection
Browse Overdrive eBook titles for kids.

Overdrive eBooks - Teens Collection
Browse Overdrive eBook titles for teens.

Overdrive eBooks - Kindle compatible
Browse library eBooks from Overdrive compatible with Kindle devices and apps.

Overdrive Music
Browse the Overdrive music collection.
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Points of View
Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Primary Search
Primary Search is a database that contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines.

Professional Development Collection
The Professional Development Collection is designed for professional educators and provides a highly specialized collection of peer-reviewed education journals and educational reports.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
The world's largest full text psychology database; including topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
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Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides full text for regional business publications, covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Religion and Philosophy Collection
Provides full-text articles on such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Rich's Guide to California Companies
"Rich's Guides" provides sales professionals with a new way to identify and locate prospective customers.
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Salud en Espanol
Consumer Health Complete in Spanish. Salud en Español provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Reportes específicos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general importante en relación a enfermedades, afecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos.

San Francisco Chronicle
Database of searchable San Francisco Chronicle full text articles from 10/1/2007 to present.

San Jose Library Music Index
San Jose Library Music Index is a searchable Index for songbooks, music magazines, choral music, sheet music and stock music.

San Jose Mercury News
Database of searchable San Jose Mercury News full text articles from 6/1/1985 to present.

Science Reference Center
Contains full text for science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and more. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Searchasaurus
Searchasaurus makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Searchasaurus includes Ebsco’s Primary Search, Middle Search and Book Collection: Non-Fiction.

Special Reports (access through Newsbank)
NewsBank's Special Reports focus on contemporary topics, including current and background information, statistics, maps, images, websites, and suggested search terms.

Student Research Center
Student Research Center provides secondary students with access to magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, film, video and images. Includes Lexile levels.
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Tax Forms
Links to state and federal tax forms, as well as online tax assistance resources.

Teen Zone blog
Information on teen events, programs and cool stuff to check out. Subscribe here.

TOPICsearch
Contains full text for articles from diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

Tumblebooks
Animated talking storybooks for children in English, Spanish, and other languages.

Twitter - MVPL account
Mountain View Public Library's Twitter account. Follow us @MVPublicLibrary

Twitter - Teen Zone
MVPL Teen Zone's Twiiter account. A virtual place for teens to hang out. Come join the fun @MVPLTeenZone
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Vocational and Career Collection
This database is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.
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World Book Online
World Book Online Encyclopedia offers multimedia encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, animations, sounds, interactive maps, and more.
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Yelp - MVPL account
Mountain View Public Library's Yelp account.
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