Ventura County Library

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Ventura County Library

• Whats Available Online
• Databases, eBooks and eAudiobooks

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Ventura County Library Whats
Available Online

• Check it out - available 24-7
• 46 Databases
• Over 5200 eBooks
• Over 2400 eAudiobooks

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Ventura County Library Whats
Available Online

• Databases, eBooks and eAudiobooks
• Are available online from our website
  www.vencolibrary.org
• Available anytime, from any computer
• Require a VCL card barcode for entry
• Are authorized sources selected and evaluated by
  librarians
• Expand your horizons! Enrich your life!

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• To get to Ventura County Librarys
• Databases, eBooks and eAudiobooks,
• start at our webpage at www.vencolibrary.org
• Click on either
• Databases - Research
• or Homework - Research

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This is the eLibrary page You can search
bysubjectordatabase name
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Use Gale PowerSearch tocross search all 13 Gale
databasesfor full-text articles and
otherreference resources
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Gale General Reference Center Goldis a general
interest databasefeaturing newspapers,
reference books, magazines and trade
publications.
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Americas NewspapersContains full-text articles
fromThe Ventura County StarLa OpinionSan Jose
Mercury NewsThe San Luis Obispo TribuneLos
Angeles Times LATWP News Service
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ProQuest Current Newsstandoffers full text of
the Los Angeles Times (historicalincluded), the
Christian Science Monitor,New York Times, Wall
Street Journaland the Washington Post
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Americas News MagazinesIncludes full-text
articles from magazines such asTime, Newsweek,
Sports Illustrated,Fortune, Entertainment
Weeklyand Popular Science.
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For Genealogy enthusiasts,Ancestry Library
Editionincludes over 5 billion names, 500,000
family trees,U.S. census data, immigration lists
and more. Available in-library only
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HeritageQuest Online complementsAncestry and is
available from your home computer. HeritageQuest
includes family and local history books, tax
lists, city directories and probate records. 
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BusinessDecisionCombines market data with GIS
map overlays to provide reports to help
businesses find customers, evaluate competition
and target advertising.
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ReferenceUSAContains phone book directory
information for businesses and households
compiled from nationwide white and yellow pages
and business sources.
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First ResearchEconomic profiles of U.S. states,
Canadian provinces and over 400 industries.
Available in-library only.
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Morningstar Investment Research
Center Recommendations and research on stocks,
mutual funds, and exchange traded funds
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Gale LegalFormsContains a wide selection of
professionally drafted, state-specific forms,
including completed sample forms for the most
common legal matters.
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Health Wellness Resource CenterProvides access
to carefully compiled and trusted medical
reference materials.
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Chilton LibraryAn electronic version of the
popular Chiltons manuals includes over 30 years
of repair, maintenance and service information
for cars, trucks, vans and SUVs.
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LearningExpress LibraryAn interactive
instructional and test preparation database -
offers practice tests and licensing exams.
Includes computer, business and math skills
courses, among others.
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Vault Online Career LibraryProvides company,
industry and occupational overviews and profiles
career advice, college surveys and over 60
downloadable career guides.
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NoveList PlusHelps readers find fiction and
nonfiction titles by using books they have read
and topics that interest them as criteria for
locating new books.
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LitFinder This database is international in
scope, covers all time periods and includes
full-text poems,short stories, essays, speeches
and plays.
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Literature Resource CenterFull-text journal
articles, literary criticism, reviews,
biographical information and overviews of more
than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all
time periods and from around the world.
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DearReader Online Book ClubReaders may sign up
for one or more book clubs, including fiction,
romance, mystery, science fiction, horror, teen,
nonfiction, business and others
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Biography Resource CenterSearch for people by
name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity,
birth/death dates and places, and gender.
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NetLibraryA collection of over 1700 current
popular and classic eAudiobooks, over 5000 ebooks
(with emphasis on business, science and
technology) and 237 law ebook titles from Nolo
Press and Sphinx. 
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Overdrive A collection of over 600 downloadable
eAudiobooks
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Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooksEncyclopedia
s and specialized reference sources for
multidisciplinary research.
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Missions of California eBooksEach of the 21
missions is covered in a separate ebook that can
be downloaded to a desktop computer or PDA
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World Book Online Reference CenterAll of the
content from the print encyclopedia plus links to
related resources - including maps, videos and
animations.  Also includes a Spanish-language
encyclopedia. 
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Science OnlineCovers a broad range of major
topics and issues in science and technology using
diagrams, illustrations, images, biographies,
experiments, activities and definitions. 
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History Resource Center WorldIncludes articles,
primary sources, images, maps and charts that
provide geographic and chronological research
materials for the study of world history.
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History Resource Center U.S.Historical
documents, articles and journals covering U.S.
history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
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Kids InfobitsDeveloped especially for students
in Kindergarten through 5th grade, this database
covers geography, arts, science, government,
history, sports and more.
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Social Studies Fact CardsQuick facts for
students in grades 4 through 8 includes material
on explorers, Indians, missions, U.S. presidents,
states, countries and more.
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Infotrac Junior EditionDesigned for students in
junior high and middle school with access to
magazines, newspapers and reference books for
information on arts, science, government,
history, sports, current events and more.
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Infotrac Student EditionDesigned for high-school
students with access to magazines, newspapers,
podcasts and reference books for information on
current events, the arts, science, health,
government, history, sports and more.
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Also on the eLibrary page Library catalogs
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Ventura County Library Whats
Available Online

• Enjoy exploring at
• www.vencolibrary.org
• Databases Research Homework