eLibrary
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eBooks, eAudiobooks & eMagazines
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eBooks – Libby/OverDrive
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Registered borrowers of A.K. Smiley Public Library can download eBooks or eAudiobooks available from Libby/OverDrive to their home computer, tablet, or phone.
- OverDrive Help
- OverDrive Help Videos
- OverDrive eMail Support (You will be contacted within 24 hours.)
LOTE4Kids
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LOTE4Kids is a new online database of digital books in World Languages, that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Download the LOTE4Kids App today!
BookFlix
Scholastic BookFLIX is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to cultivate a love of reading and learning for grades PreK – 3.
ProQuest Ebook Central
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Ebook Central provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas along with powerful tools to find, use, and manage the information.
Flipster
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Flipster Help
Flipster is a digital magazine service featuring a variety of titles for adults and children.
Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids
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Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
Streaming Services
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Kanopy
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Kanopy has introduced a new ticket system to watch videos. You can read more about how tickets work.
Welcome to Kanopy, a video streaming service offering more than 30,000 popular movies, documentaries, and educational videos from thousands of producers such as Criterion Collection, PBS, Great Courses, and more. Kanopy’s subdivision, Kanopy Kids, includes children’s programming.
Alexander Street
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The California K12 Online Content Project has chosen a truly remarkable and diverse collection of Music, Dance and Theatre content, covering hundreds of genres and a wide range of content types, from instruction to performance.
eDatabases
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Accelerated Reader BookFinder
(Remote users: No login required) Accelerated Reader BookFinder makes searching for Accelerated Reader books fun and easy.
Ancestry Library Edition
(No remote access available) Ancestry Library Edition provides unprecedented access to family history via documents that record the lineage of over 5 billion individuals through more than 4,000 databases. User-friendly search tools allow you to easily start discovering the story of your ancestry.
Asian Life in America
The experience and impact of Asian Americans as recorded by the news media.
AtoZdatabases
AtoZdatabases includes 30 million business profiles & 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more.
Britannica School
A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Need help from Britannica?
See our support page. (800) 621-3900 x 7160 | edsupport@eb.com
Black Life in America
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
Cambio 16
(Remote user login: CA-57807 / password: web492)
Cambio 16 is a Spanish language weekly current affairs magazine published in Madrid, Spain, by “Group 16”.
Gale: Archives Unbound
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Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level.
Gale in Context: Biography
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Gale In Context: Biography merges Gale’s authoritative reference content with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies
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Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
Gale: General OneFile
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Gale General OneFile provides access to an unprecedented number of general reference magazines and key serials in a single resource. This database is useful to users conducting general reference queries, business searches, and current event research.
Gale in Context: High School
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Student Resources In Context offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards and reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Empower learning with hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections that include archival film clips, broadcast video, BBC News, New York Times video, and NPR.
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
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Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today’s hottest social issues.
Gale Interactive: Science
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Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
Hispanic Life in America
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The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. La Vida Hispana en América
La experiencia e impacto de los Hispano Américanos como ha sido escrita por los medios de comunicación del 1704 al presente.
JSTOR
(Temporary remote user login: Click here) JSTOR is a not–for–profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand academic journals and other scholarly content.
MedlinePlus
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MedlinePlus is a free website that provides consumer health information for patients, family, and health care providers.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
(Remote user: Use this link and your library card number ) Morningstar Investment Research Center offers analysis on 1700 stocks, 2000 mutual funds and 300 exchange-traded funds (ETFs). While it is primarily designed as a tool for investors, it is also an excellent place to get quick information on a company.
News for You
(Remote users: Use 233360 for the password)
News for You is America’s weekly online news source for adult learners! News for You offers easy-to-read news stories that can help you learn to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Listen to each story in full or sentence-by-sentence.
NewsBank
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Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people, and events. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.
New York Times
(Remote user login: See instruction below) Are you a New York Times Online reader? Please take this survey for the CA State Library to help with continued funding. The California State Library is pleased to offer the New York Times online to California public libraries! This offer features direct access to NYTimes.com from 1851 to right now. Your A.K. Smiley library card allows you 72 hour complimentary, unlimited access to the digital edition of The New York Times. To get started, follow these simple steps:
- Within the library, register or log in at nytimes.com/register. You can now enjoy unlimited access to NYTimes.com on any device during your library visit.
- For remote users, click HERE and fill out the required fields on the following page. Use code 0412a4eca912f48f if the code is not already filled in.
- Enjoy! You now have unlimited access to the digital edition of The New York Times.
NoveList Plus
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NoveList Plus is a database of both fiction and nonfiction titles that can help people of all ages find books that are just right for their reading level and interests.
Pronunciator
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Pronunciator is an online language learning platform with 75 languages. The world’s largest language-learning service.
ProQuest SIRS Discoverer
(Remote user login: 14-digit library card number)
A general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content and features for use by students and educators. (Grades 3-9)
ProQuest American Drama 1714-1915
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American dramatic writing in all its richness and diversity – over 1,500 dramatic works from the early eighteenth century up to the beginning of the twentieth.
ProQuest Coronavirus Research Database
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A free health and medical research database for openly available content related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
ProQuest CultureGrams
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Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces around the world. (Grades 3-12).
ProQuest eLibrary
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A massive collection of multidisciplinary periodical and digital media content, designed for beginning and intermediate researchers. Editorially created pages provide valuable context for both common and unusual research topics.
ProQuest English Drama
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A unique collection of more than 3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama in English from the medieval mystery cycles to the comedies of Oscar Wilde.
ProQuest Literature Online
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Literature Online is the leading online resource for the study and teaching of literature in English, combining the texts of over 355,000 literary works with a vast library of key criticism and reference resources.
ProQuest Publicly Available Content
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Designed to complement other databases and collections, this database brings together or links to full text for publicly available content from a number of different sources from around the world.
ProQuest Research Companion
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A self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction.(Grades 8+).
ProQuest Schools and Educators Complete
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eBook subscription database of over 13,000 titles that supports English Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, Health, Physical Education, Information Literacy and Technology. (Grades 9+, possibly some content for Middle School, also includes professional development content for faculty)
ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher
(Remote user login: 14-digit library card number)
Pros and cons on 360+ (and growing) complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. (Grades 6+).
ProQuest Twentieth-Century Drama
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Bringing together an unparalleled collection of the most important works from the last century from the English-speaking world, Twentieth-Century Drama features plays from over 300 noted playwrights and lesser known dramatists.
Search all ProQuest Databases
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Search all of the ProQuest databases that the library subscribes to.
Redlands Daily Facts
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Redlands Daily Facts
Date Range: (9/16/2002 – Current)
A digitized version of the local newspaper Redlands Daily Facts.
Rosen Teen Health & Wellness
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Developed as a resource for teens to find comfort and knowledge regarding their unique personal concerns, Rosen Teen Health & Wellness draws on Rosen’s award-winning series, including Coping, Need to Know and others.
TeachingBooks
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Free resource for all teachers & librarians in California.
Looking for an author, or book, check it out.
UN Chronicle
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The UN Chronicle, a quarterly journal published by the Department of Public Information since 1946, covers information and debate on activities of the United Nations system. It features essays and opinions from official, non-governmental, academic, and policymaking groups connected with the Organization.
Work Force Development
Brainfuse VetNow
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Brainfuse VetNow carefully scrutinizes resources and rigorously screens our navigators to ensure veterans get the help they need, when they need it. Our Brainfuse VetNow navigators help veterans and their families understand and apply for the benefits they are eligible for from local, state, or federal programs. From housing and health care to education, mental health, and more, Brainfuse VetNow navigators are ready to help.
Coursera
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Coursera is the global online learning platform that offers anyone, anywhere access to online courses and degrees from world-class universities and companies. Coursera partners with more than 200 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, job-relevant online learning to individuals worldwide.
Returning users, please use this link
Intelligent
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This list features some of the best online schools in California. Each school featured is a nonprofit, accredited institution — either public or private — with a high standard of academic quality for post-secondary institutions.
JobScout
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JobScout is an online learning platform that will teach you the basic Internet skills you need to find a job.
LearningExpress
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LearningExpress Library features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help patrons of all ages. Improve the skills required for academic and career success.
LinkedIn Learning
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LinkedIn Learning for Library provides public library patrons with unlimited access to great content from Lynda.com plus courses offered in the following languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese—onsite or offsite.
NorthStar
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NorthStar offers online, self-guided assessments to measure basic computer and software skills. Once test takers pass the assessments, they are qualified to pursue more advanced training, certifications, or career pathways elsewhere. The lessons give learners multiple opportunities to build digital literacy skills through practice tasks. Each lesson plan includes a detailed teacher prep guide.
Resume.org
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Resume.org offers a free, user-friendly platform for creating professional resumes with customizable templates. The site supports multiple file formats, including PDF, DOCX, and TXT, ensuring compatibility with various job application processes. With a focus on accessibility, Resume.org aims to help users increase their job application success rates with tailored resumes and continuous expert guidance.
Resume Builder
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Resume Builder simplifies the creation of professional resumes with customizable templates and intuitive design. Users can easily highlight their skills and experience while receiving guidance to craft standout resumes tailored to their career objectives.
Resume Templates
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ResumeTemplates.com – A career development and resume design hub that offers the internet’s largest database of free resume templates in MS Word and Google Docs formats.