Santa Clara Public Library
Home library MenuA-Z Listing of Databases
Use the links below to search a number of library resources. A current Santa Clara City Library card is required to access some of these resources from home or office (see Getting a Card).
For a list of our databases by subject, please click here.
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American Ancestors
American Physical Society (APS) Journals (Available at SCCL locations ONLY)
Using this resource you can read full-text articles from all APS journals, from the most recent articles back to the first issue in 1893, a collection including over 400,000 scientific research papers. APS provides this access at no cost to participating public libraries, as a contribution to public engagement with the ongoing development of scientific understanding.
Ancestry Library Edition (In-library access only)
Ancestry Library Edition includes the following databases the U.S. Census Collection; Census Collections for the U.K., Australia, Canada and Germany, Birth, Marriage and Death Records; the Immigration & Travel Collection; the Military Collection; Family and Local History Records; Court, Land and Probate Records; and Trees and Message Boards. *Access to Ancestry Library Edition has been temporarily expanded to library cardholders working remotely, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry.
Biography Reference Center - Ebsco
Biography Reference Center™ offers a collection of more than 461,000 full-text biographies. In addition to keyword searching, users can also locate biographies of interest by browsing more than 30 genre categories, including actors, authors, composers, explorers, figures relevant to U.S. & world history, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, current world leaders and others.
Brainfuse/HelpNow
Brainfuse offers online homework help, writing lab assistance, test prep, video lessons, and study tools.
Book Connections (Grades Pre-K-12)
Children's and young adult books brought to life with movies with authors, audiobook performances, activities and lessons.
BookFlix
Scholastic BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration. BookFlix is for children in pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel
Britannica Escolar
Escolar is a knowledge-building resource that is universally trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish.
Britannica School
Britannica School is a site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases—Elementary, Middle, or High.
Business Source Complete - Ebsco
This is a good resource for researching companies, industries, and business topics. The database contains full-text articles from over 1,800 general business magazines and trade journals and more than 2,400 peer-reviewed journals. The database also includes market research reports, industry reports, company profiles, and additional material.
Consumer Reports Magazine - Ebsco
Consumer Reports magazine contains expert, unbiased ratings and recommendations to help you find the best products and services for your budget.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
CultureGrams (Grades 3-12) - ProQuest
Concise cultural information on countries around the world.
Ebook Central - Schools & Educators Complete - ProQuest
eBook 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, it also includes professional development content for faculty)
eLibrary (Grades 6 and older) - ProQuest
General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. Two unique interfaces are available.
Explora for Elementary School Students (Grades K-5) - Ebsco
Find what you need for your school assignments. Search by keyword or by topic to find magazines, reference books, photos, videos, images, flags, and Common Core content.
Video tutorial is available for all grades on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
Explora for Middle School Students (Grades 6-8) - Ebsco
Search full text for dozens of popular middle school magazines as well as thousands of biographies and historical essays.
Explora for High School Students (Grades 9-12) - Ebsco
Designed specifically for high school students, search full text for hundreds of popular high school magazines covering a wide-range of subject areas including history, science, careers, and more.
Explora for Public Libraries - Ebsco
Get information on all topics by searching popular magazines (Consumer Reports, Time, People and Money), newspapers, biographies, primary source documents, over 1 million images, AP videos, and references books.
Findmypast (In-library access only)
Findmypast contains over 2 billion historical records from around the world, including the largest online collection of Irish records and UK parish records, a comprehensive archive of British military records, U.S. censuses from as far back as 1790, and U.S. military records from the Revolutionary War up to World War II. The Findmypast for libraries subscription does not include access to the newspaper collections.
Flipster - Ebsco
View full digital copies of your favorite magazines. Read magazines online using the web browser of your computer or mobile device. To view magazines offline use the Flipster app for iOS devices, Android devices or Kindle Fire tablets.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
Learn the basics on how to use Flipster.
Heritage Quest Online
Heritage Quest Online contains the following databases 1790-1930 Federal Census Collection, over 28,000 digitized Genealogy & Local History Books, PERSI Index, Revolutionary War Pension Records & Bounty Land Warrants, Freedman’s Bank, and the U.S. Serial Set.
Hoopla
eBooks, eAudiobooks, comicbooks, streaming movies, music,and more. Always available on your computer or mobile devices.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
Legal Information Reference Center - Ebsco
Search full-text legal self-help reference books and print free legal forms. Many of the books and forms are from Nolo Press. Topics covered include business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate and rights & disputes.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
Library Services for People with Print Disabilities
California’s Library Services for People with Print Disabilities, in association with the Library of Congress, provides free Braille and audio books, magazines and playback equipment to all eligible Californians unable to read standard print. Follow the link to find your local braille and talking book library and sign up for free library service.
LinkedIn Learning (Formerly Lynda.com)
LinkedIn Learning's online courses are taught by expert instructors and cover the latest software, creative, and business topics. New courses are added each week to help users learn the most relevant professional skills. Get access to over 16,000 courses in 7 different languages–English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Patrons can watch courses on a web browser or take them on the go with LinkedIn Learning's mobile app (available for iOS and Android). For mobile app: Sign in with your library card link. Enter the Library ID: sclib Enter your Santa Clara City Library barcode number and PIN. Mobile app instructions.
**If you were a previous Lynda.com user, your history has been automatically migrated over to your new LinkedIn Learning for Library account. For more information, view the Patron FAQ
Link+
A website available via the Internet
LINK+ is a cooperative project among participating public and academic libraries, which provides a single, searchable catalog for books. Using LINK+, Santa Clara City Library users may borrow books from one of the more than 30 participating LINK+ libraries when they are not available at Santa Clara City Library.
Literary Reference Center Plus - Ebsco
This full-text database provides relevant information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes - to give students, professors, and researchers a complete foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs.
Learn to speak a language via the Web. You can learn English as a Second Language, French, Japanese, Spanish, Urdu, and many more languages with Mango Languages.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
MasterFILE Premier - Ebsco
This is a good place to look for general interest magazine articles. Within MasterFILE Premier you will find full-text articles from nearly 1,700 magazines including Consumer Reports, Foreign Affairs, Saturday Evening Post, and more.
MedlinePlus
A website available via the Internet
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
This resource includes approximately 2,100 mutual fund reports, 1,900 stock analyst reports, and 150 exchange-traded fund (ETF) reports. The Help & Education section offers courses on investing and training in the use of the Morningstar Investment Research Center. There is a limit of three simultaneous users.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
New York Times Online - In Library Access for New York Times Online | Home Access For New York Times Online
Read articles from the New York Times Online website. From within the library, you have unlimited access. From home or beyond the library you can redeem a code for 72 hours of access.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel
Instructions for using the New York Times Online.
Northern California Digital Library - OverDrive/Libby
eBooks and audiobooks are downloadable to your own personal computer and many mobile devices with a current SCCL card
Download the Libby app to access NCDL's collection of ebooks and audiobooks on your tablet or mobile devices. Many of these titles are Kindle compatible.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel
You can visit Libby's help page if you have any troubles.
NoveList Plus- Ebsco
Use NoveList to find your next read! NoveList provides recommendations for fiction and non-fiction titles for ALL ages.
NoveList K-8 Plus: Your Guide to Reading - Ebsco
Use NoveList to find a good book to read. This resource contains recommended fiction and non-fiction books for children and young adults.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
O’Reilly for Public Libraries (Formerly Safari Books Online)
Unlimited access to 50K+ titles, 30K+ hours of video, case studies from top companies, learning paths, expert playlists, and more—with nearly 1,000 topics to explore in technology and business.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library's YouTube channel.
PebbleGo - Capstone
Access thousands of nonfiction articles and lots of eBooks, all science related and in English and Spanish!
RBdigital Magazines (Now available through Libby/Northern California Digital Library)
Access full digital copies of popular magazines. Read online or download to your device. OverDrive Magazines contains over 3,000 magazines including magazines in Chinese, Spanish, Russian and several other world languages.
Research Companion (Grades 8 and older) - ProQuest
Information literacy tools and tutorials to help develop critical thinking.
Safari Books Online
You can access the titles by visiting “O'Reilly for Public Libraries” in this list.
Salud en Español - Ebsco
Este recurso provee reportes de especificos temas cubriendo todos los aspectos de salud y bienestar sobre enfermedades, condiciones medicas, procedimientos y varios tratamientos. Salud en Español es el recurso inmediato para tener reportes basados en evidencias y paginas completas de hechos que estaran en Español.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
San Jose Mercury and Evening News Historical Archives, 1884–1922
Newsbank provides access to fully digitized San Jose newspapers from 1884-1922. This is a great tool for researching Santa Clara county local history.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
San Jose Mercury News, (1985 - current)
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the San Jose Mercury News. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
Santa Clara City Library Online Catalog
A website available via the Internet
Search the catalog by author, title, subject, keyword, or call number; the catalog indexes books, audio-visual materials, compact discs, and CD-ROMs owned by Santa Clara City Library. sec
SIRS Discoverer (Grades 3-9) - ProQuest
Selected content for novice researchers, especially elementary and middle school students and educators.
SIRS Issues Researcher (Grades 6 and older) - ProQuest
Curriculum-aligned database of content organized by complex issues, ideally for middle and high school students and educators.
Small Business Reference Center - Ebsco
This database offers a variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subjects, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on creating business plans that lead to successful funding. Also included are many full-text Nolo Press books covering areas of interest to small businesses.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
Tuition Funding Sources
Tuition Funding Sources (TFS) is a database of college scholarships. Use it to find scholarships and financial aid to help pay for your college education. To search the database you will need to register. To register click on the Tuition Funding Sources link above. Then click on the “login” button on the TFS home page.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
Value Line Research Center
The Research Center provides online access to Value Line's publications covering: stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities.
Video tutorial is available on Santa Clara City Library YouTube channel.
WorldCat: The World’s Largest Library Catalog
A website available via the Internet
Search library catalogs throughout the United States and the world.
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