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Academic  |  Archives  |  Articles  |  Automobiles  |  Biography  |  Books / Literature
Business / Investment  |  Career / Employment  |  Children's Resources  |  Citizenship Resources  |  Computers / Technology  |  Consumer  |  Digital Books & Mags  |  eBooks / eAudiobooks  |  Education / Lifelong Learning  |  Encyclopedias |  Genealogy  |  General  |  Health / Medicine  |  History  |  Language Learning  |  Library Mobile Services  |  Local Links  |  Magazines / Newspapers  |  Mobile Apps / Services  |  Movies  |  Museum Passes  |  Music  |  Performing Arts   | Pro / Con  |  Science  |  Small Business Resources  |  Social Science  |  Spanish / Español  |  Streaming Video  |  Test Preparation  |  Tutoring  |  Veterans Resources  |  YouTube - LPL

Academic

  • Gale Academic OneFile  Full-text, peer-reviewed articles covering physical sciences, engineering, technology, medicine, social sciences, business, the arts, theology, literature and more.

  • Archives Unbound  Presents a broad range of topically-focused historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, students and archivists at the college and university level.

  • Gale In Context: High School  Cross-curricular reference content aligned with Common Core standards. Usefully presented multimedia material. Great support for papers, projects, and presentations.

  • Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints  Information on today’s significant social issues, from climate change to immigration. It includes 14,000+ pro/con viewpoint essays and 5,000+ topic overviews.

  • Peterson's Test Prep  Educational tools with online practice tests for the GRE, GMAT, SAT, ACT Assessment, ASVAB, TOEFL and more. Detailed info about colleges and scholarships.

  • ProQuest Homework Central  Research resources for students of varying ages. Includes:

    • CultureGrams - Info about world countries, the United States and Canadian provinces.
    • eLibrary - Multimedia content for beginning and intermediate researchers.
    • ProQuest - Full text, abstract, and index searching across platforms including Research Library and Historical Newspapers.
    • ProQuest Research Companion - Learning modules to aid in finding, evaluating and using information.
    • SIRS Discoverer - Curated collection of subjects and topics aimed at enabling younger students complete research assignments.
    • SIRS Issues Researcher - ProCon database for students and educators.

  • tutor.com  Free online tutoring with your library card and computer or mobile device with Internet access. Available from 10am to midnight each day and no limit to tutoring in all subjects. K-12 homework help in math, science, English, social studies and AP test support; career tutors for adult work skills, résumé-building, job interview help, GED testing; business and language tutors, Princeton Review expert SAT/ACT test prep.

Archives

  • Archives Unbound  Presents a broad range of topically-focused historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, students and archivists at the college and university level.

Articles

  • Gale General OneFile  News, magazines, and journal articles on many topics: art, business, current events, economics, education, the environment, health care, hobbies, law, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, etc. Includes full-text articles, many with images.

  • Gale OneFile: News  A full-text newspaper resource with access to 2,300+ major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as world newspapers. Search articles by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Includes images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

  • New York Times     Available through PressReader or follow the instructions below.
    Click here for a code which allows unlimited 72 hour access to The New York Times online. Get started by redeeming the code, then activate access by logging in or registering for a free account. Click "Register Now" to sign up and create an account with a valid personal email address, or, if you already have a NYT account, log in. Return here any time to renew your free access.  

  • PressReader  Magazines and newspapers covering art, business, design, lifestyle, news, science, sports, technology, travel and more. U.S. and international editions and publications in full-color and in over 60 languages, with the ability to translate English language magazines into over 15 different languages. Registering as a user with the site is optional and allows for personalized saved settings. See PressReader's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before registering. Works best on desktop or laptop browsers and with the PressReader app on tablets and smartphones (available for free through the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft app store).

Automobiles

  • Chilton Library  Step-by-step auto repair instructions, photos, illustrations, wiring diagrams, diagnostic trouble codes, recall information, and maintenance and specification tables. Covers domestic and import vehicles up to current model year. (Guided Tutorial)

  • Driving Permit Practice Tests  Take FREE permit practice tests for cars or motorcycles and get answers about obtaining a California Driver's License.

  • Edmunds  New and used car resources and advice.

  • Fuel Economy  The official U.S. government source for fuel economy information.

  • Kelley Blue Book®  Helps you research, price and shop for a car.

  • National Automobile Dealers Association  Find pricing, information and tools for new and used cars, classic cars, motorcycles/powersports, boats, recreation vehicles (RVs) and manufactured homes.

  • PressReader  Automotive magazines with U.S. and international editions and publications in full-color and in over 15 languages, with the ability to translate English language magazines other languages. Registering as a user with the site is optional and allows for personalized saved settings. See PressReader's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before registering. Works best on desktop or laptop browsers and with the PressReader app on tablets and smartphones (available for free through the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft app store).

  • Safer Car  Public auto information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Includes crash ratings, recalls, and tire safety.

Biography

  • Biography In Context Come face-to-face with 700,000+ biographies of notable people, past and present, via video, audio clips and images. Learn about their challenges, motivations, successes, and failures with reliable, up-to-date content.

Books / Literature

  • Book Club Picks Find the club that's right for you. Each month, learn the selected titles sure to generate interesting discussions.

  • Book Lists

  • Braille and Talking Book Library Eligible readers may borrow for free braille titles, audiobooks, magazines, movies, newspapers and more! Books (and the equipment needed to use the library's audiobooks) are mailed postage-free to and from library patrons.

  • eBooks / eAudiobooks

  • Link+ Catalog

  • NextReads Subscribe to a NextReads newsletter to receive monthly emails on our latest books, audiobooks, DVDs and more, according to your interests.

  • NoveList Plus

Business / Investment

  • AtoZdatabases  A to Z Databases helps you search jobs, businesses, mailing lists, or people, including background checks. How To Videos

  • Business Entrepreneurship (Gale)  Discover the ins and outs of starting and operating a business, from management to marketing to finances. Contains sample business plans created by real-life entrepreneurs, award-winning eBooks, plus content from 300+ business journals and magazines.

  • City of Livermore Office of Innovation and Economic Development  Resources for starting your business, growing your business and more.

  • Morningstar Investment Research Center 
    Offers investing information, portfolio building tools and retirement ideas. Read commentary from industry experts, view stock charts and informative videos with analyst insights. The Library subscription allows five users at a time. Offers investing information, portfolio building tools and retirement ideas. Read commentary from industry experts, view stock charts and informative videos with analyst insights.
    One user at a time. When finished please end your session by clicking on the account icon in the top right and the "Sign Out" button to allow the next user access.

  • O'Reilly  Access thousands of expert tech and business books, videos, and learning resources. Improve your business skills with online courses, software and programming books.

  • Small Business Resources  Find info how to start a business from financing, to licensing and permits, to employment and labor laws, to taxes, to local resources.

  • Start Your Own Business (Online Courses)  Free unlimited Gale Courses enrollment with your library card.

  • tutor.com  Free online tutoring with your library card and computer or mobile device with Internet access. Available from 10am to midnight each day and no limit to tutoring in all subjects. Business and language tutors, career tutors for adult work skills, résumé-building, job interview help. Build skills in accounting, finance and economics.

  • Value Line  Timely investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles. 

Career / Employment

  • AtoZdatabases  A to Z Databases helps you search jobs, businesses, mailing lists, or people, including background checks.
    How To Videos

  • Career Online High School   Earn an accredited high school diploma and career certificate. Career Online Highschool is a project supported in part with funding from the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

  • Employment Resources  Helpful links on career exploration, job sources, and interview help.

  • Job Hunting (Online Courses)  Free unlimited Gale Courses enrollment with your library card.

  • Local Youth Training and Engagement Programs  Career exploration, training opportunities, and skill development resources for students.

  • Peterson's Test Prep  Explore careers whether you're preparing to enter the workforce for the first time, considering a career change, or just looking to brush up on your skills. Create or update a resume or use the career advice tutorials to learn about everything from job searching and interviewing to negotiating salaries.

  • Resume Writing Workshop  Free unlimited Gale Courses enrollment with your library card.

  • tutor.com  Free online tutoring with your library card and computer or mobile device with Internet access. Available from 10am to midnight each day and no limit to tutoring in all subjects. Career tutors for adult work skills, résumé-building, job interview help, GED testing; business and language tutors.

Citizenship Resources

  • Citizenship Resources on our website and at the Civic Center and Rincon libraries are stocked with helpful information about how to obtain United States citizenship or apply for naturalization. A selection of books, test preparation materials, flashcards, and info are available to help individuals on the pathway to citizenship or to learn more about the naturalization process. These items may be checked out with a Livermore Public Library card.

  • ProCitizen  Preparation tools to become a U.S. Citizen.

  • USA Learns  A course to help with the information and language needed to become a U.S. citizen. Learn about the steps to in obtaining citizenship, get practice with reading, writing, and interviewing.

Computers / Technology

Consumer

eBooks / eAudiobooks

Education / Lifelong Learning

  • Career Online High School   Earn an accredited high school diploma and career certificate. Career Online Highschool is a project supported in part with funding from the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

  • Gale Courses  Choose from a wide range of free and unlimited interactive courses. 

  • Local Youth Training and Engagement Programs  Career exploration, training opportunities, and skill development resources for students.

  • Peterson's Test Prep  Educational and career tools with online practice tests for the U.S. Citizenship, GRE, GMAT, SAT, ACT Assessment, ASVAB, TOEFL and more. Find detailed info about licensing exams, colleges and scholarships, complete with test prep ebooks.

  • tutor.com  Free online tutoring with your library card and computer or mobile device with Internet access. Available from 10am to midnight each day and no limit to tutoring in all subjects. K-12 homework help in math, science, English, social studies and AP test support; career tutors for adult work skills, résumé-building, job interview help, GED testing; business and language tutors, Princeton Review expert SAT/ACT test prep.

Encyclopedias

  • Encyclopedia Britannica School  Find informational articles on a wide range of subjects. Includes an automated translation tool for over 50 languages, as well as quick dictionary definitions and audio pronunciation – helpful for English language learners.

Genealogy

General

  • Archives Unbound  Presents a broad range of topically-focused historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, students and archivists at the college and university level.

  • Gale General OneFile  News, magazines, and journal articles on many topics: art, business, current events, economics, education, the environment, health care, hobbies, law, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, etc. Includes full-text articles, many with images.

  • Gale In Context: High School  Cross-curricular reference content aligned with Common Core state standards. Usefully presents multimedia material. Provides great support for papers, projects, and presentations.

  • Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints  Information on today’s significant social issues, from climate change to immigration. It includes 14,000+ pro/con viewpoint essays and 5,000+ topic overviews.

  • Gale OneFile: News  A full-text newspaper resource with access to 2,300+ major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as world newspapers. Search articles by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Includes images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

Health / Medicine

  • Academic OneFile (Gale)  Full-text, peer-reviewed JSTOR and Elsevier articles for research covering medicine, with links to medical videos.

  • Covered California  Find health coverage that's right for you. Get brand-name health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. You may qualify for a federal premium discount on private insurance, or get health insurance through the state’s Medi-Cal program.

  • Health and Wellness Online Courses

  • Merck Manuals  Access to reliable, unbiased medical information.

  • Other Health Websites  A list of top general health websites compiled by the Medical Library Association.

History

Language Learning

Library Mobile Services

  • Account Text Notifications by Shoutbomb  Sign up to receive notices about your library account holds, items that will be due soon, and overdue items. Renew your items by text.

  • Library Mobile App by Solus  Access our resources anytime, anywhere! Search the catalog, see your account, ask a question, find events and even check out library materials yourself.

Magazines / Newspapers

  • PressReader  Digital magazines and newspapers covering art, business, design, lifestyle, news, science, sports, technology, travel and more. U.S. and international editions, publications in full-color and in over 60 languages, with the ability to translate English language magazines into over 15 different languages. Registering as a user with the site is optional and allows for personalized saved settings. See PressReader's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before registering. Works best on desktop or laptop browsers and with the free PressReader app on tablets and smartphones.

  • Gale General OneFile  News, magazines, and journal articles on many topics: art, business, current events, economics, education, the environment, health care, hobbies, law, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, etc. Includes full-text articles, many with images.

  • Gale News (OneFile)  A full-text newspaper resource with access to 2,300+ major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as world newspapers. Search articles by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Includes images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

  • California Digital Newspaper Collection  Includes newspapers published 1846 to present. Maintained by the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.

  • New York Times   Available through PressReader or follow the instructions below.
    Click here for a code which allows unlimited 72 hour access to The New York Times online. Get started by redeeming the code, then activate access by logging in or registering for a free account. Click "Register Now" to sign up and create an account with a valid personal email address, or, if you already have a NYT account, log in. Return here any time to renew your free access. 

Movies

  • Kanopy  Free video streaming platform featuring movies, films and documentaries.

  • Alexander Street  Watch streaming videos of riveting performances by the U.K.’s National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company and create custom playlists of world music from the Smithsonian Global Sound Collection. The Alexander Street Performing Arts Collection gives you access to a rich collection of music, dance, theatre, film, and more. 

Museum Passes

  • Discover & Go  Free and discounted passes to local museums, cultural venues, parks and centers focused on art, film, history, nature, science or wildlife.  FAQs

Music

Performing Arts

  • Alexander Street  80+ collections—of pages, audio tracks, videos, images, and playlists—concentrating on literature; music; women's history; black history; psychological counseling and therapy; social and cultural history; drama, medical, theatre, film, and the performing arts; religion; sociology; and other emerging areas.

Pro/Con

  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context  Information on today’s significant social issues, from climate change to immigration. It includes 14,000+ pro/con viewpoint essays and 5,000+ topic overviews.

Science

  • Gale Academic OneFile  Full-text, peer-reviewed articles covering physical sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, technology, and medicine.

  • Gale in Context: Environmental Studies   Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.

  • Gale Interactive: Science  With 200+ interactive sessions and self-quiz options in biology, chemistry, and earth/space science, this Gale visual tool offers students the ability to explore and manipulate 3D science models to perform virtual labwork on.

  • Journals of the American Physical Society (Available on Library computers only)

  •  NatGeo Kids   Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6 to 14.

  • Science and Nature  Find out what's new in the world of science and nature with this monthly newsletter.

  • tutor.com  Free online tutoring with your library card and computer or mobile device with Internet access. Available from 10am to midnight each day and no limit to tutoring in all subjects. K-12 homework help in science, AP test support, Princeton Review expert test prep. Get help with anatomy/physiology, biology, chemistry, earth science, elementary science, and physics.

Small Business Resources

  • Gale Business Entrepreneurship  Discover the ins and outs of starting and operating a business, from management, to marketing to finances. Contains sample business plans created by real-life entrepreneurs, award-winning eBooks, plus content from 300+ business journals and magazines.

  • Small Business Resources  Find info how to start a business from financing, to licensing and permits, to employment and labor laws, to taxes, to local resources.

  • Start Your Own Business (Online Courses)  Free unlimited Gale Courses enrollment with your library card.

Social Science

  • Academic OneFile  Full-text, peer-reviewed articles covering social sciences, including political science, economics, criminal justice, and psychology.

  • Gale in Context: Environmental Studies   Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.

  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context  Information on today’s significant social issues, from climate change to immigration. It includes 14,000+ pro/con viewpoint essays and 5,000+ topic overviews.

  • tutor.com  Free online tutoring with your library card and computer or mobile device with Internet access. Available from 10am to midnight each day and no limit to tutoring in all subjects. K-12 homework help in math, science, English, social studies and AP test support; career tutors for adult work skills, résumé-building, job interview help, GED testing; business and language tutors, Princeton Review expert SAT/ACT test prep.

Spanish / Español

Streaming Video

  • Alexander Street  Watch streaming videos of riveting performances by the U.K.’s National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company and create custom playlists of world music from the Smithsonian Global Sound Collection. The Alexander Street Performing Arts Collection gives you access to a rich collection of music, dance, theatre, film, and more. 

  • Kanopy  Free video streaming platform featuring movies, films and documentaries.

Test Preparation

  • Gale Courses  Free unlimited online classes in a wide range of topics.

  • Peterson's Test Prep  Educational and career tools with online practice tests for the U.S. Citizenship, GRE, GMAT, SAT, ACT Assessment, ASVAB, TOEFL and more. Find detailed info about licensing exams, colleges and scholarships, complete with test prep ebooks.

  • tutor.com  Free online tutoring with your library card and computer or mobile device with Internet access. Available from 10am to midnight each day and no limit to tutoring in all subjects. K-12 homework help in math, science, English, social studies and AP test support; career tutors for adult work skills, résumé-building, job interview help, GED testing; business and language tutors, Princeton Review expert SAT/ACT test prep.

  • Driving Permit Practice Tests  Take FREE permit practice tests for cars or motorcycles and get answers about obtaining a California Driver's License.

Tutoring

  • tutor.com  Free online tutoring with your library card and computer or mobile device with Internet access. Available from 10am to midnight each day and no limit to tutoring in all subjects. K-12 homework help in math, science, English, social studies and AP test support; career tutors for adult work skills, résumé-building, job interview help, GED testing; business and language tutors, Princeton Review expert SAT/ACT test prep.

Veterans Resources

  • Resources for Veterans  Find info, geared towards United States Veterans, on education, employment, government resources, hotlines and housing.