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eBooks & Audiobooks
Download and enjoy digital books on your computer, Smartphone, iPod, or eBook reader anytime, anywhere.

OneClick Digital Recorded Books
An easy-to-use website and platform for downloading iPod and MP3 compatible audiobooks.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Instantly access thousands of reference e-books on virtually any subject.

BookFlix
Bookflix lets you watch animated storybooks, read books online, play educational games and more. Designed for preschool to 3rd grade children, this interactive, online tool has 190 animated, talking picture books with more than 50 books in Spanish. Using pairs of fiction and nonfiction books, BookFlix is perfect for early readers, reluctant readers and English Language Learners at home, in the classroom or in the library..

EbscoHOST
A collection of databases containing full text magazines, newspapers and reference tools on a variety of topics.

Auto Repair Reference Center
Automobile repair information for more than 33,800 domestic and imported vehicles from 1945 to present.

Biography Resource Center
A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 340,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 440,000 biographies from over 1,000 volumes of more than 135 respected Gale sources and full-text articles from more than 325 magazines and newspapers.

Biography Reference Center
A comprehensive collection of more than 460,000 full-text biographies, as well as thousands of narrative biographies.

Consumer Health Complete
A collection of full-text articles from more than 200 health reference books and encyclopedias, as well as images, videos, and diagrams covering areas of health and wellness from mainstream, holistic, and integrated medicine.

Legal Information Reference Center
Provides online full-text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, contains more than 310 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. Many of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.

Multilingual Health Databases
A collection of reports, in multiple languages, for the most common health topics.
SELECT A LANGUAGE Arabic Chinese (simplified) Chinese (traditional) Farsi French (Canadian) German Hindi Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Tagalog Vietnamese  

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center
A collection of full-text resources from magazines, books, videos, and hobby reports, about many popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities.

NoveList K-8 Plus
A resource for kids (and the adults who work with them), containing information on book titles designed to support kids’ pleasure reading as well as school curriculum.

NoveList Plus
A resource containing information on over 260,000 fiction and non-fiction titles, plus lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more.

Points of View
A full-text database providing students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue

Referencia Latina
A comprehensive Spanish-language database, offering content from a variety of sources including 49,000 encyclopedia entries; 50,000 images; 2,500 health reports; a Spanish-English dictionary and full text for over 100 reference books and dozens of general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas.

Small Business Reference Center
Provides up to date information on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business. The database contains nearly 400 full-text periodicals and 450 full-text reference books.

Live Homework Help
This program provides homework assistance by connecting students to online tutors. Help is available for K – 12th grade and college-introduction level students 7 days a week from 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm.

Career Cruising
Provides assessments tools, career profiles, financial aid information and resume guides for students exploring college options, or a potential career path or experienced workers considering a career change or continuing education.

Job Search Resources
A listing of job search web sites, local staffing agencies, and other local job search assistance information.

ChiltonLibrary
Provides automotive repair information, including exclusive photographs, diagnostics, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site.

Visalia Times-Delta (Proquest)
Find and print full-text articles from the Visalia Times-Delta.

Reference USA
The ReferenceUSA database contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.

Value Line (For staff use only. Contact the Reference Department for the password.)
Provides timely information on stocks, mutual funds, special situations, options and convertibles.

WorldCat
This library catalog contains the holdings of nearly all the libraries in the United States, and many outside the US. You can use it to find books, CDs, movies, magazines, newspapers, maps, and any other type of material a library might have. Its great for locating rare items. Many of the books you find can be borrowed by the Tulare County Library for your use through interlibrary loan.