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Library Catalog
Online catalog of the San Joaquin Valley Library System
The Tulare County Library is a member of the San Joaquin Valley Library System (SJVLS). Search ValleyCat for items in the Tulare County Library's collection, and the collections of other SJVLS member libraries. Request books from other libraries, check your library account, and more.

EBooks
SJVLS has a collection of electronic books available to review online and download to your computer. The collection focuses on non-fiction books in areas such as business, computing, health, and travel -- instructions (Word) -- online tutorial.
Live Homework Help
Online tutors providing students with homework assistance.
This program connects students to a real live tutor. Help is available for 4th – 12th grade and college introduction level students 7 days a week from 1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Access Newspaper Archive
Search and read historical newspapers online.
Contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. Use the archive to view, save and print full-page newspapers from around the world.
Business Decision
Cross-sell and up-sell existing customers, identify new store locations, evaluate competitors, and focus marketing efforts including direct mail and targeted media buys, among others.
A subscription database, reporting, and mapping service that combines extensive consumer household, market segmentation, and demographic data with GIS mapping technology.
ChiltonLibrary
Automotive repair information.
Provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, 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.

Gale Databases
A collection of databases including:
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
- Health and Wellness Resource Center
- What Do I Read Next?
- Business and Company Resource Center
- Kid Info Bits
- InfoTrac Small Business Collection

InfoTrac General OneFile
Search magazines and other content.
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Learning Express
Test books online!
Learning Express Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

LitFinder
Find an essay, poem, short story, or speech.
Besides providing numerous texts online, or guiding to a print source that contains an item, Litfinder also offers short commentaries on selected authors and works.

Morningstar Mutual Funds Online (For staff use only. Contact the Reference Department for the password.)
A Mutual funds database.
Morningstar Mutual Funds Online provides fast and easy access to Morningstar Mutual Funds in a PDF format. Download the latest issue under Most Recent Issue, select an entire group of funds to review under Download Reports by Category, or find a specific fund under Search.

Newsbank
Search the Visalia Times-Delta, plus other California and US newspapers.
NewsBank provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 600 U.S. newspapers - all in one easy-to-search database. Search and find articles in the Visalia Times-Delta, Fresno Bee, and 90+ other California newspapers, and more from the rest of the US.

Nolo Legal Guides
A collection of online law and business books.

OCLC First Search
A collection of reference databases.
Online access to dozens of databases and more than 10 million full-text and full-image articles.

Available periodical titles in FirstSearch
Reference USA
Search a directory of businesses and people.
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.)
Online investment information.
Timely information on stocks, mutual funds, special situations, options and convertibles.
WorldCat
Find books and other materials in libraries in California and the rest of the US.
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 not only books, but CDs, movies, magazines and newspapers, maps, and any other type of material that 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.