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  • CEB OnLAW

    The largest source of web-based California legal commentary and analysis

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  • Census 2000 Data Book LA County

    Statistics on demographics, social, economic and housing characteristics compiled by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC).

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  • ChiltonLibrary.com

    Standard auto repair manuals online with photographs, diagnostics, step-by-step repair procedures, maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins for automobiles and light trucks

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  • City and Street Directories (digitized)

    This selection of Los Angeles-Area City and Street-Address Directories spans from 1875-1987 and can be searched by name or address. Part of the Library's "Visual Collections," the directories have been digitized and can be viewed online.

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    ConsumerReports.org

    Get access to ConsumerReports.org with your library card and read expert reviews on thousands of products from lawnmowers to laundry detergents.

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  • Contemporary Fashion

    Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Covers over 450 designers, milliners, footwear designers, and fashion houses that have been active throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

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  • County Business Patterns

    Annual series from U.S. Census Bureau provides national economic data by industry and county, uses SIC and NAICS classification systems.

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  • CultureGrams

    Brief country reports with concise information on the history, people, customs, lifestyle, society, travel information and more for over 175 countries.

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  • Daily Life Through History

    Browse daily life in the ancient world, medieval world, 15th and 16 centuries, 17th and 18th centuries, 19th century, and modern world and find out what it was like.

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    Data Axle Reference Solutions (formerly known as ReferenceUSA)

    U.S. directory with regularly updated listings and profiles for over 60 million current and new businesses, over two million job listings, 320 million people, and two million new movers. 

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  • DWP Photo Collection

    The majority of these photographs reflect the early history of the Department of Water and Power, such as the establishment of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the work of William Mulholland.

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  • Economic Census

    Profiles the U.S. economy every 5 years, from the national to the local level, providing business statistics, data by SIC and NAICS.

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  • El Pueblo Photo Collection

    Hosted for El Pueblo Monument, this collection documents the history of Olvera Street and its traditional cultural events from 1930 to the present.

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  • Encyclopedia Judaica

    Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Updated edition of Judaism that features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists, 22 volumes.

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  • Encyclopedia of American Religions

    Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. General essays that historically trace the major religious families and traditions of more than 2,500 North American religious groups in the U.S. and Canada, from Adventists to Zen Buddhists.

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  • Encyclopedia of Drugs - Alcohol and Addictive Behavior

    Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Intended for the student and layperson, covers the social, medical, and political issues related to drugs and alcohol, 4 volumes.

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  • Encyclopedia of World Biography

    Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Over 7,000 biographies on notables from every part of the world and from all time periods, includes photos, 23 volumes.

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  • FamilySearch

    Produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), site searches genealogical records worldwide including Ancestral Files, International Genealogical Index, census, and other vital statistics sources. 

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  • Farewell to Manzanar

    The Farewell to Manzanar portal accesses the Final Accountability Rosters of Japanese-American Relocation Centers, 1944-1946, Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers, Perspectives on Day-to Day Life: Personal Justice Denied, and Public Hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment, 1981.

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  • FIMo (Fire Insurance Maps from Historical Information Gatherers)

    Historical Information Gatherers own the world's largest online digital collection of color fire insurance maps, real estate atlases and similar land use maps for North America.

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  • Fruit Crate Labels

    A collection of over 200 vibrantly-colored labels, designed for citrus growers throughout Southern California, mainly during the first half of the twentieth century. 

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  • Gale Directory Library (was Associations Unlimited)

    Selection of Gale directories and other reference titles. 

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  • Gale Health & Wellness (Was Health & Wellness Resource Center)

    Full text medical encyclopedias, nearly 400 health and medical journals, more than 800 pamphlets and nearly 2,100 health articles from general interest publications.

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  • Gale In Context: Biography

    Covers the world's most influential people, merging reference content with periodicals and multimedia, allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender, keyword and full text.

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