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  • Logo for "A to Z World Food by World Trade Press"

    A to Z World Food

    An online resource containing traditional recipes for 174 countries of the world and a food glossary with over 800 terms. 

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  • California Index (LAPL)

    Indexes information about people, places, and events that have had a significant impact on life in Southern California. 

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Environmental Impact Reports (LAPL)

    An index of environmental impact reports available in the Central Library's Science & Technology Department. The file is particularly useful for locating materials in their review period.

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    Gale eBooks (was Gale Virtual Reference Library)

    Gale eBooks offers you a collection of premier non-fiction e-books that you can view and search online.

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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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  • Gale In Context: Environmental Studies

    Gale In Context: Environmental Studies is updated daily with news, reference materials, academic journals, videos, and more. 

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  • Gale In Context: High School (Was Student Resources in Context)

    Contains information on core subjects from Science to Literature to History of student-focused subject material. Includes the content of the Discovering Collection database.

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  • Gale In Context: Science (Was Science in Context)

    Information on subjects ranging from earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics, science history, and biography for assignments and projects.

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  • Gale Interactive: Science

    Gale Interactive: Science helps students better visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. 

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  • Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health

    Collection of nearly 400 titles that cover all aspects of the nursing profession.

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  • General One File: Culinary Arts

    Collection provides 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines that include thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry

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  • Government Documents-Business (LAPL)

    Finding aids and federal information of interest in the areas of business, science, demographics, and diplomacy.

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  • Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

    Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Major reference work on the study of the animal kingdom with illustrations, 11 volumes.

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  • Internet Innovators

    Salem Press History ebook. Biographies of engineers, entrepreneurs, mathematicians, programmers, software developers, media moguls, and others who contributed to the development and expansion of the Internet.

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  • Menu Collection (LAPL)

    List of menus from Los Angeles, other cities, steamships, airlines, and banquets. Part of the Library's "Visual Collections", images of the actual menus are being added to the records.

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  • National Geographic Kids

    National Geographic Kids includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images. High-quality informational texts are available for primary, upper elementary, and middle school in English, Language Arts, social studies, and science. Best for children aged 6 - 14.

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  • Salem Press & Grey House Publishing Reference Shelf

    A collection of reference eBooks and databases on Business, Careers, History, Literature, Science and Social Science. 

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  • Teen Health & Wellness

    This award-winning resource provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, self-help support. 

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  • Weather Almanac

    Gale Virtual Reference e-Book.In-depth weather records for 18 major U.S. cities.

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