MEMORIAL HOLIDAY OBSERVED: On Saturday, May 23, all Monterey County Free Libraries locations, including Seaside, will be closed in honor of Memorial Day. The Administrative Office and Seaside Branch
will be closed on Monday, May 25, in observance of the holiday.
All locations will reopen on Tuesday, May 26. Online services are available 24/7.
Online Resources List
Please note: access to all these resources from home, work, or school requires a Monterey County Free Libraries card.
ABCMouse
Fun, interactive learning games for children aged 2-8.
Associated Press News (EBSCO)
Provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press on a continuous basis.
AtoZDatabases
The Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business & executive profiles & 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more!
A to Z: The USA
This database provides state information for student's state reports and for anyone seeking state demographics, educational institutions, maps, recipes of regional cuisine, downloadable images, and much more
Biography Reference Center (EBSCO)
Containing many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies, as well as thousands of unique narrative biographies.
Black Freedom Struggles
Primary source documents, including historic newspaper articles, diaries, correspondences, pamphlets and more have been compiled to give readers and researchers insight into the history. Resources are suitable for middle school and older.
BookBrowse
Your Guide to Exceptional Books. Find your next great read with BookBrowse: Reviews, recommendations, read-alikes, books by theme, author bios and interviews, resources for book clubs, and more. Devoted to current adult fiction and nonfiction books.
Britannica Escolar
Un recurso informativo para la educación primaria y secundaria que es seguro, actualizado y apropiado para cada nivel educativo. Descubra los artículos enciclopédicos, los recursos multimedia y otros materiales de aprendizaje que apoyan la investigación de los estudiantes y refuerzan la programación curricular. Financiamiento provisto por la Biblioteca del Estado de California.
Britannica School Edition
An up-to-date, secure and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.
Funding provided by the California State Library.
Comics Plus - Full Library
With Comics Plus®, you have unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, manga, and picture books from dozens of library-friendly publishers. Publishers include Dark Horse, Image Comics, Tokyopop, and more.
Comics Plus - Teen Library
With Comics Plus®, you have unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, manga, and picture books from dozens of library-friendly publishers. Publishers include Dark Horse, Image Comics, Tokyopop, and more.
Comics Plus - Kids Library
With Comics Plus®, you have unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, manga, and picture books from dozens of library-friendly publishers. Publishers include Dark Horse, Image Comics, Tokyopop, and more.
Consumer Reports (EBSCO)
Reports dedicated to unbiased product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
CultureGrams
CultureGrams provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a unique perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
Funding provided by the California State Library. Enki Biblioboard
An ebook library available to every person in California. The library includes several thousand simultaneous use ebooks from leading publishers as well as the Indie Author Project Select collection, which features over 400 award-winning indie-published ebooks.
Explora for Adults (EBSCO) All EBSCO databases in one interface. Excellent for students, researchers and the curious. Covers all subjects. Searches magazines, media, newspapers, primary source documents and government documents. Allows users to translate articles into other languages.
Explora for Primary Schools (EBSCO)
Search all EBSCO magazine and news articles appropriate for Elementary School students through this portal. Lexile Reading Levels are listed.
Explora for Secondary Schools (EBSCO)
Search all EBSCO magazine and news articles appropriate for Middle and High School students through this portal. Lexile Reading Levels are listed.
Foundation Directory Online
FDO is the Foundation Center’s online database for nonprofits. It contains four files: Search Grantmakers, Search Companies, Search Grants, Search 990s. The grantmakers file can be searched by field of interest, geographic focus, types of support and many other categories. The grants file can be searched by subject, recipient type, year authorized, types of support and more.
Gale e-Books, Primary Resources and Databases
Access ebooks, Primary Resources, Archives Unbound and more through this portal to Gale online resources.
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
This database offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
HelpNow - Live Homework Help
Free online homework help with a live tutor provided from 1pm to 11pm daily, except for major holidays.
Funding provided by the Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries.
JobNow
This resource offers live job coaching, real-time interview practice, full-service resume lab, 24/7 access to local job resources and more. The resume lab offers templates and live interactive feedback to build your resume.
Funding provided by the Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries.
Libby by OverDrive Downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks for your PC and mobile devices. Find best sellers and popular content. The easy-to-use Libby app is powered by OverDrive.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
LISTA indexes more than 690 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
Lingo Lite
Learn basic vocabulary in 30 languages from native speakers. Each vocabulary entry includes a color photo, a native speaker video, and the word or term in the local language and your native language. Users can change the interface language (also 30 languages) at the click of a button.
Master FILE Premier (EBSCO)
This database contains full text for thousands of general reference magazines and publications and covers a wide range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Contains PDF backfiles (as far back as 1975) for many key publications.
National Geographic for Kids
Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
This database includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Palace Project
Palace is a free, easy-to-use e-reader app that lets you find, check out, and read or listen to books from your local library. The Palace app is built and maintained by The Palace Project, a not-for-profit division of LYRASIS working in partnership with Digital Public Library of America with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. More information.
PBS Video Companion More than 1,600 streaming video documentaries and series from PBS.
ProQuest Research Companion
An information literacy product built to help students do more effective scholarly research and to support educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
Funding provided by the California State Library.
Science (Gale Interactive)
Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
SIRS Discoverer
Designed for upper elementary and middle school learners and educators, this resource with vetted reference materials will help you search reference book, newspaper and magazine articles on subject areas such as, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.
Funding provided by the California State Library.
SIRS Researcher
Novice researchers will find a wealth of information about trending issues of the day, including social science, politics, economics, history, science and health. It offers balanced content from more than 2,000 international sources.
Funding provided by the California State Library.
Transparent Language
Transparent Language Online is a language learning program for those who want to learn the basics of over 110 languages plus English (ESL). The courses guide you through 30 lessons of language fundamentals, including greetings, planning for a trip, dealing with money, asking for help, and more.
TumbleBook Library
Over 550 titles which include animated talking picture books, books in English, French and Spanish, read-alongs, non-fiction books and National Geographic Videos. Plus, educator resources such as lesson plans, quizzes and educational games and puzzles.
Value Line
Value Line has been in business since 1931 providing financial research and analysis of 3,400 large, mid & small cap stocks using its proprietary ranking systems. Sort by “Timeliness” which lets you know which company’s might be worth buying now. Also download individual analyst reports of the companies you might be interested in following.
VetNow
Veterans can find free, live, online job coaching and academic assistance for those transitioning to civilian life. Services include: resume review, job interview coaching, standardized test practice and academic tutoring via live chat. Online staff is available to chat about eligible VA benefits and community resources. Live chat for Veterans is available daily 1:00pm to 10:00pm.
Funding provided by the Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries.
ABCMouse
Fun, interactive learning games for children aged 2-8.
Associated Press News (EBSCO)
Provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press on a continuous basis.
AtoZDatabases
The Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business & executive profiles & 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more!
A to Z: The USA
This database provides state information for student's state reports and for anyone seeking state demographics, educational institutions, maps, recipes of regional cuisine, downloadable images, and much more
Biography Reference Center (EBSCO)
Containing many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies, as well as thousands of unique narrative biographies.
Black Freedom Struggles
Primary source documents, including historic newspaper articles, diaries, correspondences, pamphlets and more have been compiled to give readers and researchers insight into the history. Resources are suitable for middle school and older.
BookBrowse
Your Guide to Exceptional Books. Find your next great read with BookBrowse: Reviews, recommendations, read-alikes, books by theme, author bios and interviews, resources for book clubs, and more. Devoted to current adult fiction and nonfiction books.
Britannica Escolar
Un recurso informativo para la educación primaria y secundaria que es seguro, actualizado y apropiado para cada nivel educativo. Descubra los artículos enciclopédicos, los recursos multimedia y otros materiales de aprendizaje que apoyan la investigación de los estudiantes y refuerzan la programación curricular. Financiamiento provisto por la Biblioteca del Estado de California.
Britannica School Edition
An up-to-date, secure and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.
Funding provided by the California State Library.
Comics Plus - Full Library
With Comics Plus®, you have unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, manga, and picture books from dozens of library-friendly publishers. Publishers include Dark Horse, Image Comics, Tokyopop, and more.
Comics Plus - Teen Library
With Comics Plus®, you have unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, manga, and picture books from dozens of library-friendly publishers. Publishers include Dark Horse, Image Comics, Tokyopop, and more.
Comics Plus - Kids Library
With Comics Plus®, you have unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, manga, and picture books from dozens of library-friendly publishers. Publishers include Dark Horse, Image Comics, Tokyopop, and more.
Consumer Reports (EBSCO)
Reports dedicated to unbiased product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
CultureGrams
CultureGrams provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a unique perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
Funding provided by the California State Library. Enki Biblioboard
An ebook library available to every person in California. The library includes several thousand simultaneous use ebooks from leading publishers as well as the Indie Author Project Select collection, which features over 400 award-winning indie-published ebooks.
Explora for Adults (EBSCO) All EBSCO databases in one interface. Excellent for students, researchers and the curious. Covers all subjects. Searches magazines, media, newspapers, primary source documents and government documents. Allows users to translate articles into other languages.
Explora for Primary Schools (EBSCO)
Search all EBSCO magazine and news articles appropriate for Elementary School students through this portal. Lexile Reading Levels are listed.
Explora for Secondary Schools (EBSCO)
Search all EBSCO magazine and news articles appropriate for Middle and High School students through this portal. Lexile Reading Levels are listed.
Foundation Directory Online
FDO is the Foundation Center’s online database for nonprofits. It contains four files: Search Grantmakers, Search Companies, Search Grants, Search 990s. The grantmakers file can be searched by field of interest, geographic focus, types of support and many other categories. The grants file can be searched by subject, recipient type, year authorized, types of support and more.
Gale e-Books, Primary Resources and Databases
Access ebooks, Primary Resources, Archives Unbound and more through this portal to Gale online resources.
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
This database offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
HelpNow - Live Homework Help
Free online homework help with a live tutor provided from 1pm to 11pm daily, except for major holidays.
Funding provided by the Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries.
JobNow
This resource offers live job coaching, real-time interview practice, full-service resume lab, 24/7 access to local job resources and more. The resume lab offers templates and live interactive feedback to build your resume.
Funding provided by the Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries.
Libby by OverDrive Downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks for your PC and mobile devices. Find best sellers and popular content. The easy-to-use Libby app is powered by OverDrive.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
LISTA indexes more than 690 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
Lingo Lite
Learn basic vocabulary in 30 languages from native speakers. Each vocabulary entry includes a color photo, a native speaker video, and the word or term in the local language and your native language. Users can change the interface language (also 30 languages) at the click of a button.
Master FILE Premier (EBSCO)
This database contains full text for thousands of general reference magazines and publications and covers a wide range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Contains PDF backfiles (as far back as 1975) for many key publications.
National Geographic for Kids
Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
This database includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Palace Project
Palace is a free, easy-to-use e-reader app that lets you find, check out, and read or listen to books from your local library. The Palace app is built and maintained by The Palace Project, a not-for-profit division of LYRASIS working in partnership with Digital Public Library of America with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. More information.
PBS Video Companion More than 1,600 streaming video documentaries and series from PBS.
ProQuest Research Companion
An information literacy product built to help students do more effective scholarly research and to support educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
Funding provided by the California State Library.
Science (Gale Interactive)
Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
SIRS Discoverer
Designed for upper elementary and middle school learners and educators, this resource with vetted reference materials will help you search reference book, newspaper and magazine articles on subject areas such as, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.
Funding provided by the California State Library.
SIRS Researcher
Novice researchers will find a wealth of information about trending issues of the day, including social science, politics, economics, history, science and health. It offers balanced content from more than 2,000 international sources.
Funding provided by the California State Library.
Transparent Language
Transparent Language Online is a language learning program for those who want to learn the basics of over 110 languages plus English (ESL). The courses guide you through 30 lessons of language fundamentals, including greetings, planning for a trip, dealing with money, asking for help, and more.
TumbleBook Library
Over 550 titles which include animated talking picture books, books in English, French and Spanish, read-alongs, non-fiction books and National Geographic Videos. Plus, educator resources such as lesson plans, quizzes and educational games and puzzles.
Value Line
Value Line has been in business since 1931 providing financial research and analysis of 3,400 large, mid & small cap stocks using its proprietary ranking systems. Sort by “Timeliness” which lets you know which company’s might be worth buying now. Also download individual analyst reports of the companies you might be interested in following.
VetNow
Veterans can find free, live, online job coaching and academic assistance for those transitioning to civilian life. Services include: resume review, job interview coaching, standardized test practice and academic tutoring via live chat. Online staff is available to chat about eligible VA benefits and community resources. Live chat for Veterans is available daily 1:00pm to 10:00pm.
Funding provided by the Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries.
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