Covers a wide range of modern and emerging theories and practices including socialism, democracy, and ecology. Current coverage is available in Alternative Press Index.
Audio recordings to support the teaching of American musical traditions including country, folk, jazz, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, R&B and shape note singing.
U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources (printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos). Includes 150 different California titles, including Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, and Oakland Tribune.
Ancestry Library Edition is only accessible on computers at the Main Library and Branches.
Genealogical and historical research resources. Includes census, military, court, land, probate, church records, directories, passenger lists and more. To learn the differences between Ancestry Library Edition and Ancestry.com, please see our FAQ.
Related: HeritageQuest Online, Fold3 Library Edition, MyHeritage Library Edition, My China Roots and HeritageHub Obituaries & Death Notices
Primary-source collections, covering U.S. foreign policy, U.S. civil rights, global affairs & colonial studies and modern history.
Free access provided by the California State Library.
Articles, interviews, film reviews, book reviews, bibliographies, exhibition listings, conference reports, anthologies, and editorials covering a wide range of art subjects.
Newspaper clippings, announcements of gallery shows, obituaries, magazine articles or exhibit catalogs featuring artists and architects who have lived or worked in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Significant dramatic literature of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries by leading actors from around the world, curated and recorded for online listening.
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Current, accurate and authoritative auto service and repair information, with step-by-step repair procedures, wiring diagrams, labor estimates and more.
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American weekly magazine/newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.