Articles & Databases

Search for job openings (powered by Indeed.com) using a quick search or custom search form, and research companies all in one database. Reference Solutions is a business directory as well as a job listings search engine. ‘Job Help’ links to resources on the Internet for resume writing, interviewing, aptitude testing, salary estimates, and others. Data Axle Reference Solutions app for Android and iOS is available.

Formerly ReferenceUSA Job Help (Infogroup).

Full text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering U.S. metropolitan and rural areas. For additional resources, please see Business Source Complete (EBSCO).

A self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing and research skills instruction. (Grades 8+)

This digital resource is provided for all California students from the California State Library.

SERVICE CHANGE: Access to this resource ends on June 30, 2025. 

Music journalism from the 1960s to the present, including audio interviews from Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell and Kurt Cobain, and more.

Check out Bay Beats - Local Music Collection, featuring the exciting musical talent in our very own Bay Area backyard.

Immersive language-learning platform, offering 30 languages to further ESL learning and language-learning for business and vacation travel.

What is Rosetta Stone and how do I get started?

High-definition recordings of The Bard's dramatic canon, featuring the world's finest Shakespearean actors and directors, along with supplementary teaching materials.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

Access to this resource ends in June 2025. For available Russian titles, please see PressReader.

A variety of newspapers and periodicals from Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Caucasus and the Baltic states. Also includes several English-language newspapers.

Online versions of Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives and Milestone Documents in American History. Search by keyword, or browse by subject.

Small consumer electronics, diagrams, instructions and data for the repair technician. Schematics for radios, TVs, stereos, and VCRs.

Accessible only in the Main Library on an Internet computer

Finding aid consisting of a wide variety of materials relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and California.