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American weekly magazine/newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.

Nonprofit consumer organization providing information to help consumers make smarter choices about products and local services.

Discover more than 200 local music acts from Bay Beats, SFPL's award-winning local music streaming service. Stream tracks from all genres online or download them with your SFPL card. Look for our third submission round to open in Spring 2025!

How to find biographical information at SFPL

Full text biographies and articles on contemporary and historical figures worldwide.

A peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the education of African Americans. The aim of the publication is to provide primary and secondary educators with innovative materials that teach Black history and conform to national history standards. This is an official publication of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH). Citation coverage from 2002 to 2018.

Curated collection of ebooks and eaudiobooks by Black authors whose works depict and reflect the experience and meaning of being Black in America.

Personalize and enjoy digital connections to books for kids and teens. Need help from Book Connections? See our support page. 510-239-7391 | accounts@bookconnections.org

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

International publication information on books, ebooks, audiobooks, and video titles. Includes Spanish Books in Print, Fiction Connection and Non-Fiction Connection.

Live, on-demand homework help from expert tutors in English, Spanish, and Cantonese for K-12, college students, and adult learners in math, science, digital literacy, English, social studies and other subjects. The service offers writing assistance, a practice test center for California State tests, GRE, GED, SAT, ACT and more; test preparation through a flashcard tool; digital literacy assistance and a 24/7 question center. The Adult Learning Center offers live academic tutoring, live skills tutoring, writing assistance and job-related interview coaching and resume lab.