Articles & Databases

A comprehensive, searchable historical archive of Harper’s Bazaar. Note: Issues between 1870 and 1962 and earliest years issues (1867-) will be available in 2017.

The backfiles of consumer health and fitness magazines, such as Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Women's Health Activist, Prevention, and more. This collection supports the research topics of sex roles, body image, public health, nutrition and medicine. View title list.

The Brainfuse online homework help program provides on demand, one-to-one homework help in English, Spanish and Cantonese for K-12, college students and adult learners in math, science, digital literacy, English, social studies and other subjects. In addition, the service offers writing assistance, a practice test center (including 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.

Search million obituaries and death notices from over 4,100 U.S. sources, with genealogical information on occupation, education, and more. Powered by Heritage Hub. (Formerly America's Obituaries & Death Notices)

Resources for genealogical and historical research. Includes the U.S. Federal Census, Freedmans bank records, local and family histories, and more. See also Ancestry Library Edition (Main Library & Branches only) and Fold3 Library Edition.

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Related: Ancestry Library Edition (Main Library & Branches), Fold3 Library Edition, MyHeritage Library Edition, My China Roots and America's Obituaries & Death Notices

High School in Context offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards and reinforces the development of skills. With nearly 1,000 issue, topic, and geographic pages across the curriculum, content includes topics like government and the economy; human population; sound and sound waves; American literature; and more.

Full text historical runs of major magazines from the 1800s onward. Collections includes 19 archives: Architectural Digest, Art Magazine, Atlantic, Bloomberg Business, Ebony, Esquire, Forbes, Fortune, Jet, Life, Maclean's, Nation, National Review, New Republic, People, Sports Illustrated, Time, Vanity Fair and U.S. News & World Report.

Expand your historical newspaper reach by searching in newspapers from California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, and other western states. Includes the Reno Evening Gazette, Shasta Courier, Oregon Statesman, and over seventy other newspapers. See also Recent Newspapers: U.S. West Collection (ProQuest).

U.S. history resources for undergraduate and high school research.

World History resources for undergraduate and high school research.