Library Databases
Internet Reference Desk
The databases below require a valid Pacific Grove Public library card to use outside the Library
workstations. For a list of selected Internet reference sites available from any location without
a library card, click HERE. Enter your library card number
to search from home.
Magazines & Newspapers
| InfoTrac OneFile |
| A mega-database providing access to millions of magazine and newspaper articles on a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. |
| InfoTrac Kid’s Edition |
| Designed for elementary school students with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books. |
| Informe |
| Uno collecion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnologia,
cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. Magazine articles in Spanish. |
| Monterey County Herald Index |
| Index of articles, obituaries and other local features published in the Herald since January
1995 – indexed by staff at Monterey & Pacific Grove Libraries. |
| National Newspaper Index |
| Quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall
Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. |
General Reference
| Associations Unlimited |
| The premier source for associations - use this database to locate approximately 460,000 international
and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields. |
| Auto Repair Reference Center |
| Contains repair information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, starting as far back as 1954. |
| Biography Resource Center |
| Collection of biographies from reference books published by the Gale Group and full-text
biographical articles from many periodicals. |
| Student Resource Center—Gold |
| Thousands of biographies, topical essays background information, critical analyses, articles, photographs and more. |
| Kids InfoBits |
| For elementary student researchers. Age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper
and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people,
government, history, sports and more. |
Books and Literature
| Book Index with Reviews |
| A comprehensive database that provides information on over 4 million book titles, over 500,000 music titles, and over 200,000 video titles in a wide range of formats. |
| Literature Resource Center |
| Access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. |
| Novelist |
| A guide to fiction for all ages. Find books that are similar to others you have read and
enjoyed, select books by subject or browse by theme and award lists. |
| Novelist K-8 |
| A guide to fiction for young people, from kindergarten through eighth grade. |
| What Do I Read Next? |
| Includes nearly 100,000 recommended titles, more than 53,000 plot summaries, and information
from 557 awards to help find new books to read, find old favorites, and discover award-winning titles. |
Business
| Business
and Company Resource Center |
| A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles and histories, brand information,
rankings, investment reports, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. |
| Reference USA |
| Directory information on U.S. companies including contact information, SIC code(s), sales volume, and more. |
Health
| Health and Wellness Resource Center |
| Locate journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on a wide variety
of health and medical topics. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. |
News, History & Geography
| History Research Center: US |
| History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary)
documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering
themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute
for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire “American Journey Online” series. |
| History Research Center: World |
| A comprehensive collection of reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications,
an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic
and chronological research materials for the study of world history. Includes over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals. |
| Opposing Viewpoints Research Center |
| A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Features viewpoint articles,
topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, and links to Websites. |
