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Online
Catalog for PLS
Other
Library Catalogs - search Palo Alto, Stanford
and more
eBooks
- enjoy Audiobooks and texts, (Overdrive), Computer tech
books (Safari), General texts and Cliff's notes (Netlibrary),
and Legal reference books (Informata). See
details
Lists
- of MPL materials, like videos, DVDs, large type books,
books on tape/CD, newspapers and magazines
Your
Library Account
- Renew items;
check on holds; see due dates or fines
Notices by Email
- Sign
up to start Notices by Email, or update
your email address
Book
information - Amazon.com
and Barnes & Noble tell
if books are out of print, not yet published, what formats
are available and more
Buy
new & used - Best
Book Buys (new & used), abebooks
(used), BookFinder
(new & used)
Literature
Resources database - biographies, bibliographies,
essays and critical analyses
Literary
Criticism - from the Internet
Public Library
Barnes
& Noble - often has reviews from Booklist,
Library Journal and more.
Cliff's Notes - from
cliffsnotes.com or
netlibrary.com (Netlibrary
details)
Sparknotes
- study guides, message boards, complete texts and more
Pink
Monkey - literature summaries, plus study notes
on other subjects
What
Do I Read Next? - book recommendations based on
genre, title, author, series, more.
General
Business Database - get news and current information
Newspaper
Database - includes Financial Times and other
US and UK papers
Company
Database - get profiles and reports on companies
Company
information websites - from LII.ORG, the Librarians'
Index to the Internet
BigCharts
- stock quotes & charts
SI:
Silicon Investor - historical stock price tables:
Get quote and then click 'Historical Prices'
Morningstar
(without subscription) - gives basic ratings of mutual
funds. For the detailed ratings, come to the MPL
reference desk to see our print subscription.
Inflation
Rate (Consumer Price Index) - covers the Bay Area
and the rest of the US
FXConverter
- convert currency from 164 countries
Consumer
Action - lots of information guides; alerts; comparisons
of credit cards, bank accounts, and long distance; and
more
Kelley
Blue Book - used car prices
NADA
Appraisal Guides - prices for classic cars, motorcycles,
boats, RVs and more
Fuel
Econonmy Site (EPA) - MPG and more for
cars (1985 to the present), light trucks, minivans &
SUVs
Recycleworks
- where to recycle almost anything in San Mateo County
and beyond
Computer Donating
- Computer Recycling Center.,
National Cristina Foundation,
KidSource Online
Junk
Mail reduction
Telephone
Solicitation reduction
Email
Advertising reduction
Consumer
Price Index (Inflation Rate) - covers the Bay
Area and the rest of the US
Community
College class schedules
City
of Menlo Park classes
Menlo
Park Lyceum - sponsors workshops, classes and
field trips for kids and parents
SchoolWise
Press - public school rating information for San
Mateo Co. Printed version at MPL reference desk
includes schools in Santa Clara Co.
Wireless
Network - free Internet access for laptop computer
users
Internet
computers - signup and policy information for
Internet use at PLS libraries
Computers
and Software (non-Internet) - word processing
& more
Audio-Visual
- cassette & CD players, microfilm & fiche readers,
VCRs
Miscellaneous
Equipment - typewriters, cameras, engravers &
more
Accessibility
Devices - Kurzweil Reader, magnifiers, Visual
Tek, CCTVs
City
Council agendas and minutes
How
to Reach Your Lawmakers
Como
comunicarse con los legisladores
Voter information
- Shapethefuture.org
for SMCo, and Smartvoter.org
from LWV California
Taxes - IRS,
CA or other
states' tax forms and instructions
IRS
en Español
Federal
Government Information - frequently used sites
Forms
from the Feds - many downloadable government forms
California
Legal Code - includes Vehicle Code
US
Legal Code - includes IRS code - browse or search
by title, subject or section
Community
Information Program - database of health and human services in the
Bay Area
National
Library of Medicine -
includes MEDLINE, Senior
Health, Research Programs, more
PLS Databases - Health
& Wellness Resource Center , Health
Reference Center Academic and other
PLS databases are available from home with your PLS
library card
New
York Online Access to Health (NOAH) - information
in Spanish and English
Physicians
Desk Reference (PDR) - guide to prescription drugs
Health
Library - at Stanford shopping center has a large
collection, much available online
Clinical
Trials - information from the National
Institutes of Health's National
Library of Medicine
National
Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
American
Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) - search for
a specialist (requires free registration)
AMA
Online Doctor Finder - search by name or specialty,
limit by location
Medical Dictionary - browse
or search
Vital
Records - where to get certificates of birth,
death, marriage, divorce
City
of Menlo Park jobs - includes any Menlo Park Library
openings too
Bay
Area job web sites - compiled by a PLS librarian
CONNECT!
Job Seeker Center - in Sunnyvale
Opportunity
Knocks - for non-profit jobs in the Bay Area
Other
job sites - from the Librarians' Index to the
Internet (LII.ORG)
Bay
Area Legal Aid - largest provider of free civil
legal services in the Bay Area
Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer Locator - search by name, firm, area of
practice, more
FindLaw
- Law, Lawyers and Legal Resources
NOLO
Press - publisher of self-help law books features
their 'Plain-English Law Center'
California
Legal Code - includes Vehicle Code
US
Legal Code - includes IRS code - browse or search
by title, subject or section
Books - Books
on Tape, Books on CD, Large
Type Books, Non-English
Books San Mateo & Santa Clara Co. Libraries
CDs - Music, etc.,
Books on CD
DVDs - Bollywood,
Children's, Criterion
Collection, Feature
Films, French,
German, Italian,
Japanese, Music
New Items - New Fiction,
New Non Fiction, New
DVDs
Periodicals - Magazines
and Newspapers that MPL owns
Videos - Feature Films, Non-Fiction
(subjects), Spanish,
Described videos for the
visually impaired (DVSs)
Online
Catalog - see the status and location of these
materials in all PLS libraries
Databases
for MPL and PLS - many available from home with
your library card!
Periodicals - Magazines
and Newspapers that MPL owns
Local Newspapers online
- Menlo Park Almanac,
Palo Alto Weekly,
San Francisco Examiner
& Chronicle,
and San
Jose Mercury News.
World
Newspapers
Switchboard
- one of two largest databases, with white & yellow
pages and reverse lookup
Anywho
- the other large database, which also has international
and toll-free numbers
Which CA
Phone Book? - tells you which book to use to find
a city's listings. (i.e. Want Berkeley? Look under "O"
for the "Oakland, Alameda & Berkeley" directory.)
Infospace
- includes other world phone directory links
USPS
Zip Code directory
PLS
Libraries (San Mateo Co) - hours, phone numbers,
addresses and directions
Information
Please Almanac
The
Old Farmer's Almanac
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary
Roget's
II: The New Thesaurus
Translation
Dictionary for words or web pages
Columbia
Encyclopedia
Quotations
Measurement
Conversion
Bay
Area Transit - schedules & info for
bus, rail, ferry and more
Travel
web sites - compiled by a PLS librarian
Passport
services
Elderhostel
catalogs
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