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Knowledge Center
(Databases, eBooks, and Reference
Materials)
 Professional/Adult
Interest Resources
Student and Children's Resources (K-12)
Listed below are databases
which you can access using your Mission Viejo Library card
number.
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Want to search for
information in several of our databases at once?
Click here to search Biography
Resource Center, General Reference Center Gold, the Mission
Viejo Library Catalog, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, ProQuest Newspapers, or any combination of the five.
Alternative
Energy
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Alternative Energy
This three-volume set introduces students to
issues surrounding both current energy sources and
alternative energy options. Alternative energy options
include wind and solar energy, fuel cells, hydropower,
geothermal power, and biomass energy. In addition, more
theoretical sources are also explored, including cold
fusion, zero point energy, and universal forces. |
Animals
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Grizmek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Serves as a major point of reference for
researchers and students studying the animal kingdom.
Thorough articles familiarize readers with animals found
everywhere on the globe, detailing their life cycles,
predators, food systems, overall ecology and much more. |
Associations
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Associations Unlimited
Locate and find information for approximately
460,000 international and U.S. national, regional,
state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in
all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit
organizations. |
Biographies
Business
Information
Countries
and States
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Countries and their Cultures
Defines and describes the nations of the world.
Using a standard entry format for easy comparison, each
country's shared values, behaviors and cultural
variations are surveyed -- from foods and rituals to
pastimes and arts. Includes more than 1,000 photographs
and more than 200 maps. |
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Social Studies Facts Cards Online
Fact Cards are a series of research resources
designed for quick reference for students in grades 4
through 8. The topics covered by Fact Cards are those
California, United States, religion, and World topics included in
the social studies curriculum in California. |
Directories
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Gale Ready Reference Shelf
Information about companies, organizations, and
publications culled from the databases of fourteen of
Gale's most popular reference directories |
Encyclopedias
and General Reference
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of
encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for
multidisciplinary research. These reference materials
once were accessible only in print in the library, but
now you can access them online from the library or
remotely 24/7 |
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General OneFile
A one-stop source for news
and periodical articles on a wide range of topics:
business, computers, current events, economics,
education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies,
humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science,
social science, sports, technology, and many general
interest topics. |
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Grolier Online
An online encyclopedia and reference featuring:
The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular
Science, and America the Beautiful. |
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World Book Online
An online version of the World Book Encyclopedia,
along with selected magazine articles, special student
resources, an atlas, a dictionary, access to World Book
Advanced for secondary and college students, and access
to World Book Kids junior encyclopedia. |
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Student Resource Center - Gold
Covering all core curriculum
areas, including history, literature, science, social
studies, and more, SRC - Gold provides a premium
selection of reference material, more than 1,100
full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources,
creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video
and audio clips and podcasts. |
Genealogy
Resources
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Ancestry Library Edition
(In-library use only)
This collection of more than 4,000 databases and
two billion names has unparalleled coverage of the
United States and the United Kingdom, including census,
vital, church, court, and immigration records. |
Health
and Medical
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Health and Wellness Resource
Center
Provides instant access to
carefully compiled and trusted medical reference
materials. Material contained in this Resource Center is
intended for informational purposes only. |
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Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic
Disorders
Provides information on genetic disorders,
including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and
therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and
easy to understand. |
History
Resources
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American History Online
Explore American social, political, military, and
cultural history. This database contains thousands of
biographies, subject entries, timeline entries, primary
source documents, maps, and images pertaining to various
aspects of the American experience. |
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History Resources 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. |
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World History
Learn about the people, places, and events that have
shaped our world from prehistoric times to modern day.
Includes subject entries, biographies, images, maps and
charts, primary source documents, and timeline entries. |
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History Resource Center: World
From ancient Europe to Latin
America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world
history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary
sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110
journals. |
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Elizabethan World Reference
Library
The Elizabethan World Reference Library covers the broad
sweep of the culture of the times, from Elizabeth's
court to rural life, and from the New World explorations
to the remarkable flowering of literature and drama for
which the era is renowned. Perfect for both history and
literatures studies, this set includes biographies and
primary sources. |
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Middle Ages Reference Library
Explore the complex period of the Middle Ages, covering
the different civilizations and peoples of Medieval
times. It also includes biographical essays on
significant individuals from the period and an
insightful collection of full or excerpted texts from
the era. |
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Social Studies Facts Cards Online
Fact Cards are a series of research resources
designed for quick reference for students in grades 4
through 8. The topics covered by Fact Cards are those
California, United States, and World topics included in
the social studies curriculum in California. |
Kids
InfoBits
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Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database
developed especially for beginning researchers in
Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a
developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface,
the most popular search method is moving from a broad
subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based
topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate,
full-text content is from the best elementary reference
sources and magazines. This database covers geography,
current events, the arts, science, health, people,
government, history, sports and more. |
Literature
Resources
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Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text
literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers
in all disciplines, from all time periods and from
around the world. |
Magazine
and Newspaper Articles
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General OneFile
Articles from newspapers, reference books, and
periodicals, many with full-text and images. Current
events, popular culture, business and industry, the arts
and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more
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InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
A collection of articles from a variety of publications |
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource
Center
Information on social issues, including: articles, topic
overviews, statistics, links to websites, etc. |
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ProQuest Newspaper Index
Citations and full text articles from Los Angeles Times
and Orange County Register newspapers. This also
includes the option to search historical issues of the
Los Angeles Times, 1881 through 1986. |
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Student Edition
This periodical database is
designed for high-school students with access to a
variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers,
podcasts, and reference books for information on current
events, the arts, science, popular culture, health,
people, government, history, sports and more. |
Social
Issues
Science
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Grolier Online
An online encyclopedia and reference featuring:
The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular
Science, and America the Beautiful. |
Spanish
Language
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Informe
A collection of hispanic
magazines with full text. Covers business, health,
technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. |
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World Book Online
(Spanish-Language Encyclopedia)
An online version of the World Book Encyclopedia,
along with selected magazine articles, special student
resources, an atlas, a dictionary, access to World Book
Advanced for secondary and college students, and access
to World Book Kids junior encyclopedia. |
Readers'
Resources
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NoveList
What should I read next? NoveList provides
information for over 125,000 fiction titles including
descriptions, reviews, and similar books you might like
to read. |
Religions
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Social Studies Facts Cards Online
Fact Cards are a series of research resources
designed for quick reference for students in grades 4
through 8. The topics covered by Fact Cards are those
California, United States, religion, and World topics included in
the social studies curriculum in California. |
Tests
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Test eBooks and Online Practice
LearningExpress Library provides a completely
interactive online learning platform for practice tests
and tutorial courses designed to help students,
and adult learners succeed on academic and licensing
tests. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer
explanations, and an individualized analysis of your
results.
The following are just some of the topics covered by
these eBooks: Advanced Placement, ASVAB, CBEST, Civil
Service, EMS, Elementary School Improvement, GED, GMAT,
GRE, LSAT, Nursing, Real Estate, SAT, TOEFL, and U.S.
Citizenship. |
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