Torrance Public Library Electronic Collection Map April 2011.
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Torrance Public Library Electronic Collection Map
April 2011
Detail
The electronic resource collection is available on the Library’s website under ‘Online Resources’
Hit statistics are for calendar year 2010 ‘Hits’ are the number of patron clicks on the
database link (in most cases taking you to 3rd party vendors) and include all searches, requests, downloaded pages, and reference materials
Resource Description
Ancestry Plus – 4,000 databases containing census, vital statistics, church, court, and immigration records from the U.S. and Canada for 1.5 billion names
Career Transitions - online career guidance center that walks patrons through the job search process from beginning to end
Daily Breeze Archives - electronic editions of Torrance, CA’s local newspaper
Descriptions, cont.
Legal Forms – State, Federal, Business, Real Estate and General forms from Thomson Gale
Mango Languages – online language learning system
Auto Repair Reference Center - complete automotive repair information including factory drawings and step-by-step photographs, by the publisher of Chilton guides.
Descriptions, cont.
Chronicle Career Library – descriptions of more than 2,000 occupations
DISCovering Collection – assists students with relating historical people and primary source documents to current events
Historic Newspapers – scanned versions of historic local papers the Torrance Herald and Torrance Press, 1913 - 1969
Descriptions, cont.
Reference USA - detailed information on over 12 million U.S. businesses
Biography and Genealogy Master Index – 12 million biographical sketches covering contemporary and historical figures
CQ Researcher – reporting/analysis on world issues
Descriptions, cont.
Learning Express Library – test preparation and skill-building practice
Facts on File World News Digest - events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years
SIRS Researcher – general reference database