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Articles
& Databases
The Library subscribes to databases
that contain articles and reseach materials that
are not available on the open Internet. All
databases
may be accessed from inside the Library. Most
databases may be accessed from home using your
library card and PIN; please see notes for each
database.
Books
In Print with Reviews
(Remote access requires MARINet library
card & PIN.)
Bowker database of approximately 5 million book,
audio book, and video titles.
California
Libraries Catalog (Access from
home)
California
Libraries Catalog (In-Library
use only)
Search for books at libraries in California and
across the United States. To request a book from
another library, please ask at the Reference Desk
or call 789-2661.
Fiction Connection
(Remote access requires MARINet library
card & PIN.)
Find books to read using the unique AquaBrowser
which allows you to broaden or narrow your search
in a new, fluid way. Give it a try!
Literary
Reference Center (In-Library
use only)
Literary
Reference Center(Access
from home or work; Belvedere & Tiburon residents
only)
LRC is a comprehensive database that combines
information from over 1,000 books and monographs,
major literary encyclopedias and reference works,
and hundreds of literary journals.
Literature
Resource Center (In-Library
use only)
Literature
Resource Center (Access from
home or work; Belvedere & Tiburon residents
only)
Biographies and criticism from Contemporary Authors,
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and the
Dictionary of Literary Biography. Maintained by
the Gale Group.
NetLibrary
(Remote access requires a MARINet library
card & PIN,
and a member account which must initially be set
up inside the library.)
A collection of over 5000 full-text electronic
books.
NoveList
(Remote access requires MARINet library
card & PIN.)
Readers' Advisory resource. Find new fiction books
and authors based on your old favorites.
NoveList
K-8
(Remote access requires MARINet library
card & PIN.)
Especially for our younger readers! This special
access to the NoveList database has been designed
with children in mind. It makes it easy to find
good books to read.
Overdrive
Digital Book and Music Download Center
(Requires MARINet library
card & PIN.)
The Overdrive/Califa Digital Download Center features
hundreds of ebooks, audio books, and digital music
that you can download for use on your personal
computer, PDA, or portable MP3 player. These materials
are not available for download to Library computers.
Safari
Tech Books Online (Remote access
requires MARINet library
card & PIN.)
A shared collection of e-books on computer topics
from Safari Tech Books Online, including titles
published by O'Reilly Press.
World
of Poetry (In-Library use only)
World
of Poetry (Access from home
or work; Belvedere & Tiburon residents only)
Columbia Granger's full-text database of poetry,
with commentaries & biographies.
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