Online Resources Alphabetic
- African American Song - Access to recordings of blues, jazz, gospel, and more. Listening is free. Downloads cost (just as photocopies of print sources cost). You do not need to set up a separate log in unless you want your own play lists to be maintained by this site. This site can be browsed from any computer in the library but music clips can be played only at Internet machines.
- African American Studies Center - Full text access to the Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, Black Women in America (2nd ed), and Africana, a 5-volume history of the African and African American experience. Additional content details African American biography, art and architecture, and African American literature.
- Associations Unlimited - Complete and up to date listings for national, regional, and international organizations, with detailed descriptions of causes, financial worth, and membership size.
- Berkeley History Online - Digitized images from the library’s collection of historic photos, maps, postcards, and other documents.
- Berkeley Information Network - Berkeley Public Library's own directory of organizations serving local people.
- Berkeley Office of Economic Development - The City of Berkeley offers a variety of business services for a community-based approach to entrepreneurial success.
- Berkeley Office of Economic Development - A Resource Guide to Starting a Small Business - Information on city and state permits and licenses, taxes, zoning, and how to get additional help for starting a business in Berkeley.
- Biography Resource Center - Articles about historic and contemporary people active in many fields.
- Black Thought and Culture - Contains the full run of the Black Panther newspaper as well as many other original documents.
- Book Review Index - Reviews of books, audiobooks, periodicals, and electronic media from a wide range of popular and special interest resources. Limit of 3 online users at a time.
- Booklist Online - Full text access to reviews, columns, and read-alike lists from the American Library Association's review journal.
- Books In Print Online - Publishing information about American books. Limit of 5 online users at one time.
- Britannica Online - Full-text access to the current editions of Encyclopaedia Britannica and its student and elementary editions, with links to images, video clips, and electronic texts of classics.
- Business and Company Resource Center - Company profiles and histories, brand information, rankings, investment reports, chronologies, and full text magazine articles.
- Business Source Elite - Company profiles, full-text and peer-reviewed current and archived business journals, and management information.
- California Courts Legal Forms - Downloadable forms that you can complete online or copy to fill offline can be found here, some in multiple languages.
- California Franchise Tax Board - California income tax forms and instructions are available here in ready-to-print, fill-out-and-print, and electronic filing options.
- Calisphere - Primary source material, including both photographic and illustrated images for elementary and secondary school research in California history or multicultural heritage.
- Classical Music Library - Access to recordings of orchestral, choral, and opera music. Listening is free. Downloads cost (just as photocopies of print sources cost). You do not need to set up a separate log in unless you want your own play lists to be maintained by this site. This site can be browsed from any computer in the library but music clips can be played only at Internet machines.
- Columbia International Affairs Online - Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
- Consumer Health Complete - Provides access to medical and health books, ready reference health information in English and Spanish, drug information, and current health and medical news.
- East Bay Small Business Development Center - Offers free one-on-one counseling services for small and medium-size businesses: business plans, marketing, sales, taxes, accounting, loans, etc, to improve opportunities for small businesses throughout Alameda County.
- eAudiobooks - Downloadable audiobooks from NetLibrary are available to remote users who have a Berkeley Public Library card. Click here (attached PDF) for access information.
- Expanded Academic ASAP - Scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Many with full text and images.
- Federal Forms - Printable forms from many Federal agencies, including passport applications, Veteran benefit forms, and Social Security forms.
- Federation of Tax Administrators - Download tax forms for any state from this site.
- Fiction Connection - Offers readers easy access to finding good reading, by topic, genre, setting, character description, or time period, from among all fiction currently in print by US publishers.
- Full Text Custom Newspapers - Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post, Financial Times (UK), Guardian (UK), Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Times (London) Daily and many more.
- Gale Virtual Reference Books - Fully searchable reference books provide online access to titles we have in our print Reference collection. Included here are International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers (4 volumes, 4th edition), VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (2007 edition), Encyclopaedia Judaica (2006 edition), Encyclopedia of Management (5th edition), Encyclopedia of Small Business (2nd edition), College Blue Book (34th edition), Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (2nd edition), American Decades, New Dictionary of History of Ideas, The People's Chronology (3rd edition), Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America, and Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices.
- General Reference Center Gold - General interest articles from magazines, newspapers, and parts of reference books. Many with full text and images.
- GovSearchSuite - Authoritative directory information for all public office holders at the Federal, State, County, and Municipal levels in the US, updated daily.
- Granger's Poetry Online - Find poems, poets' biographies, authoritative commentaries on poems and poets, and a glossary of poetic terms at this source from Columbia University.
- Grove Art Online - Full text of all 34 print volumes of The Dictionary of Art, with added links to thousands of images and other relevant fine and decorative art sites.
- Grove Music Online - Full text access to New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , New Grove Dictionary of Opera , and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz , with links to sound clips and other relevant sites.
- Health and Wellness Resource Center (Medline en Español ) - Informational journal and reference book articles, definitions, directories, and internet links on a wide range of health and alternative health issues. Access to MEDLINE in English and Spanish.
- History Reference Center - Primary and secondary resource documents, including historic graphics, for students and researchers.
- History Resource US - Primary source documents, articles from reference books, and full-text journal articles about themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
- History Resource Center: World Reference book and full-text articles from scholarly publications, primary sources, and images, maps and charts for the study of world history from ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance.
- How To Do It Index - Indexes repair, craft, and other instructional articles published in a wide range of popular magazines.
- InfoTrac One File - Magazine and newspaper articles on a wide range of general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. A good place to start if you don't know which database to select.
- ¡Informe! (Revistas en Español) - Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completes. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
- Kid's Edition K-12 - Designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books.
- Kids Infobits - Articles from children's magazines and reference titles for kids in Kindergarten through Grade 5.
- Learn A Test - On line practice tests for students, college applicants, career explorers, and those learning English. Includes resume writing help and study courses in business English and related topics. (NOTE: For best results inside a library building, users of this resource should try it with Firefox, which is installed on the public computers, until further notice. Other browsers, including Netscape and some versions of Internet Explorer, work just as well when this resource is accessed remotely.)
- Legal Forms (California) - Search, download and print many legal forms needed when doing business or working in Civil and Probate Courts in California.
- Literature Resource Center-LRC - Biographies of authors and critical analyses of books from every age and genre.
- Live Homework Help - One on one tutors available 4-10 pm daily for English, math, sciences, and social studies through the 12th grade level.
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - Search attorneys by name, location, and/or practice specialty. Includes education and full contact information.
- MediaFinder - Find, analyze, sort and download detailed information on over 72,000 U.S. and Canadian periodicals. Please Note: BPL has only three user licenses; only three users can access this database at the same time. If you get a busy message, try again in a few minutes.
- National Newspaper Index - New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. Note: This is an index only. You can visit the Central Library to see any of these newspapers in full text on microfilm.
- National Newspapers 5 - Full text articles from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and Wall Street Journal.
- Newsbank - Full text access to Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Berkeley Voice, San Jose Mercury News and West County Times, as well as hundreds of other newspapers throughout the United States.
- NoveList K-8 - Search for good books, according to various appeal categories, for young readers in kindergarten through middle school.
- Online Language Learning Center - Learn and practice hearing, reading, and speaking English, Spanish, and two dozen other languages using Rosetta Stone software. This resource cannot be accessed from the library's catalog computers. You can access it on the internet, either at the library or remotely. Although registration asks for your name, you may input any words in this field. Please keep track of your user name and password for later access.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Full text access to several complete series offering expert opinion on a range of controversial subjects in the social sciences.
- Oxford Reference Premium - English language and bilingual dictionaries, atlases, quotations, and reference books covering history, several sciences, the arts, literature, computing, food, and more can be searched individually or across this basic reference collection. Also includes full contents of Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, The Dictionary of American Family Names, The Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, The International Encyclopedia of Dance, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America.
- Reference USA Company Listings - Detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses. Easy to sort search results by industry and location.
- Safari Tech Books Online - Search, browse and read technical books online. Subject areas include operating systems, programming languages, database technologies and more.
- Science Resource Center - Full text science magazines, articles from reference works, and links to related internet sites.
- Small Business Network - Resource Library - A virtual information center for people working in small businesses.
- Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries - Access to more than 35,000 recordings, ranging from music to natural sounds to spoken word. Listening is free. Downloads cost (just as photocopies of print sources cost). You do not need to set up a separate log in unless you want your own play lists to be maintained by this site. This site can be browsed from any computer in the library but music clips can be played only at Internet machines.
- Social Studies Fact Cards Online - Basic facts about California geography, history, and Indians, as well as facts about US states and Presidents, world cultures, and religions.
- Student Resource Center-Gold - Articles from magazines, reference books, and other materials on topics often assigned to middle and high school students.
- Tax Forms (Federal) - The Internal Revenue web site provides ready-to-print forms and instructions, as well as providing the portal to online tax filing.
- Testing & Education Reference Center - Practice tests for higher education and trade school, along with information about colleges and universities, and help with writing application essays and resumes. Although practice test registration asks for your full name, you may input any words in these fields. Please keep track of your user name and password for the practice tests.
- What Do I Read Next? - Identify books you'd like to read, based on criteria about themes, book length, characters, and much more.
- WorldCat - Search for authoritative information on titles, authors and locations of materials in California and beyond.