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This page lists some of the best databases for students that include copyrighted, full text articles, images and charts; plus online language learning. All resources are current, comprehensive and authoritative.

There's also a list of recommended websites for homework help.

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Databases for Teens

From ebooks to language learning to homework help, the Marin County Free Library offers a variety of free, online research and resources that can be accessed from within the library and from home. To apply for a library card, click here. 

Due to licensing agreements, some resources limit access to in-library use, public library use and Marin County Free Library jurisdictions. Access is noted in each description. For more information, contact your local library.

EBSCO Combined Search

Searches our EBSCO databases simultaneously through a single interface.
EBSCO Research Databases provide full-text articles from thousands of periodicals. Databases cover a wide range of subjects in both scholarly and professional resources.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)

Mango Languages

A fun, fast and easy language learning program that provides self-directed language instruction in a variety of languages  and focuses on everyday conversational skills. Languages offered include, but are not limited to Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. Also includes English instruction tailored to speakers of Brazilian, Portuguese, Polish, and Spanish.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)

ProQuest Newspapers

Full-text articles of over 600 national and international newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle (1996-present), the Christian Science Monitor (1988-present), the Los Angeles Times (1985-present), the New York Times (1980-present), the Wall Street Journal (1984-present) and the Washington Post (1987-present).
This database of articles includes professional journals, academic journals, and regional newspapers, providing either abstracts or full text articles.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)

Student Resource Center

The Student Research Center is designed for Middle and High School students. It searches the EBSCO databases we offer for the best resources on their topic for students and contains full text articles for more than 140 popular magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles) and full text articles are also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Additionally, Student Resource Center contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia; American Heritage Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Animals.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)

Tuition Funding Sources

A private website designed to help students find scholarships, college and career information. TFS offers students the largest scholarship database in the world with over $41 Billion in scholarship awards along with a career personality test and detailed college and career information.
(Available only to Marin County Free Library jurisdiction residents due to licensing agreements)

Virtual Reference Library (Gale)

A collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for research which includes Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, Readymade Job Search Letters, Grizmek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, the Ancient World, Dictionary of American History, Fashion Costume and Culture, the Greenwood Library of World Folktales, the Gale Encyclopedia of Science and more.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)

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Arts

English/Language Arts

History/Social Studies

Math

Sciences