Electronic Resources

Welcome to the Amador County Library Online resources. To access the following remotely or from home you will need to have an up-to-date Amador County Library card. Library cards expire every two years, please make sure your card is up to date before logging in. 

 EBSCO Masterfile Consumer Reports

These online tools are part of California’s K-12 Online Resources Program,

 which already makes a wide varietyof free research and homework tools

available to every school-age student in California.

 
Understand environmental issues that
affect people globally through topic overviews,
journals, news, and multimedia content.


Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize
and understand concepts in biology, chemistry,
earth, and space science.


Explore amazing adventures in science, nature,
culture, archaeology, and space.
Best for children aged 6–14.

World Book Student, Timelines and
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
all in one place.

World Book Student includes all the articles
from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia,
plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources,
and research tools.

 Incluye un diccionario visual en español
que ayuda a los lectores a desarrollar
el vocabulario.

World Book Timelines highlights historical events
throughout history.

 

A series of databases and e-resources 
for students, parents and teachers
Each of the resources requires an
up-to-date library card to access 
remotely from home. 
For example: P900006651234

 

Britannica school offers subject learning for all grade levels
and reading abilities. 
Escolar -- accurate and age appropriate content in Spanish.
Provided by the California State Library

One-stop resources for books you are reading and teaching,
including author and illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and
other enrichment content.
Provided by the California State Library

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AtoZ World Food contains traditional recipes for
174 countries of the world.

 

  

With AtoZ USA and World Maps Online, you have approximately
145,000 maps at your fingertips. 
 

AtoZ Maps online has 100,000 downloadable
maps for young and old alike.

For travelers and knowledge seekers alike, AtoZ World Travel
is a comprehensive travel resource with information about
points of interest, security, transportation, food and recipes,
culture, language, and more.

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library 

GVRL are ebooks on Life and Career Skills covering the following topics: Employment, Health and Wellness,
Personal Finance, and Social Skills. 

 
Salem Press, Grey House Publishing - Literature, Science, Health, Careers.
Online reference at your fingertips.

 
Mango Languages is an online language learning system teaching actual conversation
skills for a wide variety of languages.  

These unique historical collections include primary source materials
covering a vast array of subject areas.  With more than 280 archives and over 14 million pages, 
 Funded by the California State Library.

 EBSCO MasterFILE Premier: this database provides full-text magazines such as;
Consumer Reports, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive
image collection containing photos, maps and flags.  

 

Learning Express Library

LearningExpress Library is an interactive online learning platform featuring over 770 practice tests, tutorials,
and e-books related to job search and workplace skills improvement. You'll get immediate scoring, complete
answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. 

Legal Information Source™
contains more than 310 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.  
Funded by the Amador County Law Library.

GreenFILE 

This site offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
Its collection contains scholarly, government and general-interest titles.

Novelist+
Contains 600 hand-crafted Recommended Reads reading lists for adults, teens and kids covering
both fiction and nonfiction genres and topics. Forthcoming books, reading levels and more.
 

: Available in the library only.
This resource provides detailed genealogy information.