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CATALOG+ - Orange Public Library's Online Catalog

CATALOG+

Search the catalog of the Orange Public Library (Main, Taft & El Modena Libraries) If you are a registered Orange Public Library patron you may also place holds on items, renew library materials that are on loan and check the status of your account.
No card needed for guest access.
To place holds or renew items, log in with your library card #.
Your birthdate is your PIN code.

These databases are available inside and outside the library
OPL Library card needed to access these databases

Inside the Library

Ancestry Library Edition - Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition is only available from computers inside the libraries. This database includes:

  • Immigration records
  • Birth, death and marriage records
  • U.S. and U.K. census information
  • Collections of U.S. school yearbooks
  • Much more!

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Curriculum Resource Center - Reference/Homework

Curriculum Resource Center contains hundreds of maps, charts, pictures, and encyclopedia entries that you can use. There is a wide array of information—from how to perform a famous scientific experiment to the rules of baseball to how a bill is debated in Congress. Search for entries on a particular topic, or browse the database for new ideas.
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Health Source - Health

The Health Source database contains information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Full text for over 190 journals and abstracts and indexing for over 205 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications are included.
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Heritage Quest Online - Genealogy

Heritage Quest Online is available from computers inside the libraries, or from home. This resource includes:

  • U.S. Census information from 1790 – 1930
  • Over 20,000 family and local histories
  • Nearly 2 million genealogy and local history articles
  • Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land application files
  • Much more!

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Literature Resource Center - Literature

Designed to meet the research needs of undergraduate and high school students, the Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale's most used literary databases in a single Internet-searchable service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Search by Author Name, Title, Genre, Literary Movement or Literary Themes, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search path.
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MasterFile Premier - Periodicals

MasterFile Premier provides full text articles for over 1,890 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. More than 2,500 periodicals are indexed and abstracted with some full text available back to 1975. Full text for nearly 200 reference and travel books; 88,000 biographies; 60,000 primary source documents; and 91,000 photos, maps, and flags is also contained in this database, which is updated daily.
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NoveList - Literature

This database helps readers find what to read next by letting them use a favorite author or title to help locate similar authors or titles. Novelist contains materials for all ages, ranging from picture books and children’s chapter books to young adult and adult titles. The database contains full-text reviews and is updated monthly.
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Inside the LibraryOutside the LibraryOpposing Viewpoints - Reference/Homework

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
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ProQuest - Newspapers

Full-text, online access to a number of major newspapers including:

Orange County Register (1986-Current)

  • Los Angeles Times (1985-Current)
  • Christian Science Monitor (1988-Current)
  • New York Times (1980-Current)
  • Wall Street Journal (1984-Current)
  • Washington Post (1987-Current)

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ReferenceUSA - Business

Over 12 million businesses compiled from nationwide yellow pages and business sources, searchable by name, industry, SIC, geographic location and size.

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Inside the LibraryOutside the LibraryWorld Book Encyclopedia - Reference/Homework

The World Book Online Reference Center is an electronic version of the World Book Encyclopedia and much more. World Book Online also contains a dictionary, atlas, current events and history timelines just to name some of the features from this informative site.
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