Torrance Public Library Electronic Collection Map

April 2011

Detail

The electronic resource collection is available on the Library’s website under ‘Online Resources’

Hit statistics are for calendar year 2010 ‘Hits’ are the number of patron clicks on the

database link (in most cases taking you to 3rd party vendors) and include all searches, requests, downloaded pages, and reference materials

Resource Description

Ancestry Plus – 4,000 databases containing census, vital statistics, church, court, and immigration records from the U.S. and Canada for 1.5 billion names

Career Transitions - online career guidance center that walks patrons through the job search process from beginning to end

Daily Breeze Archives - electronic editions of Torrance, CA’s local newspaper

Descriptions, cont.

Legal Forms – State, Federal, Business, Real Estate and General forms from Thomson Gale

Mango Languages – online language learning system

Auto Repair Reference Center - complete automotive repair information including factory drawings and step-by-step photographs, by the publisher of Chilton guides.

Descriptions, cont.

Chronicle Career Library – descriptions of more than 2,000 occupations

DISCovering Collection – assists students with relating historical people and primary source documents to current events

Historic Newspapers – scanned versions of historic local papers the Torrance Herald and Torrance Press, 1913 - 1969

Descriptions, cont.

Reference USA - detailed information on over 12 million U.S. businesses

Biography and Genealogy Master Index – 12 million biographical sketches covering contemporary and historical figures

CQ Researcher – reporting/analysis on world issues

Descriptions, cont.

Learning Express Library – test preparation and skill-building practice

Facts on File World News Digest - events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years

SIRS Researcher – general reference database