Research Databases

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Adult Learning Center

Get live, one-on-one help from tutors for the GED, Citizenship Test, Microsoft Office and more.

Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940

The largest collection available in support of the study of gender and sexuality. Enables scholars to make new connections in LGBTQ history and activism, cultural studies, psychology, health, political science, policy studies, and other related areas of research.

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Brainfuse Online Tutoring

Get live online homework help from an expert tutor.

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California State Tax Forms

Franchise Tax board forms and publications.

City Council

Agendas, staff reports, minutes and videos.

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DRAM

A streaming service for new, creative, and unusual music.

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The Foundation Center’s directory of foundation and company grantmakers and non-profit grant recipients. This searchable database is available only in the Main Library.

Foundation Center Grants to Individuals Online

The Foundation Center’s directory that provides detailed descriptions of foundations that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. This searchable database is available only in the Main Library.

Foundation Center's Grantspace

The Foundation Center's learning portal.

Foundation Center Website

The Foundation Center website provides useful background information and instruction about the world of philanthropy and grant seeking. Note: If you are looking for a directory of grantmakers and grants, see the Foundation Directory Online Professional database or the Foundation Grants to Individuals Online database listed above.

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Online local history materials, including photographs, maps, newspaper citations and the contents of the Santa Monica Outlook newspaper for the years 1875 -1920.

IRS Tax Forms

Federal Tax forms and related publications.

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Get help writing resumes and conducting job interviews with live assistance (via online chat) and related resources. You must set up a free account for online chat services.

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Online lessons for many foreign languages and for English as a second language (ESL).

MasterFILE Complete

Magazine and journal articles from thousands of publications.

Morningstar Investment Research Center

An all-inclusive database providing comprehensive data and analysis of more than 35,000 investments, including stocks, mutual funds and other types of investment.

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New York Times Online

Use your Santa Monica Public Library card to create a free account and get 24-hour unlimited access to the digital edition of The New York Times. 

NoveListPlus

Provides subject access, reviews and much more for the thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles. 

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ProQuest Newspapers

Newspaper articles from Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Christian Science Monitor.

New! Recent Newspapers is ProQuest’s digital microfilm product. It provides the microfilm experience in a digital format. It consists of full-page images of every page of the newspapers (from 2008 up to 3 months ago), including Sunday classifieds and is completely full-text searchable.

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RBdigital

On February 1, 2021 our digital magazine collection moved to OverDrive/Libby. Learn more.

ReferenceUSA

Information on 14 million businesses and 89 million U.S. residents.  

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Santa Monica City Council Agendas, Staff Reports, Minutes & Videos

Santa Monica Image Archives

Online local history materials, including photographs, maps, newspaper citations and the contents of the Santa Monica Outlook newspaper for the years 1875 -1925. 

Student Research Center

Information on Arts, Media, English, Math, Social Sciences, History, Sports, Technology, Business, and Careers.

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U.S. Healthcare Providers

Information on 855,000 doctors and dentists.

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Value Line Investment Survey

Weekly up-to-date investment information and comprehensive reference for investors. In breadth of coverage it is encyclopedic, covering some 1,700 equity issues.
Company name, Ticker or Industry Lookup

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World Book Encyclopedia

Popular generalist encyclopedia, includes separate editions for kids, students, advanced searchers and Spanish speakers.