K-12

Comics Plus Children’s Library is appropriate for Ages 5-14:

• Readers: Beginning and emerging readers in elementary school; active readers in upper elementary and middle school; reluctant and remedial readers of all ages.
• Formats: Early readers and picture books to traditional comic books, manga, and comic strips.
• Key Titles: Adventure Time; Archie Comics; Avatar: The Last Airbender; Awkward; Big Nate; Bone; Chicagoland Detective Agency; Disney Descendants; Disney Fairies; Djeliya; Fairy Tail; Fuku Fuku Kitten Tales; Geronimo Stilton; The Legend of Zelda; Lucy the Dinosaur; Lumberjanes; Mail Order Ninja; Minecraft; My Little Pony; Quince; The Sisters; Sonic the Hedgehog; Stranger Things; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; They Called Us Enemy
• Key Publishers: ABDO, Archie Comics, Andrews McMeel, Capstone, Cartoon Books, Classics Illustrated, Immedium, Junior Yen, Kodansha, Lerner, Manga Classics, Papercutz, Rosen, Saddleback Educational

Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on your computer, tablet or phone -- no holds or wait lists required.

Study environmental issues that affect people globally through:

• Topic overviews
• Journals
• News
• Multimedia content

Made available by the California State Library.

Explore topics in various science areas such as:

• Earth science
• Biology
• Human Anatomy
• Chemistry

Allows students to manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand biology, chemistry, earth, and space sciences.

Made available by the California State Library.

LearningExpress Library is an online learning platform to take self-paced courses and practice tests.

• Skill-building courses and eBooks to help with reading, writing, and math.
• Occupational practice tests and civil service exams for a variety of career choices.
• College and grad school entrance test prep.
• GED® test prep.
• And more.

Available in English and Spanish. New users will be asked to create a user name and password when they first access the resource.

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library. Palo Alto City Library has access from Oct 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2024.

Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts.

• software development
• business and project management
• creative skills and software training (Adobe, 3D animation, film making, etc.)

Access

• Desktop users: Enter your library account number and PIN with our special link.
• Mobile users: Use library code "paloaltocitylibrary" and then enter your library account and PIN on the following screen. 

This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library. Palo Alto City Library has access from Oct 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2024.

Enjoy picture books with your children in a variety of languages.

• unlimited access to thousands of digital picture books
• 50+ World Languages together with English translations.

ProQuest Central Student will put you in the center of serious research :

•  The largest collection of full-text periodicals selected specifically to support high school programs. More than 75% of all titles are full text; and one-click linking automatically connects citations to full text.
• Content are updated each day, and top newspapers load by 8am EST daily. 
• Cover every course, and emerging topics. More than 160 subjects are represented, across more than 10,000 full-text titles, with over 5,000 being academic journals.
• Include videos across subjects such as business, entrepreneurship, science, psychology, social sciences, health and more. It also includes full episodes of the award-winning 60 MINUTES documentary series from 1997-2014. Adding to the diversity of content are transcripts of top radio and television programs, as well as blogs, news wires, and government reports (such as White House Daily Press Briefings).

Teaching Books is an online database of thousands of multimedia resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors. Look up any favorite author--from David Macaulay to J.K. Rowling, from Dr. Seuss to Shakespeare--or any title, fiction or nonfiction.You instantly get online teaching/learning resources about that author or specific book.

It also provides immediate access to useful materials and exciting programs that add a multimedia dimension to reading in the clasroom, library, and home:

• short movies
• audiobook readings
• book discussion guides
• and more