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Looking
for a link on the home page that is no longer there?
Look no further! Below are links to pages that were featured
on the home page in past months. Please bookmark the pages
you refer to regularly.
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- The
CIP database, where you can find information on organizations
that provide health and human services to residents of
San Mateo County, now provides expanded search
options. It is part of the new online catalog
recently introduced by the Peninsula Library System. Click
here to find the resources you may need.
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- Databases
from PLS - Have homework? Need to write a paper?
Help is just a click away! Reliable
databases are available to help you with subjects from Astronomy to Zoology!
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- Get
Your Notices by Email -
What if the library could send you an email when your book,
CD, or video was ready for you to pick up? Wouldn't that
be more convenient than a phone call or postcard? Now we
can! Simply fill out
the 'Get Your Notices
by Email form and click 'Sign Me Up!'. We will add
your email address to your library record.
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- Good
Reads - Find best sellers lists, childrens
book award winners, mysteries, music recommendations,
teen interests and more on the Good
Reads page.
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- Infotrac
Onefile (a Gale Group database) is a database of magazine
articles, many in full-text, from thousands of popular
magazines like Fortune, Business Week, Good Housekeeping
and People. Have your library card ready, and click
here to begin searching. You can also access Onefile
from the Quick Links menu on every page at www.plsinfo.org.
Look under "Gale Databases".
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- NetLibrary -
the world's premier provider of electronic books (eBooks).
PLS has purchsed over 2,300 titles.
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- New Online
Catalog- Look up books, CDs and DVDs, place holds and
renew items among other things on the new Online Catalog.
Give it a try! You can find a link to the Online
Catalog in the upper left corner of every page on this
site. If
you still have questions or problems, contact your
local library.
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- QandAcafe -
Have a question? Any question? Ask a Reference librarian,
live on the web through the award-winning QandAcafe!
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- Safari -
Safari offers technical books online. Browse books by category
or conduct searches across all of the technical books in
the Safari bookshelf. Research topics from XML, to database
to .Net.
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- Sites
of the Month - Each month, our librarians compile a
list of timely websites of notable events, topics, and
birthdays such as Black History Month, Lunar New Year,
the Super Bowl, summer travel, and election day.
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- Check
out the Student
Resource Center. This high school-oriented online resource
is only available to PLS cardholders. (To apply for a card, click
here.) With it, you have access to reference materials,
electronic versions of print periodicals and a wealth of
other resources based on high school curriculum.
This
is not just another Internet site but a subscription-based
service brought to you by your local library. Want to learn
more? Take a guided
tour
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- What
Do I Read Next? includes
over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 54,000 plot
summaries, and awards information from 561 awards, all
to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered
favorites, and discover award-winning titles.
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- Wireless - We
all know libraries are hot spots – but now many have
wireless access too! Twenty-six
libraries in PLS currently offer wireless. Bring
in your wireless-enabled laptop or PDA, and avoid charges
for time, wifi subscriptions or 1-drink minimums. Most
users can just detect the network when they start up. For
more information, take a look at our wireless
FAQs. Call ahead to inquire about availability
of power outlets.
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- Bigchalk
- Bigchalk is no longer offered as a service from PLS.
Please use the Gale Databases instead, which you will
find in the QuickLlinks menu on the left, in Power Users
at http://www.plsinfo.org/features/powerusers or
by clicking here.
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- EBSCOHost
- EBSCOHost is no longer offered as a service from PLS. Please
use the Gale Databases instead, which you will find in the
QuickLlinks menu on the left, in Power Users at http://www.plsinfo.org/features/powerusers or
by clicking here.
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