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Our wide range of electronic databases have accurate, trusted information that you can’t find using your favorite search engine. Use your library card to find the information you need. We have everything from online phone directories for homes and businesses to full-text magazine articles and information sources with answers to all of your questions on topics such as business, health, science, literature, education, law, current events, the arts, entertainment, regional information, and much more. If you do not have a library card, you can get a Temporary Research Access Code (TRAC) for immediate access to our databases.

All databases are available from home except those with the symbol

Auto

  • Get ratings and reviews, recommendations, and buying advice.

  • Ace that permit test! Access car practice tests, motorcycle practice tests and drivers' handbooks for Florida. Everything you need to know about applying for and taking your drivers' test.

Biography

  • Find out about your history. Includes over one billion records from Social Security Death Index, U.S. Federal Census Images, Military, and Immigration and Naturalization Records.

  • Your link to more than 320,000 people from throughout history and around the world.

  • Access biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism of authors from every age and literary discipline, plus many shorter works in full-text.

  • Access electronic encyclopedias and reference books; includes biographies, literature, business, medicine, government, science, and more.

  • Search more than 25,000 family and local histories, census records, and more.

  • Digital access to large-scale, historic maps of nearly 150 Florida towns and cities; providing background information for genealogists, local historians, and urban planners.

Books & Media

  • Can’t decide what to read next? Find thousands of titles and authors; read-alike, award-winner, and librarian's favorites lists.

  • Thousands of other titles, new and old.

  • Books you can read or listen to on a computer or portable device. Over 2,200 downloadable audiobooks and Adobe EPUB e-books.

  • A collection of e-books (full-text electronic versions of published books), including over 21,000 titles across all subject areas.

  • Downloadable music service with music from over 10,000 labels , numbering 3 million songs, including Sony Music’s catalog of artists. Each card holder can download five music tracks per week.

  • Access biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism of authors from every age and literary discipline, plus many shorter works in full-text.

  • Access electronic encyclopedias and reference books; includes biographies, literature, business, medicine, government, science, and more.

  • A digital media service that allows you to borrow free videos, music and audiobooks from home or anywhere you have an internet connection. Thousands of movies, television shows, audiobooks and music albums are available to borrow and instantly stream on a tablet, smartphone or computer.

  • Search more than one million items in our collection; includes books, magazines, books-on-CD, DVDs, and music CDs.

  • Get help finding new authors and titles for both fiction and nonfiction.

  • Search bibliographic records and library holdings from around the world, and access other databases including health, education, government, and more.

  • Once accessible only in print at the library, now you can access these books online. Includes computer, reference, and nonfiction titles from many subject areas.

Business

  • An online career guidance center that walks users through the job-search process from beginning to end. Assists with creating resumes and cover letters, assessing career interests, finding job listings, and interview preparation.

  • Get ratings and reviews, recommendations, and buying advice.

  • Demographic data that allows business owners and students building marketing plans to collect, analyze, and quickly act on that data.

  • * The Foundation Directory Online (FDO) is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. *Only available at the Main Library, Jupiter Branch, Hagen Ranch Road Branch, and Belle Glade Branch .

  • Business resource that delivers authoritative company and industry information, articles, and statistical data.

  • Search full content of Directories in Print, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and the Encyclopedia of Associations.

  • Access electronic encyclopedias and reference books; includes biographies, literature, business, medicine, government, science, and more.

  • Business content from a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings.

  • Access news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest.

  • Online learning with skill building modules, test preparation materials and practice exams; including test preparation E-books. Take practice tests for GED, SAT, FCAT, fire fighter, postal worker and many more. Learn techniques for job searching , resumes, interviewing and workplace skills.

  • Sample thousands of legal forms including State, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate, and General forms, as well as a wide variety of business letters.

  • Federal & state court cases; statutes, codes and regulations; company information for 43 million businesses; news coverage including 1200 newspapers, 300 magazines and journals, and broadcast transcripts Note: Newspaper and business information is accessible outside the library – legal content is available in-library only.

  • In-depth financial information on more than 21,000 stocks and funds.

  • SimplyAnalytics is a mapping, analytics, and data visualization application that makes it easy to create interactive maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing variables.

  • Find out about starting your business using this comprehensive resource that covers all major areas of starting and operating a business.

  • Includes Value Line Investment Survey Online, Value Line Daily Options, Value Line Special Situations Service, and Value Line Electronic Convertibles.

Careers

  • An online career guidance center that walks users through the job-search process from beginning to end. Assists with creating resumes and cover letters, assessing career interests, finding job listings, and interview preparation.

  • Online learning with skill building modules, test preparation materials and practice exams; including test preparation E-books. Take practice tests for GED, SAT, FCAT, fire fighter, postal worker and many more. Learn techniques for job searching , resumes, interviewing and workplace skills.

  • Find full-text articles and citations on current library trends and developments.

  • Indexing for nearly 600 periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings, regarding libraries and information management. (From the mid-1960s).

  • Free online tutoring in math, science, social studies and language arts as well. Local open jobs, résumé and cover letter templates, interview guidelines and much more for job seekers. Grades K-12, College Intro, and Adult Learners. Sunday - Thursday, 3:00 to 9:00 pm, and Saturday, 2:00 to 7:00 pm. Assistance in Spanish for Math and Science homework, Sunday - Thursday, 2:00 - 10:00 pm.

E-Books

  • Thousands of other titles, new and old.

  • As part of our Digital Media Collection, the Library offers e-books in EPUB, PDF, and Kindle formats.

Education

  • An online career guidance center that walks users through the job-search process from beginning to end. Assists with creating resumes and cover letters, assessing career interests, finding job listings, and interview preparation.

  • Ace that permit test! Access car practice tests, motorcycle practice tests and drivers' handbooks for Florida. Everything you need to know about applying for and taking your drivers' test.

  • A collection of e-books (full-text electronic versions of published books), including over 21,000 titles across all subject areas.

  • Database of education literature, with article and document citations; includes a wide range of full-text content.

  • Free online courses for Florida residents who are public, private, and home-schooled students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

  • * The Foundation Directory Online (FDO) is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. *Only available at the Main Library, Jupiter Branch, Hagen Ranch Road Branch, and Belle Glade Branch .

  • *Searchable online resource devoted to foundations that provide funding for individuals, including educational, arts and cultural support.*Available at all Palm Beach Library branches.

  • Search full content of Directories in Print, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and the Encyclopedia of Associations.

  • Search peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. Includes physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects.

  • Access news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest.

  • Online learning with skill building modules, test preparation materials and practice exams; including test preparation E-books. Take practice tests for GED, SAT, FCAT, fire fighter, postal worker and many more. Learn techniques for job searching , resumes, interviewing and workplace skills.

  • Find full-text articles and citations on current library trends and developments.

  • Indexing for nearly 600 periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings, regarding libraries and information management. (From the mid-1960s).

  • This site offers easy-to-read news stories that can help you learn to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Seven new stories are posted each Wednesday, along with audio, exercises, vocabulary, a crossword puzzle and a word search.

  • Helps younger readers find the fiction and nonfiction books they want to read. Also includes reviews and Lexile Scores.

  • Search bibliographic records and library holdings from around the world, and access other databases including health, education, government, and more.

  • Palm Beach Virtual is a self-selecting, student/parental choice program for kindergarten through grade twelve students whose primary residence is Palm Beach County, Florida.

  • An online system for learning and developing language in a fun and engaging way. Includes tools and activities for learning over 80 languages, from Afrikaans to Zulu!

  • Free online tutoring in math, science, social studies and language arts as well. Local open jobs, résumé and cover letter templates, interview guidelines and much more for job seekers. Grades K-12, College Intro, and Adult Learners. Sunday - Thursday, 3:00 to 9:00 pm, and Saturday, 2:00 to 7:00 pm. Assistance in Spanish for Math and Science homework, Sunday - Thursday, 2:00 - 10:00 pm.

  • Ideal content for student reports, with extensive articles on animals, countries, states, science, and history.

En Español

  • Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

  • Tutorías Gratuitas • Matemáticas • Ciencias • Jardín de la infancia-12, Introducción a la Universidad y Estudiante Adulto. Domingo a Jueves de 2:00 pm hasta 10:00 pm.

Genealogy

  • Find out about your history. Includes over one billion records from Social Security Death Index, U.S. Federal Census Images, Military, and Immigration and Naturalization Records.

  • Your link to more than 320,000 people from throughout history and around the world.

  • Books, magazines, and digital collections, including historic documents, photographs, and music owned by libraries in Florida.

  • Search more than 25,000 family and local histories, census records, and more.

  • Online gateway to over 1,300 newspapers with archives going back to the 1980's. For an obituary search, select the advanced search option and choose "obituary" under "document type."

  • Digital access to large-scale, historic maps of nearly 150 Florida towns and cities; providing background information for genealogists, local historians, and urban planners.

Health

  • From MedlinePlus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health

  • Provides full-text for more than 610 nursing and allied health journals (and indexing for an additional 3,000 journals), as well as health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, and more. With coverage dating back to 1981.

  • Get ratings and reviews, recommendations, and buying advice.

  • Access electronic encyclopedias and reference books; includes biographies, literature, business, medicine, government, science, and more.

  • Find health and medicine, medications, and wellness information from encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

  • For nursing and allied health students, as well as for the general public. Contains articles on health related subject from a variety of health periodicals, plus excerpts from health-related reference books.

  • Access news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest.

  • Over 650 topics on conditions, diseases, and wellness. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

  • Search bibliographic records and library holdings from around the world, and access other databases including health, education, government, and more.

History

  • Find out about your history. Includes over one billion records from Social Security Death Index, U.S. Federal Census Images, Military, and Immigration and Naturalization Records.

  • Your link to more than 320,000 people from throughout history and around the world.

  • Books, magazines, and digital collections, including historic documents, photographs, and music owned by libraries in Florida.

  • Search more than 25,000 family and local histories, census records, and more.

  • Digital access to large-scale, historic maps of nearly 150 Florida towns and cities; providing background information for genealogists, local historians, and urban planners.

Law

  • Sample thousands of legal forms including State, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate, and General forms, as well as a wide variety of business letters.

  • Federal & state court cases; statutes, codes and regulations; company information for 43 million businesses; news coverage including 1200 newspapers, 300 magazines and journals, and broadcast transcripts Note: Newspaper and business information is accessible outside the library – legal content is available in-library only.

  • Full-text of the Florida Constitution, Statutes, Administrative Code, Rules of Procedure, Jury Instructions, and General Laws. Also includes Florida Case Law. Available at the Main Library only - Requires librarian assistance.

Library Studies

Literature

  • Can’t decide what to read next? Find thousands of titles and authors; read-alike, award-winner, and librarian's favorites lists.

  • Books you can read or listen to on a computer or portable device. Over 2,200 downloadable audiobooks and Adobe EPUB e-books.

  • A collection of e-books (full-text electronic versions of published books), including over 21,000 titles across all subject areas.

  • Books, magazines, and digital collections, including historic documents, photographs, and music owned by libraries in Florida.

  • Search Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, and Short Stories for Students.

  • Access biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism of authors from every age and literary discipline, plus many shorter works in full-text.

  • Access electronic encyclopedias and reference books; includes biographies, literature, business, medicine, government, science, and more.

  • Access news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest.

  • Search more than one million items in our collection; includes books, magazines, books-on-CD, DVDs, and music CDs.

  • Helps younger readers find the fiction and nonfiction books they want to read. Also includes reviews and Lexile Scores.

  • Get help finding new authors and titles for both fiction and nonfiction.

  • Search bibliographic records and library holdings from around the world, and access other databases including health, education, government, and more.

  • Once accessible only in print at the library, now you can access these books online. Includes computer, reference, and nonfiction titles from many subject areas.

Local Resources

  • Demographic data that allows business owners and students building marketing plans to collect, analyze, and quickly act on that data.

  • Books, magazines, and digital collections, including historic documents, photographs, and music owned by libraries in Florida.

  • Full-text of the Florida Constitution, Statutes, Administrative Code, Rules of Procedure, Jury Instructions, and General Laws. Also includes Florida Case Law. Available at the Main Library only - Requires librarian assistance.

  • Your County government, with links to other elected officials including the School District, the Sheriff's Office, the Supervisor of Elections, and more.

  • Digital access to large-scale, historic maps of nearly 150 Florida towns and cities; providing background information for genealogists, local historians, and urban planners.

Magazines

  • Get ratings and reviews, recommendations, and buying advice.

  • View many popular magazines right on your computer or mobile device. All titles are full-page, full-color duplicates of the print titles and are available the same day the paper copies hit the newsstands.

  • Books, magazines, and digital collections, including historic documents, photographs, and music owned by libraries in Florida.

  • Find out what magazines, journals, and newsletters are available in our branches online in full-text format using your library card.

  • Search peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. Includes physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects.

  • Access news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest.

  • Kids in Grades K-5 can find great information from all subject areas, reference books, magazines and newspapers; includes pictures, maps, and flags.

  • Federal & state court cases; statutes, codes and regulations; company information for 43 million businesses; news coverage including 1200 newspapers, 300 magazines and journals, and broadcast transcripts Note: Newspaper and business information is accessible outside the library – legal content is available in-library only.

Newspapers

  • Kids in Grades K-5 can find great information from all subject areas, reference books, magazines and newspapers; includes pictures, maps, and flags.

  • Get the Times from 1851 to today, with many years available as exact cover-to-cover digital reproductions. Full-text coverage from 1985 to present.

  • Full text content from 1996 to present.

  • Online gateway to over 1,500 newspapers, including international, national, and local titles.

  • Selected full-text content from 1985 to present, of local and regional news.

  • Full-text content from 1984 to present.

Research

  • APS

    Access to full-text American Physical Society Journals.

  • Demographic data that allows business owners and students building marketing plans to collect, analyze, and quickly act on that data.

  • Books, magazines, and digital collections, including historic documents, photographs, and music owned by libraries in Florida.

  • Find out what magazines, journals, and newsletters are available in our branches online in full-text format using your library card.

  • Search full content of Directories in Print, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and the Encyclopedia of Associations.

  • Access electronic encyclopedias and reference books; includes biographies, literature, business, medicine, government, science, and more.

  • Find health and medicine, medications, and wellness information from encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

  • Search peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. Includes physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects.

  • Kids in Grades K-5 can find great information from all subject areas, reference books, magazines and newspapers; includes pictures, maps, and flags.

  • Find full-text articles and citations on current library trends and developments.

  • Indexing for nearly 600 periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings, regarding libraries and information management. (From the mid-1960s).

  • This site offers easy-to-read news stories that can help you learn to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Seven new stories are posted each Wednesday, along with audio, exercises, vocabulary, a crossword puzzle and a word search.

  • Search bibliographic records and library holdings from around the world, and access other databases including health, education, government, and more.

  • Once accessible only in print at the library, now you can access these books online. Includes computer, reference, and nonfiction titles from many subject areas.

  • For Middle Schools students, with content from all subject areas; includes primary sources and multimedia content, with audio and video clips and more than 7,400 photographs, maps, and flags.

  • SimplyAnalytics is a mapping, analytics, and data visualization application that makes it easy to create interactive maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing variables.

Science

  • Access electronic encyclopedias and reference books; includes biographies, literature, business, medicine, government, science, and more.

  • Find health and medicine, medications, and wellness information from encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

  • Access news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest.

Students

  • Ace that permit test! Access car practice tests, motorcycle practice tests and drivers' handbooks for Florida. Everything you need to know about applying for and taking your drivers' test.

  • Search Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, and Short Stories for Students.

  • Kids in Grades K-5 can find great information from all subject areas, reference books, magazines and newspapers; includes pictures, maps, and flags.

  • Helps younger readers find the fiction and nonfiction books they want to read. Also includes reviews and Lexile Scores.

  • For Middle Schools students, with content from all subject areas; includes primary sources and multimedia content, with audio and video clips and more than 7,400 photographs, maps, and flags.

  • Free online tutoring in math, science, social studies and language arts as well. Local open jobs, résumé and cover letter templates, interview guidelines and much more for job seekers. Grades K-12, College Intro, and Adult Learners. Sunday - Thursday, 3:00 to 9:00 pm, and Saturday, 2:00 to 7:00 pm. Assistance in Spanish for Math and Science homework, Sunday - Thursday, 2:00 - 10:00 pm.

  • Ideal content for student reports, with extensive articles on animals, countries, states, science, and history.

Technology

  • Find health and medicine, medications, and wellness information from encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

  • Access news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest.

  • Once accessible only in print at the library, now you can access these books online. Includes computer, reference, and nonfiction titles from many subject areas.