Book catalog--Search Prep's online catalog 
Search Prep's library's online book catalog by author, title, subject, or keyword.

The Prep MLA guide includes directions for formatting common citations in Modern Language Association (MLA) style for work assigned at Flintridge Prep.

American Memory on the Library of Congress website is a treasure trove of digitized material for U.S. History students' research. 

The CDC is a comprehensive science resource providing information about health, diseases, genetics, nutrition, and much more!

Use our Consumer Reports Online subscription from school or home and find ratings on everything from cars to computers to soap and cereal!

Originally founded at the University of Michigan's School of Information, the IPL website provides links to librarian-selected web sites containing information about every topic imaginable. 

Check online newspapers for current topics and research. 
L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, The Daily News.

This tutorial presents the substance of the Internet Workshops offered by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley.

List of search engines and search resources from the general (e.g. Google) to the specific (e.g. Academic Info)

Links to some of the local libraries

Access Science - Searchable science reference materials written by top experts in their fields, thousands of illustrations, links to evaluated websites, science news and more.

More than an encyclopedia, Britannica Online includes an atlas, videos, journal and magazine articles, and much more!

Countrywatch.com - Whether researching a country for a term paper or a vacation, Countrywatch gives thorough political, historical, geographical, environmental, cultural information, and current events about countries worldwide. GREAT HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY RESOURCE!

Daily Life Online - Find out about everyday life through history reference works, monographs, and primary documents.  Search by time period, region, or topic.

Gale Databases -  Includes author, literature, U.S. history, world history, and science information. This database includes The Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World,  English, and US Authors.  It also includes the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, a text series offering information on all sides of major issues from Animal Rights to Cloning to Gun Control to War Crimes, with periodical references and primary sources provided.

Grove Art Online (by Oxford University Press) offers all 34 volumes of Dictionary of Art, images, and more.

Grove Music Online (by Oxford University Press) offers everything about music: genres, biographies, and Sibelius sound files.

JSTOR is an archive of scholarly journals on a wide variety of topics.  Commonly found in college and university libraries, JSTOR will provide great in-depth information for research papers! 

The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field.

The entire Oxford English Dictionary, "The definitive record of the English language."

ProQuest AP Science offers more than 500 scientific journals and magazines designed to support AP and college prep-level science studies.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Includes every story from seven major U.S. newspapers (N.Y. Times, L.A. Times, Wall St. Journal, Washington Post, Hartford Courant, Chicago Tribute, & Atlanta Constitution), in their original format.  Easier to access than microfilm, this is an amazing history resource!

ProQuest Platinum includes indexes hundreds of magazines, newspapers, and journals.