LIBRARY DATABASES Check out the Library's large selection of databases! Read your favorite magazine, search for information in an encyclopedia, practice taking a career or education test, or find some exciting new reading!
Masterfile Premier Magazine Database Due to the economic downturn in the economy the library has had to cut back on all but essential services. Masterfile Premier has been temporarily suspended at this time. Please take advantage of our remaining databases and e-books until such a time as we are able to return service of this valuable resouce. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
Heritage Quest Online Search Census records, family and local histories, the PERSI genealogy index, Freedmans Bank records, and Revolutionary War records. You need your Nevada County Library Card number to log in.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Homework Help! Search e-reference sources including
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia,
American Decades,
Countries and Their Cultures,
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations and
the States.
Grolier Online A multimedia encyclopedia and more!
Auto Repair Reference Center Due to the economic downturn in the economy the library has had to cut back on all but essential services. Auto Repair has been temporarily suspended at this time. Please take advantage of our remaining databases and e-books until such a time as we are able to return service of this valuable resource. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. 
NoveList A guide for fiction for all ages. Book reviews, author profiles and recommended reading.
Tumblebooks e-books for e-kids. Listen to talking books online!
Learn-A-Test Database Due to a reduction in revenue, we regret that we are unable to continue offering the Learn-A-Test database to our patrons at this time. We hope to return this valuable resource in the future. For study books on clerical skills, ASVAB, the GRE, and other subjects, please consult the library catalog or ask staff at one of our library locations for help.
The Grass Valley Daily Union, 1865-1885 Click here to view online holdings The Grass Valley Daily Union (which eventually became The Union) for the years 1865-1885 is available online to anyone with Internet access. Now getting a sense of life in Nevada County in the mid to late 1800s is only a few clicks away! You can search across all years of the collection by news headline (e.g., "empire mine," "chinese") or category (e.g., "announcements," "legal notices," "local intelligence") that have been extracted from the daily publications or you can browse through the newspaper by year, month, and/or day. As the newspaper is stored as image files converted to PDF, the actual text is not searchable.
Periodicals List A list of the newspapers and magazines carried in each of the Nevada County libraries is right here on our site.
Ask a Librarian! Go ahead, ask us anything! We'll research it and get back to you.
Library Online Catalog.
Look for a new book, check your account and renew items.
NEW! Brief animated audio/video tutorials explain how to use the EBSCO databases (Magazines, Auto Repair and NoveList).
Click Here to open a new browser window and try them. (Tutorials require the free Flash player, which will download and install itself if needed.)
Foundation Center Online A popular tool for grant-seekers providing a directory of foundations and a grants file of more than 400,000 grant awards.
The database is for in-library use only, that's why we're not linking it from this page.) You can access the Foundation Center in any library branch. If you would like to browse the public areas of the Foundation Center Website, just
click here.
ANCESTRY.COM
Search Census records, Voter lists, Birth, Marriage & Death indexes, Immigration & Emigration documents, Military documents, Historic Photos, Historic newspapers, U.S. Land Office records for selected states, Personal narratives, and lots more!
Ancestry.com is available only at the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research.
REGIONAL LIBRARIES onlineMELVYL Search - The union catalog for the University of California system.Mountain Valley Library System - You can extend your search to dozens of nothern California libraries using the Mountain Valley Library System. Bear River High School Library - A powerful search engine for the BRHS library collection.
