Plumas County Library
COLLECTIONS AND DATABASES
Check out our growing print and digital collections, get a book delivered right to your door, stream movies from your couch, study from home, and improve academic and life skills through our many options.
For patron ease the main databases and programs are linked below. All services (usually with more details) can also be found on their more specific sub-pages to the left, as well as dozens of additional resources, services, and more.
Library card required.
Check out our online catalog to find our physical collection of books, audiobooks, DVDs, and more.
Library card required.
Don't see a book in our catalog? Order it through the Zip Book Program and get it delivered right to your door.
(Our specialized collections)
Library card required.
Library card required.
Stream movies from home.
(Limit 3 per month)
Access historical California-based newspapers right from home, including local editions like the Feather River Bulletin (1866-2002), Chester Progressive (1955-1957), Indian Valley Record (1931-1962), and the Portola Reporter (1943-1977).
Library card required.
Full access to the New York Times, from 1851 to today.
The link to retrieve the code for the NY Times is only available after you sign into your account through www.plumaslibrary.org. (It will be a clearly marked link on the left-hand side.) The code lasts 72 hours and there's no limit on the number of articles you read with each code or the number of codes you retrieve in a year.
Library card required.
Provides access to hundreds of digital newspapers like the Chico Enterprise-Record, Oroville Mercury Register, and the Sacramento Bee for current news.
Library card required.
Recommended For Grades 3-12
ProQuest
Provides reference help and research articles, videos, and books using six different databases of content.
CultureGrams
Concise cultural information on countries around the world.
Library card required.
Gale Archives Unbound
Offers topically-focused digital collections of historical documents for research.
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies
Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
Gale Interactive Science
Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
Gale National Geographic Kids
Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. (Best for children aged 6–14.)
Library card required.
EBSCO Learning Express
Helps improve core academic skills, pass the GED, prepare for college, obtain occupational certification, become a U.S. citizen, and more.
The link to EBSCO Learning Express is only available after you sign into your account through www.plumaslibrary.org. (It will be a clearly marked link on the left-hand side.)
El programa LearningExpress apoya a aquellos que buscan mejorar las habilidades académicas, aprobar el GED, prepararse para la universidad, inscribirse a las fuerzas armadas, obtener una certificación ocupacional, encontrar un trabajo, cambiar de carrera, convertirse en ciudadano estadounidense y mucho más.
Encyclopedia Britannica
A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to CA Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources.
Encyclopedia Britannica ofrece un recurso interactivo integral para los estudios y el aprendizaje de los grados de jardín de infantes a duodécimo.
Library card required
Alexander Street Collection
A truly remarkable and diverse performing arts collection of Music, Dance, and Theatre content, covering hundreds of genres and a wide range of content types, from instruction to performance.
- Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
- Alexander Street Enhanced Video Platform
- Broadway on Demand
- National Theatre Collection
- The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection
- Theatre in Video
- Dance Online: Dance in Video
- Music Online: Classical Music in Video, Vol. II
- Music Online: Opera in Video, Volume II
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
- Music Online: Performance in Video
- Music Online: The Qwest TV Collection
Library card required
LinkedIn Learning
Provides unlimited, cost-effective access to great content from Lynda.com. It gives users of any skill level bite-size tutorials or comprehensive courses on hundreds of topics.
Library card required.
Brainfuse VetNow
Provides help to veterans and their families with both job assistance and personalized assistance for the VA.
Brainfuse VetNow presenta ayuda a los veteranos y sus familias con todo.
GetSetUp
A catalog of over 500 classes exclusively for older adults, with more than 40 live classes every day and 25 on weekends. Classes cover everything from physical and mental health to social activities like gardening and pets.
Driving Tests
This site includes the CA Driver's Handbook and various DMV practice tests of increasing difficulty for cars, motorcycles, and your Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
Teachingbooks.net
A website dedicated to enriching every student's reading experience and offers book guides, meet-the-author movies, vocabulary lists, help to build your own booklists, and so much more.
GCF Learning
Offers individual training in essential skills, from using Microsoft Office to emails to basic math. There are over 180 topics with more than 2000 lessons, all completely free.
GCF Learning
GCF Learning ofrece entrenamiento individual de habilidades esenciales. Hay más de 180 temas con más de 2000 lecciones, todas completamente gratis y disponibles en Español.
DigitalLearn.org
A collection of self-directed tutorials for end-users to increase their digital literacy.
Ofrece apoyo y formación en alfabetización digital. El sitio web incluye una colección de tutoriales autodirigidos para que los usuarios finales desarrollen su alfabetización digital, todo completamente gratis y disponible en Español.
Plumas County Library is a member of the North State Cooperative Library System and NorthNet Library System.
Databases (Brainfuse, the NY Times, Gale, the CA Digital Newspaper Collection, Encyclopedia Britannica, Book Connections / Teaching Books, LinkedIn Learning, GetSetUp, the Alexander Street Collection), the CA Library Services for People with Print Disabilities, and the Zip Book Program are supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act or the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian or are supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library. |
Plumas County makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the content of the websites provided and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for loss or damage resulting from using the website or the information contained therein. The presence of any link to articles, websites, or documents does not imply an endorsement by the Library or County.
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