Access these electronic resources from home or at the library!
Please email the Reference Desk with your name and a valid library card number (located on the back of your library card) to receive the passwords to access the databases.

The ROC - Want to know if the library has a certain book, dvd or cd? Want to see what books you've got checked out? You can use the ROC, Rancho's Online Catalog, to see if the library has what you want, to check on what materials you have on loan and to renew some materials and place holds.

America's Newspapers provides searchable full-text articles from more than 800 U.S. newspapers and other news sources, including the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the San Bernardino County Sun, the New York Times and the Washington Post.


Biography In Context - If you have to write a report about a famous person, a great place to start is the Biography Resource Center. This database features full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. You can also browse lists of famous people grouped by category!

 
Infotrac Junior Edition (middle school/junior high) and Infotrac Student Edition (high school) are magazine databases designed for middle school, junior high and high school students. You can access a variety of magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Learning Express gives you real-time test taking experience, instant scoring, and individual recommendations. Some of the tests include Advanced Placement (AP), SAT, ACT, ASVAB and GED. Also available are skills improvement modules for math, reading comprehension, writing and more!


Literature Resource Center can help you find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. 

 
Live Homework Help (Tutor.com) offers free tutoring in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English for grades K-12 and College - Intro by connecting you online to a live tutor. This service is available every day from 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm (closed New Year’s Day, Easter Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day). Live Homework Help is made possible by a generous grant from .


Mango Languages - Need some help with your foreign language class? Try Mango, an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. 



Opposing Viewpoints in Context is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Opposing Viewpoints features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites.

SIRS Online is a general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.

Southern California Digital Library - Dowload audio and ebooks to read or listen to at home. All the copies of a book you need for school checked out? You might be able to find a digital or audio copy here!

All Electronic Databases  - Click here for an alphabetical list and description of all databases.