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Public Library
1100 Oxley Street
South Pasadena CA 91030
Phone: (626) 403-7340
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Online Resources BannerThe Library offers access to resources from your home or from the library.

For more information on any of these resources, please call (626) 403-7350.

Online Resources
Oxford Dictionary

Access Information:

Go to http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl
Your Username: southpasadena 
Your Password: 1100Oxley

1.	World Book Encyclopedias for children, teens and adults including images and primary sources along with a dictionary and atlas.
Gale General Reference Center
Please have your library card
handy to log in.
Articles from thousands of newspapers, magazines, trade journals and reference books on general topics.
Newsbank Find America’s Obituaries and Death Notices, The New York Times, world news, news magazines, broadcast transcripts and newswire transcripts.
Los Angeles Times
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handy to log in.
Los Angeles Times full-text articles from 1985 to the present; citations available for articles before 1985
ProQuest
username: 1617797H
Password: 91030
Information on controversial issues including pros and cons, overviews, relevant articles and images.
Live Homework Help Specialized online tutors for Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Essay writing, SAT Prep and other topics available from 4:00-10:00 p.m. in English and Spanish. Sponsored by the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library.
Learning Express Libraryimage new
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available to log in.

USERNAME: YOUR NAME
PASSWORD: LIBRARY CARD NUMBER
Practice tests with answers for college exams (SAT, ACT, AP, TOEFL, PSAT, GED), graduate school exams (GMAT, LSAT, GRE, MCAT) and career/licensing exams (civil service, military, firefighter, law enforcement, teaching, nursing, real estate and cosmetology).  Skills improvement for all ages including math reading and writing as well as resume writing skills are available online.
Calisphereimage new Find South Pasadena’s local history photographs and primary resources on California history and culture.
Gale Virtual Reference Reference materials on key subjects including endangered species, colonial America, civil war, WWII and American decades along with encyclopedias of the nations, states, world cultures and science.
Grolier / Scholasticimage new
Library Card # 91030
Library Card # PSPA0000
Encyclopedias on animals and science.
Gale Literature Resource Center Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers from all time periods and from around the world.
Gale Health & Wellness Resource
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handy to log in.
Medical reference materials including journals, health videos pamphlets and health-related articles.
Reference USA Residential and business phone number and address searches as well extensive company information for business research.
TumbleBooks Link Ebooks for children to listen and read along. Find children’s puzzles/games, language learning books and audiobooks also.
Dear Reader Online Book Clubs by genre.  Book selections emailed daily to readers with a new book each week.
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