Your Napa County Library card or e-card is required to search most of the databases.  If you need help finding information, our reference team is eager to help.  Please call us at (707) 253-4241 or email us at library@countyofnapa.org.

Recently added databases:

• Morningstar Investment Research Center
• Grolier Online
• Freegal music collection
• Consumer Reports
• MasterFILE Premier

Alphabetical List of Databases:

Academic OneFile

• Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.

 Biography in Context   

• Biography in Context delivers outstanding research support with nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography.

Chilton's Auto Repair Library  

• ChiltonLibrary provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, OEM maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and TSBs for automobiles and light trucks. 

• Product reviews and Ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more.

• Access to in depth demographic data for delivery of consumer and market insight into rapidly compiled reporting visualizations.

• Library users have a weekly download limit.  You will be able to keep track of your downloads in the upper right corner of the site.

General OneFile

•  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.  Updated Daily  

Grolier Online

• Grolier Online is published by Scholastic Library Publishing. It includes four encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.

Heritage Quest Online

• HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids.  

InfoTrac Newsstand

• InfoTrac Newsstand is an innovative Web-based full-text newspaper database which allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields.  

• Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life.

Literature Resource Center

• 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

• Free Online Homework Help. Kinder through adult learners. English or Spanish

  Mango Languages

• Mango Languages is a fast, easy and effective way to learn to speak a foreign language!

• MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. 

• An online investment database with information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds.

• Muzzy Online - The World's #1 Language Course for Children

Napa Health Matters

• This is your one-stop source for health services, resources and solutions for yourself, your family and our community. 

• An indexed list of various Napa County organizations and agencies. 

NoveList

• Your guide to fiction: Designed to help fiction readers find new authors and titles.

 Opposing Viewpoints in Context   

• Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.

Student Resources In Context

• Student Resources In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.