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Chiltonlibrary.Com
- Maintenance and specification tables that provide the unique data you need for each specific vehicle.
- Step-by-step service and repair procedures, and labor estimating tool to help you confidently determine your next move.
- Vacuum diagrams to simplify troubleshooting.
- Wiring diagrams to help explain system operation.
- Close-up photographs and illustrations for visual support.
- ASE test prep quizzes for the most popular certification exams
- A print button that allows you to easily print out what is needed.
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TeachingBooks
Book Guides & Lesson Plans – Find lesson plans, discussion questions, novel units, reader’s theater scripts, and other instructional support for the books you’re reading in any K-12 classroom.
Booklist: Build Your Own – Compile, organize, analyze, and share instructional materials associated with the books in your curriculum.
Diverse Books – Include diverse cultural experiences in your instruction as reflected in quality fiction and nonfiction books.
Literature-Based Vocabulary Lists – Have ready-to-use vocabulary lists – often organized by chapter – for the books that you’re teaching. Vocabulary lists include definitions, example sentences pulled from each book, and audio pronunciations.
Meet-the-Author Videos & Book Readings – Have the author reveal, anytime, the author’s purpose, writing, and research processes with these TeachingBooks.net exclusively created primary source materials.
Resources for Award-Winning Books – Lists of U.S. Award Winning titles.
Access with your Library Card • All ages 
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Gale Business Insights: Global
For business professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and general researchers, Gale Business Insights: Global delivers comprehensive international business intelligence, compiled into a logical, useable context. This unique resource empowers users to not only research topics but also to interpret their research. Deep business intelligence powered by statistical data lets researchers spend less time searching and more time connecting their discoveries to practical applications.
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship
• Perfect for research 
Gale Legal Forms
• Perfect for legal research 
Gale OneFile: Business
Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily.
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ProCitizen
Pronunciator’s ProCitizen course prepares individuals to take the United States Naturalization test.
Access with your Library Card
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The Bakersfield Californian eEdition
For several years, the Kern County Library provided the e-edition of The Bakersfield Californian on its website. In 2020, the Californian changed its e-edition platform to PressReader. Because PressReader does not have an option for libraries to subscribe to newspapers within a limited geographical area, access to The Bakersfield Californian is no longer available via the library. Print copes are available at most branches and you can also access a limited number of articles online.
The New York Times
Having won the Pulitzer Prize more times than any other newspaper, The New York Times is the 2nd most circulated newspaper in the nation and has worldwide readership. Explore breaking news, world news, multimedia, opinion pieces, and more. Topics in the newspaper include world topics, U.S. news, politics, business, technology, science, health, sports, arts, books, style, food, travel, and real estate.
Please Note a Few Limitations on NYT-related Mobile Apps:
- NYT-related Mobile Applications are only available on personal mobile devices.
- The Crosswords app is not included, however, crosswords from the past week, as well as a handful from the archive, are available in the Crosswords section.
- The Cooking app is not included, however customers can access recipes via the Food section.
- Articles from 1923-1980 are not available on public library computers. On personal devices, customers have access to 5 articles per day in this date range.
Access with your Library Card
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Britannica Escolar
• Perfect for research
Google Translate
Google Translate is a free multilingual machine translation service. It includes language recognition, strong translations, and pronunciations.
Mobile apps available 
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Pronunciator
Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn any of 87 languages with self-directed lessons, live teachers, movies, music, and more. Track your progress and learn your chosen language in your preferred learning style.
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FamilySearch
Operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch is among one of the largest genealogy-related, free databases worldwide. Explore free records, resources, and much more.
Perfect for family trees 
• All ages
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Find A Grave
Contribute to and discover grave sites worldwide. This completely free database includes burial information and details, and is continuously being added to daily. There are over 170 million records.
Perfect for family trees • All ages
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Genealogy Room
The Genealogy Room collection, located within the Beale Memorial Library, contains books, magazines, printed vital records, and books on heraldry and family names. Complete California census records through 1920 are also available on microfilm. Additionally, the collection includes the microfiche index to the collection of the Sutro Library. In 2014, 300 new genealogy books were added to the collection, covering Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Missouri. The Genealogy Room is open, during most normal operating hours of the Beale Memorial Library. Volunteers from the Kern County Genealogical Society are on hand to assist customers.
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Perfect for family trees • All ages
To make a research request, fill out the following forms:
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Obituary Request
To make a research request, fill out the following forms:
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Gale Health and Wellness
Gale Health and Wellness offers 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
What dietary habits are associated with developing adult-onset diabetes? Are antioxidants really effective? What new advances have been made in the treatment of HIV/ AIDS? Gale Health and Wellness is your first-stop resource for answers to these and other health-related questions.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Created specifically for students, knowledgeable consumer health researchers, and health care professionals, Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine is the perfect resource for up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. With more than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries, Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine ensure that researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health-related questions.
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Carleton E. Watkins Photography Collection
Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) was one of the most highly acclaimed early Western photographers. This collection includes photographs of various Kern County scenes from the 1880s, with an emphasis on Rancho El Tejon.
Historical photos 
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Clyde Johnson Collection
This collection includes photographs of assorted Kern County scenes following the 1952 earthquake.
Historical photos
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Curtis Darling Postcard Collection
This collection includes miscellaneous illustrated and photographic postcards of Kern County locations.
Historical photos
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Kathleen Walker Collection
This collection includes Bakersfield city scenes from the 1990s.
Historical photos
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KCL Local History Flickr Photostream
Since 2012, the Kern County Library has utilized Flickr to share both current programming photos and to also make the viewing of local history photos from the Local History Room available to the public.
Historical photos
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KCL Local History Photograph Collection
Part of the Online Archive of California (OAC) launched in 2002, which provides free public access to primary resource collections by more than 200 contributing institutions throughout California, the Kern County Library’s photograph collection includes images of historical interest of Bakersfield and other areas of Kern County from the late 1800s to 2001.
Historical photos
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Local History Room
Discover Kern County's Past @ Beale Memorial Library's
LOCAL HISTORY ROOM
The Local History Room is available to visitors based on staff availability.
We encourage you to call (661) 868-0771 before your visit to confirm that staff are available to assist you.
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The Local History Room is located on the second floor, within the Beale Memorial Library, 701 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA, 93301.The collection contains books, pamphlets, periodicals, newsletters, vault materials, and vertical files on over 900 subjects. The Local History room’s most popular items include Bakersfield City Directories dating back to 1899; Kern County Telephone directories dating back to 1940; and donated elementary, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks mainly from the 1960s and 1970s. Some primary sources in the collection go as far back as the 1800s.
Microfilm is also available in the Local History room to view newspapers not digitized, such as Shafter, Taft, Delano, and additional surrounding areas. Digitized access to the Bakersfield Californian for 1875-1977, limited issues of 2013-2017, The Shafter Press (1935-2014), and Shafter Progress (1929-1962) are available on Newspaper Archive. Microfilm is also available in the Local History Room for the Bakersfield Californian (1978-present), as well as other newspapers that have not yet been digitized, such as Taft, Delano, Ridgecrest, and additional surrounding areas.
The collection materials cannot be checked out and can only be used in the Local History Room.
Perfect for research of local history and events. • All ages welcome.
Visit our online collection:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerncountylibrary/collections/
Additional local history collections:
Library of Congress Bakersfield CA Prints & Photographs
Library of Congress Digitized California Newspapers
Library of Congress Kern County – All Materials
Library of Congress Kern County Prints & Photographs
The Photographs of Carleton E. Watkins
Online Archive of California, featuring KCL Local History Photo Collection
Internet Archive: Digitized Audiovisual Collection
SJVLS Digital Collection, featuring Kern County
SJVLS Digital Collection, featuring Clyde Johnson Photography
SJVLS Digital Collection, featuring Curtis Darling Postcard Collection
Calisphere Kern County Library Photo & Video Collections
To make a research request, fill out the following forms:
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Local History: Archive.org
47 digitized audiovisual resources, including videos, audio, and interviews on library groundbreakings, the dustbowl, and Kern County history.
Historical Videos 
• Historical Audio 
National Archives Collections
The National Archives has collections spanning from general topics and through the 19th to 21st century. Among the notable collections include photos of WWII, Women’s Suffrage, and American Indians.
Historical photos
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SJVLS Photo Heritage Collection
The San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project began in the Summer of 2001. The project provided the 9 public libraries of the San Joaquin Valley Library System (SJVLS) with equipment and training so that they could digitize portions of their historical photograph collections. This Project aimed to improve access to historical images found in the region, to preserve the photographs and their valuable content, and to put in place the equipment, skills, and infrastructure that would enable the SJVLS member libraries to work independently to digitize the unique content in their collections. would not have been possible without the support of the California State Library, and the funding available under the Library Services and Technology Act.
Historical photos
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America’s Job Center of Kern
A local One-Stop Center within the County of Kern that serves a training center for local job seekers. Many services are available, including no-cost training, job placement services, and job-hunting resources.
Ages 18+
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