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The Modoc County Library has many resources to help you do research and homework, or find a good book to read.   


 

Find it on the Internet:

GoodSearch: Help support the Modoc County Library by entering "Friends of the Modoc County Library" in the "Who do you GoodSearch for?" box whenever you search.

Google 


 

Find government information:

City of Alturas | County of Modoc | State of California | U.S. Federal | THOMAS | Kids.gov | WeConnect 


 

Find legal information:

California Courts |   California Legislative Information:California Code | CataLaw  | FindLaw |  Google Scholar  | I-Can! Legal  |  LawHelpCalifornia | Legal Information Institute | Public Law Library | Sacramento County Public Law Library 


 

Find medical and health information: 

Evaluating Internet Health Information tutorial from the National Library of Medicine | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  | Healthfinder.gov | KidsHealth.org | Medline Plus | Nutrition.gov  | PubMed | Health Information for Senior Citizens


 

Find a good book to read: News, reviews, interviews and more! 

Reading is fun!

SERIES:   

Books in a Series: Monroe County Public Library's site for children's series, searchable by author.

Books in Series Database: Nebraska Library Commission's site for adult, young adult, and juvenile fiction, searchable by author, title, or series.

Juvenile Series and Sequels: Mid-Continent Public Library's site for juvenile and young adult series, searchable by author, title, subject, and series.

Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels: Bettendorf Public Library's site for young adult series, searchable by author, title, and series.  


OTHER READING RESOURCES: 

Amazon 

 Barnes and Noble Review 

Based on the Book: Mid-Continent Public Library's site about books made into movies. Searchable by book title or author, movie title or release year.

BookBrowseAuthor interviews, reading suggestions.
BookPage Online: A monthly magazine of reviews.
Book Spot: First Chapters, book awards, reading lists.
Children's Book Council: Reading lists for children's books. 
Overbooked: A Resource for Readers  

Project Gutenberg: Over 15,000 older literary e-books  

Publishers Weekly: Bestseller lists, interviews, reviews.  

Renaissance Learning's Accelerated Reader: Search for AR reading levels and points.

Stop, You're Killing Me!: A website to die for...if you love mysteries.


 

Find local history information:

Microfilm system

In addition to books about Modoc County and local region, which can be found in the library's catalog. The Modoc County Library's collection includes local history files, as well as microfilm of local newspapers and census information dating back to the 1870's. To request a copy of a newspaper article or obituary looked up on microfilm, please send a check or money order, made payable to the Modoc County Library, in the amount of $5.00 per item requested, plus publication date (or date of death for obituary) to: Modoc County Library, 212 W. 3rd St., Alturas, CA 96101. Please include your contact information: mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number. The Modoc County Library regrets it is not able to do genealogical research for individuals, but welcomes visitors to explore local history resources at the Alturas library. Additional questions may be sent to library@co.modoc.ca.us.