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Digital Collections

Online Collections — Available 24 hours

Online research databases, eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, music and more!

Digital Books/Audiobooks:

Newspapers

  • Instructions for ProQuest

    Learn how to search and access digital newspapers through your Oxnard Library account.

    1.53 MB PDF | Updated 12/19/23

  • Instructions for PressReader

    Learn how to search and access digital magazines and newspapers.

    3.34 MB PDF | Updated 11/27/24

Encyclopedias & Research Resources

  • Learning Express: Interactive tutorials, practice tests, flashcards and articles for skill-building, standardized test preparation, and career development.
  • ProQuest CultureGrams: Facts and info about countries and states for children.
  • ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher: Different viewpoint positions on controversial topics and/or current social issues, plus factual information on them.
  • ProQuest SIRS Discoverer: Research information for students on states, countries, animals and controversial issues.
  • ProQuest eLibrary: An online encyclopedia for research on a broad range of topics.
  • Alexander Street Collection: A collection of diverse music, dance and theatre content, covering hundreds of genres and a wide range of content types, from instruction to performance.
  • Britannica School / Britannica Escolar: Provides grades K-12 research, video, images and audio in English and Spanish.
  • Gale In Context: Environmental Studies: Offers journals, news, and multimedia resources about environmental issues.
  • Gale Interactive: Science: Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space.
  • National Geographic Kids: Information and stories about science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. (Best for children aged 6–14.)
  • Teaching Books: A collection of resources about children’s and young adult books.

Special Collections – Oxnard Local History

The Oxnard Public Library is dedicated to the preservation of local history and culture. Oxnard has a rich cultural history dating back to the days of the California ranchos.

The Local History Collection is housed in the Special Collection Room in the Main Library. All related materials may be viewed by appointment with a reference librarian.

Please visit our Oxnard’s Mayors Gallery for digital photos of Oxnard’s mayors from 1903 to the present, including their years of incumbency.

Please note that there is $0.10 charge for each photocopy and printed page made in the Local History room.

Digital Images

In 1998, Oxnard was one of nine libraries chosen from across the state to conduct a photo history project as part of the “Shades of California” program. Library patrons were invited to bring in collections of their family photos, and project volunteers made selections as well as gathered information about the individual photographs. W. P. Photographic Services duplicated the images for the project and added them to the library existing digital collection as well as sponsoring an Open House and Exhibit at the library in August 1998.

You can access Oxnard digital images online anytime at: the Oxnard Public Library’s Photograph Collection on the University of California’s Calisphere website.

Image Licensing

If you are interested in using images from our collection and accessible through the website above, please contact Library Administration at 805-385-7528, or write to [email protected].

There is a one-time-use license fee of $150.00 and recovery fee of $7.00 per digital photo use for commercial use and public performance. Prices are subject to change.

For more information, please contact Library Administration with the title and any identifying information of the image you are interested in.

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