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To take advantage of our electronic resources, users must be registered patrons of the Valparaiso Library. Some of the electronic resources may require on-line registration on a library computer and others may require that you enter your Borrower ID from your library card. Please contact the Valparaiso Library for membership information and assistance.

		Online Library Catalog With the Online Catalog you can: Look up books Make book requests Check the items on your card Renew your books online Change your contact information
		AccessMyLibrary.com Using your library card you can search for back issue magazine articles from most magazines.
		Florida Electronic Library The Florida Electronic Library is a gateway to select Internet resources. Use this site for: Live Reference Service Current Events Business Health Issues Homework help Finding full-text articles Florida History & Info.
		NoveList NoveList provides a Fiction Readers Guide to 74,000 titles. Search by author, subject or title and follow the links to a good book. To access NoveList, you will need to have your Patron ID number which is the 14 digit barcode number on your library card.
		BIR Book Index with Reviews (BIR) helps you find information on the books you want and need to read. Find out what's coming out by using basic or advanced searches. To access BIR, you will need to have your Patron ID number which is the 14 digit barcode number on your library card.
		The Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) is a "searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 8,600 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries."
		FirstGov is the federal government's web catalog of U.S. Government sites. This is a good place to start your search for government information and services.
		LitFinder A searchable list of bibliographical information.
		The State Library and Archives of Florida site supplies information on archival records, documentary history, and more.
		The Internet Public Library was the first public library of and for the internet community. It started out as a project of the students and faculty at the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan. Part of IPL's mission is to "...serve the public by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating quality information resources."