Library

Book Recommendation Sites

Epic Reads

One of the largest young adult fiction communities online. Epic Reads has interactive quizzes, lengthy lists, and colorful book charts that point readers towards their next favorite read.

Goodreads

A hugely popular database and community for readers. Get recommendations, read reviews, and find lists of books that align with their interests. Goodreads provides a space for people to track their reading, write reviews, see what their friends are reading, take quizzes, and even enter drawings for free books.

NoveList

Log in with your Sacramento Public Library card account information or your Student Success Card (username: SJ and your student ID #; password: the year you were born). Use this awesome tool to find read-alikes, listen-alikes, and which book you should read next in a series.

What Should I Read Next?

Enter the title of a book into the search bar and this huge database will pull together recommendations that are similar to that book.

Sacramento Public Library's Reading Lists

Use your local public library's resources! They've pulled together lists of trending books on a variety of subjects on a variety of reading levels.

Research Tools

Cite Your Sources!

• MLA

• APA

• CITATION GENERATOR

Scholarly Databases

Sacramento Public Library Resources (Explora/EBSCO)

Your username/barcode is SJ and your Student ID # (example: SJ123456).

Your password is the year you were born.

ProQuest and Britannica

Login to your student portal and use these great databases

Sacramento Public Library

Use Your Student Success Card!

https://catalog.saclibrary.org/MyAccount/ 

• User Name: SJ + Student ID # (example: sj123456)

• Password: the year you were born

What Can You Do With It?

• Borrow up to 30 ebooks or audiobooks at a time

• Receive free online tutoring 

• Instantly access tools and primary sources to help with school assignments and test prep