Health & Wellness

Offers carefully selected health content from trusted sources. Covers the latest standard of care guidelines, as well as scientific findings on health, wellness, disease management, and nutrition.

Enjoy over 6,000 popular courses on topics ranging from history, health, literature, science, hobbies, and more. These courses are taught by award-winning experts and professors from distinguished institutions. You can watch all videos in this collection by borrowing the 7-day BingePass in Hoopla. Checking out a BingePass uses one of your 10 monthly Hoopla borrows.

Headspace is meditation made simple. The app is designed to help busy people learn the basics of meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day. The app has hundreds of guided meditations, music, and ASMR sounds. Topics include stress, sleep, focus, exercise, and performance.

Hoopla BingePasses are collections of magazines, documentary films, kids' series, games, movies, arts and crafts, cooking, gardening, music lessons, and more. Borrow a BingePass for 7 days unlimited access to the entire collection! Note: BingePass content is available in a browser on computer, tablet, and smartphone.

Full-text online access to Salem Press print titles owned by Santa Clara County Library District. History titles include Great Lives in History: The Eighteenth Century and Defining Documents in American History: Immigration & Immigrant Communities (1650-2016). Literary titles include Recommended Reading: 600 Classics Reviewed and Critical Surveys of Mythology and Folklore: World Mythology. Also includes career titles like Careers Outdoors, and health titles like Magill's Medical Guide. Please Note: The information provided in that database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. 

Science Immunology provides readers the latest immunological research, with the inclusion of human clinical research, as well as coverage of new tools and techniques. The Science family of publications has grown to include online journals Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling, Science Immunology, Science Robotics and the open access journal Science Advances. Areas of research include Allergy and Asthma, Antibodies, Autoimmunity, Cancer Immunology, Cytokines, Host Defense, Immunogenomics, Immunotherapy, Infectious Disease, Inflammation and Fibrosis, Vaccines, and more.

Publishes key findings in the multidisciplinary field of cell signaling, including research, reviews, and perspectives. The Science family of publications has grown to include online journals Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling, Science Immunology, Science Robotics and the open access journal Science Advances. Research fields include Biochemistry, Cancer, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, Metabolism, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Physiology and Medicine, Plant Biology,and Vascular Biology.

Science Translational Medicine integrates medicine, engineering and science to promote human health by translating research from bench to bedside and back again. Research articles focus on studies that can provide new information about therapies or disease and reports on innovative drug discovery and device development. The Science family of publications has grown to include online journals Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling, Science Immunology, Science Robotics and the open access journal Science Advances. Research areas include: Bioengineering, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Devices and Diagnostics, Infectious Disease, Imaging, Immunology, Immunotherapy and Vaccines, Lung, Bone, and Muscle, Neurology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Psychiatry, Stem Cells/Tissue Engineering, and more.

Unlimited access to hundreds of free, non-credit, continuing education online courses. Class subjects include business, history, mathematics, office skills and training, science, and test prep. Enroll in up to 5 courses at a time. You have up to 6 months to finish each course. Each course has an instructor whom you may communicate with using email. First time users will need to sign in with their library card number. Then follow the prompts to create a user account. For more information, read the FAQs or watch the Universal Class tutorial.