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Article and Reference Databases
- Academic OneFile (EBSCO) -- Thousands of full-text academic and peer reviewed/scholarly journals covering physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
- CINAHL (EBSCO) -- Nursing, health, & medicine articles. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
- College Source (College Source) -- Thousands of college catalogs and course descriptions.
- Country Watch (Country Watch) -- Country politics, geography, economy, business, environment, current events.
- CQ Encyclopedia of American Government (CQ) -- Politics, geography, economy, business, environment, current events.
- CQ Researcher (CQ)-- In-depth analytical reporting on current and controversial "hot" issues.
- Discovering Collection (Gale)-- Articles, biographies, primary documents, country histories, photographs.
- EBSCOHost Research Databases (EBSCO)-- Magazine, journal, & newspaper articles on many topics. This product includes a peer-reviewed/scholarly search option. The following modules contain specific topic areas:
- Ethnic Newswatch (ProQuest) -- Ethnic, minority and native press. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option. (Click the red "Continue" button on the introduction page to open the database.)
- Facts.com (Facts On File) -- News digests, controversial topics, historical controversies, current science topics.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale) -- Full-text reference books, including encyclopedias & almanacs
- GreenFILE (EBSCO) -- content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Includes scholarly, government and general-interest titles. Includes peer reviewed/scholarly search option.
- Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale) -- Health, medicine, & nursing articles & reference books. Includes refereed search option.
- Health Reference Center Academic (Gale) -- For health, medicine, and nursing. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
- JSTOR (JSTOR) -- Full-text archived issues of over 400 scholarly journals covering topics such as archaeology, classics, ecology, economics, history, mathematics, political science, sociology, and statistics. Also covers African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies. Note: this database archive excludes the most recent years of these journals, but usually has the complete run of each title from volume 1 onwards.
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) (EBSCO) -- Librarianship, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage back to mid-1960s. Provides index and abstracts only (no full text).
- Literature Resource Center (Gale) -- Biographical information, overviews, & literary criticism on writers. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option. The following modules contain specific reference works:
- Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale) -- Controversial issues. Articles, primary documents, & website links. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
- ProQuest (ProQuest)-- Magazine, journal, & newspaper articles on many topics. Includes New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & Los Angeles Times. Note: This collection no longer has the San Diego Union Tribune. This product includes a peer-reviewed/scholarly search option. The following modules contain specific topic areas:
- Science Full Text Select (EBSCO) -- Science articles from acoustics to zoology. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
- SIRS Knowledge Source (SIRS) -- Controversial issues covered by newspapers, magazines and government sources. Note: Some readings are not at college level.
- U.S. History in Context (Gale) -- Historical (primary) documents, reference titles, and full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre Colonial times to the present.
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E-Book Databases
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Video Databases
- EduStream -- City Faculty only: Browse and view 7,000 video clips on a wide variety of topics. All videos are closed-captioned. Contact site administrator for login account: spesce@sdccd.edu
- MediaNet (County Consortium Collection) -- City Faculty Only:Thousands of physical videos in DVD and VHS format. Not all videos are closed-captioned. Browse the collection without an account, and/or contact SD County office of education to set up an account for booking and delivery: AVInfo@avsrv2.sdcoe.net
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