Article & Reference Databases
How to get off-campus access to databases. You will be prompted for your CSID number and last name when you click on a link below.
A-Z List of Databases
- Academic OneFile NEW! (FREE TRIAL until 6/30/2010) -- Thousands of full-text academic and peer-reviewed/scholarly journals covering physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
- Access World News NEW! (FREE TRIAL until 12/18/2009) -- Local, in-state, national and international news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news blogs, news web-only content and video.
- CINAHL -- Nursing, health, & medicine articles. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
- College Source NEW! -- Thousands of college catalogs and course descriptions.
- Country Watch -- Country politics, geography, economy, business, environment, current events.
- CQ Encyclopedia of American Government -- Politics, geography, economy, business, environment, current events.
- CQ Researcher -- In-depth analytical reporting on current and controversial "hot" issues.
- Discovering Collection -- Articles, biographies, primary documents, country histories, photographs.
- Ethnic Newswatch -- 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 -- News digests, controversial topics, historical controversies, current science topics. Note: The American History module is no longer included.
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- Gale Virtual Reference Library -- Full-text reference books, including encyclopedias & almanacs.
- GreenFILE NEW! -- 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-- Health, medicine, & nursing articles & reference books. Includes refereed search option.
- Health Reference Center Academic -- For health, medicine, and nursing. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
- JSTOR NEW! -- 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) Librarianship, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage back to mid-1960s. Provides index and abstracts only (no full text).
- Literature Resource Center -- Biographical information, overviews, & literary criticism on writers. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
- NetLibrary -- Over 25,000 full-text electronic books. These may also be found in the City College Library catalog.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center -- Controversial issues. Articles, primary documents, & website links. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
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- ProQuest -- Magazine, journal, & newspaper articles on many topics. Includes San Diego Union-Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & Los Angeles Times. This product includes a peer-reviewed/scholarly search option. The following modules contain specific topic areas:
- ProQuest ABI/INFORM Global
- ProQuest Accounting & Tax
- ProQuest Biology Journals
- ProQuest Business
- ProQuest Career & Technical Education
- ProQuest Computing
- Proquest Education Journals
- ProQuest Ethnic Newswatch
- ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
- ProQuest Hoover's Company Records
- ProQuest Newspapers
- ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Journals
- ProQuest Psychology Journals
- ProQuest Religion
- ProQuest Telecommunications
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Subject Browse of Databases
General & Multiple Subject | Business | Controversial Issues | Education | Health & Medicine | Literature & Humanities | Politics & Government | Psychology | Science & Technology
General & Multiple Subject
- Academic OneFile
- Access World News
- Discovering Collection
- Facts.com
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- JSTOR
- NetLibrary E-Books
- ProQuest
- ProQuest Newspapers
- SIRS Knowledge Source
Business
- ProQuest ABI/INFORM Global
- ProQuest Accounting & Tax
- ProQuest Business
- ProQuest Hoover's Company Records
Controversial Issues
- CQ Researcher
- Facts.com: Issues & Controversies
- GreenFILE
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
- ProQuest Ethnic Newswatch
- SIRS Knowledge Source
Education
Health & Medicine
- CINAHL
- Health & Wellness Resource Center
- Health Reference Center Academic
- ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
- ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health
Literature & Humanities
Politics & Government
- Country Watch
- CQ Encyclopedia of American Government
- Facts.com: Issues & Controversies in American History
- Facts.com: World News Digest
Psychology
Science & Technology
- Facts.com: Today's Science
- GreenFILE
- ProQuest Biology Journals
- ProQuest Computing
- ProQuest Telecommunications
- Science Full Text Select (Wilson)
This page maintained by S. Pesce. Last updated: 02 Nov 2009

