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Need to know which online databases index which periodicals or which databases contain full text? Search Jake
Magazines
and Periodicals (EBSCOhost)
URL: http://search.epnet.com/login.asp
(on campus), http://search.epnet.com/cpidlogin.asp?custid=s6243341
(off campus)
Years covered: 1990 - present (full
text), 1984 - present (indexing and abstracts only)
Content: This database provides
access to full text documents from over 1,900 general reference, business,
consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural magazines and periodicals.
In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts
for over 2,900 periodicals and it is updated daily.
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Note: Some articles contained in
this database are now available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read
PDF files you must install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. Information
about this free application is available on the Library's
Software
Tools web page.
National
Newspapers (ProQuest)
URL: http://www.umi.com/pqdauto
(on campus), http://library.shastacollege.edu/proquestlogin.htm
(off campus)
Years covered: 1986 - present
Content: National Newspapers provides
full text coverage of major newspapers including the Christian Science
Monitor, Los Angeles Times,
New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, and
Washington Post.
How to Use this Resource HTML
| PDF
Note: Some articles contained in
this database are now available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read
PDF files you must install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. Information
about this application, which is available for free, is available on the
Library's
Software
Tools web page.
Sacramento Bee
URL: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1985 - present
Content: Online access to full text
articles in the Sacramento Bee.
San Francisco
Chronicle
URL: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1999 - present
Content: Online access to full text
articles in the San Francisco Chronicle.
USA Today
URL: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1988 - present
Content: Online access to full text
articles in USA Today.
Academic Universe
(Lexis-Nexis®)
URL: http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years Covered: N/A
Content: This database provides
access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
AccessScience:
The Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
URL: http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS
Years covered:
Content: AccessScience turns the
8th edition of The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
into an updated database that delivers relevant, current, and practical
information. It includes: recent research developments, biographies
of scientists, late-breaking science and technology news, links to related
web sites, learning resources and study guides.
American National
Biography
URL: http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: This database includes
a powerful custom search of biographies, written by distinguished scholars
and writers, of more than 18,000 Americans who died prior to 1996.
In addition, nearly 2,000 illustrations from the Library of Congress are
included.
Books in
Print
URL: http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: This resource lists over
1.2 million available books covering all subject areas. Each month approximately
11,000 new records are added and 110,000 entries are revised and updated.
Also included are
Books Out of Print and Publisher's Directory
1999-2000.
Britannica
Online
URL: http://search.eb.com/(on
campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered:
N/A
Content: The
electronic version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year.
Career and
Technical Education (ProQuest)
URL: http://www.umi.com/pqdauto
(on campus), http://library.shastacollege.edu/proquestlogin.htm
(off campus)
Years covered: 1986 - present
Content: This source contains information
from periodicals covering all aspects of the Vo/Tech curriculum.
Note: Some articles contained in
this database are now available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read
PDF files you must install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. Information
about this application, which is available for free, is available on the
Library's
Software
Tools web page.
CollegeSource
Online
URL: http://www.collegesource.org/home.asp
(available on campus only)
Years covered: N/A
Content: This database features
over 19,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format
including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. This resource
also contains links to information about career planning, assessment testing,
and financial aid.
Counting
California
URL: http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/
(on campus), http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/
(off campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: This database is designed
to enhance California citizens' access to the growing range of social science
and economic data produced by government agencies.
Note: Some articles contained in
this database are now available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read
PDF files you must install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. Information
about this application, which is available for free, is available on the
Library's
Software
Tools web page.
CQ Electronic
Encyclopedia of American Government
URL: http://library.cqpress.com/eeag
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1991 - present
Content: Presented as the nation's
definitive source for information on U.S. government, politics, and elections,
it is designed for use by students, political activists, government employees
and interested citizens. It contains over twelve hundred articles
and more than six hundred illustrations and provides the who, what, when
and how of every era of American history.
CQ
Researcher
URL: http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1992 - present
Content: This source covers the
most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries,
insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Users may
browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles
using words, dates or other criteria.
Note: Some articles contained in
this database are now available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read
PDF files you must install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. Information
about this application, which is available for free, is available on the
Library's
Software
Tools web page.
CQ Weekly
URL: http://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1983 - present
Content: This resource contains
information and analysis about current government legislation and happenings
with the federal government.
CountryWatch
URL: http://www.countrywatch.com/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years Covered: N/A
Content: This resource contains
political, economic, and business information for over 190 countries including
detailed geographical, political, economic, corporate, and environmental
briefings. In addition, worldwide news and information updates via United
Press International are provided.
ERIC
URL: http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/
Years covered: 1966 - present
Content: The worlds largest source
of education information, this database contains more than 1 million abstracts
of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
Note: This database does not provide
access to full text documents. However, materials that are not located
in the Shasta College Library collection can be requested via
Interlibrary
Loan.
FACTS.com
URL: http://www.2facts.com/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048(off
campus)
Years covered:
N/A
Content: Seven
core reference databases (including Facts On File World News Digest)
containing information about current events and issues, statistics, and
people.
General
Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac)
URL: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/locpac_scol
(on campus), http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/will19116rpa
(off campus)
Years covered: 1980 - present
Content: Find articles from newspapers,
reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find
the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage,
the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
The Grove
Dictionary of Art
URL: http://www.groveart.com/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: This resource contains
over 45,000 articles and thousands of images covering every aspect of the
visual arts including painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture,
decorative arts, and photography from prehistory to the present day. Compiled
over a period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars
from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field
of study.
Health
& Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac)
URL: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC?q=locpac_scol
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1997 - present
Content: Your one-stop source for
health research, this database delivers up-to-date reference material as
well as full-text periodicals and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative
medical sources. In addition, this resource includes the Gale Encyclopedia
of Medicine and links to pertinent websites.
Health
Reference Center - Academic (InfoTrac)
URL: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/redd17662
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1980 - present
Content: This database provides
access to full text documents from more than 160 health-related periodicals,
reference books, and pamphlets as well as indexing from over 225 other
health information sources such as consumer health publications, newsletters,
and newspaper articles. In addition, there is selective indexing for articles
from more than 1,500 general interest titles.
Note: Some articles contained in
this database are now available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read
PDF files you must install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. Information
about this application, which is available for free, is available on the
Library's
Software
Tools web page.
Literature Resource
Center
URL: http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitRC/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: Covering more than 90,000
novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers this resource
provides access to biographies,
bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary
discipline.
A
Matter of Fact
URL: http://www.pierianpress.net/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: 1984 - present
Content: This database contains
full-text statistical statements on current social, economic, political,
health, and environmental public policy issues from more than 1,000 print
sources as well as a wide range of web resources, to which the entries
are linked.
MEDLINEplus
URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Years covered: 1966 - present
Content: Produced by the National
Library of Medicine, this database covers the fields of medicine, nursing,
dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical
sciences. Features over 500 health topics with links to evaluated health
information, interactive tutorials, and a medical encyclopedia. Includes
drug information, dictionaries, directories, and current health news from
the past 30 days. The file contains over 11 million records including bibliographic
citations and author abstracts from more than 4,300 biomedical journals
published in the United States and 70 foreign countries.
Note: This database does not provide
access to full text documents. However, materials that are not located
in the Shasta College Library collection can be requested via
Interlibrary
Loan.
Oxford English Dictionary
URL: http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl(on
campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048(off
campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: The
electronic version of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Scribner
Writers Series
URL: http://www.galenet.com/servlet/Scribner/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: Containing nearly 1,600
full-text articles on writers and literary genres, this standard resource
for literary criticism is designed for students, teachers, scholars, and
the general public.
SIRS Knowledge
Source
URL: http://sks.sirs.com/
(on
campus), http://sks.sirs.com/HomeAccess.asp?CA6428
(off campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: This resource provides
access to SIRS Government Reporter®, a database containing access
to documents and graphics from agencies, departments, and commissions of
the U.S. Government, and SIRS Researcher®, an information source
that provides access to thousands of full-text documents from nearly 1,500
newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Additional
content databases included are: Campaign 2000, Congressional Members
Directory, Directory of Publications, Federal Agency Directory, Historic
Documents, Maps of the World, National Archives Documents, Spotlight of
the Month, Today's News, U.S. Justices Directory, U.S. Presidents Directory,
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, and World Almanac Excerpts.
Twayne's
Authors Series
URL: http://www.galenet.com/servlet/Twayne/
(on campus), http://kingpin.shastacollege.edu:2048
(off campus)
Years covered: N/A
Content: Primarily devoted to critical
interpretation and discussion of authors' works, this database offers criticism
by scholars on hundreds of years of literature. In addition, it provides
critical introductions to the lives and works of writers, to the history
and influence of literary movements, and the development of literary genres.