• Locating Information: Articles
• Locating Information: Books/Videotapes/Maps
• Locating Information: Internet Resources
• Useful Web Links
• Shasta College Library Information

The Library has subscriptions to several excellent online databases to help you locate magazine and newspaper articles:

• Magazines and Periodicals (EBSCOhost)

On Campus Access
Off Campus Access*
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Note: Don't forget to check the Search Web Links on the results page. 
• National Newspapers (ProQuest)

On Campus Access
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• Sacramento Bee

On Campus Access
Off Campus Access*
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• CQ Researcher

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Off Campus Access*
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• SIRS Knowledge Source

On Campus Access
Off Campus Access*
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*A Library Card is required to access this resource from off campus. For information about acquiring a Library Card see "How do I get a Library Card?" on the Library's Frequently Asked Questions web page.

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.

Locating Information: Books/Videotapes/Maps

To locate materials that the Library owns, search the Library's online WEBCATalog.

The Internet has many information resources that are useful for doing research. Here are some good places to begin searching:

• Internet Reference
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Search Internet
• Warning: Remember to be careful when choosing Internet resources for your research as some web sites contain unreliable information. To help you determine if the information you found on the Internet is good information, consult a web site evaluation tool such as Consider the Source: Evaluating Research Tools, Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources, or one of the other Internet guides listed on the bottom of the Library's Search Internet web page.

• Abortion
• The National Abortion Federation
• The Ultimate Pro-Life Resource List
• Animal Rights
• PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
• Drugs
• Drug Enforcement Agency: Drugs of Abuse
• Drug Enforcement Agency: Drugs of Concern
• Environment
• California Environmental Protection Agency
• Environmental Library Resources Web Sites
• Friends of the River
• State of California Environment Page
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
• Worldwatch Institute
• Euthanasia
• International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force
• The Voluntary Euthanasia Society
• Knauf
• Company Information
• Knauf Fiber Glass
• Shasta Lake Plant Information
• Local Interest
• Citizens For Knauf
• No Knauf!
• Other
• The Fiberglass Information Network
• Other Issues
• The Argus Clearinghouse: Social Issues
• Public Agenda Online: Public Opinion and Public Policy

If you need to come to the Library to conduct some or all of your research, you can see a listing of open hours for the current Semester on the Library's Library Hours web page.

If you would like to contact Library Staff for assistance during hours when the Library is not open, please Ask a Librarian or leave a phone message at (530) 225-4975.

All of the resources listed on this page (and more) are available via the Shasta College Library web site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.