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Resources with limited access are noted as follows:
* requires PLS library card from off campus
* available from campus only
* requires SFPL library card

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Descriptions of databases:
Periodical Databases
Newspaper Databases
Humanities/Social Science
Science/Medical/Biology
Reference Databases
Government/Statistics
Internet Search Tools

 


MAGAZINE OR JOURNAL ARTICLES
* Gale PowerSearch START HERE - info
* Expanded Academic ASAP database - info
* eLibrary -on campus -off campus* - info
* SIRS Knowledge Source. - info
* Student Resource Center - info
* Informe (en espaņol) - info
Google Scholar – academic articles, papers, books
Live Search Academic – journal article abstracts
Links to Magazine Websites

NEWSPAPER/ NEWS ARTICLES
* InfoTrac Newspapers (major newspapers) - info
* Lexis-Nexis Academic
* Ethnic Newswatch (ethnic news)  - info
* Alt-Press Watch (alternative press)  - info
* eLibrary -on campus -off campus* - info
SF Chronicle/Examiner Archives - - - - - info
New York Times Archives - info
Links to Newspaper Websites

SCIENCE/MEDICAL/BIOLOGY
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
* ProQuest Biology Journals - info
* Access Science encyclopedia - info
* New Book of Popular Science  -off campus*
* World of Microbiology and Immunology encyclopedia
ASM Microbiology Journals - - - - info
PubMed (Medicine abstracts) - - - info
PubMed Central (life sciences full-text) - info
Medline Plus Health Information - info
HighWire Science Journals - - - - info

BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT & STATISTICS
* Business and Company Resource Center - info
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Counting California
More business, government & statistics databases



 


REFERENCE ARTICLES
* Encyclopedia Americana- off campus*- info
* Biography Resource Center - info
* Oxford English Dictionary - info
* La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre off campus*
*
College Source Online - college catalogs*  - info
Wikipedia - free encyclopedia that anyone can edit - info

HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES
* ProQuest Psychology Journals  - info
*
Literature Resource Center - info
* History Resource Center -  info
* JSTOR - Scholarly journals archives info
* CQ Historic Documents - info
* History Cooperative - info
* Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - info
* What Do I Read Next? - info
* CountryWatch.-off campus* - info
* Lands & Peoples -off campus*
*
Early Civilizations in the Americas encyclopedia
* Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
* Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
* Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
* Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
* U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
* U*X*L American Decades
*
LitFinder - poems, stories, essays & more
ERIC (Education documents) - - - info
LISTA (Information Science abstracts) - info

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY DATABASES
The following require a SFPL library card number:
* Historical N.Y. Times - info
* EbscoHost Magazines - info
* Grove Music Online Dictionary - info
* Art Full Text Journals (Wilson) - info
* Contemporary Women’s Issues - info
* GenderWatch - info

 

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last revised: 3-27-08
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
These materials may be used for educational purposes. 
Please inform and credit the author and cite the source as: Skyline College Library.
All commercial rights are reserved.
To contact the author, or send comments or suggestions, email: Eric Brenner at brenner@smccd.edu