Skyline College Library

 

Research Databases Available from Off-Campus

 

All resources listed on this
page are accessible from
off campus; some require
a
PLS library card.

Sites requiring a PLS
library card from off
campus are noted
with a green asterisk:
*

All unnoted resources are
freely available from any location.

Click on a database title
to link directly to
that database

Click on info for
information
about that database

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Order full-text of articles
not available in Skyline databases

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Other PLS Databases

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MAGAZINE OR JOURNAL ARTICLES – Click here for more
* EbscoHost databases - info - START HERE
*
Academic Search Premier - info
* MasterFILE Premier - info
*
Gale PowerSearch - info
* Opposing Viewpoints In Context - info
* Academic OneFile - info
* Student Resources in Context - info
* Vocational and Career Collection - info
* Informe (en español) - info
Google Scholar - academic articles, papers, books - info
Links to Magazine Websites

NEWSPAPER/ NEWS ARTICLES – Click here for more
* Newspaper Source Plus - info
* Gale Full Text Newspapers (major newspapers)
* Lexis-Nexis Academic
SF Chronicle/Examiner Archives - - - - - info
N.Y. Times Archives - - - - - info
Links to News Websites

SCIENCE/MEDICAL/BIOLOGY – Click here for more
*
ProQuest Biology Journals - info
* Access Science encyclopedia - info
* Science in Context - info
* Science Magazine - info
* Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - info
* Health Source - Consumer Edition - info
* Alt HealthWatch - info
* Health and Wellness Resource Center - info
* Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
* World of Microbiology and Immunology
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, GOVT, STATISTICS, CAREERS – Click here for more
* Business Source Premier - info
*
Business and Company Resource Center - info
* Career Transitions - info
Statistical Abstract of the United States
More business, government & statistics databases

 


REFERENCE ARTICLES – Click here for more
* Biography Resource Center - info
* Oxford English Dictionary - info
* Gale Virtual Reference Library - info
* College Source Online - college catalogs - info
Encyclopedia Britannica
Wikipedia
- free encyclopedia that anyone can edit - info
Citizendium - more reliable encyclopedia than Wikipedia - info

HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES – Click here for more
* Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - info
*
Literature Resource Center - info
* America: History & Life with Full Text - info
* History in Context (Gale Resource Center)  -  info
* JSTOR - Scholarly journals archives  -  info
* CQ Historic Documents - info
* History Cooperative - info
* Religion and Philosophy Collection - info
* Education journals (Prof. Devel. Collection) - info
* LitFinder - info
* Opposing Viewpoints In Context - info
* CountryWatch - info
* Oxford Music Online Off-campus, use “Library barcode login” - info
* Arts and Humanities Through the Eras encyclopedia
*
Early Civilizations in the Americas encyclopedia
* Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
* Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
* Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
* U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
* U*X*L American Decades
* Encyclopedia of Sex & Gender
* International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
* International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
ERIC (Education documents) - - - info
LISTA (Information Science abstracts) - info

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY DATABASES
The following require a SFPL library card number.
To fill out a SFPL online library card application, click here.

* Historical N.Y. Times (1851-2005)  - info
* Historical S.F. Chronicle (1865-1922)
* EbscoHost Magazines - info
* Oxford Music Online - info
* Art Full Text Journals (Wilson) - info
* Contemporary Women’s Issues - info
* GenderWatch - info

 

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last revised: 9-20-11
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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