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ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest) Research employment opportunities, compile data on benefits and compensation, learn about corporate strategies, and other topics from a local and regional perspective from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and area business publications.

ABI/INFORM - Global (ProQuest) Offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels.

Academic Onefile (Gale)

Locate topics for Science, Technology, Medicine, Literature and the Arts from more than 12,000 journals. New York Times from 1985, and transcripts/audio of National Public Radio from 1990 are also available. Tools include dictionary, subject guide search and advanced search.


Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) More than 4,600 scholarly publications on every area of academic study.



Accounting & Tax (ProQuest) Comprehensive coverage of accounting and tax topics appearing in key industry publications and newspapers.


Accounting & Tax Newspapers (ProQuest)

As subset database of the Accounting & Tax database, allows searching of newspapers for latest accounting & tax news.

Accounting & Tax Periodicals (ProQuest) As a subset of the Accounting & Tax database, it provides current accounting, taxation, and financial management information. National and international in scope, key publications focus on accounting policies and standards, state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, and corporate financial management, as well as profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, and management consulting firms.

AccessScience (McGraw-Hill) Full-text access to McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, as well as biographies, illustrations, and news.

The African American Experience

The African American Experience (AAE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora.

Wide-ranging and easy-to-use, AAE is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. Its two primary goals: to provide rock-solid information from authorities in the field, and to allow African Americans to speak for themselves through a wealth of primary sources. Drawing on over 400 volumes, and designed under the guidance of leading librarians of color, this database gives voice to the black experience from its African origins to the present day.



African American Song (Alexander Street Press) 50,000 tracks of music including jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression. It is a resource to document the history of African American music in the form of an online music listening service. Users search using a powerful interface, identify the music and performances they want to hear, and click to listen through speakers or headphones.

Agriculture Collection (Gale) With broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields, this collection provides a comprehensive view of this growing body of knowledge. Comprised of nearly 200 titles, researchers will have access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.

Alt Healthwatch (EBSCOhost) Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

American History in Video (Alexander Street Press) Provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. This release includes over 1260 titles, equaling approximately 420 hours.

The American Indian Experience

The American Indian Experience (AIE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States.

Designed, developed, and indexed under the guidance of Loriene Roy, the first Native American President of the American Library Association, and a team of American Indian librarians and scholars to meet the needs of teachers and their students, librarians and their patrons, researchers and the general public, The American Indian Experience offers access to an online library, featuring more than 150 volumes of scholarship and reference content, hundreds of primary documents, and thousands of images. From Pre-contact to the present day, from the Inuit of the north to the Seminoles of Florida, AIE is meant for anyone wishing to learn more about America's Native Peoples.


American Mosaic Wide-ranging and easy to use, the American Mosaic is the first-ever full-text database to focus on the history and culture of African Americans, U.S. Latinos, and American Indians. The Mosaic combines the award-winning African American Experience, the groundbreaking Latino American Experience,and the robust American Indian Experience with content that spans the centuries.

AP Images

AP Images Multimedia Archive provides a sensory journey of photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history. From simple keyword searching to more complex searches such as concept, color, and category, students may enhance research projects with over two million news photographs dating back to 1826 and as current as a few moments ago, tens of thousands of graphics, audio files dating from the 1920's, and news stories dating from 1997.

Arts Module (ProQuest) Search periodicals on subjects such as arts, dance, theater, cinema, and more.

ARTstor Art image database of nearly 1 million digital images contributed from a range of sources covering many time periods and cultures, and documenting architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology, ethnographic and women's studies, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Includes tools to view, present, and to manage images for research and teaching purposes.

Banking Information Source (ProQuest) Banking industry publications providing information about the financial services industry, banking, and industry trends.

Biology Journals (ProQuest) Full-text journals in the life sciences.

Biography Resource Center (Gale) Biographical information on people throughout history, across all disciplines.

Booklist Online (ALA) Book Reviews from the American Library Association

Books-in-Print (Bowker)

FACULTY: Whether you're looking for information on books, audio books, or videos, you've come to the right place. With millions of titles, BooksInPrint.com is an essential bibliographic tool for libraries, booksellers, and publishers.

Books-in-Print (Bowker -Patron)

Whether you're looking for information on books, audio books, or videos, you've come to the right place. Patron Books-in-Print.com is considered the industry's largest Web-based bibliographic resource.

Bridgeman Art Library Archive (Credo reference) An archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world. Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to the hidden treasures of private collections.

Business and Company ASAP (Gale) Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images, 1980 forward.

Business Economics and Theory (Gale) With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit database, this collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research.

Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) Covers over 8,500 business journals and sources.

   
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Career and Technical Education (ProQuest) Vocational and technical periodicals covering all aspects of the Vo/Tech curriculum, from ProQuest.

Choice Reviews Online (ALA)

Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. More than 35,000 librarians, faculty, and key decision makers rely on Choice magazine and ChoiceReviews.online for collection development and scholarly research. Choice reaches almost every undergraduate college and university library in the United States. Each year Choice publishes more than 7,000 reviews that are:

Timely - typically the first comment on scholarly publications
Authoritative - written by selected experts in the subject
Concise - brief but thorough, providing information and recommendations
Easy to Use - logical arrangement, including data needed to order the item reviewed



CINAHL Plus (EBSCOhost) Indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982.

Classical Music Library (Alexander Street Press) An ever-growing, fully searchable classical music resource—a comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings, including tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to on the Internet. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information. Users browse, search, click, and then listen to the music over the Internet through their headphones.

CollegeSource Online Search over 28,000 college catalogs by college name, location, or major.

Communications and Mass Media Collection (Gale) From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more.

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) Communication & Mass Media Complete helps you find articles from magazines and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals. Start or continue your research here if you are interested in advertising, communication, languages, motion pictures, public speaking, and rhetoric.

Computer Database (Gale) Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology, 1980 forward.

Computing
see: ProQuest Computing
Top computing journals in full text for research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet.

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms provides 1,800 entries on art terms, critical periods, and styles in the visual arts. The quick reference format includes materials, techniques, and foreign terms essential for navigating the current visual climate. Featuring clear definitions of movements and media, from Baroque to Minimalism, aquatint to raku, and canvas to Venetian glass, this publication provides succinct and accessible explanations of art terms. The full text of this reference work is available and searchable in Oxford Art Online, and is also cross-searchable with Grove Art Online content.

Contemporary Authors (Gale) Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Contemporary Literary Criticism (Gale) Designed to provide access for readers of all ages and skill levels. Users enter an author or title or broaden or narrow their results via cross-searches on names of critics, journal titles, topics and more.

Contemporary World Music (Alexander Street Press) Contemporary World Music contains 50,000 tracks that deliver the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database contains important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more. This release includes 1,082 albums, equalling 14,235 tracks.

Country Watch 192 country reviews that include economic, historical, political and social information.

Country Watch - Country Wire Provides daily news coverage for all countries and features up-to-date articles from regional news wire services across the globe.

Country Watch - Data Provides macroeconomic, economic sector, health, demographic, human development, and environmental data sets across a ten year span.

Country Watch - Energy Forecast 20 year (through 2025) forecast of trends in the six major energy markets: Petroleum, Natural Gas , Coal, Nuclear Power, Hydroelectric, Renewable Energy in addition to 20-year forward price curves on crude oil, natural gas, and coal prices.

Country Watch - Global Guide Discusses the smallest & largest countries of the world, includes discussions about current geopolitical themes, such as globalization, nationalism and balkanization, detailed discussions about some of the world's most contested issues in the section titled "International Hot Spots," includes visual imagery in the form of a collection of thematic maps.

Country Watch - Intellegence Briefing Weekly Political Intelligence Briefing and the associated Intelligence Wire.



Country Watch - Macroeconomic Forecast A five year long-run forecast developing global economic scenarios based on the information contained in the macroeconomic sub-models for each of the 194 countries in the world.

Country Watch - Map Gallery The CountryWatch Map Gallery includes two different types of maps: Thematic Maps and Political/Physical Maps.

Country Watch - Special Reports



CQ Encyclopedia of American Government (CQ Press) Articles on U.S. government, politics, and elections.



CQ Researcher (CQ Press) Summaries and analysis of issues, including chronologies and pros and cons.

Credo Reference Featuring full text, aggregated content from hundreds of reference books, with over 2.7 million entries covering every major subject. With a focus on ready-reference content, Credo Reference includes dictionaries, biographical data, statistics, quotations and audio and image files from more than 50 publishers.

Criminal Justice Collection (Gale) Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals.

   
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Daily Life America (ABC-CLIO)

A searchable, and ever-expanding, website that spotlights the day-to-day lives of average Americans, past and present. A virtual library of thousands of diverse sources: award-winning reference works, primary documents, illustrations, maps. A key resource supporting courses in American history and literature at the high school and college level—but with a fresh approach. A dazzling web experience for anyone with a hankering to explore the back roads and byways of the American experience



Daily Life through History Premium (ABC-CLIO)

Combining three rich databases to provide a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, Daily Life Online moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture. There's more to history and contemporary events than just the names of rulers and the rise of economic systems; Daily Life Online shows how fascinating and fun it is to explore how others lived and live their lives, and how their lives shaped ours.

Allows searching Daily Life through History, Daily Life in America, and World Folklore and Folklife from a single access point.



Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale) Provides authoritative, signed essays on authors and their works, across a broad range of time periods and genres.

Diversity Studies Collection (Gale) This collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 150 full-text journals. Coverage begins in 1980.

EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost) In-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals and describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Educators 200 Collection (Gale) Perfect for educating future teachers and administrators, this set includes over 250 titles covering the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs.

eJournal Portal Look up (most of) our periodicals that are available in our full-text databases by the Journal title.

eLibrary (ProQuest) Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Photographs, Radio and Television. Updated within 24 hours.

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (Oxford University Press)

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics is the most substantial English-language reference work devoted solely to the exploration of this subject. Featuring more than 600 articles by more than 500 globally recognized art historians, philosophers, and theorists, this encyclopedia provides coverage of historical accounts and critical discussions on the subject. While aesthetics is often thought of as a Western tradition beginning in the 18th century, the roots of an interdisciplinary critical approach to art and culture run far deeper – from the Classical era through the Renaissance and up to the present day.

From Plato to Heidegger, Romanticism to Post-Modernism, Beauty to Ugliness, this authoritative source provides an even representation of the wide range of competing ideas in the field today. This encyclopedia surveys the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society; it is a comprehensive survey of major concepts, thinkers, and debates about the meaning, uses, and value of all the arts – from painting and sculpture to literature, music, theater, dance, television, film, and popular culture. Of special interest are in-depth surveys of Western aesthetics and broad coverage of non-Western traditions and theories of art. The full text of this reference work is available and searchable within Oxford Art Online, and is also cross-searchable with Grove Art Online content.

Environment Complete (EBSCOhost)

Environment Complete offers journal articles, books, and reference resources in applicable areas of such subject areas as agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning. These materials include both full-text (the entire document is available electronically in the database) and abstracts (which gives you information for articles that may be available in print or in a different database). If you want to find full-text articles be sure to limit your search by clicking on the box marked full text.



Environmental Studies and Policy Collection (Gale) Providing robust coverage of the field of environmental issues and policy, this collection, which includes nearly 200 journals, provides instant access to the multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study, including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

ERIC (EBSCOhost) 980 journals and 2,200 digests from the Educational Resource Information Center.

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) Articles from 1,500 periodicals since 1980. Can limit to scholarly, peer reviewed journals.

FACTS.com Answers questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years - allows searching across the following: World News Digest, Issues and Controveries, Issues and Controversies in American History and Today's Science from one search box.

Fine Arts and Music Collection (Gale)

With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide students with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Gale Literary Databases Searches Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism and Dictionary of Literary Biography from one location.

Gale Virtual Reference Library Complete text of over 315 reference titles that cover all disciplines.



Gale Virtual Reference Library's Literary Titles A specially extracted link allowing you to search directly within all the Literary resources from the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Gale Databases - Global Search Search ALL the Gale Databases that Mt. SAC subscribes to all at once!



Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection (Gale) Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Collection (Gale) This collection of over 30 largely full-text journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more. Coverage begins in 1980.

General BusinessFile ASAP (Gale) Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available, 1980 forward.

General Reference Center (Gale) A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center to find articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images. Find articles on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more, 1980 forward.

General Science Collection (Gale) Composed of nearly 300 predominantly full-text academic journals and general science-focused magazines, this collection provides coverage of all scientific endeavor, including particle physics, quantum theory, advanced mathematics, and biotechnology, 1980 forward.

Grove Art Online (Oxford University Press) Grove Art Online is today's foremost scholarly art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art. It includes the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 volumes) – the landmark reference work containing more than 45,000 articles (more than 21,000 biographies and 500,000 bibliographical citations) contributed by 6,700 scholars from 120 countries. Grove Art Online is maintained with a regular update program to articles and bibliographies. Each year, new articles are added to enhance the coverage of significant areas of the visual arts with the participation of more than 1,000 international art historians. All new content continues to be written and peer reviewed by scholars and specialists.
   
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Health Reference Center Academic (Gale) Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, the material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only, 1980 forward.

Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost) Nearly 300 journals on consumer health issues, such as childcare, health, nutrition, and sportsmedicine.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost) Medical & allied health journals since 1990.


Historical Statistics of the United States Compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources-includes over 37,000 data series and dozens of new topics, among them slavery, American Indians, and poverty.

History Reference Center (EBSCOhost) History Reference Center is a full text history reference database featuring full text for more than 2,400 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books as well as full text for more than 130 leading history periodicals. Also included are more than 61,100 historical documents; more than 66,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 110,200 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video.

History Resource Center: US (Gale) History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series.

History Resource Center: World (Gale) History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.

Home Improvement Collection (Gale) Even the smallest home improvement project can be daunting: with this collection of nearly 100 home improvement focused titles, hobbyists and professional carpenters alike will immediately put their projects on a more solid foundation. Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.

Hoover's Company Records (Proquest) Up to date proprietary editorial content covering more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives - delivers in depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more.

Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection (Gale) With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.

Information Science and Technology Collection (Gale) This collection is comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals covering topics such as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more. Coverage begins in 1980.

Insurance and Liability Collection (Gale) This collection, comprised of over 20 journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.

Issues & Controversies (Facts on File) Outlines, chronologies, tables, and pros and cons on numerous topics.

Issues and Controversies in American History (Facts on File) Builds a deeper understanding of how historical events have shaped our nation
by exploring the key players and the battles they fought.



International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (EBSCOhost) International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text helps you find articles from magazines and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals and numerous book chapters. Try this database if you need to research dancers or dancing; drama; motion pictures or theater – including acting, directing, production, and writing.

Jazz Music Library (Alexander Street Press) Jazz Music Library is a collection of jazz music available online covering thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. The current collection includes works licensed from a range of record labels and artists, both contemporary and early jazz recording artists. Liner notes to all the albums are included (in PDF format) as well as static URLs to each track and album in the database. Content is added on a regular basis.

JSTOR A trusted archive of important scholarly journals, spanning many disciplines.

   
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The Latino American Experience (ABC-CLIO)

The Latino American Experience (LAE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of U.S. Latinos.

Wide-ranging and easy to use, LAE is the first-ever full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. Its content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos.



Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost) Indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings with coverage dating back to the mid-1960s.



Literature Criticism Online (Gale)

Provides online access to current volumes of the Gale literary criticism sets, aka the "brown books." LCO currently includes Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, and Poetry Criticism. Short Story Criticism and Drama Criticism will be added soon. This archive grows all the time, so check LCO often to view recently added volumes for all of these sets.

At this time Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism is the only series for which online access begins with volume 1; however, the Mt. SAC Library owns the earlier print volumes of all of these sets. To locate criticism from our full collection of Gale literary resources, you can search Gale's Lit Index (a link is found on the LCO basic search page) or work with a librarian at the Mt. SAC Library Reference Desk. Other databases to go to for literary criticism include Literature Resource Center, Literature Online, JSTOR, and Project MUSE®

Literature Online (ProQuest) A good starting point when searching for literary criticism. Includes articles from scholarly (peer reviewed) journals, book chapters, and tools like the Dictionary of Literary Terms and KnowledgeNotes. Links to some articles also in JSTOR and Project Muse (not 100% overlap, so you can try them too). Full-text coverage is usually from the late 1980s to the present. To quickly access literary criticism, click on "Criticism & Reference" (left), then the "Criticism" tab (top/center), then limit your search to "Records with full text only."

Literature Resource Center (Gale) Literary criticism and biography on notable authors.



Los Angeles Times (ProQuest) Full text coverage: Dec 4, 1996  - current.

Los Angeles Times (ProQuest) Full text coverage: Jan 1, 1985 - Dec 3, 1996.

MagillOnLiterature Plus (EBSCOhost) If you are looking for background information, overviews, plot summaries, and biographical information about authors this is a good starting point. Sources included are reference materials such as Masterplots and literature encyclopedias. Makes a good study aid but does not include magazine and journal articles. For literary criticism published in journals, try Literature Online (LION), Project Muse, or JSTOR. The Library has many more resources related to literary studies, so check with a librarian to explore more.

MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCOhost) Useful for popular general interest and current events publications.

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) Articles from 1,860 periodicals since 1990. Can limit to scholarly, peer reviewed journals.

MDID Developed at James Madison University, the Madison Digital Image Database (MDID) software brings the digital image library into the teaching and learning process. The purpose of this website is to make the MDID software available for download and to share information with the MDID user community. Since the first release in 2001 many institutions have implemented the MDID software with their own digital image collections. MDID2 users can share collections with each other, giving institutions instant access to previously unavailable image collections.

MDID requires an additional log-in using your MSAC user ID and password.


MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) Over 4,600 biomedical journals, including medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care system, and more.

Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost) Full text of nearly 400 journals pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

Military and Intelligence Database (Gale) Over 500 titles and more than 7 million articles with links to related sources outside of the current article: reference books, magazine and newswire articles.

   
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NetLibrary (eBooks) Over 10,000 electronic books that you can browse for about 20 minutes at a time each.

If you are using a Macintosh and having difficulty viewing these eBooks,
click on this link:
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/databases/trb/netlibrary.html
and follow the instructions.


Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost) National, international, and regional newspapers. Also contains television and radio news transcripts.

Nursing and Allied Health Collection (Gale) All aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration -- are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

Nursing Resource Center (Gale) Designed for nursing students, the Nursing Resource Center brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. The information is written in accessible language for students completing class assignments and preparing for clinicals as they learn how to care for and treat patients. Search results are returned in tabs that correspond to steps in the nursing process.

Oxford Art Online Encyclopedia of the arts and art history with web links (includes Grove Art Online.)

Oxford Companion to Western Art

The Oxford Companion to Western Art contains more than 2,600 entries, and provides discriminating and reliable coverage of over 1,700 artists and their work. Articles give fresh treatment to topics of contemporary interest, including art movements, theory, and criticism. In addition to thorough regional and cultural surveys, this publication lists all relevant museums and galleries under the city of their location, such as Barcelona and Moscow. In Oxford Art Online, these entries are fully searchable and updated periodically with new death dates and corrections.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online The Entire Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, available online.


Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Unabridged bilingual dictionaries in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. This resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and cultural exploration.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Chinese Direct link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in Chinese. This resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and cultural exploration.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - French Direct link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in French. This resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and cultural exploration.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - German Direct link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in German. This resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and cultural exploration.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Italian Direct link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in Italian. This resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and cultural exploration.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Russian Direct link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in Russian. This resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and cultural exploration.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Spanish Direct link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in Spanish. This resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and cultural exploration.
   
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Patron Books-in-Print (Bowker)

Whether you're looking for information on books, audio books, or videos, you've come to the right place. Patron Books-in-Print.com is considered the industry's largest Web-based bibliographic resource.

Pharmaceutical News Index (ProQuest) Database of pharmacological news, research, and regulatory information, covering important specialized publications in the pharmaceutical, health care, biotechnology, and medical device industries.

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (Gale) This predominantly full-text collection includes over 60 titles in the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Topics include proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more. Coverage begins in 1980.

Pop Culture Collection (Gale) This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art, or liberal arts course. The collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate periodicals, which are predominantly full-text.

Primary Search (EBSCOhost) Full text for nearly 70 popular magazines with full text information dates as far back as 1990, updated daily.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost) Professional Development Collection provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. Professional Development Collection includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Theory Into Practice, and nearly 520 high quality education journals. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

Project MUSE® The Project MUSE® complete collection offers a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities, arts, and social sciences journals to support a core liberal arts curriculum at any academic institution. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields. Project MUSE® is also the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.

ProQuest - All ProQuest Databases to which Mt. SAC Subscribes This option allows you to search across all databases and all subjects at once. This is NOT the name to use when you cite the database, as this is merely a link to help you search across the entire ProQuest set of databases we subscribe to here at Mt.SAC.

ProQuest Asian Business and Reference Latest business and financial news from the Eastern Hemisphere including Asian business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.

ProQuest Biology Journals Full-text journals in the life sciences.

ProQuest Computing Top computing journals in full text for research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet.

ProQuest Digital Microfilm™ Digital microfilm editions of Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal are available full-text and full-image online. Mt. SAC's digital microfilm for these titles starts in January 2008 and runs until three months ago, microfilm for 2007 and before is available in Periodicals room of the Library.

ProQuest Education Journals The leading full-text journals in education and related field.

ProQuest European Business The latest European business and financial information, including The Economist, Fortune, European Business Journal, and many more.

ProQuest Health & Medical Complete Provides coverage from leading health journals and essential medical journals in key medical specialties.

ProQuest National Newspaper Core National Newspapers Core is a single source for coverage of the nation's leading newspapers including abstracting, indexing, and comprehensive full text for The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

ProQuest Newspapers Full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of 150+ major U.S. and international newspapers, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires INCLUDES PARTS OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE.

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Contains over 620 nursing & allied health profession journal articles, e-books, and 10,000 full-text dissertations since 1986.

ProQuest Psychology Journals Articles from nearly 400 academic journals.



ProQuest Religion A comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies.

ProQuest Research Library Basic coverage of a broad range of subject areas including: arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

ProQuest Telecommunications The full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry.

PsycArticles (CSA) PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals.

Most of the 63 APA journals included in PsycARTICLES now go back to volume 1, issue 1. The earliest journal is Psychological Review, which was started in 1894. The database also contains journals that are no longer published. For a full list, click here.


Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost) More than 550 titles cover psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, experimental methods, etc.

Psychology Collection (Gale) This set explores what makes people "tick" from childhood to death. This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time. You have instant access to 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals

   
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Reference Universe A cumulative index to print and electronic reference works which allows you to search the article titles and complete book indexes of specialized encyclopedias, compendia, handbooks at our library. It covers all disciplines, and includes works from 1985 to present.

Regional Business News (EBSCOhost) Coverage of regional business journals, newspapers, and newswires.

Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCOhost) Coverage of world religions, biblical studies, moral philosophy, political philosophy, and the history of these topics.

Religion & Philosophy Collection (Gale) Users of this collection can research different religions and philosophies and how they impact our daily lives. The collection is comprised of 250 periodicals, many of which are full-text. Coverage begins in 1980

Research Starters- Sociology (EBSCOhost) Answering the question, "Where do I start?" - a series of new databases designed to provide researchers and students with a starting point for their research and assignments. Research Starters are topic overviews, relevant to key areas of academic study, including links to key articles in associated EBSCOhost databases.

Research Starters follow an easy to use format. The topics correlate directly to courses taught at colleges and universities and provide students with authoritative, discipline-specific articles offering comprehensive overviews of important academic subject areas and topics. The databases aim to provide a gateway to resources needed for assignments, including quick access to key, related articles from EBSCOhost which have been handpicked by subject matter experts and scholars.

Each Research Starters database initially consists of 500 topics with approximately 25–50 new topics added each year. Each database includes a collection of summary articles written by subject-matter experts exclusively for EBSCOhost—approximately 3,000 words each. Articles are available in both HTML and PDF versions.

Summary articles include Abstracts, an Overview section, and charts, graphs, and tables for visual reference. In addition, articles contain Application of Concepts, Definitions of Terms and Concepts, Extensive Bibliographies, Links to Articles on EBSCOhost from the Bibliographies, a Suggested Reading section, and Author Biographies.


Resources for College Libraries (RCL) The online edition of the new Resources for College Libraries brought to you by ACRL's Choice and Bowker. This 2006 edition is the long-awaited successor to Books for College Libraries (BCL3). The core list features 65,000 titles in 58 curriculum-specific subjects. Titles have been selected for your academic library by more than 300 subject specialists and bibliographers.

Safari Books Online Safari Books Online, a joint venture between O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, is an e-reference library containing collections of emerging technology books, manuscripts, papers and instructional video.

Science / AAAS Science Online provides access to all the print content from 1997 to present that can be found in Science (excluding advertisements), including Peer Review and Research Articles, News, Perspectives, Reviews, plus access to the daily ScienceNOW news service. Earlier issues of Science (1880-2003) can be found in JSTOR.

Small Business Collection (Gale) Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find over 280 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

Smithsonian Global Sound® for Libraries (Alexander Street Press) A virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions -providing educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms. The database includes an extraordinary array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) SPORTDiscus with Full Text helps you find articles from magazines and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals. Try your research here if you are interested in coaching, officiating, physical education, physical fitness, sports, and training.

   
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Telecommunications (See ProQuest Telecommunications) The full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry.

Today's Science (Facts on File) Articles on many areas of study: health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and science and society.

U.S. History Collection (Gale) This collection provides coverage of the current thinking and events in U.S. History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of over 40 journals provides robust and balanced coverage of the field.

Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCOhost) Nearly 400 trade and industry-related publications.


Vocations, Careers and Technical Education Collection (Gale) Offering content from over 300 largely full-text journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

Vocational Studies Premier (EBSCOhost) This database is specifically designed to support research for associates degrees and vocational programs at two-year colleges. This full-text online resource covers subjects as wide-ranging as: alcohol & drug abuse counseling, audiology, biotechnology, computer & data processing, CAD, cosmetology, electrical technology, fashion design, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, interior design, law enforcement & criminal justice, paralegal studies, robotics, travel & tourism, veterinary assisting and dozens more.

   
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War and Terrorism Collection (Gale) Researchers and students of history, social science, and current events will gain insight into conflicts: their causes, their impact, and how they are perceived on a global scale. Almost 100 full-text periodicals are included. Coverage begins in 1980.

Westlaw Campus Research A Web-based legal research tool for undergraduate and graduate students who need to research law-related issues.

WilsonWeb Business Full Text (OmniFile)  Business magazines and journals since 1994.


WilsonWeb Education Full Text (OmniFile)  Education magazines and journals since 1994.



WilsonWeb General Science Full Text (OmniFile) General and applied science and technology magazines and journals since 1994.



WilsonWeb Humanities (OmniFile) Feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays,radio and television programs, and more.

WilsonWeb OmniFile Mega Articles from 1,700 periodicals since 1994. Can limit to scholarly, peer reviewed journals.

WilsonWeb Readers' Guide (OmniFile) Readers Guide to Periodical Literature covers current events, curriculum support, and quality periodicals research.

WilsonWeb Social Science Full Text (OmniFile) Social science magazines and journals since 1994.



World Folklore and Folklife (ABC-CLIO)

What's the story behind your name? What games did you play as a child? What's your grandmother's secret recipe, the neighborhood's ghost story, or the joke that gets told at every family gathering?

Folklore permeates the everyday lives of people around the world. We inherit a rich tradition of holidays, festivals, language, stories and fairy tales, proverbs, foodways, and folk remedies that define our society and our place within it. World Folklore and Folklife provides an exciting and accessible way to explore this vast and growing treasury of knowledge.



World History Collection (Gale) This collection of nearly 40 predominantly full-text journals provides balanced coverage of events in World History. It is useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.

World News Digest (Facts on File) U.S. and World News: 1940-present.
   
 
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