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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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MAGAZINE OR JOURNAL ARTICLES
* Gale PowerSearch START HERE - info
* Expanded Academic ASAP database - info
* Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - 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
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
*
Health and Wellness Resource Center
* ProQuest Biology Journals - info
* Access Science encyclopedia - info
* New Book of Popular Science  -off campus*
*
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, 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
* Gale Virtual Reference Library - 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*
*
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:
* 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: 11-17-08
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
These materials may be used for educational purposes. 
All commercial rights are reserved.
To contact the author, or send comments or suggestions, email Eric Brenner at: brenner@smccd.edu