Article Databases

EBSCOhost
A multi-subject database of magazines and scholarly journals, many available in full-text and full-image.

ProQuest
Provides citations to articles from magazines and scholarly journals in all disciplines; many in full-text, full-image format.

ProQuest Newspapers
Offers full-text access to over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers including the San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and the Times of London.

JSTOR
An archive of full-text articles from over 400 scholarly journals. JSTOR does not include the most recent few years of the journals. For later issues, check the Mesa College Journal and Newspaper List.


Specialized Database Collections

Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive
Full-text access to the premier journals and books covering archaeology and the Bible.

EBSCO

Alt HealthWatch
Full text of 180 journals covering complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Business Source Premier
Provides nearly 3,800 full text scholarly publications, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals in all areas of business and detailed company profiles on over 10,000 companies.

Communication and Mass Media Complete
Includes the full text of over 240 journals in communications, mass media, and related fields.

ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)
Provides access to journals and documents covering all levels of education.

Health Source
Full-text coverage of 56 peer-reviewed psychology journals.

MAS Ultra
Includes magazine articles, book reviews, pamphlets, reference book material, charts, tables, graphs, and an image collection of photos, maps, and flags.

MEDLINE
Provides indexing to over 4500 journals on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care system.

Military & Government Collection
A collection of academic journals, periodical publications, and pamphlets pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

Primary Search
Includes elementary-school level magazines and pamphlets, photographs, maps, and an English language dictionary. Useful for those interested in elementary school teaching and for English language learners.

Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 750 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.

PsycARTICLES
Provides information on health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, nursing, and allied health.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
This database provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles and covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

Regional Business News
Full-text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from various regions throughout the U.S.

Religion and Philosophy Collection
Includes over 300 full-text journals covering world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Vocational & Career Collection
This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 400 trade and industry-related periodicals.

ProQuest

ABI Inform
This database of business resources includes the full-text of hundreds of business and management publications covering company and industry information, strategies, and trends. Also includes Asian and European business information.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text articles—covering news, culture, and history—from over 200 publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press.

Gender Watch
A full-text database of journals, newspapers, books, pamphlets, and special reports on the impact of gender across broad subject areas.

ProQuest Biology Journals
This journal database includes the full-text of many leading journals covering animal and plant biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, and more.

ProQuest Computing Journals
Information from over 300 computing journals including coverage of database design, software development, and web commerce.

ProQuest Education Journals
Includes the full-text of over 400 education journals covering elementary, secondary, and higher education, home-schooling, adult education, and more.

ProQuest ERIC PlusText
Indexing to over 1 million educational journal articles and documents.

ProQuest Career and Technical Education
Includes indexing for over 400 (380 in full-text) publications covering technology, healthcare, building trades, design, and other career-related resources.

Health & Medical Complete
Includes the full-text of over 300 health journals for both consumers and health professionals.

ProQuest Psychology Journals
A database of over 450 journals, many in full-text, covering the behavioral sciences for researchers, students, and consumers.

ProQuest Religion
Includes over 90 journals covering formal theological studies and commentary on topics of general interest from the perspectives of specific religions.

Reference Databases

AccessScience
Includes the full content of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 2000 biographies of famous scientists, and 12,000 illustrations and animations.

AP Images
A collection that includes millions of contemporary and historical photographs, graphics, and audio files covering national and international news, sports, fashion, entertainment and more.

ARTstor
Includes over 300,000 slides covering art history, architecture, design, archaeology, and more.

CollegeSource
Online college catalogs and links to school web sites. Includes information on financial aid, assessment testing, and careers. (in-library access only)

CountryWatch
In-depth coverage of political, social, economic, historical, and environmental issues for each country of the world. Includes color maps, statistical data, and local newswire articles.

CQ Historic Documents
Primary source material dating back to 1972. Includes the texts of significant speeches, Supreme Court decisions, international agreements, and scientific findings.

CQ Researcher
In-depth reports on current, controversial issues. Each report includes an overview of the topic, pro and con arguments, and a lengthy bibliography.

Ebsco Animals
Basic level animal encyclopedia with color photographs. Includes phylum, class, and family classifications.

Facts. com
Selected current and past news coverage of political, social, legal, and scientific issues. Includes an almanac, encyclopedia, and the reference database Issues and Controversies.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Ebsco)
Basic-level, general encyclopedia. Updated annually.

History Reference Center (EBSCO)
Full text from more than 1500 reference books, encyclopedias and nonfiction books, cover-to-cover full text for more than 100 history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles (ProQuest)
Information on over 15,000 companies including summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and products and operations.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of over 200 specialize encyclopedias and reference works covering science, social science, and humanities disciplines.

Literature Resource Center
Includes literary criticism from scholarly journals, reference books, and full-text e-books. Also provides plot summaries, bibliographies of author works, biographical information, and literary web resources.

MagillOnLiterature Plus (EBSCO)
Literary criticism, plot summaries, and author biographies.

NetLibrary Reference Center
Full-text reference books on many subjects. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, companions, thesauri, and more.

Oxford English Dictionary
The definitive guide to the evolution of the English language. Includes definitions, pronunciation, and history of over 500,000 words.

Oxford Reference Online
A collection of dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works including coverage of architecture, literature, medicine and health, art, and history.

Title Source
Offers information on in-print books, out-of-print books, forthcoming books, and non-print materials. In many cases, the standard bibliographic information is supplemented with tables of contents, annotations, photos of book jackets, citations for reviews, and full-text reviews.

Vocational Biographies
Includes books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies documenting women's activism in public life from colonial times to the present.

Women and Social Movements in the United States
Includes books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies documenting women's activism in public life from colonial times to the present.


J. Smith - 1/23/08