CONNECTING FROM OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY
(available to currently-registered CCC students, FOL
members, and employees
only): Click on
the link for the database you want to use. Enter your last name and ID number in the boxes that
appear on the grey authentication screen.
Students: Your student ID number is
printed on your class schedule. Employees: your ID number is on your
paycheck stub.
Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Databases:
CINAHL Plus with Full-Text (health, medicine & nursing focus)
Ethnic NewsWatch (newspapers, magazines and journals of the
ethnic, minority and native press)
Expanded Academic Index ASAP (scholarly & general-interest magazines,
journals, some newspapers)
Newsbank: Contra Costa
Times (full-text articles from local newspaper)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (current
event & social issue articles, facts and viewpoints)
Proquest Newspapers
(Christian
Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall
Street Journal, Washington Post)
Science Magazine Online
-- on-campus link (full-text from 1997)
off-campus link not active yet:
Science Magazine Online
SIRS Knowledge Source
(magazines, journals, newspapers, speeches, and more)
Specialized Databases:
AccessScience Online
(online version of McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology plus
related news articles)
American History Online
(information about U.S. history from selected articles & documents)
Biography Resource Center (biographical information from
books, magazines, journals & newspapers)
Britannica
Online (Encyclopedia Britannica PLUS dictionary
and selected periodical articles)
California
Digital Library (Online
Archive of CA, UC Libraries & more)
Many of its resources are freely
available to the public, such as the MelvylŪ Catalog, the finding aids of the Online
Archive of California and the digitized primary source material (e.g. photographs,
manuscript pages, and correspondence) embedded in many of the finding aids.
CollegeSource (college catalogs for 2-year, 4-year, graduate &
international schools)
CountryWatch.com (up-to-date information and data on countries of the world)
CQ Researcher (analysis of many current &
controversial topics)
Encarta Africana (history
& culture of people of African descent worldwide)
On-campus use only
NetLibrary (CCC
Library's electronic book collection)
Browse or search NetLibrary directly or can search for e-books in the
Online Catalog.
See Connecting to
NetLibrary for more information.
PLOS: Public Library of Science
Provides freely available medical and science literature from around the
world.
PubMed
Provides citations from
MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles, as well as
links to full text articles and other related resources.
Databases Available via Local Public Libraries:
Berkeley Public Library - Online Resources
[For remote usage, you will need to log
in using the number on your Berkeley Public Library card.]
Available databases include African American Study Center,
Gale Virtual Reference Books,
Literature Criticism Online, Science
Resource Center and Small Business Network Resource Library.
Contra Costa County Library - Databases by Subject
[For remote usage, you will need to log in using the
number on your Contra Costa County Library card. If you do not have one, you may fill out an application
online.] Available databases include Associations Unlimited, General OneFile, General Reference Center, Learning Express Library, Rosetta Stone,
Science Online, and Student Resource Center.
Richmond Public
Library - Electronic Databases
[For remote usage, you will need to log in using the
number on your Richmond Public Library card.]
Available databases include Auto Repair Reference Center, Business & Company
Resource Center, Health & Wellness Resource Center, History Resource
Center, and Literature Resource Center.
Last updated
21 April 2009
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