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 first. Enter your last name and ID number in the boxes that
appear on the 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
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)
Use this link for off-campus access:
Science Magazine Online
SIRS Knowledge Source:
magazines, journals, newspapers, speeches, and more
Specialized Databases
Biography, Geography &
History:
American History Online:
information about U.S. history from selected articles & documents
Biography Resource Center: biographical information from
books, magazines, journals & newspapers
CountryWatch.com: up-to-date
information and data on countries of the world
History Resource Center: World:
selected articles, reference books, primary documents, images, maps
Business Information
Business & Company Resource Center: industry and company profiles,
rankings, financials, investment reports and more from magazines, journals,
newspapers, and publications.
Expanded Academic Index ASAP: scholarly & general-interest magazines,
journals, some newspapers
Proquest Newspapers: Christian
Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall
Street Journal, Washington Post
College Catalogs:
CollegeSource: college catalogs for 2-year, 4-year, graduate &
international schools
Encyclopedias & Pro/Con Overviews:
AccessScience Online:
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology plus related news articles
Britannica
Online: Encyclopedia Britannica PLUS dictionary
and selected periodical articles
CQ Researcher:
analysis of many current & controversial topics
Encarta Africana: history
& culture of people of African descent worldwide --
On-campus use only
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: current
event & social issue articles, facts and viewpoints
Health, Nursing & Science:
CINAHL Plus with Full-Text: health, medicine & nursing focus
GreenFILE: scholarly &
general interest titles, plus government documents & reports, with focus on
the relationship of humans with the environment. Full text is limited to
open access titles.
PLOS: Public Library of Science: freely available medical
& science literature from around the
world.
PubMed:
citations from MEDLINE and
other life science journals for biomedical articles, as well as links to
full text articles and other related resources.
Science Magazine Online:
on-campus link (full-text from 1997)
Use this link for off-campus access:
Science Magazine Online
Databases Available via Other 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 Song, African American Study Center,
Chilton Automotive Repair, Gale Virtual Reference Books,
Learn a Test/Learning Express Library,
Literature Criticism Online, and Science Resource Center.
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.
Contra Costa County Library - Databases
[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 Academic OneFile, America's
Newspapers, Business & Company Resource Center, Safari Tech Books,
Science Resource Center, Small Business Resource Center, 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, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Diversity Studies, Health & Wellness Resource Center, History Resource
Center, Psychology Collection, and Vocations, Careers & Technical Education
Collection.
Last updated
29 January 2010
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