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Try our A-Z and "by Subject" lists of databases and eReference works
Contents of this page: Most Popular | More Databases (A-Z) | Reference Works (A-Z)
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Most Popular:
ProQuest
ProQuest is a company that aggregates the full text of thousands of magazines, academic journals, trade publications, and newspapers. ProQuest databases are useful for researching topics in almost all areas of study, e.g. Business, Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities. Articles from ProQuest overlap some with EbscoHost, but ProQuest also provides unique content, such as ethnic news and alternative press resources. Need help with ProQuest? Try our tutorial!
EbscoHost
EbscoHost, a content aggregator similar to ProQuest, brings together thousands of magazines, academic journals, and trade publications. We subscribe to 4 EbscoHost databases which may be searched separately or simultaneously.
- Academic Search Premier
- full text of 4,700 publications in all academic disciplines, such as science, political science, social sciences, and humanities. Your access to Academic Search Premier is made possible by the Haselwood endowment.
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
- for students researching topics in psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, family service, criminal justice, and nursing.
More Databases (A-Z)
AnthroSource
American Anthropological Association's 15 esteemed publications including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
The Cochrane Library
Evidence-based review articles for nursing students.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
In-depth, unbiased reports covering "...political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy."
eLibrary
Designed and scrubbed for the K-12 audience, this is a good place to get newspaper and magazine articles, pictures, audio/video, and tv/radio transcripts.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
ERIC is a growing digital library of education literature--early childhood through adult. It covers many aspects of education, including parent education, and educational psychology, home schooling, social problems, counseling, communications, curriculum, politics, and more. ERIC is published by U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a collection of scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines.
Olympic College Libraries' Periodical Holdings
Use this site when you know what journal you are looking for (e.g. I want the June 2004 issue of "Nursing Times"), but aren't sure which database to look in or which library to contact. Also use it to identify want journals are available in a specific discipline (e.g. I want to see which journals I can get that cover the field of Education).
OCLC FirstSearch
Through OCLC FirstSearch you have access to a family of twelve databases. Olympic College's holdings can be displayed up front, so you can easily identify items in our collection. Two OCLC databases of particular interest are:
PubMed
Use PubMed to search MEDLINE, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's database covering the fields of medicine and nursing. MEDLINE indexes over 4,000 journals from more than 70 countries. Some access to full text is available, but many items appear in summary form only.
PubMed Central
A subset of PubMed, PubMed Central gives you open access to the full text of over 400 life sciences journals.
Science.gov
"Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by 12 U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Science.gov brings together, through one interface, reliable resources selected by the respective agencies as important science information. Easy access options are provided through a search feature, a deep Web search feature for more detailed information, and a browse feature. Science.gov is the official USA.gov for Science Cross-Agency Portal."
ScienceDirect
Science Direct provides upper-division undergraduates with a collection of scholarly journals in health/life sciences, physical sciences, and social/behavioral sciences.
Reference Works (A-Z)
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online
This is a great place to begin a research project if it involves any aspect of science or technology because you get authoritative, up-to-date overview articles. The “Study Center” portion of the site provides an essay topic finder for students who are undecided about the focus of their research.
The African American Experience
A collection of full-text reference works, monographs, and primary sources covering almost every aspect of African American history and culture.
The American Indian Experience
A collection of full-text reference works, monographs, and primary sources covering the history and culture of indigenous populations.
Britannica
For any research project, nothing beats an article from Britannica to serve as an overview. Britannica will also lead you to academically-vetted Web content, as well as full-text magazine articles. Because of the breadth of content, some students use Britannica as a one-stop destination for all their needs, especially for shorter assignments. Watch out for a European bias here, because some topics unique to the U.S. get ephemeral treatment.
CultureGrams
Description of cultures in 187 countries in short reports that include maps and statistics.
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
Covers ethical issues of social and political relevance such as corporate accountability, deceptive advertising, environmental ethics, executive compensation, workplace privacy, and much more.
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
"Editor O'Brien (Seattle Univ.) provides readers with a "gender lens" on society, while emphasizing both individual and global aspects of social life."--Choice
Encyclopedia of Journalism
"The encyclopedia...present[s] a current and comprehensive analysis on all aspects of journalism—including the trends, issues, concepts, individuals, institutions, media outlets, and events that go into making journalism a pivotal part of contemporary media." --referenceworld.com
Encyclopedia of Social Problems
More than 600 entries cover all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems and also provide insight into how social conditions get defined as social problems, and the ways different people and organizations view and try to solve them.
Historical Statistics of the United States
"The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history."
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Covers a total of 39 categories including the traditional fields of the social and behavioral sciences, such as anthropology, economics, political science, psychology and sociology.
The Latino American Experience
A collection of full-text reference works, monographs, and primary sources covering almost every aspect of Latin-American history and culture.
Oxford Reference Online
This "Premium Collection" includes 100 dictionary and reference titles as well as 18 Oxford Companions from Oxford University Press. Content ranges from short, facutal summaries to scholarly articles. Subject coverage is broad and includes law, history, literature, politics, philosophy and Shakespeare. It also provides links to reputable Web sites.
ScienceDirect
Authoritative subject encyclopedias in social & behavioral sciences, health & life sciences, and physical sciences.
Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia
Addresses nearly 170 timely American issues in breadth and detail, providing an introduction to the basic concepts, terminology, historical background, competing points of view, statistics, and research materials associated with each one.
Violence against Women in Families and Relationships New!
This research-based, scholarly resource aims to provide a map of the scope and significance of the domestic violence revolution. The work contains four searchable volumes: community-based services (Volume 1), the family (Volume 2), the criminal justice response (Volume 3), and popular culture and the media (Volume 4).
WOIS/The Career Information System
Get career information for more than 340 occupations, as well as information on training programs and schools in Washington state.
World Conflicts Today (by CultureGrams)
Explores protracted, unresolved world conflicts that have regional and global implications. Reports offer a look at the past and present state of each conflict.
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