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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

This is a bibliographic index to nearly 4000 journals, magazines, and newspapers in all subject areas including many peer-reviewed and full-text. .  

Alt Healthwatch (EBSCO)

This focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness, providing full text for articles from more than 140 journals and other publications.  

ARTstor

The ARTstor Digital Library Charter Collection is a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data covering art, architecture and archeology. It contains coherent collections of art images and descriptive information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the collections. Tips on using ARTstor; Add ARTstor images to Powerpoint presentations (training video on YouTube).

Business Source Premier (EBSCO)

CountryWatch.com

Contains information about countries, including news on the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental events as they occur, and detailed geographical, political, economic, corporate, and environmental briefings.

CQ Researcher

CQ Researcher provides expert, clearly written articles on contemporary topics and controversial issues addressed in a balanced and unbiased manners. A comprehensive index, updated monthly, and available in PDF format for easy downloading and searching, is available at http://library.cqpress.com/researcher_index.pdf. The index corresponds to both the online and print versions of CQ Researcher. Tips on Using CQ Researcher

The print version of CQ Researcher is available at both the San Marcos campus and Escondido Center libraries (click here to see which issues are available).

EBSCO Databases [click here to access all at once].

EBSCO (also called EBSCOhost) includes 22 databases (see below) in a full-range of disciplines that provide access to periodical articles and other documents, including many peer-reviewed and full-text. Tips on Using EBSCO databases.   

Search several EBSCO databases covering related subjects, select a topic below:

• Behavioral Sciences
• Business
• Education
• General
• Health
• Arts & Humanities

Select a specific EBSCO database below:

• Academic Search Premier
• Alt Healthwatch
• Business Source Premier
• CINAHL
• Encyclopedia of Animals
• EJS Ejournals
• ERIC
• Film & Television Literature Index
• Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
• Health Source: Consumer
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
• Literary Reference Center
• MAS Ultra
• MasterFILE Premier
• MEDLINE
• Military & Government Collection
• Newspaper Source
• Professional Development Collection
• PsycARTICLES [coming July 2008]
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
• Regional Business News
• Religion & Philosophy Collection
• Vocational & Career Collection
• Vocational Studies Premier [coming July 2008]

ERIC (EBSCO)

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals.

Film & Television Literature Index (EBSCO)

This provides access to documents covering the entire spectrum of television and film, including film and television history and theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

FindArticles

This search engine provides access to full-text articles and citations from various academic, industry and general interest publications dating back to 1984. Publications are organized by major categories: Arts & Entertainment, Automotive, Business & Finance, Computers & Technology, Health & Fitness, Home & Garden, News & Society, Reference & Education, and Sports.

Gale Databases

• Virtual Reference Library [click here for description]
• Literature Resource Center [click here for description]
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center [click here for description]
• Expanded Academic ASAP  [canceled January 2006 but may still be available]
• Health & Wellness Resource Center  [canceled January 2005 but may still be available]
• Informe! (Spanish-language periodicals) [canceled January 2002 but may still be available].

Gale Literary Reference Books

A subset of the Gale Literature Resource Center this includes full-text from the following literary reference book series: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Gale Literature Resource Center 

Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of literary authors from every period and discipline. Its resources cover more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with additional in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Also contains the Gale Literary Index to books in the Palomar College Library, and several Gale literary reference book series. 

Gale Virtual Reference Library

This database provides 'eBook' reference content in a database format, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, and specialized reference sources. Subjects covered include arts and humanities, biography and genealogy, business and industries, general and consumer interests, government and political science, health and medicine, law, science and technology, and social sciences.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar searches the internet for peer-reviewed journal articles and other publications (books, theses, etc.). If Palomar College has the full-text in electronic format, there will be a link to “Full-text at Palomar.”  If you are OFF-CAMPUS, you must first do the following to see the Palomar College links:

Full-text articles and pages from the New York Times (1851-1985) and Los Angeles Times (1881-1985). Search Newspapers (ProQuest) for 1985-present. Tips on Using ProQuest Newspapers.

In the First Person

In the First Person is a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives (letters, diaries, oral histories, and personal narratives) in English from around the world.

InfoTrac - see Gale Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, or Literature Resource Center

Informe - see Gale Informe

Ingenta

This is a collection of academic and professional online journals. Indexing and abstracting is available for all publications. Full-text articles to journals subscribed to by Palomar College are also available for free; you may purchase other articles from Ingenta directly for a fee.

JSTOR

Includes Arts & Sciences (Collections I & II), Biological Sciences Collection, Health & General Sciences Collection, Music Collection, and Language & Literature Collection. Full-text backfiles (up to the latest three to five years) of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, environmental sciences, physical sciences, biological sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Tips on using JSTOR.

LearningExpress Library

Los Angeles Times - see Newspapers (ProQuest) for 1985-present or Historical Los Angeles Times for 1881-1985.

MAS Ultra (EBSCO)

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)

Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)

Provides current news for all branches of the military. Includes full text from over 300 periodicals, and other publications. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for over 400 magazines. .  

NetLibrary eBooks at Palomar

NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (ebooks) selected for the Palomar College Library book collection. Books can be searched either through the NetLibrary database, or through the library's online catalog. . Registering for Off-Campus Access. 

New York Times - see Newspapers (ProQuest) for 1985-present or Historical New York Times for 1851-1985.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO)

Provides full text for hundreds of regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, and newspaper columns. .  

Newspapers (ProQuest)

Full-text articles (1985-present) from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and  Washington Post. Search Historical Newspapers for older editions of New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Tips on Using ProQuest Newspapers.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other series. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.  Click here for a Guide to using Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.  

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary provides definitions, history, and pronunciation for over half a million English words, present and past, from all areas of the English-speaking world. It also offers etymological analysis and variant spellings.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)

ProQuest Newspapers

• Newspapers [click here for description]
• Historical New York Times [click here for description]
• Historical Los Angeles Times [click here for description]

PsycARTICLES (APA/EBSCO) [coming July 2008]

This contains comprehensive full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles from 63 journals from the American Psychological Association (APA) and related organizations, from 1894 to present. 

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)

Provides coverage of more than 576 full text journals, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Covering  topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.

Regional Business News (EBSCO)

Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)

Safari Tech Books Online

Title Source III

Contains publishing and auxiliary information (including reviews) on millions of books, audio and video titles.

Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCO)