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Academic OneFile 

Academic OneFile is a comprehensive database that currently contains more than 12,000 journals covering a wide range of topics from

science, technology, business, history, the humanities and more. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers--many with full text and

images! This easy-to-use database is a great place to start almost any research project.

Academic Search Ultimate 

Academic Search Ultimate contains full text for more than 11,000 journals and magazines. This resource covers almost all topics, with strong

content in the humanities and sciences. In addition, 60,000 videos are included from the Associated Press. This database is a great place to start most

research projects.

America's Historical Newspapers 1690-2000 

This database contains hundreds of newspapers published in the United States. Each article is an image of the original newspaper page, so

you can see in context how the article looked to people at the time it was published. Newspapers covered include ethnic, business, agricultural and

mainstream newspapers, allowing you to see how the same event was covered differently by different groups.

America: History & Life with Full Text 

America: History and Life covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With selective

indexing for over 1,700 journals from 1955 to present, this database is an important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and

Canadian history. America: History and Life also provides full-text coverage of more than 230 journals and nearly 100 books. The database also includes

citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and

events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals 

This database contains periodicals and magazines published in the 1700-1800s in the US. These primary resources are a great way to see

what people thought of issues and events in the past. When searching, keep in mind that language changes over time - you may need to use more

antiquated words to find the articles you want!

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Britannica Online 

This includes Britannica Encyclopaedia online, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the year. It can

also be used to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. This

database contains many images and some other types of multimedia.

Business Collection 

Business Collection provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management

and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Contains academic journals, magazines and newspapers.

Business Source Elite 

Business Source Elite provides full-text coverage of scholarly business, management and economics journals. This rich collection also includes

publications covering topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, etc. Business Source Elite offers full text for

nearly 1,000 business publications and contains expanded PDF backfiles for more than 150 titles (back to 1985 or the first issue published for that

journal). More than 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor are also included.

Country Watch 

CountryWatch has real-time news articles and country report information for each of the 191 countries of the world. Information includes

country background information, contemporary issues, cultural information, and much more. Additional resources include: statistical sources, social

studies educational sources, and maps.

CQ Researcher 

This weekly publication provides in-depth, non-biased analysis of the most current major and controversial issues of the day, from 1991 to the

present, with complete summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and more.

CultureGrams 

CultureGrams provides information about cultures and peoples all across the world. This is a great place to start your research on cultures!

eBooks (Ebsco) 

Ebsco's eBooks provides electronic full-text copies of over 19,000 published print materials, such as reference books, scholarly monographs,

fiction, and nonfiction books.

eBooks (Infobase) 

This set of eBooks covers many topics, but is particularly strong in literature, religion and history. Many books in the Bloom's series are

available, as well the texts of sacred works. This site also has many career guides.

eBooks (Springer) 

Springer's eBooks provides electronic full-text copies of over 4,000 published print materials, such as reference and scholarly books. These

books are available to download in PDF format, with no DRM.

ERIC 

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to

information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC contains more than 1.4 million

records and links to more than 337,000 full-text documents from ERIC.

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European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 

This database gives access to primary documents about America from 1493-1750. These are documents from the time period, written by

people that lived in that time period.

Films on Demand 

This resource has over 3000 online educational videos on a variety of topics. All videos are closed-captioned and can be searched by video or

segment. The videos can be accessed anywhere at any time.

Films on Demand Archival Films & Newsreels 

A collection of newsreels and other primary source films.

Gale Psychology Collection 

This database is a subset of the Academic OneFile database that lets you focus your search on Psychology.

Gale Virtual Reference Library 

This site provides electronic full-text copies of several multi-volume reference and scholarly books. Titles cover history, business, literature and

more.

GreenFILE 

GreenFile is a collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals,

corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Topics covered include global climate

change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Health Reference Center Academic 

The Health Reference Center Academic will find articles from magazines and scholarly journals on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition,

Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this Resource

Center is intended for informational purposes only.

Health Source: Consumer Edition 

Health Source: Consumer Edition is a rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to more than 80 full text,

consumer health magazines. This database also includes searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and nearly 130 health reference

books. Additionally, Health Source: Consumer Edition contains more than 9,900 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish) and

Merriam-Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for

professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition 

This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is

particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of

Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of

Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more.

History Reference Center 

This database features full text from more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers

and full text for more than 200 leading history periodicals. This is a great place to start your history research.

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Informe 

Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and full

text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking

users.

InfoTrac Newsstand 

InfoTrac Newsstand allows users to search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or

other assigned fields.

JSTOR 

JSTOR contains journal articles in various academic disciplines. Not all content is available full-text so it is recommended to choose the option

of searching only content you have access to.

Kanopy Streaming Video 

Kanopy Streaming Video has over 22,000 films and documentaries on a variety of subjects. Films are close-captioned and can be viewed full

screen. Publishers include PBS, Criterion, BBC, and more.

LegalTrac 

Lexis-Nexis Academic is a premier online source of approximately 5,600 local, national, and international news, business, legal, medical, and

government information, mostly full-text and mostly from 1985 to the present.

LexisNexis Uni 

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: LexisNexis Academic

LexisNexis Uni is a premier online source of approximately 5,600 local, national, and international news, business, legal, medical, and government

information, mostly full-text and mostly from 1985 to the present. LexisNexis also has a company dossier and case law.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts 

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports, and

proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, information management, and more.

Coverage extends back to the mid-1960s.

Literature Resource Center 

The Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary

discipline. Combining Gale's most used literary databases in a single Internet-searchable service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than

90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors.

Los Angeles Times 

Los Angeles Times database provides access to full-text newspaper articles from 1985 to the present.

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MAS Ultra - School Edition 

This comprehensive database contains full text for nearly 500 popular magazines. Full text is also available for 85,670 biographies and over

107,000 primary source documents. MAS Ultra School Edition also contains more than 360 reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the

CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts); an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs; and expanded full-

text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

MasterFILE Complete 

MasterFILE Complete contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science,

multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more than 500 reference books and tens of thousands of primary source

documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 597,000 photos, maps & flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles (as far back as 1975) for key

publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review, Saturday Evening Post, etc.

MEDLINE 

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical

sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree

hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Included are citations from Index

Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, HISTLINE, SPACELINE, PREMEDLINE®, AIDSLINE®, BIOETHICSLINE®, and

HealthSTAR®.

Military & Government Collection 

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of

periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of these sites. Military & Government Collection provides full text for

nearly 300 journals and periodicals. The database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 400 journals. Publications covered in this database

include Air Force Comptroller, Defence Studies, JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Military Technology, Combat Edge, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign

Affairs, Naval Forces, and many more.

National Geographic Magazine Archive (1888 - present) 

Provides coverage of National Geographic from 1888 - present in full color. Also includes photography, books and videos from National

Geographic.

Nature (2000 - 2016) 

This link provides access to the 2000 - 2014 issues of the journal Nature.

Nature Journal Archive (1869 - 2006, 2011 - present) 

This link provides access to the Nature Archive (1869 - 2006) and the last five years (2011 - present) of the journal Nature. Please note: if you

try to access an article not included in OCC's subscription, it will ask you to pay for it. Please see the reference librarian if you think you are being asked

to pay erroneously.

Newspaper Source Plus 

Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 1,000 full-text newspapers, providing more than 38 million full-text articles. In addition, Newspaper

Source Plus features nearly 913,000 television and radio news transcripts.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context 

Opposing Viewpoints in Context contains information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary

documents, links to websites, reference sources, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

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Orange County Register 

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: OC Register

Browse or search for articles in the Orange County Register. Coverage starts at 1987 and is included up to the current day.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) 

The Oxford English Dictionary is the definitive dictionary. Each entry includes various forms of the word, the first recorded use of the word,

pronunciation key, forms and more.

Oxford Reference Books 

A collection of reference books from Oxford publishing.

Points of View Reference Center 

Points of View Reference Center contains 343 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument), and

counterpoint (opposing argument). Each topic features a Guide to Critical Analysis which helps the reader evaluate the controversy and enhances

students’ ability to read critically, develop their own perspective on the issues, and write or debate an effective argument on the topic.

Popular Magazines 

This database contains full-text articles from popular magazines covering a variety of subjects, such as sports, current events, science, and

more.

PrepStep 

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: Learning Express

PrepStep contains training modules to help students learn difficult subjects at their own pace. Modules include: Career and Workplace Preparation, Core

Math & Science Skills Review, Core English Skills Review, Basic Computer Skills, Placement Test Preparation, College Success Skills, and a skills

center in Spanish.

Primal Pictures Anatomy.tv 

This visual, interactive site provides quick, easy access to a complete line-up of three dimensional human anatomy modeling modules.

Modules included are Functional Anatomy and Radiological Cross-Sectional Anatomy.

Primary Search 

Primary Search contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level

indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia,

which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. This database also provides the American Heritage®

Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection 

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral

characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. The database contains more

than 560 full-text journals.

PsycINFO 

PsycINFO (from Ebsco) is an abstract and citation database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. It provides scholarly

literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health, and in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science,

neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.

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Regional Business News 

Regional Business News provides full text for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications (including titles from Crain

Communications).

Research Companion 

This video tutorial will teach you the basics of college research.

Salem Press 

The Salem Press site allows you to access online certain reference books from the library's collection. Some of the titles included are Magill's

Medical Guide, The Encyclopedia of American Immigration, Great Events from History, Careers in..., Critical Survey..., and The Encyclopedia of Global

Warming.

Science (1997 - present) 

This link provides access to issues of the journal Science from 1997 to the present. Please note: if you try to access an article not included in

OCC's subscription, it will ask you to pay for it. Please see the reference librarian if you think you are being asked to pay erroneously.

Scientific American Archive Online (1845-2005) 

This link provides access to issues of the magazine Scientific American from 1845 to 2005. Please note: if you try to access an article not

included in OCC's subscription, it will ask you to pay for it. Please see the reference librarian if you think you are being asked to pay erroneously.

Student Resources In Context 

This database contains information on all core subjects from Science to Literature to History. Student Resources in Context provides topic

perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including 79,000 reference articles from acclaimed publications; 15 million periodical and newspaper

articles; 4,200 primary sources; 100,000 multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables; and video and audio content from NBC, NPR

and many other respected sources.

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Academic Search Ultimate

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Academic Search Ultimate contains full text for more than 11,000 journals and magazines. This resource covers almost all topics, with strong

content in the humanities and sciences. In addition, 60,000 videos are included from the Associated Press. This database is a great place to start most

research projects.

Films on Demand 

This resource has over 3000 online educational videos on a variety of topics. All videos are closed-captioned and can be searched by video or

segment. The videos can be accessed anywhere at any time.

JSTOR 

JSTOR contains journal articles in various academic disciplines. Not all content is available full-text so it is recommended to choose the option

of searching only content you have access to.

LexisNexis Uni 

LexisNexis Uni is a premier online source of approximately 5,600 local, national, and international news, business, legal, medical, and

government information, mostly full-text and mostly from 1985 to the present. LexisNexis also has a company dossier and case law.

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America's Historical Newspapers 1690-2000

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This database contains hundreds of newspapers published in the United States. Each article is an image of the original newspaper page, so you

can see in context how the article looked to people at the time it was published. Newspapers covered include ethnic, business, agricultural and

mainstream newspapers, allowing you to see how the same event was covered differently by different groups.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals 

This database contains periodicals and magazines published in the 1700-1800s in the US. These primary resources are a great way to see

what people thought of issues and events in the past. When searching, keep in mind that language changes over time - you may need to use more

antiquated words to find the articles you want!

PrepStep 

PrepStep contains training modules to help students learn difficult subjects at their own pace. Modules include: Career and Workplace

Preparation, Core Math & Science Skills Review, Core English Skills Review, Basic Computer Skills, Placement Test Preparation, College Success Skills,

and a skills center in Spanish.

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