Citing Databases in MLA style
Find Journals by Title Type in the name of the journal. If the name of the journal appears, you will see if we have it online or in
print, and what issues are available.
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General Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP PowerSearch (Expanded Academic ASAP, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, and Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Access to indexed and full-text periodical titles in a wide variety of disciplines. Many journals are peer reviewed.
(PowerSearch searches Expanded Academic ASAP, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, and Gale Virtual Reference Library at once)
JSTOR
Archive of important scholarly journals, featuring high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.
SIRS Researcher
Interdisciplinary database containing foreign and domestic periodical articles, historic and government documents, reference books and web links.
Gale Virtual Reference Library PowerSearch (Expanded Academic ASAP, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, and Gale Virtual Reference Library)
eBook reference content in a database format, encompassing multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. Subjects covered include Arts, Biography, Business,
Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Science.
Britannica Online
A comprehensive English-language Encyclopedia. An updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, and a guide to the Web's best sites.
E-books
Netlibrary.com
Newspaper Databases
We keep paper copies of the latest 6 months of the Daily Breeze and the latest 3 months of the Press-Telegram.
You can search their indexes here: Daily Breeze Press-Telegram
More California newspaper indexes (there is a charge to view the articles)
National Newspapers This is a collection of full-text newspapers including:
The Christian Science Monitor 1988 - CURRENT
The Los Angeles Times 1985 - CURRENT
The New York Times 1995 - CURRENT
The New York Times Book Review 1997 - CURRENT
The New York Times Magazine 1997 - CURRENT
The Wall Street Journal 1984 - CURRENT
The Washington Post 1987 - CURRENT
Los Angeles Times Historical
Search the full-text of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1985.
New York Times Historical
Search the full-text of the New York Times from 1851-2002.
Literature Databases
Literature Resource Center
This database provides access to literary journals, critical essays, biographies as well as links to related web sites. It also features an Encyclopedia of Literature and excerpts from many standard reference books such as Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Scriber Writers Series and Twayne’s Author Series.
MagillOnLiterature Plus
MagillOnLiterature Plus contains editorially reviewed critical essays (taken from standard reference books), brief plot summaries, extended character profiles, and detailed setting discussions covering works by long and short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and philosophers.
Social Science Databases
CQ Researcher
The CQ Researcher features comprehensive reporting and analysis of issues in the news. Published 44 times a year, the single-themed reports offer in-depth coverage of political and social issues with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Reports date back to 1991.
CQ Weekly
CQ Weekly provides complete coverage of the U. S. Congress including the status of bills, votes and amendments, and floor and committee activity.
CQ Encyclopedia of American Government
This reference resource provides answers to the full range of questions about the institutions of U.S. government. Organized around the three branches of the federal government as well as U.S. elections, you will find information about the institutions of government, the theories that underpin them, and the personalities that animate them.
CountryWatch
Providing comprehensive and regularly updated reports on every country in the world, CountryWatch also contains daily news coverage for 192 countries and features up-to-date articles from regional news wire services across the globe.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center PowerSearch (Expanded Academic ASAP, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, and Gale Virtual Reference Library)
This database contains a library of current event topics and includes facts, statistics and 'pro' and 'con' arguments. It contains books in the "At Issue", "Contemporary Issues", "Current Controversies" and "Opposing Viewpoints" series as well as government statistics and periodical articles.
Pro & Con Online
Online versions of Congressional Digest, Supreme Court Debates, and International Debates.
Science Databases
Nursing Resource Center
Containing nursing textbooks, journals, and multimedia content, this database presents information that helps students understand the entire nursing process, including the diagnosis, care, and treatment of patients.
Ebsco Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
The Ebsco Health Databases include scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. They also contain consumer health information in the form of full text titles.
Access Science
Based on the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Access Science features information about new trends and developments in science and technology, and access to related definitions, illustrations, headlines and biographies.
Test Preparation
LearningExpressLibrary
Comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass.
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