Academic Electronic Databases
COS students, faculty and staff can access the following databases off-campus through the Internet. Call the Library Information Desk at 737-6179 to obtain a password. If the library is closed click here.
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CountryWatch provides a political and economic survey of over 190 countries. It also has updates from United Press International, other news organizations, and the CountryWatch.com staff which cover the latest economic, corporate, and environmental information on a country by country basis as they occur. |
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CQ Researcher
is your complete source on the most current and controversial issues of the day with
complete summaries, all the pros and cons, bibliographies and more. (Annual
Cost $523) |
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CredoReference provides full-text reference books on a wide variety of subjects (Cost $2500) |
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Expanded Academic ASAP (Infotrac)
provides articles from more than 500 scholarly, trade and
general-interest publications, as well as references for The New York
Times. (Annual Cost $9,732)
Tutorial: How to search Infotrac effectively. |
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Gale U.S. History Resource Center provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library provides access to over 200 reference books. All the books are full-text and cover a wide variety of topics including art, science, literature and much more. All titles can be searched simultaneously or individual titles may be selected. (Cost $20,000) |
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Grzimek's Animal Life includes information on more than 4,000 species, covering topics such as evolution, habitat, behavior, ontology and conservation status. |
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center covers current event topics (the facts, as well as the arguments) and includes topic overviews, statistics, government data and information on legislation. |
| PowerSearch searches two Gale's databases: Virtual Reference Library and Expanded Academic ASAP. | |
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NetLibrary has over 9,000 eBooks (books in electronic format available online and in full-text. To access from off-campus you must create a password while on campus. CREATE REMOTE ACCESS ACCOUNT |
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NewsBank is a full-text database that covers Fresno Bee and 28 America News Magazines (Newsweek, Time, Teen People, US News & World Report, Sports Illustrated, Popular Science, Parenting, Money, Life, Real Simple, Fortune, Family Life, Entertainment Weekly, etc.) Easy online access to local, in-state, national and international news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news blogs, news web-only content and video. |
| Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles Times is major daily newspaper from Los Angeles. With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news. |
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ProQuest is a mega-database that contains 17 databases including: newspapers and magazine/journals (Annual Cost $19,000) |
| Proquest Career and Technical Education | Proquest Career and Technical Education is a part of ProQuest databases and contains vocational and technical magazine articles covering such areas as: computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales & retail, accounting, graphic design and photography. |
| Proquest National Newspapers Core | Proquest National Newspapers Core includes: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and The Washington Post. |
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SIRS (Social Issues Research Series) contains all full-text articles from a variety of newspaper and magazines covering current social issues. (Annual Cost $1440) |
| ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center | ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) |
| COS Online Book Catalog | COS Online Book Catalog provides access to the materials found in the COS Learning Center Library. These materials include, books, periodicals, eBooks, and DVDs. |
This page was last updated: August 18, 2010