Skyline College Library

 

Research Databases Available from Off-Campus

 

All resources listed on this page are accessible from off campus; some require a PLS library card.

SItes requiring a PLS library card from off campus are noted with a green asterisk: *

All unnoted resources are freely available from any location.

Click on a database title to link directly to that database

Click on info for information
about that database

Other PLS Databases

Find which libraries or databases carry a specific periodical

Descriptions of databases:
Periodical Databases
Newspaper Databases
Humanities/Social Science
Science/Medical/Biology
Reference Databases
Government/Statistics
Internet Search Tools

 


MAGAZINE OR JOURNAL ARTICLES
* Gale-InfoTrac PowerSearch databases - info
* Expanded Academic ASAP database - info
* eLibrary - info
* SIRS Knowledge Source. - info
* Student Resource Center - info
* Informe (en español) - info
Google Scholar -  academic articles, papers, books
Live Search Academic – journal article abstracts
Links to Magazine Websites

NEWSPAPER/ NEWS ARTICLES
* InfoTrac Newspapers (major newspapers)
* Lexis-Nexis Academic
* Ethnic Newswatch (ethnic news)  - info
* Alt-Press Watch (alternative press)  - info
* eLibrary - info
SF Chronicle/Examiner Archives - - - - - info
N.Y. Times Archives - - - - - info
Links to Newspaper Websites

SCIENCE/MEDICAL/BIOLOGY
*
Health and Wellness Resource Center
* ProQuest Biology Journals - info
* Access Science encyclopedia - info
* New Book of Popular Science
* World of Microbiology and Immunology encyclopedia
ASM Microbiology Journals - - - - info
PubMed (Medicine abstracts) - - - info
PubMed Central (life sciences full-text) - info
Medline Plus Health Information - info
HighWire Science Journals - - - - info  

BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT & STATISTICS
* Business and Company Resource Center - info
* Rand California Statistics - info
* StatUSA - info
More business, government & statistics databases

 


REFERENCE ARTICLES
* Encyclopedia Americana - info
* Biography Resource Center - info
* Oxford English Dictionary - info
* La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre
* College Source Online - college catalogs*  - info
* Consulta - enciclopedia en español
Wikipedia
- free encyclopedia that anyone can edit - info

HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES
* ProQuest Psychology Journals  - info
*
Literature Resource Center - info
* History Resource Center  info
* JSTOR - Scholarly journals archives info
* ACLS History E-Book Project - info
* History Cooperative - info
* Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - info
* What Do I Read Next? - info
* CountryWatch - info
* Lands & Peoples
* Early Civilizations in the Americas encyclopedia
* Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
* Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
* Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
* Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
* U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
* U*X*L American Decades
ERIC (Education documents)
- - -
info
LISTA (Information Science abstracts) - info

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY DATABASES
The following require a SFPL library card number:
* Historical N.Y. Times - info
* EbscoHost Magazines - info
* Grove Music Online Dictionary - info
* Art Full Text Journals (Wilson) - info
* Contemporary Women’s Issues - info
* GenderWatch - info

 

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last revised: 9-16-08
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
All commercial rights are reserved.
To contact the author, or send comments or suggestions, email: Eric Brenner at brenner@smccd.edu