San Diego Mesa College Library

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* Includes Peer Reviewed Content

ABI/Inform* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: business-related information and articles

Academic Search Premier* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Multi-disciplinary article database including full-text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.

Access Science (Provider: McGraw Hill)
Description: features content from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Scientific & Technical Terms

Alt HealthWatch* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Journals, reports, and pamphlets focusing on complementary and alternative approaches to health and wellness.

Animals (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: encyclopedia of animals

AP Images (Provider: Associated Press)
Description: photographs, graphics, charts, and current news

ARTstor (Provider: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
Description: image database covering art, architecture, design, archaeology, and more

Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive (Provider: Biblical Archaeology Society)
Description: full-text access to the premier journals and books covering archaeology and the Bible

Biography Reference Bank (Provider: HW Wilson)
Description: Covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images. Includes biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.

Biology Journals* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Covers a wide range of biological topics with over 265 journals available in full-text.

Business Source Premiere* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: business and trade articles and reports including Datamonitor Industry Surveys and Datamonitor Company Profiles

Career & Technical Education* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Over 460 full-text titles covering technical/vocational topics.

CollegeSource (Provider: CollegeSource)
Description: Online access to thousands of college catalogs and course descriptions including a search feature by location, degree, tuition, etc.

Communication & Mass Media Complete* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Research and trade journals covering all areas of media and communications.

Computing Journals* (Provider: Proquest)
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CountryWatch (Provider: CountryWatch)
Description: info on the world's countries.

CQ Historic Documents (Provider: CQ Press)
Description: primary source material dating back to 1972. Includes the texts of significant speeches, Supreme Court decisions, international agreements, and scientific findings

CQ Researcher (Provider: CQ Press)
Description: special reports, published weekly, on current controversial topics

Datamonitor Company Profiles (Provider: Business Source Premiere)
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Datamonitor Industry Surveys (Provider: Business Source Premiere)
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EBSCOhost* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Combined search of Ebsco’s academic, general, health, business, and vocational journal databases. Includes scholarly and peer reviewed articles as well as general interest and consumer information.

Education Journals* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Over 600 full-text journals covering all levels of education.

ERIC Plus Text* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Indexing/abstracting source covering education-related articles, reports, dissertations, etc.

ERIC* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Index of education journals, reports, and dissertations, some with links to full-text.

Ethnic NewsWatch* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: articles published by ethnic and minority presses

Facts.com (Provider: Facts On File)
Description: news digests and reports on controversial issues, plus content from the World Almanac and World Almanac Encyclopedia

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Basic-level, general encyclopedia.

Gale Academic One File* (Trial) (Provider: )
Description: Online access to thousands of full-text academic and peer-reviewed journals.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Provider: Gale)
Description: multi-subject reference guides and encyclopedias

GenderWatch* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: articles on gender-related issues

Health & Medical Complete* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Over 1200 full-text journals covering medical research, administration, and consumer-interest topics.

Health Source* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Journals and pamphlets covering nursing and allied health disciplines. Also includes a medical dictionary and a drug guide covering over 4700 brand name and 1300 generic products.

History Reference Center* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: A comprehensive collection of historical journals, documents, reference books, biographical information, photographs, and maps.

Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Profiles of over 40,000 companies and 600 industries including overviews, products, and financial information.

JSTOR* (Provider: JSTOR)
Description: An archive of full-text articles from over 400 scholarly journals. JSTOR does not include the most recent few years of the journals.

Literature Resource Center* (Provider: Gale)
Description: literary criticism, plot summaries, author biographies, bibliographies, links to web resources, and more

MagillOnLiterature Plus* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Literary content includes critical essays, author biographies, plot summaries, and overviews of literary genres and time periods.

MAS Ultra* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: A basic reading level collection of journal articles, reference books, documents, and photos.

Masterfile Premier* (Provider: Ebsco)
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Medline* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: A comprehensive index of articles in medical journals worldwide.

Military & Government (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: A database of nearly 300 magazines and journals covering all branches of the military and government.

NetLibrary Reference Center (Provider: NetLibrary)
Description: encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, thesauri, and more

NewsBank Access World News (Trial) (Provider: )
Description: Online access to local, state, national and international news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news blogs, news web-only content and video.

Newspaper Source (Provider: Ebsco)
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Oxford English Dictionary (Provider: Oxford)
Description: definitions, pronunciation, and history of the English language

Oxford Reference Online (Provider: Oxford)
Description: contains over 125 reference works published by Oxford University Press

Plunkett Research Online (Provider: Plunkett Research)
Description: Current information on companies, industries, and business development.

Primary Search (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Basic reading-level articles from over 70 popular magazines.

Professional Development Collection* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: A collection of over 500 journals geared to professional librarians, educators, and education researchers.

ProQuest Newspapers (Provider: Proquest)
Description: "Offers full-text access to over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers including the San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and the Times of London."

ProQuest* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Combined search of Proquest’s academic, general, health, business, and vocational journal databases. Includes scholarly and peer reviewed articles as well as general interest and consumer information.

PsycARTICLES* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: includes articles from APA journals

Psychology & Behavioral Science* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: A journal database covering publications in psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, and experimental methods.

Psychology Journals* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Coverage of psychology topics in over 560 journals and 4000 dissertations.

Regional Business News (Provider: Ebsco)
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Religion & Philosophy Collection* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Over 300 full-text journals covering topics that include religious history, major denominations, bible studies, and the history of philosophy.

Religion* (Provider: Proquest)
Description: Coverage of religious history, and doctrines as well as current news and commentaries on various denominations.

Science Magazine Online* (Provider: AAAS)
Description: The world's leading journal of original scientific research

Title Source (Provider: Baker & Taylor)
Description: info on books in print

Vocational & Career Collection* (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Full-text coverage of over 350 trade and industry-related publications.

Vocational Biographies (Provider: Vocational Biographies)
Description: short bios of people in various careers