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Magazine & Journal Articles back to top

All Gale Databases -- links and database
descriptions for the full text databases and indexes available from Gale

Gale's InfoTrac OneFile  
articles on a wide range of topics from 1980 to present; updated daily

Gale's InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP
subset of InfoTrac OneFile above, but slightly different format

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 
wealth of information on social issues

SIRS Knowledge Source
social issues

Gale's Student Resource Center Gold 
including primary sources

Gale's Biography Resource Center
biographical articles from electronic reference and periodicals

Gale's Informe
Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completo

Ethnic NewsWatch --
articles from ethnic, minority, and native press in English & Spanish

Lexis Nexis Academic --
articles and more, especially useful for law

HighWire Science Journals
articles on a variety of science topics

ASM Microbiology Journals
articles from the American Society of Microbiology

CQ Researcher
Congressional Quarterly's coverage of current issues, especially political science

Proquest Biology Journals
Thousands of articles from biology journals

 

 

Newspapers back to top

Gale's Full-text Newspapers -- full-text newspaper articles from the Atlanta Constitution, Denver Post, Fresno Bee, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, St. Louis Post Dispatch, and London Times

eLibrary -- all subjects, some full-text articles from popular magazine & newspaper articles, radio & TV transcripts, photos, pictures, & maps, including New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe -- full-text articles, wide range of news, business & other publications. (After connecting, click on "News" at left of home page.)Lexis Nexis is now only available from off campus. To access it from off campus, go our library's homepage, click on Locating Articles, and then click on off campus

Ethnic NewsWatch -- full-text articles from ethnic, minority, and native press in English & Spanish

SF Chronicle/Examiner Archive

NewsLibrary -- indexes newspapers and offers summaries of articles from a variety of newspapers but charges for full-text

Links to Newspaper websites -- Access to newspapers around the world

Facts.com -- news digests

 

 

Statistics back to top

U.S. Census

San Mateo County Stats

 

 

Encyclopedias & Reference  back to top

Grolier Encyclopedia A great, basic general encyclopedia

La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre Encyclopedia in Spanish!

AccessScience Encyclopedia covering science and technology

More Reference  Sources

 

 

Literature  back to top

Gale's Literature Resource Center -- Critical analyses of literature and biographies of author

Gale's What Do I Read Next -- a database that helps readers select a book to read

 

 

History back to top

History Resource Center -- Good starting point for U.S. and World History!

Gale's Student Resource Center Gold -- includes primary sources, newspapers, magazines, biographies, background information, photographs, audio, and video. Use the Advanced Search to limit results to primary sources.

History Cooperative  -- full-text articles from a variety of history journals

California Historical Society Index -- allows you to look up a subject and get a list of article citations on that topic that have been published in the journals California History and California History Quarterly . Use the list of citations (title, author, volume, issue, page #) to find the print article on the shelf in the Periodicals area.

Internet History Sourcebooks Project -- More Primary Sources

More History Resources from Skyline College Library

 

 

Dictionaries back to top

Oxford English Dictionary -- definitions for most English language words, plus information on word origins

 

 

Country Info  back to top

CountryWatch -- includes current information and statistics on countries worldwide

 

 

Education back to top

Gale's Kid's Edition K12 -- articles written on all subjects for elementary school students

College Source Online -- full-text college catalogs

ERIC -- summaries of articles covering education, NOT full-text

 

 

Medicine & Science  back to top

Gale's Health and Wellness Resource Center -- fulltext articles on medical topics

PubMed -- summaries of articles covering medicine, NOT full-text

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe -- full-text articles, wide range of news, business, legal, medical, reference & other publications. (After connecting, click on "Medical" at left of home page.)

HighWire Science Journals
articles on a variety of science topics

ASM Microbiology Journals
articles from the American Society of Microbiology

Proquest Biology Journals
Thousands of articles from biology journals

AccessScience Encyclopedia covering science and technology

CenterWatch -Provides information about clinical research and trials.

 

 

Business back to top

Gale's Business and Company Resource Center -- includes business articles, company profiles and histories

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe -- full-text articles, wide range of news, business, legal, medical, reference & other publications. (After connecting, click on "Business" at left of home page.)

More Business, Government, and Statistics Databases

 

 

Law back to top

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe -- full-text articles, wide range of news, business, legal, medical, reference & other publications. (After connecting, click on "Legal Research" at left of home page.)

 

 

Photographs back to top

eLibrary -- popular magazine & newspaper articles, radio & TV transcripts, photos, pictures, & maps