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Resources
with limited access are noted as follows:
* requires
PLS library card from off campus
* requires SFPL
library card
* ask
librarian for access
List
of databases available from off campus
Article
Delivery Service:
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Other PLS Databases
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which libraries or databases carry a specific periodical
What
is the difference between popular magazines and academic journals?
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MAGAZINE OR JOURNAL ARTICLES – Click here for more
* EbscoHost
databases
-
info
- START HERE
* Academic
Search Premier - info
* MasterFILE
Premier -
info
* Gale
PowerSearch -
info
* Opposing
Viewpoints In Context - info
*
Academic
OneFile - info
*
Student Resources in
Context -
info
*
Vocational
and Career Collection - info
* Informe (en español) - info
Google Scholar - academic articles,
papers, books - info
Links to Magazine
Websites
NEWSPAPER/ NEWS ARTICLES – Click here for more
* Newspaper
Source Plus -
info
* Gale Full
Text Newspapers (major newspapers) - info
*
Lexis-Nexis Academic - info
SF Chronicle
Archives
- info
New
York Times Archives - info
Links to News
Websites
SCIENCE/MEDICAL/BIOLOGY/CHEM. – Click here for more
* ProQuest Biology
Journals
-
info
* Access
Science encyclopedia - info
*
Science
in Context - info
*
Science
Magazine -
info
*
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - info
* Health
Source - Consumer Edition - info
* Alt
HealthWatch - info
* Health and Wellness
Resource Center - info
* JAMA
Online -
info
*
Encyclopedia
of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
* World
of Microbiology and Immunology
* Accounts
of Chemical Research
* Chemical
and Engineering News
* Environmental
Science and Technology
* Journal
of the American Chemical Society
* Journal
of Chemical Education
ASM Microbiology
Journals
- info
PubMed (Medicine
abstracts)
- info
PubMed Central (life sciences full-text)
-
info
Medline
Plus Health Information - info
HighWire Science
Journals
- info
* Principles and Practice of Infectious
Diseases
- ask
librarian
BUSINESS, GOVT, STATISTICS, CAREERS – Click here for more
* Business
Source Premier - info
* Business and Company
Resource Center - info
*
Career
Transitions
- info
Statistical Abstract of the
United States
More business,
government & statistics databases
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REFERENCE ARTICLES – Click here for more
* Biography In Context - info
*
Oxford
English Dictionary - info
*
Gale Virtual
Reference Library - info
* College
Source Online - college catalogs* - info
Encyclopedia
Britannica
Wikipedia - free encyclopedia
that anyone can edit - info
Citizendium - more reliable
encyclopedia than Wikipedia - info
VIDEO
DATABASE
* Films
On Demand –
academic quality streaming videos
HUMANITIES/SOCIAL
SCIENCES – Click here for more
* Psychology
and Behavioral Sciences Collection - info
* Literature Resource
Center
-
info
*
America:
History & Life with Full Text - info
*
History
in Context (Gale Resource Center)
- info
*
JSTOR
- Scholarly journals archives - info
* CQ Historic
Documents
-
info
* History Cooperative - info
*
Religion
and Philosophy Collection - info
* Education
journals (Prof. Devel. Collection) - info
* LitFinder - info
* Book
Index with Reviews - info
*
Opposing
Viewpoints In Context - info
*
GreenFILE - info
*
CountryWatch.-off campus* - info
*
Oxford Music Online
Off-campus, use “Library barcode login” - info
* Arts
and Humanities Through the Eras encyclopedia
* Early
Civilizations in the Americas encyclopedia
* Encyclopedia
of Clothing and Fashion
* Encyclopedia
of Food and Culture
* Encyclopedia
of Multicultural America
* U.S.
Immigration and Migration Reference Library
* U*X*L
American Decades
* Encyclopedia
of Sex & Gender
* International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
* International
Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
ERIC (Education documents) - info
LISTA
(Information Science abstracts) - info
SPECIALIZED SEARCH ENGINES
Wolfram Alpha (“computational knowledge
enginecomputational knowledge enginecomputational
knowledge engine”computational
knowledge engine)
Blekko (alternative to Google that focuses
on quality websites)
SAN
FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY DATABASES
The following are some of the many databases
available through the SF Public Library.
All require a SFPL library card number:
* Historical
N.Y. Times (1851-2001) -
info
* Historical
S.F. Chronicle (1865-1922)
* Ethnic
NewsWatch - info
* Art
Full Text Journals (Wilson) - info
* Contemporary
Women’s Issues - info
* GenderWatch
- info
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