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Links
to Best Websites for:
- Art
- Current
Events
- Ethnic Relations
- History
- Literature
- Movie Information
- Nutrition
- Psychology
- Social Issues
Magazine & Journal Databases
Newspaper Databases
Business, Government & Statistics Databases
Science/Medical
Journal Databases
Reference Databases
Access to all databases from off-campus
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Gale PowerSearch databases
START HERE on campus or off-campus w/ library
card
Articles from academic journals, magazines, newspapers & other published
sources in all subject areas.
Academic
OneFile -
on campus or off
campus w/ library card
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference
sources.
History
Resource Center
on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Articles &
sources on U.S.
& modern world history. info
JSTOR
- Scholarly journals archives
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Back issues of
important scholarly journals, no current issues
CQ Historic Documents
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Over 3200
documents covering the most significant events of each year from 1972 to the
present. - info
History
Cooperative
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles
from 11 academic history journals- info
CountryWatch - on-campus
OR: off campus w/ library card
Political, economic, and business info on any country. info
Lands & Peoples - on-campus
OR: off
campus w/ library card
Encyclopedia of countries,
cultures & current events
Gale
Biography Resource Center
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Biographical
articles on famous people.
Country Studies
Historical, social,
economic & political information on countries throughout the world, from
the Library of Congress.
World Factbook
Basic statistical
data on countries of the world, published annually by the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA).
SFPL
Article Databases
San Francisco Public Library ID number is
required to access these databases.
Extensive set of databases covering all subject areas.
Recommended humanities & social science databases:
-- JSTOR: extensive archive of full text
academic journals--especially in history & social sciences-- going back
to1838
-- Art Full-Text: art periodical database
-- Grove Music: music encyclopedia
-- Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI): full text
articles
-- GenderWatch: full text articles on gender-related
issues
California History Quarterly Subject Index:
Look up articles in
the California History Quarterly journal by subject so you can then
find the print volumes in Skyline Library.
Movie/Film Information:
New York Times Movie
Review Archive
all films reviewed
by NY Times since 1960
Internet Movie Database
Movies, Race
& Ethnicity
videographies providing a sampling of ethnic and
racial representations in movies over the last century
List
of movies set in Los Angeles
Ethnic Movies by Category
from Reel Movie Critic.com
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ProQuest Psychology Journals
on-campus
or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text psychology
& social science journal articles
Gale
Literature Resource Center
on-campus
or off-campus w/ library card
High quality
full-text literary criticism & biographical info on authors. info
LitFinder
on campus or off
campus w/ library card
Database of nearly
150,000 complete poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays. info
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
on-campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Full-text viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary
documents, and magazine and newspaper articles on a wide range of social
issues
Alt-Press Watch
on campus or off campus w/ library card
Articles from
about 175 magazines, newspapers & journals from
alternative and independent presses. info
SIRS
Knowledge Source
on-campus
or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text
articles on social, scientific, political issues and on many humanities
topics. info
ERIC (education documents)
Education journal
article abstracts and non-journal education-related full-text documents. info
Gale Virtual Reference Library Sources:
- Early Civilizations in
the Americas
- 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
Oxford English Dictionary
on-campus
or off-campus w/ library card
Definitions for most
words in the English language, plus information on word origins
Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
What
Do I Read Next?
Searchable
database of recommended book titles
Online Dictionary of the
Social Sciences
National Criminal Justice
Reference Center
Federal criminal
justice publications. info
LISTA
(Information Science abstracts)
Library,
Information Science & Tech. Abstracts. info
Links
to Other Web Resources:
Literature Resources (IPL)
Links to Web literary
criticism & author sites.
Social Science Information Gateway
Searchable and annotated directory of resources in the social sciences, in
the UK.
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