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The following electronic databases are currently available on or off
campus to currently registered Barstow College students. Please contact
the library for passwords for off-campus access. Passwords for off-campus
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Periodical Databases
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EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries. |
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Student Research Center
EBSCO has created a search interface designed specifically for students, according to their needs and search abilities. The Student Research Center provides students with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from their EBSCO databases. |
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The Scribner Writer’s Series provides
more than 1,600 original bio-critical essays on authors of all nationalities
and time periods. Each essay includes a concise introductory preface
and a biography placing the author’s work within a personal
and historical framework. Many authors are seen from multiple perspectives
in two, three, or even four essays-a broad bio-critical overview as
well as specialized treatments. |
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Current Issues: Health: presents a carefully selected database of full-text articles from key publications covering a variety of current health issues. The topics are chosen to make up a well-rounded overview, and are then organized into subtopics to help users see the complexity of the larger issue. The database features current articles with periodic updates, plus the option for users to do further research with predetermined searches within WilsonWeb or on the Internet. |
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Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus presents a carefully-selected database of full-text articles from key publications covering a variety of current social, scientific, health, political, and global issues. The topics are chosen to make up a well-rounded overview, and are then organized by subtopic for easy access. The database features current articles with periodic updates, plus the option for users to do further research with predetermined searches within WilsonWeb or on the Internet. |
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News articles covering social,
economic, environmental, government, sports, the arts, people, health
and science issues and events from more than 500 U.S. regional and
national newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts. |
Online Databases |
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CountryWatch is a world leader in providing
country specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries
of the world. |
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In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral
Histories, and Other Personal Narratives, is a landmark index to English
language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs,
autobiographies, and oral histories. Working with archives, repositories,
publishers, and individuals we've indexed first person narratives
from hundreds of published volumes—those that are publicly available
on the Web and those that are held by repositories and archives around
the world. Our intent is to make it possible to find and explore the
voices of more than 300,000 individuals. |
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American History @ FACTS.com, a unique online resource of clear, concise, and balanced explanations of the most contentious issues in American history. It places students and other users in the middle of the great historical debates, allowing them to view these issues as they were being argued. Issues & Controversies in American History @ FACTS.com is a reference database, a classroom tool, and a home-learning resource. It combines authoritative factual accounts with in-depth explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex historical topics. Biographies, timelines, background articles, photographs, and maps augment the curriculum-based coverage of historical events. Carefully selected primary documents, linking directly to the factual coverage, give the points of view on all sides of the debates as they were promulgated at the time. |
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Career Opportunities series contains in-depth profiles of approximately 60 to 100 jobs, providing thorough information on salary ranges, employment trends, necessary experience, advancement prospects, and helpful unions and associations. Each profile presents an overview of the main duties and features of the job, a Career Ladder that illustrates frequent routes to and from the position, and comprehensive descriptions of certification, education, special skills, and training required.
Ferguson's Careers in Focus books are a great value for libraries and career centers. Written in an easy-to-understand yet informative style, this comprehensive series surveys a wide array of commonly held jobs and is arranged into volumes organized by specific industries and interests. Each of these informative books is loaded with up-to-date career information presented in 16 to 25 job articles. |
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The titles in the Contemporary World Issues series cover the hot-button topics that students, readers, and citizens want to read about, write about, and know more about. Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, this series provides historical background, contemporary context, and resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date. For off campus access, please contact the library staff for a user name and password. |
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Each book in this series offers all the statutes, legal opinions, and studies students need to structure a cohesive argument on a given controversial topic. Issues are presented from multiple points of view; sidebars cite laws and opinions to aid in critical analysis; appendixes help students conduct legal research; and all sources are fully documented. |
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The Greenwood Digital Collection includes full-text e-books representing academic, reference, and general interest titles published by Greenwood, Praeger and Libraries Unlimited. |
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LearningExpress Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. |
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Google Book Search
You can now create personalized libraries on Google Book Search where you can label, review, rate, and of course, full-text search, a customized selection of books and magazines.
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NetLibrary provides access to your library’s eBook collection. Ebooks are digital versions of books that cover a broad range of subject areas and topics. You can access your library’s eBook collection 24 hours a days, seven days a week. To create a free account, please use any Barstow College computer, or contact one of our library staff to assist you in the creation of an account. |
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf series |
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A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Readers will find brief treatments on discrete concepts and individuals to illuminating lengthy essays by towering figures in the field. Topics include: Darwin, natural selection, human origins, behavioral ecology, diversity, mathematical models, and cell and developmental biology. Special essays include Stephen Jay Gould's “Macroevolution” and Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson-Lonsdorf on “Culture in Chimpanzees.” |
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Encompassing tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt, the 300 authoritative articles in this unique and wide-ranging encyclopedia investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth. The entries cover a range of general research categories: altered ecosystems, climate change, food and water supply, population, politics and global change, institutions and policies, biographies, and case studies. |
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This award-winning Encyclopedia surveys the vibrant terrain of American literature in 350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day. The Encyclopedia includes essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists, as well as major works and essays on literary movements, periods, and themes. No mere catalog of dates, events, and synopses, the Encyclopedia's articles offer historical perspective and social context along with a range of possibilities with regard to critical approach. |
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This landmark scholarly work offers comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. With an unprecedented scope and cutting-edge scholarship, the Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Over 900 A-to-Z articles written by academics, scholars, writers, artists, and journalists, address such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history. The Encyclopedia fills a void in the historical scholarship of an underserved population. |
Online Encyclopedias
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Includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica and
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary |
Statistical Databases
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Includes more than 80 statistical databases
on California, ranging from employment to social security payments
to SAT scores. Much of the data is available at the national, state,
county, city, and zip code level. Also includes recent research and
publications from leading California public policy and research institutions. |
Car Repair Interface |
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EBSCO Publishing has partnered with Point 5 Technologies to create Auto Repair Reference Center™. The Auto Repair Reference Center database includes automotive repair information supplied by Point 5 Technologies, Inc., under license from Nichols Publishing, the former publisher of Chilton® Information and information from Delphi Integrated Service Solutions. Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. Database content includes more than 31,660 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; approximately 75,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; over 130,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; AutoIQ; Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance; unlimited remote access and much more. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center has been created by ASE certified technicians. |
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