Cerritos College

360 Search
Customized searching in 360 allows you to choose the specific databases and web resources you wish to include in your search. Choose the search strategy that will get you the results you need.

360 Core
E-Journal Portal providing an A-to-Z title list, as well as title and subject browse searching of database magazines, journals, and newspapers in a single, hosted interface. 

ABC-CLIO
A single point access to the library collection of ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Press databases: African American Experience, Daily Life in History Premium, and Latino Experience. Also includes a collection of ebooks. See the Database User IDs & Passwords page for remote access information.

Access World News (NewsBank)
Provides electronic editions of local, regional, national and international newspapers and newswires in one searchable database with a world map. Coverage of local and regional news including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community – grouped in America’s News Magazines, Major Metro Titles, and California Newspapers. Results include articles from journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, newswires, transcripts, video, and web-only sources.

African American Experience (ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Publishing)
A research tool for African American history and culture. Part of the Greenwood Publishing American Mosaic collection. See the Database User IDs & Passwords page for remote access information.

Auto Repair Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
Chilton Repair Manuals on domestic and imported vehicles from 1945 to the present, with information and diagrams on repair and maintenance. Also includes a labor time guide and estimator, recall bulletins, and maintenance schedules.

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Christian Science Monitor (ProQuest)
A major daily newspaper that provides balanced reporting of national and international news, with a special focus on international affairs.

Cinahl Plus (EBSCOhost)
Provides indexing for 3,802 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. Full text material includes nearly 80 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.

CollegeSource
Features more than 52,768 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover format, representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. Also provides links to other education-related resources.

CountryWatch
Brings together up-to-date information on political, historical, economic, environmental and business data for countries of the world.

CQ California Political Almanac
In depth profiles of the state's Senate and Assembly legislators, constitutional officers, state Supreme Court and appellate court justices, and representatives to the U.S. Congress. Also includes information on California counties, budget, and the political scene. See the Database User IDs & Passwords page for remote access information.

CQ Electronic Library
Created and hosted by CQ Press, the CQ Electronic Library (CQEL) is the definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. See the Database User IDs & Passwords page for remote access information.

CQ Public Affairs Collection (CQ Press)
Features in-depth reporting on vital public policy issues, statistical and historical analyses, and full text primary source materials. See the Database User IDs & Passwords page for remote access information.

CQ Weekly (CQ Press)
Congressional Quarterly's magazine on government, commerce and politics. Reports on acts of Congress, tracks legislation and floor action, major news events, committees and subcommittees, and backroom maneuvering. Archives date back to 1983. See the Database User IDs & Passwords page for remote access information.

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Daily Life in History Premium (ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Publishing)
A cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, providing context for contemporary life and culture. See the Database User IDs & Passwords page for remote access information.

Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source (EBSCOhost)
Covers all facets relating to the areas of dentistry, including dental public health, endodontics, facial pain & surgery, odontology, oral & maxillofacial pathology/surgery/radiology, orthodontology, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, and prosthodontics.

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EBSCOHost
An Internet resource used to access the following research databases: eBook Collection, MasterFILE Premier; Health Source; CINAHL Plus; Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; GreenFILE; Science Reference Center; International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance; and European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750, which variously contain magazine and journal articles, abstracts, monographs, reports and more, with language options provided for searching and translating full-text articles. Access is also provided to the Auto Repair Reference Center. Descriptions for each database can be found on this page.

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
Education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. NOTE: Remote access to free content does not require a login.

Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
Multidisciplinary, full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses. Covers current and historical topics. Searchable in both English and Spanish.

EUREKA [on-campus link]; EUREKA [off-campus link] 
Source for occupational and educational information. Contains descriptions of occupations, with information on salary, growth projections, related careers, career ladders and educational requirements. Also includes college, financial aid and scholarship information.
(For remote access, please contact Cerritos College Career Services.) 

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 (EBSCOhost)
Provides an index and guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.

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Facts on File
Complete content from Issues and Controversies for in-depth coverage of current issues. Includes content from The World Almanac and Book of Facts, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and photographs from Getty Images, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and AP/Wide World Photos.

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Gale (Gale Cengage)
The gateway to the Discovering Collection, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and Literature Resource Center, providing reference, research materials and eBooks in various disciplines.

Gale Literature Resource Center (Gale Cengage)
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of world authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes the Gale Literary Databases Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Gale PowerSearch
Provides access to almost all the content in the library's Gale collection of databases using one, single search query.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale Cengage)
Provides access to the content of more than 270 reference sources in a database format for multidisciplinary research.

GenderWatch (ProQuest)
Full-text collection of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Includes academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets, and government and non-governmental organization special reports.

GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)
Provides access to a collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Grove Art Online See also Oxford Art Online
Comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. Part of the Oxford Art Online collection.

Grove Music Online See also Oxford Music Online
This integrated music resource is part of the Oxford Music Online collection.

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Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost)
Collection of consumer health information covering topics in the medical sciences, food sciences, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Features full-text for nearly 130 journals.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost)
Provides access to scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, along with abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 additional journals. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, with patient education sheets for generic brand name drugs.

HighWire Press
The largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content, with 956 journals and 1,375,258 free, full-text articles online. NOTE: Remote access to free content does not require a login.

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In the First Person (Alexander Press)
A searchable index with links to full-text, audio, and video of letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, personal narratives and autobiographies within scholarly materials freely available on the Web. 

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (EBSCOhost)
A research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. Provides access to more than 450 full-text titles, 140 full-text journals, and 300 full-text books & monographs in a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.

Issues & Controversies (FACTS on File)
In-depth investigations of today's top issues.

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Latino American Experience (ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Publishing)

A research tool for Latino American history and culture. Part of the Greenwood Publishing American Mosaic collection. See the Database User IDs & Passwords page for remote access information.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Indexes more than 600 periodicals, books, research reports and proceedings on aspects of librarianship.

Los Angeles Times (ProQuest)
A major daily newspaper from Los Angeles. With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers full-text coverage of national, international, and local news.

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MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)
Full-text for more than 1,700 periodicals and other sources covering general news, reference, business, health, education, general science, and more including image collections of photos, maps and flags.

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Nation
A journal of politics, economics, education, foreign policy, labor, law and other social issues, literature and the arts. Includes an archive of articles, editorials, and reviews dating from 1865.

National Newspapers Core (ProQuest)
Full-text collection of five national newspapers: Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

New York Times (ProQuest)
A major daily newspaper known for standard of reporting and commentary of national and international news. It often includes the full-text of important speeches and official documents.

New York Times Archive
Available to all readers at its site. The archive is of articles originally published from 1851 to the present, many available at no charge. There may be charges for some content from the period 1923 to 1986. Select NYT Archive 1851-1980 or NYT Archive Since 1981 in the drop-down menu next to the Search button. NOTE: Remote access to free content does not require a login.

NewsBank InfoWeb
Provides access to articles from U.S. regional, national, and international newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts that cover a broad range of topics, issues, and events. It is the gateway to Access World News.

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Oxford African American Studies Center (Oxford University Press)
Provides access to reference sources in African American studies featuring the Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895; the African American National Biography project; the Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present; Black Women in America; and Africana.

Oxford Art Online (Oxford University Press)
The gateway into art research and the access point for the Oxford art reference database Grove Art Online and the publications The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Oxford English Dictionary/OED (Oxford University Press)
The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium and a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words.  Traces the word  subject, region, usage, and language of origin, derived from major content sources. Contains the full Oxford English Dictionary and the 2009 Historical Thesaurus of the OED.

Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press)
The gateway to music research and the access point for the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. Also includes a network of web-links to musical sites around the world, as well as more than 500 musical examples available in sound and notated examples.

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PatronBooksInPrint (Bowker)
Provides timely bibliographic content for more than 5 million titles, with a large collection of full-text reviews.

Project Muse: Basic Research Collection (Johns Hopkins University Press)
Provides access to the full-text to more than 180 scholarly and peer-reviewed journal titles in history, literature, philosophy, religion, theater, music and film, among others. Only article citations with the icon may be viewed remotely.

ProQuest
Provides access to magazine, journal and newspaper citations and articles from Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch and the National Newspapers Core, which includes the Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

ProQuest Digital Microfilm
Brings full-image newspaper archived content in a digital format. Access the full contents of the Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal-Eastern Edition, 2008 to the present.

PubMed Central 
Provides access to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. NOTE: Remote access to free content does not require a login.

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Salem Health (Salem Press)
Provides online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works. Includes Salem Press’ bestselling Magill’s Medical Guide; Genetics; and more. NOTE: To search the contents of an individual title, navigate to the Search page and click on the desired title.

Salem History (Salem Press) 
Provides access to various reference sets related to history, including full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary from the Milestone Documents in American History; Great Events from History; Milestone Documents of American Leaders series, and more. NOTE: To search the contents of an individual title, navigate to the Search page and click on the desired title.

Salem Literature (Salem Press) 
Access the complete content of the Magill’s Literary Annuals (1977-2010); Masterplots; Critical Insights series, and more. NOTE: To search the contents of an individual title, navigate to the Search page and click on the desired title.

Salem Science (Salem Press)
Access the complete content of the Encyclopedia of Global Warming.

Science Direct Health & Life Sciences Journals Collection (Elsevier)
Provides access to more than 890 full-text, peer reviewed health and life sciences journals.

Science Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
Provides access to full-text science-oriented content, including science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and more.

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Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
Provides full-text coverage of national and international news with a business or financial slant. The paper is also known for its excellent investigative reporting.

Washington Post (ProQuest)
A daily newspaper known as an invaluable resource for information on the national political scene. It is also known for its aggressive, in-depth reporting, and for its opinion pages and editorials.

World Book Encyclopedia Complete Suite
Based on the World Book Encyclopedia, the suite includes more than 40,000 articles, 270,000 primary source documents, and 5000 ebooks. It also includes a Spanish language encyclopedia, atlases, dictionaries, web and periodical links, as well as current events and Back in Time articles.

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