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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.
(Off-campus access requires that you login to
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African American Experience
(Greenwood Publishing)
A research tool for African
American history and culture. Part of the Greenwood Publishing
American Mosaic collection. |
Auto Repair Reference Center (EBSCOHost)
Chilton Repair Manuals on domestic and imported vehicles from
1945 to the present. Includes 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. |
CollegeSource
Features more than 37,000 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. |
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Contemporary Authors (Gale)
Provides biographical and
bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000
U.S. and international authors. |
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (Gale)
Features a collection of critical
essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a
biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works
and sources for further study. |
CountryWatch
Brings together up-to-date information on political, historical,
economic, environmental and business data for countries of the
world. |
CQ California
Political Almanac 2007-2008
In depth profiles of the state's legislators (Senate and
Assembly), constitutional officers, state Supreme Court and
appellate court justices, and representatives to the U.S.
Congress comprise the majority of the book. |
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. |
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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. |
CQ Supreme Court
Collection (CQ Press)
Combines
historical analysis and summaries of the most important
Supreme Court decisions. Includes Justice biographies,
quantitative and statistical analyses of decisions. |
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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. |
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Daily Life in
History Premium
(Greenwood Publishing)
A cross-disciplinary
resource that supports history, social studies, English, and
language students, providing context for contemporary life and
culture. |
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Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)
Provides nearly 10,000 biographical
and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the
world's most influential literary figures from all eras and
genres. |
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Discovering Collection
(Thomson Gale)
Source for
literature, history, biography, science, and social studies.
Also includes media elements. |
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EBSCOHost (EbscoHost)
An
Internet resource used to access the following databases:
MasterFILE Premier; Health Source; Library, Information Science &
Technology Abstracts, Literary Reference Center, and Science Reference Center which
variously contain magazine and journal articles and abstracts,
monographs, reports and more. (See descriptions for each
database.) |
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EBSCOHost Español (EbscoHost) |
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Part
of the Oxford Music Online collection, this encyclopedia is the
online version of Colin Larkin's critically acclaimed 10-volume
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th Edition with new
entries added three to four times a year. It covers popular
music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day,
including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals,
and world music. Key dates, biographies, and further reading are
provided for artists covered, along with complete discographies. |
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ERIC
- Education Resources Information Center
Education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of
Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. |
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.) |
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FACTS.com
Complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest
since 1940 and Issues and Controversies. Covers events,
issues, statistics, and people of the last six decades. Includes
historic events, maps, photographs, and documents. |
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Gale
(Thomson Gale)
Provides reference, research materials and eBooks in all
subjects. |
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
(Thomson Gale)
Provides
access to the content of reference sources in a database format
for multidisciplinary research. The library’s current
subscription includes nearly 250 titles. |
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. |
Grove Art Online
(Oxford University Press)
Comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of the visual
arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. |
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Grove Music
Online
(Oxford University Press)
An integrated music resource that includes the full text of
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition),
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove
Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition). Over 500 of Grove's
musical examples are now available in sound as well as notated
examples. |
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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)
More than 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many
medical disciplines.
Also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850
additional journals.
This database also
features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300
generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand
names.
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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.
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Issues & Controversies
(FACTS.com)
In-depth investigations of today's top issues. |
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Latino American
Experience
(Greenwood Publishing)
A research tool for
Latino American history and culture.
Part of the Greenwood Publishing
American Mosaic collection. |
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOHost)
Indexes more than 600 periodicals, books, research reports and
proceedings on aspects of librarianship. |
Literary Reference Center
(EBSCOHost)
A
full text database that combines information from major
respected reference works, books, literary journals, and more on
a broad spectrum of information on authors and their works
across literary disciplines and timeframes. |
Los Angeles Times
(ProQuest)
A major daily newspaper from Los Angeles. With the nation's
largest editorial department, it offers extensive 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 (5) (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. |
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New York Times Archive
Available to all readers at its
site. The archives 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. |
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NetLibrary eBooks
Access 3677 new books and 3400 classic titles. Search for eBooks
in our
catalog by author, title or subject.
Learn more
about accessing eBooks.
(Remote access requires an on-campus generated user account)
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Newsfile Collection
(NewsBank)
Provides indexing and full-text to more that 500 U.S. regional
and national newswires and newspapers. |
Noticias en Espanol (NewsBank)
Provides indexing and full-text to
Spanish language news sources around the world.
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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
Art and Architecture; Black Women in America; and the Africana,
a history of the African and African American experience. |
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Oxford English Dictionary/OED
(Oxford University Press)
Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a
million words, both present and past. Traces the usage of words
through quotations from a wide range of international English
language sources, classic literature, and other sources. |
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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.
(Not available off campus.) |
ProQuest
Provides access to magazine, journal and newspaper citations and articles
through the Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch,
National Newspapers 5, and Los Angeles Times databases. |
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RAND
California
Online source for information on California
and U.S. public policy issues, with an emphasis on statistics.
Features include state and federal policy bulletins, economic
reports, population information and statistics, U.S. National
Parks information, and the California academic performance index |
Reuters News (FACTS.com)
Reuters is the largest international multi-media news
agency, reporting extensively from around the world on topics
ranging from financial markets to general and political news. |
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Salem Health
Provides online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health
reference works. The first reference set included is Salem
Press’ bestselling Magill’s Medical Guide, which covers
diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties,
anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars
addressing recent developments in medicine and concise
information boxes for all diseases and disorders. |
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Science Direct Health & Life Sciences Journals
Collection (Elsevier)
Provides access to more than 890
full-text, peer reviewed health and life sciences journals.
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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)
A major daily newspaper (except Saturday and Sunday) that
provides 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. |
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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 e-books. 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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World News Digest (1980 to
present) (FACTS.com) |
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World News Digest (1940 to
1979) (FACTS.com) |
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World News Special Features
(FACTS.com) |
