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Library Resources
Books, periodicals, online databases, reference materials, and information from the Internet--the tools you need to succeed are all available in the Library. One of the reference librarians will help you find the information you need.
Many of the online databases are available from your home computer. Visit the library to obtain User IDs and Passwords for accessing databases off campus.
| Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers | Reference Resources | Books |
| EBSCOhost Magazines and journals [more] |
Gale Virtual Reference Library Complete text of over 150 reference books that cover a wide range of subjects. |
Mission College Library Catalog includes books located at college libraries in LACCD |
| National Newspapers (ProQuest) L. A. Times and other national newspapers [more]
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Encyclopedia Americana Online [more] |
NetLibrary Over 5,000 electronic books (eBooks) [more] |
| Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en linea Spanish language encyclopedia [more] | Gale Virtual Reference Library Complete text of over 150 reference books that cover a wide range of subjects. |
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| Ethnic News Watch Newspapers, magazines, and journals of minority presses [more] |
CQ Researcher Current controversies and topics in the news [more] |
Los Angeles Public Library Catalog |
| Sirs Knowledge Source Information on government and social issues [more] |
Opposing Viewpoints Articles with arguments for and against controversial topics [more] |
County of Los Angeles Public Library |
| CQ Researcher Current controversies and topics in the news [more] |
Twayne's Author Series Critical introductions to the lives and works of authors |
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| Directory of Open Access Journals Scientific and scholarly journals available on the web [more] |
CountryWatch International, political, economic and business information |
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| FindArticles Magazine and journal articles from 1998 through the present on the web [more] |
Los Angeles Public Library Databases | |
| Periodical Holdings Complete list of magazines, newspapers and journals in the Mission College Library. |
A guide to countries of the world, including demographic and cultural information. Available until April 25, 2008. | |
| Library Catalog provides access to all cataloged books and materials in the library. The online catalog is available on all workstations in the library. | ||
| Visit the library to access other useful resources and to obtain a user ID and Password for EBSCOhost, National Newspapers , and other databases. | ||
Magazines, Journals and Newspapers:
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EBSCOhost provides indexing and abstracts for over 3,100 periodicals and searchable full text for over 1,500 periodicals. This database is available to you as Mission College students and staff from computers on campus and from your computers at home. Access from home requires a User ID and Password to login. EBSCOhost with instructions, courtesy of Loyola Marymount University.
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National Newspapers provides comprehensive coverage of major newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and the Wall Street Journal. This database is available to you as Mission College students and staff from computers on campus and from your computers at home. Access from home requires a User ID and Password to login.
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Ethnic News Watch searchable in English and Spanish, this database provides full text coverage of current and historical topics in newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic, minority and native presses. Access from home requires a User ID and Password to login.
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Sirs Knowledge Source provides access to full text articles and government documents on social, health and scientific issues. Access from home requires a User ID and Password to login.
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CQ Researcher published by Congressional Quarterly, provides full text articles on current issues. Access from home requires a User ID and Password to login.
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Directory of Open Access Journals provides access to free, full text, scholarly and scientific journals available on the web.
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FindArticles provides access to magazine and journal articles from more than 900 publications from 1998 through the present on the web. Search results can be sorted by relevancy or date and limited to free articles.
Reference Resources:
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Encyclopedia Americana Online includes hypertext links to other encyclopedia articles and Web links to relevant Internet sites. This database is available only from computers on campus.
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Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en linea includes hypertext links to other encyclopedia articles and Web links to relevant Internet sites. This Spanish language encyclopedia is available only from computers on campus.
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CQ Researcher published by Congressional Quarterly, provides full text articles on current issues. Access from home requires a User ID and Password to login.
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Access from home requires a User ID and Password to login.
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CountryWatch includes international, political, economic and business information.
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netLibrary includes over 5,000 eBooks. EBooks are full text electronic versions of published books that you can search, borrow, and read over the internet. You can search for a topic across thousands of books or within the text of an individual book. Access from home requires that you first set up a netLibrary account on a computer at Mission College.
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Visit the library to access other uselful resources and to obtain a user ID and Password for EBSCOhost, National Newspapers , and other databases.