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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.
To access the databases below from off-campus, click the off-campus links to login with your student ID number and PIN. Your PIN is a four-digit number of your birth month and day. For example, January 1st would be "0101".
Click here for an alphabetic list of all databases.
| Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers | Reference Resources | Books |
| EBSCOhost Databases (off campus? Click Here) Magazines and journals [more] |
Gale Virtual Reference Library (off campus? Click Here) 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 |
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National Newspapers (ProQuest) |
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (off campus? Click Here) [more] |
eBooks by EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary) (off campus? Click Here) |
| Ethnic News Watch (off campus? Click Here) Newspapers, magazines, and journals of minority presses [more] |
CQ Researcher (off campus? Click Here) Current controversies and topics in the news [more] |
Gale Virtual Reference Library (off campus? Click Here) Complete text of over 150 reference books that cover a wide range of subjects. |
| Sirs Knowledge Source (off campus? Click Here) Information on government and social issues [more] |
Opposing Viewpoints (off campus? Click Here) Articles with arguments for and against controversial topics [more] |
Los Angeles Public Library Catalog |
| CQ Researcher (off campus? Click Here) Current controversies and topics in the news [more] |
Twayne's Author Series (off campus? Click Here) Critical introductions to the lives and works of authors |
County of Los Angeles Public Library |
| Directory of Open Access Journals Scientific and scholarly journals available on the web [more] |
Gale Literature Resource Center Trial ends December 2010 |
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| FindArticles Magazine and journal articles from 1998 through the present on the web [more] |
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| Periodical Holdings Complete list of magazines, newspapers and journals in the Mission College Library. |
Los Angeles Public Library Databases |
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| Library Catalog provides access to all cataloged books and materials in the library. | ||
| Visit the library to access other useful resources. | ||
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. 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.
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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.
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Sirs Knowledge Source provides access to full text articles and government documents on social, health and scientific issues.
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CQ Researcher published by Congressional Quarterly, provides full text articles on current issues.
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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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Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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CQ Researcher published by Congressional Quarterly, provides full text articles on current issues.
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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.
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CountryWatch includes international, political, economic and business information.
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eBooks by EBSCOhost 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.