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The links below provide access to
databases for Rio students and additional databases for all (Rio
Hondo students and others):
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Databases in bold text are reserved for Rio Hondo
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ProQuest is
an extensive periodicals and newspapers database covering social issues,
business,
health, science, economics, current events and more. Over 2200
full-text journal titles plus the full text
of the Los Angeles Times and New York Times.
On-campus
users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
SIRS
is a database
with thousands of full-text articles in the areas of social science,
science, health,
economics, business, political and global issues.
On-campus users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
 Ageline provides books, and journals and magazine
articles about older adults and aging in a social,
psychological, health related and economic context and is published by the
American Association of
Retired Persons (citations only, with many links to full text).
All users
ArtCyclopedia.com search by artist,
title of artwork, name or location of museum.
All users
ArtLex -- Art Dictionary
ArtLex has more that 2,600
terms covering all aspects of art. ArtLex
provides basic definitions of art terms, many with illustrations,
quotations, pronunciation notes and
links to other resources on the Web.
All users
ARTstor is a rich subscription digital
library that offers collections of art images and descriptive
information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the
collections. The ARTstor Library's
content includes approximately 550,000 images covering art,
architecture and archeology. Users need
to register the first time they access the database on campus.
All users: NOTE: Register from a computer at Rio Hondo College
first to access ARTstor off campus. You must also have an email
account to complete the registration process. After that you will
need to re-register at a computer at Rio Hondo College every 120 days.
For more information contact a Reference Librarian at (562) 908-3484
Biography Resource Center
provides information on the lives of current and historical figures
from
many fields of endeavor. Search by name, nationality, place, date,
occupation, gender or
ethnicity for biographies, full-text articles, and
portraits.
On-campus
users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
Books in Print
is a
source of information on the book publishing industry in the United
States, including titles, publishers, and books-out-of-print.
On-campus use
only
 Britannica Online
includes
the complete encyclopedia, as well as
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary. Use Britannica Online to
search an Internet
directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected,
rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
On-campus users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
 CQ Researcher
has
full-text articles
about current topics. This is the online version of the
print (paper)
publication CQ Researcher. The paper version can be found in the Library
periodical reading room (2nd floor).
On-campus
use
only
California Code
of Regulations "...contains the text of
the regulations that
have
been
formally adopted by state agencies, reviewed and approved by the
Office of
Administrative Law,
and filed with
the Secretary of State." This Web site is
updated weekly. Rio Hondo College
students in the Environmental Technology course, ET250
will find
Title 8 of special interest.
All users
Code of Federal
Regulations "The Code of Federal
Regulations" (CFR) is the codification
of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal
Register by the executive departments
and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into
50 titles that represent broad areas
subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is
updated once each calendar year and is
issued on a quarterly basis." Rio Hondo
College students in the Environmental Technology
course, ET250 will find Title 29 of special interest.
All users
College Source Contains over 36,000 college catalogs in
the original, full, cover-to-cover page format for 2-year,
4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. This
virtual library also includes a
search feature as well. Users can find colleges by: major,
tuition, state, enrollment, degrees, and affiliation. Call
Reference Desk x3484 for remote password access.
On-campus users
Off-campus
users
The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare Offers
a chronological/alphabetical listing
of the plays in the
categories of comedy/history/tragedy/(plus poetry). Click on a title to
access the complete text, them work with
a scene or with the entire play.
All users
Contemporary
American Poetry Archive An
electronic archive designed to make
 out-of-print volumes of
poetry available. It includes 49 books by 27 poets.
The texts are clearly printed and may be downloaded, but
reprints require permission from electronic addresses that are
listed along with each work's publication history. The
ease of access to these poetry tests is among its most
attractive features.
All users
Contemporary Authors provides comprehensive information
on authors from all genres. Contemporary Authors helps
researchers discover biographical details on approximately
116,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction
writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Current writers, as well
as the most-studied literary figures of the early 20th century,
and authors
from around the world are featured in this award-winning
reference resource.
On campus users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select contains
specially licensed critical essays and excerpts for students and
other researchers links to biographical profiles of today’s
most-studied authors. A subject/genre search will not only link
to online entries, but will cite relevant entries in all volumes
of the print series.
On campus users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
Counting California contains
government-produced statistical information about California.
Counting California includes current and historical census data,
almanac-style statistics, county business data, and a range of education,
crime, election, and demographic information.
All users
Country Watch brings
together key sets of political, economic, and business information for
public
and private sector organizations. This database provides detailed
information on a country's economics, enterprise sectors, and
environmental trends.
On-campus
users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
 Dictionary
of Literary Biography The entries in the
Dictionary of Literary Biography are rich,
insightful and engaging essays, from 3,000-5,000 words in
length, profiling the lives and careers
of authors from all eras and genres. Each entry contains a
summary of popular and critical
response to the author’s work; each is written by a recognized
scholar on the author covered.
On campus users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
A
Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
Contains 1,000 entries covering the
terms and names
undergraduates are likely to encounter when studying philosophy.
Many biographical entries include portraits. Most entries
suggest readings and generous cross-references and links to
other online sources. Updated several times a year.
All users
ERIC The Educational Resources Information
Center (ERIC) is a federally-funded national
information system for a broad range of education-related
issues. It contains more than
2,200 digests along with references for additional information
and citations and abstracts from more than 980 educational and education-related journals.
All users
ETOH This Alcohol and Alcohol Problems
Science Database is produced by the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. It contain more than 100,000
records on alcohol and alcoholism
All users
Education Statistics At A Glance compiled
by the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), it consists of current and recent unabridged
electronic editions of five
popular NCES publications. Together, these sources provide
a comprehensive overview
of analysis of the state of education in the U.S. and
comparisons to other countries.
Information and statistics are presented in narrative and
tables. This resource can be searched by browsing
subject areas or by conducting keyword searches of the full text
and table titles.
All users
Episteme Links : Philosophy Resources on Internet
Comprehensive
but
not overwhelming, the searchable Web site is one of the best
starting points for
philosophy
resources on the Internet. For individual philosophers, it
selects on one
easy-to-view page the most important online
encyclopedia entries. The other 17 main sections (topics,
E-texts, images, papers, etc.) are similarly well selected and
efficiently organized.
All users
 Environmental Ethics
A searchable Web site
containing writings in such applied areas as genetic engineering
and nanotechnology, animals and vegetarianism, air and water
pollution, and spirituality and the environment.
All users
Gale
Virtual Reference Library provides access to more
than 1,000 electronic reference titles
- called eBooks - in virtually any subject area including
health, science, art, history, biography and
many more.
On-campus users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
Health & Wellness Resource Center is
a comprehensive resource for libraries, schools,
and hospitals that provides integrated access to
medical, health, and wellness information and includes
the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Health
& Wellness Resource Center provides up-to-date reference material as well as
full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of
authoritative medical sources. Additionally, consumers, students,
and
professionals are provided
with descriptions of and links to several
pertinent
Web sites, selected
for their usefulness and appropriateness.
On-campus
users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
Health Reference Center
Academic provides access to nursing and allied health journal
articles, and a wide variety of
personal health information. The personal health information
includes
consumer health
magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, topical overviews,
and reference books.
On-campus
users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
HighWire Press
more than 850,000 free full-text
articles in the biological, physical, medical, and
social sciences.
All
users
Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com
has up-to-date, in-depth,
and
objective
information on prominent and hotly debated issues.
Chronologies,
illustrations,
maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies, and contact information augment the balanced
and accurate coverage
of current and
historical events.
On-campus users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
Library of Congress Country Studies
the country
studies series has become a
standard reference source of information about
developed and developing nations.
All
users
Literature Resource Center
provides
access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses
of authors
from every age and
literary discipline.
On-campus
users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
Off-campus users (midnight - 8am)
MedlinePlus
A goldmine of authoritative and up-to-date health
information from the world's
largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.
MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources
on more than 650 topics on diseases, conditions, and wellness.
There are also a medical encyclopedia and medical dictionary,
health information in Spanish, information on prescription and
nonprescription drugs, health information
from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
Searchable with an index.
All users
National Library for the Environment NLE is a single
point of access to the world's
environmental information, and provides objective and scientifically sound
information on a wide range of
environmental issues. The main feature of NLE is the full text of
approximately 600 Congressional
Research Service Reports dealing with environmental issues. It also
includes various other useful
sections such as the Population & Environment Linkages Service (Pop
Environment)
consists of Web sites on interesting
environmental topics, and a direct link to the Virtual Library of Ecology,
Biodiversity, and the Environment
All users
Philosophy Research Base
PRB is a meta-index of Internet philosophy resources that links
to large
philosophy sites and to specific subject subsections in those sites.
The resources are predominantly concerned with Western philosophy. A
search engine is also provided. PRB adds value by offering an
electronic newsletter that notifies about updates to the database.
All users
Pro & Con
from Congressional Digest Corp. is the online version of the independent monthly.
It
contains
key legislative issues before Congress, and includes objective and single-topic coverage of major
Supreme Court debates.
On-campus users
Off-campus users
(see instructions in blue box, above)
Professional Collection is a
custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for
educators
that is updated daily and provides 24 hour access from school or
home. The Professional Collection includes journals in
the Arts and Humanities, Child and Adolescent Psychology and
Development, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Health/Nutrition/Fitness,
Learning Disabilities, Literature, School Law, Science and
Technology, Social Sciences, and Sports/Athletic Training.
On-campus users
Off-campus users
PsycARTICLES
is a premium collection of full-text articles from major
scholarly journals in
 
the discipline of psychology. Most of the 58 APA journals
included in PsycARTICLES now go back to volume 1, issue 1. The
earliest journal is Psychological Review, which was
started in 1894. The database also contains journals that are no
longer published.
On-campus users
Off-campus
users (8am - midnight)
PsycARTICLES is UNAVAILABLE midnight - 8am
PubMed
Direct link to the National
Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database that allows
you to
access
more than 11 million medical citations.
All users
RCL (for
Librarians)
online edition of the new Resources for College
Libraries brought to you by ACRL's Choice and Bowker.
All users
U.S. Census Bureau
has the most
user-friendly, high quality, and comprehensive Web sites
maintained by government agency. Among the searchable
site's features are customized maps
made on the spot, up-to-the-minute population projections, and a
short promotional video.
The point-and-click menus used to access tabulations of
population, housing, economic, and
other data are well organized and should be particularly useful
to undergraduate students.
All users
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