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- How to Use the Online Library - Video
- Library Catalog to search all Coastline Library resources
- Google Scholar to find scholarly articles from the Coastline Library and other resources
- Search library databases by subject below
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General
- EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Good for all subjects at the community college. A great database to start with; contains current popular and scholarly articles. Includes peer-review.
- Video Tutorial: Academic Search Complete in 3 Minutes
- ProQuest Central
- A good choice for current articles that cover all subjects at community colleges. Includes peer-review.
- Video Tutorial: ProQuest Research Library
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences
- Journal articles at least 3-5 years old covering arts and humanities which are scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.
- Video Tutorial: Find what you need quickly on JSTOR
- MAS Ultra - School Edition
- High school level magazines, references books, biographies, primary resource documents, and an Image Collection
- Video Tutorial: MAS Ultra - School Edition
- MasterFILE Complete
- Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, it also contains full-text reference books and primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags.
- Video Tutorial: MasterFILE
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Art
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences
- Journal articles at least 3-5 years old covering arts and humanities which are scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.
- Video Tutorial: Find what you need quickly on JSTOR
- ProQuest Arts & Humanities
- Provides online access to 400 contemporary art titles.
- Video Tutorial: Arts and Humanities Database Instructions
- SIRS Knowledge Source
- Current perspectives on the arts, humanities, and government.
- Video Tutorial: SIRS Knowledge Source
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Books and eBooks
- eBook Academic Collection
- More than 125,000 academic ebooks in a wide variety of subjects from leading university presses.
- Video Tutorial: Reading EBSCO eBooks
- eBook Collection (NetLibrary)
- Access to over 70,0000 ebooks in all subjects
- Video Tutorial: Reading EBSCO eBooks
- Gale eBooks
- Specilized reference eBooks in mental health, diversity, equity, and general topics.
Additional (free) eBook Collections:
- Google Books
- Allows you to browse for books online for electronic viewing, purchase, or to find in a nearby library.
- Video Tutorial: An Overview how to use Google Books
- Project Gutenberg
- Free electronic books (eBooks) that are in the public domain.
- Video Tutorial: Project Gutenberg
Libraries in Orange County for Coastline Students:
Coastline students with a current student ID may use the general library collections (not textbooks) at the following Community College Libraries in Orange County:
- Cypress College Library
- Fullerton College Library
- Golden West College Library
- Orange Coast College Library
Orange County Public Library has 33 branch libraries across Orange County that students can use to study, check out books, use computers, print and more! Huntington Beach and Newport Beach each have public city libraries with multiple branches and anyone in California can obtain a free library card to use these.
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Business & Statistics
- EBSCO Business Source Premier
- Full text and searchable cited references for top journals covering a variety of business disciplines.
- Video Tutorial: Business Source Premier
- Video Tutorial: Business Source - Industy Reports
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- EBSCO Regional Business News
- Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
- Video Tutorial: Regional Business News
- JSTOR Business and Economics
- Journal articles at least 3-5 years old covering business and economics which are scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.
- Video Tutorial: Find what you need quickly on JSTOR
- ProQuest Accounting, Tax, and Banking Collection
- Publications for information about the financial services industry, including accounting, tax, banking, and industry trends.
- ProQuest Business Marketing Collection
- The Business Market Research Collection provides company, industry, and geopolitical macroeconomic market research from Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch, and Snapshot Series.
- ProQuest Canadian Business and Current Affairs
- ProQuest Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Canadian business perspective from CBCA Business, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference & Current Events.
Additional Resources:
- Census Reporter
- Data and statistics about US households. Pick a place you want to know more about and get the most recent data that the US has collected about its Demographics, Economics, Families, Housing and Social Issues.
- Video Tutorial: Introduction to Census Reporter
- The General Social Survey Key Trends
- Data and statistics showing changes in American' public opinions from the 1970s to today. Topics include religion, work-life, politics, marriage and gender, and other social issues.
- Quick Start Guides
See also:
- Business Plans Handbook A compilation of Business plans in the manufacturing, retail and service industries.
- Newspapers & News Library Collection
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Controversial Topics
- CQ Researcher
- Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research.
- Video Tutorial: CQ Researcher
- SIRS Knowledge Source
- Pro/con coverage of current and enduring issues, including resources by and about the U.S. government, and current perspectives on the arts and humanities.
- Video Tutorial: SIRS Knowledge Source with Issue Researcher and Government Reporter
Additional Resources:
- CountryWatch
- Provides reliable, up-to-date news and information on 193 countries of the world, including maps and statistics.
- Video Tutorial: CountryWatch
See also on the library eBooks and Databases page:
- General Databases
- Newspapers and News Library Collection
- Business and Statistics - Statistics and data are important when looking at controversial topics
- and any other database subject that relates to your topic for more resources
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Countries, Cultures, Language
- CountryWatch
- Provides reliable, up-to-date news and information on 193 countries of the world, including maps and statistics.
- Video Tutorial: CountryWatch
- Duolingo - learn a language
- A free science-based language education platform.
- Mango Languages
- Self-guided courses that go beyond grammar and vocabulary featuring most languages.
- Video Tutorial: How to Use Mango Languages
- EBSCO Religion and Philosophy
- Resources covering topics such as world religions, religious history, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy.
- Video Tutorial: Religion and Philosophy Collection
- ProQuest Central : International Databases
- Articles from the Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, East and South Asia, India, Latin America, Iberia, Middle East, Africa, Turkey, UK & Ireland Databases
- ProQuest International Newspapers
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Education
- CountryWatch
- Provides reliable, up-to-date news and information on 193 countries of the world, including maps and statistics.
- Video Tutorial: CountryWatch
- ERIC
- Resources include journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, among other education-related materials from 1966.
- Video Tutorial: ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)
- Library Information Science and Technology Abstracts
- Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, and information management.
- Video Tutorial: Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Primary Search
- Primary Search provides full-text articles that are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles); information dates as far back as 1990.
- Video Tutorial: Primary Search
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Emergency Management
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Includes applied research, critical reviews, policy papers and case studies aiming to reduce the impact of natural and technological disasters.
- Journal of Emergency Management
- Articles by top professionals and academics who provide perspective and analysis on the latest research and studies in emergency management.
- JSTOR Security Studies
- Journal articles at least 3-5 years old covering security studies which are scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.
- Video Tutorial: Find what you need quickly on JSTOR
- EBSCO Military & Government Collection
- Collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of the military and government.
- Video Tutorial: Military & Government Collection
- ProQuest Military Database
- Collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of the military and government.
Faculty Recommended Websites:
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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Articles, biographies, images, and maps covering math, science, history, and social studies.
- Video Tutorial: Encyclopedia Britannica
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
- Gale eBooks
- Specilized reference eBooks in mental health, diversity, equity, and general topics.
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
- Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words- past and present-from across the English-speaking world.
- Video Tutorial: Oxford English Dictionary Online
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Health, Nursing, Medicine
- Access Science
- High-quality reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines.
- Video Tutorial: Access Science
- EBSCO AHFS Consumer Medication Information
- Includes drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers.
- EBSCO Health Source - Consumer Edition
- Articles on diverse health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.
- EBSCO Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition
- Includes many medical disciplines and AHFS Consumer Medication Information.
- Video Tutorial: Health Source - Nursing / Academic Edition
- EBSCO MEDLINE
- Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care system.
- Video Tutorial: MEDLINE Complete
- JSTOR Life Sciences
- Journal articles at least 3-5 years old covering life sciences which are scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.
- Video Tutorial: Find what you need quickly on JSTOR
- ProQuest Coronavirus Research Database
- Provide coverage of COVID-19 and other past coronavirus outbreaks, such as MERS and SARS, for context around the current global pandemic.
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History
- EBSCO America: History and Life with full text
- Articles and media sources on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
- Video Tutorial: America: History and Life with full text
- EBSCO European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
- A comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
- EBSCO History Reference Center
- Includes books, encyclopedias, reference, periodicals, documents, biographies, photos, maps, and videos.
- Video Tutorial: History Reference Center
- EBSCO Military & Government Collection
- Collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of the military and government.
- Video Tutorial: Military & Government Collection
- ProQuest Military Database
- Collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of the military and government.
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Media and Video Resources
Kanopy - Electronic resource for enhancing teaching and learning with professionally-produced academic and career video.
Note: Kanopy will ask you to "Log in to Coastline" after you have logged in. Just keep clicking the "Log in to Coastline" option and it will open for you eventually...
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Newspapers and News
- National Newspapers Core/US Newsstream
- National newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Christian Science Monitor.
- Video Tutorial: National Newspapers Core
- Newspaper Source Plus
- Contains over 800 newspapers in full-text, including television and radio news transcripts.
- Video Tutorial: Newspaper Source Plus
- Newswires
- Near real-time access to top world-wide news.
- ProQuest International Newspapers
- Web News
- Near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe.
See also:
ProQuest Coronavirus Research Database - Provide coverage of COVID-19 and other past coronavirus outbreaks, such as MERS and SARS, for context around the current global pandemic.
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Psychology
- PsycARTICLES
- Peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated journals.
- Video Tutorial: PsycARTICLES
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Covers topics concerning emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. - Video Tutorial: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
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Religion & Philosophy
- EBSCO Religion and Philosophy Collection
- Resources covering topics such as world religions, religious history, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy.
- Video Tutorial: Religion and Philosophy Collection
- ProQuest Religion Database
- Covers formal theological studies of major religions, as well as recent trends and scholarly thought.
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Science & Environment
- Access Science
- High-quality reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines.
- Video Tutorial: Access Science
- EBSCO GreenFILE
- Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
- Video Tutorial: GreenFILE
- EBSCO Science Reference Center
- This database contains full-text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals that cover all major scientific disciplines.
- Video Tutorial: Science Reference Center
- JSTOR Life Sciences
- Journal articles at least 3-5 years old covering life sciences which are scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.
- Video Tutorial: Find what you need quickly on JSTOR
- JSTOR Mathematics & Statistics
- Journal articles at least 3-5 years old covering mathematics and statistics which are scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.
- Video Tutorial: Find what you need quickly on JSTOR
- ProQuest Computer Science Database
- Comprehensive coverage of computer topics.
- ProQuest Coronavirus Research Database
- Provide coverage of COVID-19 and other past coronavirus outbreaks, such as MERS and SARS, for context around the current global pandemic.
- ProQuest Earth, Atmospheric and Aquatic Database
- ProQuest Environmental Science Database
- ProQuest Science Database
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Technical & Career Education
- EBSCO Business Source - Marketline Company Profiles
- Access to company profiles across the United States and internationally.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Career information on duties, education, training, pay, and trends for hundreds of occupations.
- Video Tutorial: Occupational Outlook Handbook
- ProQuest Career and Technical Education
Accessibility
The Coastline Library strives to provide products that meet the accessibility standards recommended by the CCC Accessibility Center: U.S. CFR Standard 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA Success Criteria. If you come across content that is not accessible to these standards, please contact the library so we can work to provide you with accessible content and work with the product providers to make all content accessible by contacting us through e-mail at library@coastline.edu
eBooks and Databases