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Article Databases All database links lead to external websites and open in new windows. Databases that are accessible off-campus are marked with the remote access icon  . For more information, please visit the Reference Desk or call (510) 436-2557.
CQ Researcher rovides overviews and analysis of controversial policy issues. Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science and technology. Offers updates of Federal Government and Supreme Court activities.
These multidisciplinary databases provide nearly 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps, and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. Also included with this subcription are 20+ databases with subjects ranging from animals to vocational education.
EB Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use EB Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select collects more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information.
Dictionary of Literary Biography provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
LexisNexis Academic Universe provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. The focus is on legal, business, and economics, but it is also good for biography, country and state profiles.
Comprehensive online source of information on California business, economic, and public policy issues. A good source for California and U.S. statistics.
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