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ABI/INFORM Complete
Business and management scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, regional business news, and newsletters. |
ACM Digital Library
All journals, magazines, transactions, and proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery. |
ACS Publications
The American Chemical Society's periodicals in full text. |
AGRICOLA
Citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. |
ALT-PRESS WATCH
Full-text database of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. |
AMERICA: History and Life
Articles on the history and culture of the U.S and Canada. |
ANTHROPOLOGY PLUS
Covers anthropology and related disciplines. Includes Anthropological Index & Anthropological Literature. |
AP Images
Archive of news photographs and other graphics from the
Associated Press. |
ARTICLE QUICK SEARCH
Search four of our most useful databases at once, or search other databases grouped by subject area. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF ART
The most comprehensive scholarly research index to the literature of art history. |
BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX
Index to biographical sketches current and retrospective, covering both contemporary and historical world figures. |
BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS
Index of more than 4000 journals in the life sciences and biomedical research. |
BOOKS IN PRINT
Search for books that are in print. |
BRITANNICA ONLINE
General encyclopedia covering all subjects. |
BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER
Over 3000 scholarly journals and business periodicals focused on business subjects. |
BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER Company Profiles
Brief company profiles produced by Datamonitor. |
Book, Movie, Music, Play, and Video Reviews
Search review sources from LexisNexis. Date coverage generally mid-1990's to present. |
CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPERS: LexisNexis
Search major California newspapers via LexisNexis. |
CCH TAX RESEARCH NETWORK
Provides access to professional-level information on tax law. Requires you to create an individual user account. If you had a prior CCH username, you must recreate your account for the new "IntelliChoice" interface. |
CHICANO DATABASE
Indexes all types of material on Mexican-American topics and the broader Latino experience. |
CINAHL PLUS WITH FULL TEXT
Indexes nursing journals, publications from the American Nurses' Association and the National League for Nursing, and journals from 17 allied health disciplines. For help, please see the CINAHL guide (PDF). |
CLASSICAL MUSIC LIBRARY
Streaming classical music service that enables listening to pieces on campus and at home. Limited to 3 simultaneous users.
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COLLEGE SOURCE ONLINE
College catalogs in original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools.
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COMMUNICATION AND MASS MEDIA
Excellent starting point for communication studies research. Incorporates the old NCA "CommSearch" database as well as Penn State's "Mass Media Articles Index." |
COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DATABASE
Funding information related to research, collaborative activities, travel, curriculum development, conferences, fellowships, and post-doctoral positions. |
COMPUTER SCIENCE: Quick Search
Multiple database search for Computer Science. For best results, do not use Boolean operators, "exact phrase," or any punctuation. |
COUNTRY WATCH
Source of global information, country reports, and real-time news for all countries. |
CQ RESEARCHER
CQ Researcher covers controversial issues and current topics in the news.
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CQ WEEKLY
Covers developments in the U.S. Congress. |
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ABSTRACTS
Indexes major journals in criminology and related disciplines. |
DAWCL
The Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature helps researchers identify award-winning books for children. Created by CSUSB librarian Lisa Bartle. |
DISSERTATIONS & THESES: HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, this database covers more than 1 million dissertations and theses. Full text available for most from 1997-present. |
EBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier)
General magazine and journal index. |
EDUCATION INDEX RETROSPECTIVE
Index of over 500 periodicals covering all areas of education from 1929-1983. NOTE: Limited to 1 user at a time. |
EIU ViewsWire
From the Economist Intelligence Unit, highlights and analysis of important economic and political events in 195 countries. |
EMERALD MANAGEMENT XTRA
Covers all major management disciplines including marketing, human resources management, library and information management and operations management. |
ENDNOTE WEB
Citation management system, allows users to upload citations saved from library databases, for easy organization and use in papers. YOU MUST BE ON CAMPUS TO CREATE YOUR USER ACCOUNT. For help, please see the EndNote Web guide (PDF). |
ERIC
Covers literature of education for all age groups and subjects. For help, please see ERIC Tutorial 1 and ERIC Tutorial 2. See also the ERIC guide (PDF).
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ETHNIC NEWS WATCH
Collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. |
FACTIVA
Contains full text newspapers and newswires. Also provides financial data. |
GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Search and browse reference resources including enyclopedias and dictionaries. |
GALLUP POLLS: LexisNexis
Articles and poll results from Gallup Poll news service, 2003-present. |
GENDER WATCH
Covers gender and women's issues related to business, education, literature, arts, health sciences, etc. |
GENIUS SEARCH
Use to identify interest and expertise for partnering, consulting activities, and sponsored funding matches. |
GEOREF
Access to over 2.3 million references to articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses, covering the geology of North America from 1785 to the present; and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. |
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Covers a variety of scholarly literature, including journals, books, and more. To easily find sources available for CSUSB users, see our handout on Google Scholar and Pfau Library (PDF). |
GRANT ADVISOR DATABASE
Source of information on grant and fellowship opportunities for U.S. universities. |
HANDBOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Covers scholarly literature on Latin American topics. |
HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS
Indexes materials on world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. |
HOOVER'S COMPANY RECORDS
Profiles of more than 40,000 public and private companies. Includes company history, key officers, and some financials. |
ICPSR
ICPSR offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research datasets. CSUSB users must be on campus in order to create a MyData log-in, which can then be used off or on-campus for 6 months. |
IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY
Full-text of the Society's journals, magazines, and many conference proceedings. |
INDUSTRY SNAPSHOTS NORTH AMERICA
More than 600 industry overviews, including many hard-to-find industries. Covers market size, market share, sales, and growth. |
INTERNATIONAL INDEX TO MUSIC PERIODICALS FULL TEXT
Indexing and abstracts for more than 400 music publications, including many full-text articles. |
JSTOR
Extensive archive of full text journals in many subjects. The most recent 3-5 years are not included. |
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Contains the full text of newspapers from around the world as well as materials for legal and business research. |
LexisNexis: Accounting
Contains a number of accounting related publications. |
LexisNexis: California Court of Appeals
Searchable California Court of Appeals rulings. |
LexisNexis: California Statutes
Searchable California statutes (codes). |
LexisNexis: California Supreme Court
Searchable California Supreme Court rulings. |
LexisNexis: Company Dossiers
Company profiles and financial information. |
LexisNexis: Law Reviews
Search only "Law Reviews" (scholarly journals dealing with the subject of law). |
LexisNexis: Legal Research
Search state and federal cases from this form, or choose other options, such as codes or law reviews. |
LexisNexis: People Search
Find current biographical information. Use the source list to target a search to a particular publication. |
Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts
Covers over 600 periodicals in librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and information management. |
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
Indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. |
Literature Resource Center
Author biographies, critical overviews, and selected articles of literature criticism. |
Los Angeles Times
Search or browse issues of the Los Angeles Times from December 1996 to the present. Newsstand, ProQuest. |
MAS ULTRA, SCHOOL EDITION
General magazines, selected for their usefulness to junior high and high school students. |
MATHSCINET
An index to articles, books, and conference proceedings on mathematics, statistics, and computer science. |
MEDLINE
Also known as "PubMed." World's largest index of medical & health sciences literature. Click on any article title to display the CSUSB "Search for Full Text" button. |
MENTAL MEASUREMENTS YEARBOOK
From the Buros Institute, contains information and critical reviews of educational, personality, aptitude, achievement and intelligence tests. Limited to 4 simultaneous users. |
MERGENT ONLINE
Extensive financial data on public companies, U.S. and some international, as well as some industry profile reports. |
MILITARY & GOVERNMENT COLLECTION
Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. |
MLA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Index for literature criticism, linguistics, and languages. Best for advanced research topics. For help, please see the MLA Bibliography guide (PDF). |
MUSE
Scholarly full-text journals, most relating to humanities and social sciences. |
NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH SERVICE ABSTRACTS
Covers research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice, and drug control. |
NETLIBRARY E-BOOKS
About 3,000 e-books for the CSU system. Each book may have only one user at a time. |
NETLIBRARY REFERENCE CENTER
Search and browse reference resources including enyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, thesauri and more. |
NEW YORK TIMES
Search or browse issues of the New York Times from January 1995 to the present. Newsstand, ProQuest. |
NEWS TRANSCRIPTS: LexisNexis
Search text transcripts of broadcast news media through LexisNexis. Includes TV and Radio news programs. |
NEWSSTAND (PROQUEST)
Hundreds of U.S. and international papers. |
OXFORD ART ONLINE
Online version of the Grove Dictionary of Art, plus several other art reference sources. |
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Includes etymology and usage of English words throughout history, with examples. |
OXFORD JOURNALS
A collection of journals offered by Oxford University Press. |
OXFORD MUSIC ONLINE
Online version of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, plus several other music reference sources. |
OxResearch
Provides succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance, 1986-present. |
PHILOSOPHER'S INDEX
International coverage of the literature of philosophy, including books, articles, and book chapters.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION INDEX
Covers physical education, kinesiology, sport law, motor learning, recreation, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. |
PILOTS: Published Internat'l Literature On Traumatic Stress
Covers literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations. |
PRIMARY SEARCH
Magazines for children. Useful for educators seeking age appropriate materials.
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PROLA
Full text archive of Physical Review Series I, II, and III; Physical Review Letters ; and Reviews of Modern Physics. |
PSYCARTICLES
Full text of journals published by the American Psychological Association. |
PSYCINFO
Provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, books and technical reports in the field of psychology. For help, please see the PsycInfo guide (PDF) or the PsycINFO Tutorial. |
PUBMED
Also known as "MEDLINE." World's largest index of medical & health sciences literature. Click on any article title to display the CSUSB "Search for Full Text" button. |
PUBMED CENTRAL
National Library of Medicine's free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. |
RAND CALIFORNIA
Statistics and reports on California demographics, social conditions, public policy, and economics. |
READER'S GUIDE RETROSPECTIVE
Index to subjects in the popular press from 1890-1982. NOTE: Limited to 1 user at a time.
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REFERENCE UNIVERSE
Indexes all print and electronic reference materials owned by the Pfau Library. |
REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Includes 65 business journals, newspapers and newswires from major metropolitan areas within the United States. |
RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
Search the Press-Enterprise from Sept. 92-present. |
SAFARI TECH BOOKS ONLINE
Online versions of computer-related books from publishers such as O'Reilly, Que, Addison-Wesley, Sam's, and more. |
SAGE JOURNALS ONLINE
Multidisciplinary database of more than 400 scholarly journals. |
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN
Search the Sun from Nov. 2001-present. |
SCIENCE DIRECT
Access over 1000 scientific, technical & medical peer-reviewed journals.
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SCITATION
Journals published by the American Institute of Physics, plus access to the SPIN index of physics publications. |
SERIALS DIRECTORY
Directory of journals, magazines, and newspapers, providing basic publishing information, contacts, and more. |
SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX
Tracks citation patterns in the social sciences; 1985-present. Also useful for keyword searching across a broad selection of social sciences journal literature. For help, see the Social Sciences Citation Index guide (PDF). |
SOCIAL SERVICES ABSTRACTS
Covers research focused on social work, human services, and
related areas. |
SOCIAL WORK ABSTRACTS
Covers social work and related journals, including theory and practice, areas of service, and social issues. NOTE: Limited to 4 simultaneous users. |
SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS
Indexes materials published in major journals of sociology. For help, please see the Sociological Abstracts guide (PDF). |
SPIN FUNDING
Infromation on grant programs and funding information.
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SPIN Physics Index
Indexes more than 100 major physics, astronomy, and engineering journals and conference proceedings. |
SPRINGERLINK
Full text articles of journals from Kluwer and Springer. |
STN EASY
Online version of Chemical Abstracts. Covers biochemistry, chemistry and chemical engineering. CSUSB users must obtain a password by filling out a form and presenting their Coyote OneCard at the Pfau Library Reference Desk. |
TABLEBASE
Provides statistical information from a variety of business publications, including market, sales, and industry data.
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TESTLINK
Search for testing instruments. |
TESTS IN MICROFICHE
The Tests in Microfiche database is a searchable list of educational and psychological testing instruments available in microfiche in the Pfau Library. An index is available in print format in the Microforms room. |
US INDUSTRY AND TRADE OUTLOOK
Government statistics on industries and trade. |
WALL STREET JOURNAL (Eastern ed.)
Search or browse issues of the Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition from January 1984 to the present. Newsstand, ProQuest. |
WILEY INTERSCIENCE
Full-text scholarly journals from Wiley and Blackwell publishers in a variety of subject areas. Includes deep backfile coverage. |
WILSON OMNIFILE: FULL TEXT MEGA
General magazine and journal index. Includes the "Readers' Guide" and other notable indexes for Arts, Science & Technology, Education, Social Sciences, and Business. |
WORLDWIDE POLITICAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS
Indexes literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration & policy. |