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For help with doing your research, use our online Research Guides.

For a list of our periodicals, both online and in print in the library, click here . 

For an alphabetical list of our electronic resources and details on coverage, dates, and remote access to these electronic resources, click here. 

For off-campus access to most of the databases below, students should use their eight-digit student ID number; faculty/staff/administrators should use their email user name.  For more details on remote access, check the alphabetical listing of the electronic resources.
For an encyclopedia or dictionary:
Britannica Online
*if off-campus, click here
(faculty: check the library's portal
site for the password)
For electronic books:
eBooks (one book per user)
For general magazine and journal articles: Expanded Academic ASAP
 
Lexis-Nexis Academic
For newspaper articles:
Lexis-Nexis Academic

Los Angeles Times Online
*If you get an error message, go back and then click a second time on the link.
(*for off-campus access: students, type in occ and the last four digits of your student ID number; faculty, type in occ
and the last four digits of your campus
telephone number.)

For book essays and periodical articles
   on controversial topics or social issues:
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center


For government documents on major 
   national and international social issues
 CQ Researcher (not available off-campus)

CQ Global Researcher (not available off-campus)

For biographical information
Dictionary of Literary Biography

Contemporary Authors

For business information and
        periodical Articles:
 Lexis-Nexis Academic (business)

For childhood education information:
 The Children's Picture Book Database

For information on countries:
CIA Factbook

Country Watch

For education periodicals:
 Ask ERIC (abstracts only)

For heath/medical reference sources:
 Health and Wellness Resource Center
For health/medical periodical articles:        
Health Reference Center Academic

Lexis-Nexis Academic (medical)

Pub Med (abstracts only)

For legal information and
    periodical articles:
 Lexis-Nexis Academic (legal)

For library and information science/technology
     periodical articles:
Library, Information Science,
      and Technology

For literature references, literary criticism, 
 literary biography, and periodical articles:
Literature Resource Center

Contemporary Authors

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Baker's Play General Catalogue

For music information:
Grove Music Online

The Aria Database

For psychology references and
     periodical articles:
PsycINFO (abstracts only)

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Health Reference Center Academic

For science encyclopedias
      and periodical articles

 Science Resource Center

AccessScience
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