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Major, general-interest periodical databases are in bold.
Additional resources can be found on the Health & Medicine page.

Access Science
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An online encyclopedia of science and technology.

Arts & Humanities Through the Eras
An encyclopedia of milestones and movements in literature, music, religion, and the arts from specific periods.

ARTstor
A digital library of art images and descriptive information for students and instructors.

Associations Unlimited
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Contact information for international, national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations.

Biography Resource Center
Biographical reference, magazine, and journal articles.

Britannica Online Academic Edition
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An online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Business & Company Resource Center
Company profiles, histories, investment reports, financials, rankings, suits and claims, industry overviews, and associations. Includes links to full-text newspaper and magazine articles.

Cliffs Notes
Commentary on themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background of historical and contemporary literary classics.

College Source
College catalogs in cover-to-cover, original page format. Includes 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools.

Country Background Notes
Facts about foreign countries, published by the U.S. Department of State.

CountryWatch
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Up-to-date news and information on the countries of the world.

CQ Researcher
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In-depth reports on current social issues and problems from Congressional Quarterly.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
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Data on properties of inorganic and organic compounds, used in chemistry, physics, and engineering.

Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library
Encyclopedia covering the history and culture of Mesoamerica and the Andes Mountains region.

eLibrary
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Articles from over 200 newspapers (including NY Times, S.F. Chronicle, L.A. Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal), magazine articles, TV and radio transcripts, and images.

Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol
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A comprehensive Spanish-language encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
Surveys clothing and body adornment, including the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress.

Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
Explores the biological basis for addiction, recent enhancements in diagnosis and treatment and new frontiers in addiction studies.

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Covers food and its place in human culture and society, including agronomy, food preparation, distribution and storage, holidays and festivals, nutrition and health, and cultures and cuisines.

ERIC
The world’s largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.

Ethnic NewsWatch
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Articles from the ethnic, minority and native press.

Eureka
An online database of information on careers, colleges, and financial aid. Includes personality self-assessment tools. Students must create a user account; see librarian or career counselor for first-time registration.

Expanded Academic ASAP (Journal Articles)
A multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of topics and publications. Includes popular magazines and scholarly journals.

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Covers cultural and ethno-religious groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, languages, historical background and settlement patterns. 

Gale Ready Reference Resource Shelf
Search for basic information on organizations (associations, media, publishers, etc.), publications (directories, newsletters, newspapers, and periodicals), or databases.

Government Documents
Links to federal and state government documents, including books and serials. CSM is a partial government depository library.

Health Reference Center
Multisource database covering nursing and allied health journals, plus personal health information sources.

Health Source: Consumer Edition
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Articles on health topics including medicine, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health, for a general audience.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
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Scholarly journal articles from medical disciplines, with an emphasis on nursing and allied health.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Medical reference information, videos, pamphlets, and articles for a general audience.

Highwire Press
A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts a large repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, much of it available for free. 

History Cooperative
Full-text journal articles from selected history journals.

History Resource Center: Modern World
Covers 20th century history, including reference sources, full-text articles, maps, images, and primary source documents.

History Resource Center: U.S.
Provides access to historical (primary) documents, reference articles, and full-text journals on U.S. history.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
Full-text articles from over 160 local, regional, national, and international newspapers.

InfoTrac OneFile
A one-stop source for popular, scholarly, and trade publications in all formats: newspaper, magazine, journal, and newsletter, etc.

International Newspapers
A listing of online international newspapers from the Internet Public Library.

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
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News, business, and legal coverage, including full-text newspaper articles; wires, transcripts and company financial data; court cases and decisions; etc.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
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An index of articles on librarianship, online information retrieval, information management and more.

Literature Resource Center
Includes biographical information on authors and critical reviews of works. Encyclopedia and journal articles.

Medline Plus
Information from the National Institutes of Health and other sources on over 600 diseases and conditions.

Merriam Webster’s Third New International Dictionary
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A comprehensive American-language dictionary.

NetLibrary eBooks
A large collection of popular and academic e-books (books you can read online) and downloadable audiobooks.

NoodleBib
Generate and save a bibliography in MLA or APA format. Create an account on campus or ask a librarian for first-time CSM login.

Opposing Viewpoints
Covers topical social issues, with viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, and links to Web sites and articles.

Oxford English Dictionary
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The most authoritative source on the English language, with a focus on etymology and historical usage.

Portals to the World
Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and regions of the world.

Proquest Biology Journals
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Abstracts and full-text from journals in the biological sciences.

RAND California
Statistical information on California. 

Safari Tech eBooks
E-books in programming and information technology.

Scientific & Medical ART Imagebase
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Downloadable illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other topics.

SIRS: Knowledge Source
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Educator-selected resources tailored for student research, focusing on current and controversial topics.

SIRS: Renaissance
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Reference and periodical articles on the arts and humanities, organized by topic and selected by educators.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Summary of US social, political and economic statistics taken from Federal agencies and private organizations.

U.S. Census Bureau’s American Factfinder
Population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census.

U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
An encyclopedia focusing on immigration to the United States.

U*X*L American Decades
An encyclopedia of 20th-century events and social history, decade by decade.

What Do I Read Next?
Find books in genre, or based on other titles you have enjoyed.

WorldCat
The world’s largest library catalog. Search the contents of local, regional, national and international libraries.

World Factbook
Facts about the countries of the world, published by the CIA.

World of Microbiology and Immunology
An encyclopedia covering concepts, theories, discoveries, and pioneers in microbiology and immunology.

 

 


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