GCC Library Article Databases: Journals, Articles, Newspapers
Descriptions & Guides
GCC Library Article Databases
The following article databases are made available for GCC students, faculty, and staff.
Currently registered GCC students are required to enter a user name and password. For the username, enter your student ID number. For the password, enter your birth date in six digit format (mmddyy) without slashes. February 14, 1975 would be 021475.
If you experience any technical difficulties accessing these databases, please contact library staff for assistance.
GCC Library Article Databases (Organized by Subject)
- General/Multidisciplinary
- Art
- Biography
- Business
- Health Sciences
- Humanities
- Music
- Political Sciences
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
Article Databases A-Z: Descriptions and Guides
| Database | Contents | Guides |
|---|---|---|
| ABI/Inform Dateline Coverage: 1985 - present (varies by publication) |
ABI/Inform Dateline: Covers local and regional business publications. Provides access to business information not typically found in national news sources. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications. | Open database; click on Topic Guide |
| ABI/Inform Global Coverage:1971 - present (varies by publication) |
ABI/Inform Global:Contains content from thousands of journals that help researchers track business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry-specific topics worldwide. | Open database; click on Topic Guide |
| AccessScience (McGraw-Hill) Coverage: 9th ed., 2002 (updated weekly) |
AccessScience:Online version of the 9th edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Includes articles with illustrations and bibliographies. Also has science news updates, biographies of scientists, The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, and links to evaluated related Web sites. Full-text. | Open database; click on Tutorial or FAQ's |
| AccessUN (NewsBank) Coverage: from 1956-present, although most documents from 1980s-present |
AccessUN: Index to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications, including documents from the six main bodies of the UN (General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, Secretariat and International Court of Justice), Official Records, sales publications, and more. Some full-text. For Science related topics also includes links to "Natural Disasters Around the World" and "Science and Health in the News." | Open database; click on Start Search; click on Help |
| Accounting & Tax Coverage: 1971 - present (varies by publication) |
Accounting & Tax: Combines abstracts of articles published in nearly 300 accounting and tax publications with official releases from the AICPA and FASB and selective indexing of tax-related information in thousands of business journals. | Open database; click on Topic Guide |
| Banking Information Source Coverage: 1971 - present (varies by publication) |
Banking Information Source: Covers more than 250 of the most important publications that provide information on the financial services industry. | Open database; click on Topic Guide |
| Biography Resource Center (Gale) Coverage: Covers people from throughout history; Copyright 2003 several updates per year. |
Biography Resource Center Biographical information on over 320,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines. Combines nearly 415,000 biographies from sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, and others, including over 2.5 million articles from 250 magazines including American History, The Christian Century, Saturday Night,and U.S. News & World Report. Full-text. | Open database; click on Search Tips |
| Books in Print Coverage: Current |
Books in Print: Bibliographic database of over 5 million in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audio books, and videos. Includes some full-text book reviews. | No Guide Available |
| Career and Technical Education (ProQuest) Coverage: 1991 - present (most full-text from 1996-present) |
Career and Technical Education: Index to about 420 vocational and technical periodicals. Full-text of most articles. | guide: ProQuest |
| CINAHL (ProQuest) Coverage: 1982 - present (varies by publication) |
CINAHL: Index to more than 1,200 nursing and health-related periodicals. Some full-text. |
guide: ProQuest |
| Columbia Earthscape |
Columbia Earthscape: An integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions. It includes a growing archive of journal articles, journal abstracts, conference literature, full-text monographs and selected chapters, and online data sets. Full-text. | No Guide Available |
| Columbia Granger's
World of Poetry Coverage: Copyright 2004 |
Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry: Index to poetry in collections and anthologies. Also the 500 most frequently anthologized poems (with annotations) as well as brief biographies of poets. Some full-text. | |
| Country Watch Coverage: Information for each country updated on an annual basis. |
CountryWatch Country reports on each of the 192 countries of the world. Reports are 50-100 pages and include historical, political, economic, business, environmental, geographic, and demographic information. Also features an online newswire for current updates. Full-text. | No Guide Available |
| CQ Encyclopedia of American Government Coverage: Copyright 2004 |
CQ Encyclopedia of American Government: Encyclopedia with 2,000+ articles organized into four content categories: Presidency, Supreme Court, Congress, and Elections. Also includes images of people and events, primary source documents, bibliographies for further research, and links to related Web sites. Full-text. | Open database; click on Help |
| CQ Researcher Online Coverage: 1991 - present |
CQ Researcher Online: Online periodical that features weekly in-depth, coverage of current social, economic, political, and environmental issues. Each weekly issue is devoted to a single topic and features an overview, background, chronology, current situation, outlook, bibliography, and more. Full-text. | Open database; click on FAQ |
| CQ Weekly Coverage: 1983 - present |
CQ Weekly: Provides news reporting and analysis of activities of the U.S. Congress. Includes upcoming issues, previous week’s news, status of legislation, committee and floor activity, debates, and roll-call votes. Full-text. | Open database; click on FAQ/Help |
| Encyclopedia Britannica Online Copyright 2004 |
Encyclopedia Britannica Online: Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Also includes the Britannica Student Encyclopedia, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, and Thesaurus as well as 2,000+ videos and 200,000 selected Web sites. Full-text. | Open database; click on Help |
| Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics: A database of 2,750 specially commissioned, peer-reviewed and continually updated articles on astronomy and astrophysics. Full-text. | No Guide Available |
| ERIC Coverage: 1966 - present (varies by publication) |
ERIC: Articles from nearly 260 leading journals. An excellent source of information for both professional educators and students who need to keep up with the latest teaching concepts, methodologies, and findings. | No Guide Available |
| Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) Coverage: 1991– present. (average of 7,500 articles added monthly) |
Ethnic NewsWatch: Index to 240+ newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Includes categories for African American/Caribbean/African, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, European/Eastern European, Hispanic, Jewish, Multi-Ethnic, and Native People. Full-text. | Open database; choose language; click on Help or Tutorial |
| FACTS.com Coverage: 1940 – present (varies by title) |
FACTS.com: Searchable index to the six Facts On File periodicals and reference information sources: World News Digest, Reuters, Issues & Controversies, Today’s Science, World Almanac Reference Database, and World Almanac Encyclopedia. Full-text. | Open database; click on Help |
| Greenwood Daily Life Online | Greenwood Daily Life Online: Provides information on the daily lives of people from both Eastern and Western civilizations and cultures in the past and the present. It includes primary documents, reference works, monographs, images, maps, illustrations, and time lines. | No Guide Available |
| Oxford Art Online Coverage: prehistory – present (updated annually) |
Oxford Art Online : Searchable version of the 34-volume The Dictionary of Art (1996). Includes over 45,000 articles, images, biographies, bibliographical citations, and links to relevant art Web sites. Full-text. | Open database; click on FAQ's or Help |
| Oxford Music Online Coverage: Copyright 2003 (updated annually) |
Oxford Music Online : Searchable encyclopedia of music that includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2d ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Full-text. | Open database; click on FAQ's or Help |
| Health & Medical Complete Coverage: 1966 - present (varies by publication) |
Health & Medical Complete: covers more than 380 leading health journals and includes thousands of complete articles. Full-text. | Open database; click on Topic Guide |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic
(EBSCO) Coverage: 1975 - present (updated daily) |
Health Source: Nursing/Academic: Index to 800+ periodicals in nursing, medicine, and allied health disciplines. 550+ of the periodicals are available in Full-text. | Open database; click on Help |
| Health Source: Consumer (EBSCO) Coverage: 1985 - present (updated daily) |
Health Source: Consumer: Index to nearly 300 consumer health periodicals. Also includes health-related pamphlets, reference books, reports, and Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. Full-text. | Open database; click on Help |
| Historical Los Angeles Times 1881-1985 Coverage: 1881-1985 |
Historical Los Angeles Times 1881-1985: Offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century. Collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. | No Guide Available |
| Hoover's Company Records Coverage: current |
Hoover's Company Records: Information on more than 32,000 companies. Widely recognized as a leading provider of corporate data. | No Guide Available |
| LexisNexis Academic Coverage: 1977 - present (varies by publication) (updated daily) |
guide: LexisNexis | |
| Library Online Catalog | Library Online Catalog: Searchable database of print and non-print materials in the Glendale College Library. | guide: Library Online Catalog |
| Literature Resource Center Coverage: Updated continuously. |
Literature Resource Center: Searchable database of criticism, explication, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews, Web sites, and reading lists. Covers the work of more than 100,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. Full-text. | guide: Literature Resource Center |
| A Matter of Fact Coverage: 1984 - present. (updated every 6 weeks) |
A Matter of Fact: Searchable database of approximately 150,000 statements presenting statistical evidence on current social, economic, political, environmental, and health issues. Demographics, agriculture, and education are also emphasized. Covers approximately 1,000 print and more than 2,000 Web sources, including the Congressional Record and the Hansards of the Canadian Parliament. Full-text. | Open database; click on Help |
| netLibrary Coverage: 1980 - present (with very few exceptions) |
netLibrary: Searchable, collection of over 7,000 electronic books, including scholarly and reference books in all subject areas. Can be accessed through the GCC Library online catalog, or directly through the netLibrary database. Create (in the library) a free netLibrary account; then access this collection from anywhere. Full-text. | |
Newspapers |
Newspapers: covers 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of 150+ major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. Full-text. | guide: ProQuest |
| Nursing Journals (ProQuest) Coverage: 1988 - present (varies by title) |
Nursing Journals: Index to over 419 nursing and related health care periodicals. Some full-text. | ProQuest guide |
| Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) Coverage: 1980 - present |
Opposing Viewpoints: Index of viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and magazine and newspaper articles. Full-text. | Open database; click on Help |
| ProQuest (journals, magazines and newspapers) Coverage: 1971 - present (full-text coverage from c. 1990 - present) |
ProQuest: Index to over 2,600 journals, magazines, and newspapers. Consists of two components: a core list of about 800 periodicals, and 15 subject-specific modules that supplement the core list. Mostly full-text. | guide: ProQuest |
| PsycARTICLES Coverage: 1988 - present |
PsycARTICLES: Index to articles in psychology. Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. Contains more than 35,000 articles from 41 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. Full-text. | Open database; click on Help |
| RAND California Coverage: Updated every 6 weeks |
RAND California: Database of California and U.S. policy issues with emphasis on statistics. Also a library of documents including state policy bulletins, economic reports, and federal policy bulletins. Full-text. | Open database; click on Search Tutorial |
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Last Updated 10/10/07 blj
