Library Databases
These online databases are provided by the Library for students of Compton College. For access off-campus or from a personal device, passwords are required and can be requested by contacting the Library.
Alphabetical List of Databases
DATABASE TUTORIALS
Short video tutorials demonstrating database-specific search features are available below. All videos are captioned. Click on the desired link to view the video in YouTube:
General Information
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Full text for more than 6600 journals, (6000 peer-reviewed).
ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)
Provides one-stop access to more than 4,000 scholarly journals, trade publications,
and magazines covering over 150 academic disciplines.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Offers over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. It is
updated annually.
MAS Ultra School Edition (EBSCO)
This database contains full text of magazines, reference books, biographies, primary
source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)
Over 2000 full-text general magazines
Primary Search (EBSCO)
A full text collection of more than 70 popular magazines.
Arts and Music
Book Index with Reviews - Entertainment (EBSCO)
Information on about 450,000 music titles and 200,000 DVD/video titles
Business
Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
Full text for over 1,000 business publications, plus more than 10,100 company profiles
from Datamonitor.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Over 70 business journals, newspapers and news wires including Orange County Business
Journal. Updated daily.
Education
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center (EBSCO)
Provides access to education journals and other resources. It links to more than 300,000
full-text documents dating back to 1966.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
Indexes periodicals, books, and research reports on librarianship, cataloging, online
information retrieval, and information management.
English and Literature
Project Gutenberg (Free for all users)
The first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. There
are over 25,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog.
Government and Law
Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)
A collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content current news pertaining
to all branches of the military and government.
History, Political Science and Ethnic Studies
African-American History Online (Facts On File)
Extensive hyper-linked entries, including photographs, maps, and over 70 videos, span
more than 500 years of African-American history, and cover topics such as affirmative
action, Africa, black nationalism, civil rights, emancipation, Harlem Renaissance,
leaders, religion, slave living conditions and liberation strategies, sports, visual
arts, and more.
America, History and Life (EBSCO)
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to
the present. Contains full-text articles.
American History Online (Facts On File)
A comprehensive and authoritative reference to the most important individuals, events,
and topics in United States history. This invaluable reference source is organized
by content type, topic, era, and activity as well as by the National Standards for
U.S. History. Thousands of fully hyper-linked entries allow users to follow a topic
to related biographies, primary source documents, images, and more than 500 historical
videos. Web links direct users to a number of relevant educational sites.
Countrywatch
Provides background information about individual countries and political and economic
news from around the world.
Note: on-campus use only
CQ Researcher
Examines a controversial issue every week, offering background information, pro and
con arguments, and references for further study.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 (EBSCO)
EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this
comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before
1750.
ProCon.org (Free for all users)
Provides pro and con sides of controversial issues.
SIRS KnowledgeBase Portal (SIRS)
Provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government,
the arts and humanities. Articles on controversial issues are offered featuring two
sides of the issues: their PRO and CON. Full-text articles and Internet resources
are carefully selected from thousands of domestic and international publications and
respected organizations. Databases about countries of the world, political conditions
and their maps are also offered.
Newspapers
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
Full-text newspaper and magazine articles from ethnic, minority, and native publications.
National Newspapers Core (ProQuest)
Full-text articles and abstracts from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Christian
Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
Full-text access to more than 700 national and international newspapers including
the Orange County Register, San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today,
and The Times (London). Also includes television and radio transcripts from CBS News,
CNN, National Public Radio, etc. are included.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Over 70 business journals, newspapers and news wires including Orange County Business
Journal. Updated daily.
Nursing and Health
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and
nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Contains full-text articles from health and medical journals and magazines.
Journals@OVID (OVID)
Full text of selected nursing and allied health journals.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
Index and citations for journal articles and other resources related to medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care system.
MEDLINE (PubMed - US National Institute of Health) (Free for all users)
Index and citations for journal articles and other resources related to medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care system. Full text of
selected articles available
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Articles on psychology, psychiatry, and anthropology from over 500 full-text journals.
Science
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
Scholarly and general interest articles, plus government reports, about the environment.
Science.gov (Free for all users)
Searches over 36 databases and 1,850 selected websites, offering 200 million pages
of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development
results. This is a government sponsored site offering huge databases on topics like
Math, Agriculture, Physics and a host of other areas
Science Online (Facts On File)
Conveys the visual nature of science in a clear and easy-to-comprehend manner. All
content in this comprehensive database is divided into sections based on the science
curriculum established by the National Science Education Standards, enabling students
and researchers to access printable experiments, diagrams, definitions, biographies,
more than 350 videos, and essays in a specific subject area or discipline.
Vocational and Career Development
Learning Express (Free for all users)This database provides practice exams for basic skills, TOEFL, civil service, U.S. citizenship , nursing including NCLEX and other academic and career oriented preparations. You must register and create your own I.D. and password.
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Free for all users)
The Bureau of Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor provides this nationally
recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to
individuals making decisions about their future work lives.