Online Databases available through

 the College of the Canyons Library

 

• ProQuest Direct** (contains citations, abstracts and in many cases full-text articles and graphics from more than 10,000 magazines, journals and newspapers)

• ARTstor (provides curated collections of approximately 300,000 digital art images and associated catalog data; initiated by the Mellon Foundation)

• Biography Resource Center** (features biographical information on more than 165,000 individuals, covering broad historical periods and subject areas)

• CollegeSource (over 12,400 college catalogs including 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools; free off-campus access but no link to PDF catalogs)

• Contemporary Authors** (provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors)

• CountryWatch** (contains up-to-date economic, political and social data about every country on the globe)

• CQ Researcher** (the online version of the highly-respected current-events resource on topics ranging from social and teen issues to education, environment and science)

• Daily Life Through History** (a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students; gives life to history and context to current events)

• Encyclopedia Britannica** (the famed encyclopedia with additional full-length articles on many topics and links to relevant Web sites)

• Issues & Controversies** (includes articles, editorials, historical documents, graphics and statistics on controversial issues; covers over 250 topics)

• NetLibrary** (COC's collection of electronic books, eBooks, from NetLibrary; currently 3000+ titles)

• RAND California (contains more than 80 statistical databases on California, from employment to social security payment to SAT scores)

• Scribner Writers Series** (includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 Scribner print series)

• Twayne's Authors Series** (contains full-text of 200 Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles)

These databases are accessible free of charge from any networked computers on campus. 

**Databases with asterisks (**) are also accessible from off-campus by students, faculty and staff of College of the Canyons but require passwords. Contact the reference desk at 661-362-3358 or 661-362-3362 for off-campus access to these databases.