Article Databases & e-Resources
NEW – Search these databases from off-campus with your PORTAL login Info (Portal email and Portal password). Only students registered for the current sessions at COA (and COA employees) will have access to these databases from off-campus. Trouble-Shooting Tips: If the page won’t load, try deleting your browser history, using a private browser window or switching browsers. If you are enrolled at another Peralta campus (not COA), then you must use that Library’s webpage to access their databases. If accessing from outside the U.S., access to our Library Databases may be restricted by that country’s firewall. For further online help using the databases, chat with a librarian and/or check out our database tutorials.
Databases with Scholarly Articles:
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- Gale Academic OneFile Select **Formerly Expanded Academic ASAP
- Academic Search Complete – see
video tutorial on using this database - Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- MasterFILE Premier Complete
Ebooks:
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- EBSCO eBook Collection
- Libby / Overdrive – use current Peralta email account to login.
- Gale EBooks **Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Springer eBook Collection On-Campus Only – science/technology medicine (published 2005-2012)
Newspaper Articles:
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- America’s News – NEW (includes SF Chronicle, East Bay Times and Alameda Journal)
- Black Life in America – NEW
- Hispanic Life in America – NEW
- Regional Business News
- Newspaper Source Plus
- New York Times (Individual Login Only) – Use a computer to sign up for a free online account to NY Times online. Go to www.NYTimes.com/Pass and click on “Create Account.” Please note: an @peralta.edu email address is required to successfully log-in. Click here for detailed instructions on creating a free personal account with the NYT. Watch a short video tutorial on how to set-up a free NY Time account with your Peralta email. Once your account is set-up, you can login
Digital Popular Magazines:
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- Flipster– NEW! Access over 30 popular magazines, including Vogue, Elle, Selvedge, Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Advocate, Consumer Reports, Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker, and more through this digital magazine platform.
Basic Skills:
Films:
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- Films on Demand -Choose from more than 20,000+ educational titles in dozens of subject areas. For filtered search capabilities access the database from on-campus.
- ATTN FACULTY – follow these instructions to embed Films on Demand offerings into your Canvas course.
- Kanopy over 26,000 documentaries, feature films and training videos touching on a wide range of topics. Instructions for Logging into Kanopy. Instructions for Logging in to Kanopy at COA Library. *Faculty Requests only– see Kanopy Collection Development Policy.
- Films on Demand -Choose from more than 20,000+ educational titles in dozens of subject areas. For filtered search capabilities access the database from on-campus.
Book Reviews:
Arts and Humanities:
Pro/Con Arguments:
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- Opposing Viewpoints – see video tutorial on using this database
- Opposing Viewpoints – see
History
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- America: History and Life with Full Text
- California History – On-Campus Only
Encyclopedias:
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- Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- CountryWatch
- Gale EBooks **Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library
Apparel Design and Merchandising:
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- Women’s Wear Daily Website (WWD, Annual) – On-campus access can view all content published in the last year. Off-campus access or Digital Daily subscription requires registering, and logging in with created account info. to view all content. A Peralta email is required for registration. 2 seat max for WWD.com (there is no usage threshold for the Digital Daily access).
- Women’s Wear Digital Daily Email – An email subscription to WWD’s Digital Daily requires registering and logging in with created account info. A Peralta email is required for registration. The Digital Daily email you receive (the first business day after registration) will contain links to both a pdf, and an e-reader version of the day’s Digital Daily. The e-reader requires your login, the pdf does not. Please click here for a short video which includes tips on how to best utilize the E-reader environment. eReader Tip: Be sure to watch until the end of the video, for how to view previous issues from the past 6 months, via the archive icon in the top right on the toolbar.
- Women’s Wear Digital Daily via WWD.com– For now, if you click on the DD icon/red arrow in top right corner of WWD.com, it takes you to a page where you can have the DD (Digital Daily) resent to your email address. This will only work if you have already registered. However, WWD has assured us that the Digital Daily will eventually be viewable directly from the WWD.com website in the coming months. We will let you know when that feature is released.