Online databases are provided by the Library for Compton College students, faculty, and staff. For access off-campus or from a personal device, passwords are required and may be requested by contacting the Library or through direct download as PDF from the Canvas Library Resources Repository (MyCompton login required).
Database Tutorials
Short video tutorials demonstrating database-specific search features are available
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Database Collections
General Information
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Full-text for more than 6,600 journals (6,000 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, updated
annually.
MAS Ultra School Edition (EBSCO)
Contains full-text of magazines, reference books, biographies, primary source documents,
and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps, and flags.
MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)
Full-text of over 2,000 general magazines.
Primary Search (EBSCO)
Full-text of more than 70 popular magazines.
Arts and Music
Book Index with Reviews - Entertainment (EBSCO)
Information on 450,000 music titles and 200,000 DVD/video titles
Business
Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
Full-text for over 1,000 business publications and more than10,100 company profiles
from Datamonitor.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Over 70 business journals, newspapers, and newswires including Orange County Business
Journal. Updated daily.
Education
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center (EBSCO)
Provides access to education journals and other resources, linking 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 full-text collection of free eBooks, with over 25,000
titles 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 hyperlinked entries, including photographs, maps, and over 70 videos. Content
spans more than 500 years of African American history, and covers topics such as affirmative
action, Africa, black nationalism, civil rights, emancipation, the Harlem Renaissance,
prominent leaders, religion, slave living conditions and liberation strategies, sports,
visual arts, and more.
America, History and Life (EBSCO)
Full-text articles covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada,
from prehistory to the present.
American History Online (Facts on File)
A comprehensive and authoritative reference to the most important individuals, events,
and topics in United States history. Organized by content type, topic, era, and activity,
as well as by the National Standards for U.S. History. Thousands of fully hyperlinked
entries allow users to follow a topic to related biographies, primary source documents,
images, and more than 500 historical videos. 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, 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 feature pro and con sides.
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.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Over 70 business journals, newspapers and newswires, 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)
Full-text articles from health and medical journals and magazines.
Journals@OVID (OVID)
Full-text from 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 healthcare 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 healthcare system. Full -text of
selected articles available.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Full-text articles on psychology, psychiatry, and anthropology from over 500 journals.
Science
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
Scholarly and general interest articles and government reports about the environment.
Science.gov (Free for all users)
Government-sponsored site searches over 36 databases and 1,850 selected websites,
offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information. Includes
research and development results and covers 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. Content
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, essays, and more than 350 videos
in a specific subject area or discipline.
Vocational and Career Development
Learning Express (Free for all users)Provides practice exams for basic skills, TOEFL, civil service, U.S. citizenship, nursing (including NCLEX), and other academic and career oriented preparations. Users must register and create individual account 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.
