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A leading resource for scholarly research across multiple disciplines; contains journals, periodicals, reports, books, videos, and more.
This full-text database covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. With hundreds of full-text journals and books, this database is a key reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history.
A digital archive documenting the revolution and war that created the United States of America, from the Paris peace treaty in 1763 through the early protests in 1785 to the Paris peace treaty of 1783.
An archive collection of primary sources. Collections include: Slavery in America, The American Revolution, and the Civil War. You can also search each collection individually if you prefer. Use the A-Z list to find the collections individually.
An image database full of images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists.
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Our newest ebook and audiobook collection! Check books in and out, and download them using the app: https://www.boundless-app.com/ You can also access these books directly via a web browser.
A small collection of recent fiction, including young adult fiction, in audio format.

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A comprehensive collection of over 430,000 full-text biographies and unique narrative biographies.
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A great starting point for research with balanced, global perspectives and insights on thousands of topics. Access includes full access to Encyclopædia Britannica, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, a selection of magazine and journal articles from trusted academic publishers, as well as many other research tools.
Dozens of actual business plans by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries. The plans are great examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans.
Full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.

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CINAHL Plus also contains searchable cited references for more than 1,230 journals. Full text material includes nearly 80 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
This digital archive covers multiple aspects of the Civil War' and includes a variety of primary source documents -- personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, regimental histories and photograph albums, legal treatises, and children's books.
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for many top communication journals covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse.
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Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text general and subject-specific reference titles, as well as 500,000 images and nearly 1,000 videos.
A great full-text database for criminal justice and criminology research. It provides hundreds of top journals and magazines covering all related subjects, including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation.
Comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and more.

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The mental disorder classification manual published by the American Psychiatric Association.

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A digital collection of ebooks in a super-wide range of subject areas. This one is a librarian go-to for fast access to a great collection.
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EBSCOhost offers multiple sub-databases (specific formats, subjects, etc); this link searches all of them at once but allows you to de-select specific databases to create a custom search scenario.
A full-text ebook collection with over 150,000 titles from leading university presses and general interest publishers, in a broad array of subject coverage.
Coverage includes: curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding and related social issues. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education and testing. This database also includes full text for books, monographs and numerous education-related conference papers.
An essential database for business students and researchers, providing the latest insights on entrepreneurship and small businesses topics. It offers full-text business journals, magazines, reference books, case studies and company profiles.
This leading full-text database covers the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and affiliated areas of study.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) focuses on education and includes journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, dissertations and policy papers. EBSCO's version provides extra search features and some additional full text resources compared to the eric.ed.gov website. You can limit search results by education level, such as Early Childhood Education, as well as by the intended audience such as Counselors or Teachers.
Ethnic NewsWatch™ (ENW) is a current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. The complete collection also includes the module Ethnic NewsWatch: A History™, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

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A streaming video database that covers nearly every academic discipline; among the producers included are National Geographic, HBO, TED, Frontline, PBS, BBC, and more.
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A digital magazine stand in full color and full text! Browse our collection and read on your computer, or download the Flipster app to read, save, and browse. (You'll need a library card to access the collection with the app.) App FAQs: https://ebsco.libguides.com/flipster/flipsterapp

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A great place to begin your research process: to narrow your topic, get background information and to gather keywords. Encyclopedias and reference books are not generally used as cited sources in college-level research papers (usually you'll need to take what you find in an encyclopedia and head out to the databases for more advanced sources).
GenderWatch focuses on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. Archival material dating back to 1970 covers the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports.
A collection of documents, reports and periodicals related to the topic of regulating firearms in the United States.

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Alternate Name(s) CHEMnetBASE
The Handbook is the largest comprehensive physical science data source available anywhere and covers 390 chemistry, physics, and related subjects, providing the highest quality data for chemical compounds and physical particles
Geared toward consumers and patients, this database provides full-text access to informational pamphlets, health magazines, and various health reference books including the Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, and also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
A digital newspaper archive for The Los Angeles Times‎ (1881-1993) with full-text and full-image articles.
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Digital access to movies, music, ebooks, comic books, television, and audiobooks! Solano College library card holders have access through our consortium partner, Napa County Library. Sign up requirements include a SCC library card (a temporary e-card will not work).
This database covers all aspects of the humanities (art, history, communications, culture, literature and philosophy). It includes articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays and more.

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Articles, overviews, pro-con sources and more, covering today’s crucial hot-button topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly.

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Alternate Name(s) ARTstor
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. ARTstor, an image database full of images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists, is also housed in JSTOR.

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Designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds. Includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms.
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Alternate Name(s) Catalog
Use the library catalog to find printed books, including course reserves aka textbooks, at Solano College and our partner libraries (Napa Public libraries and Napa Valley College).
LISTA provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, research reports in library and information science studies, and some full text.
Alternate Name(s) Link Plus
gives you access to materials throughout California and Nevada libraries (academic, public, and special libraries).
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An expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries and full-text essays from leading publishers. Includes literary reference books and monographs, full text for literary magazines and book reviews, poems from hundreds of sources, short stories, classic texts, author interviews and much more.
Gale Literary Sources brings together SCC's Gale literary databases and focuses on background information such as author biographies, topic and work overviews, and book chapters.

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Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Ultra – School Edition is a full-text database of popular magazines, reference books and primary sources covering many subjects, including history, science and health. It also includes and over a million photos, maps and flags.
Designed specifically for public libraries,MasterFILE Premier provides full-text magazines, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.
Content includes: over 25 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine; citations from over 5,200 worldwide journals in 60 languages; coverage dating back to 1809; some full-text articles.
Partially full-text, offering information pertaining to all branches of the military and government via periodicals, academic journals and related content.
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Covers scholarship in a broad range of Humanities disciplines related to global literatures and languages. Coverage includes materials published in more than 100 countries and in more than 50 languages, in the areas of literatures and languages from around the world
The MLA Directory of Periodicals provides detailed information on over 6,000 journals and book series that cover literature, literary theory, dramatic arts, folklore, language, linguistics, pedagogy, rhetoric and composition, and the history of printing and publishing. Articles published in works listed in the directory are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography.

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Alternate Name(s) NYT
Register an account first at http://www.accessnyt.com or on the app. You will need your MySolano username and password credentials to complete this step. Once you have a NYT account, you can visit http://www.nytimes.com directly.

You also have access to the historic New York Times (1851-1980) and its archives (1981-present).

For articles 1851-1922: free, no limits
For articles 1923-1980: free, limited to 5 articles daily
For articles 1981-present: free, no limits
Find current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more with the world's largest collection of full-text news sources. Includes local news, editorials, announcements and other sections from more than 10,000 sources.
Full-text digital collection of the world's major news content: includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines plus it offers television and radio transcripts.
Alternate Name(s) AP Newswires
Full-text database that contains harvested news from the Associated Press.

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Alternate Name(s) Safari Tech Books
This tech and computer science resources provides access to 60,000+ audio and e-book titles, as well as 30,000+ hours of video including presentations from O’Reilly for Higher Education video. Also included are short courses, interactive tutorials, case studies, and more. MySolano credentials are required for using this resource on or off campus.
Alternate Name(s) OED
The most authoritative source on the English language, with a focus on etymology and historical usage.

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Collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques. Includes audio/visual material as well.
Points of View is a full text database providing access to information & opinions on controversial and current topics. It includes topic overviews, viewpoint and counterpoint articles, and critical analysis guides.
Designed specifically for students, researchers and government institutions, this full-text database covers political topics with a worldwide focus.
Alternate Name(s) LearningExpress Library, practice tests
PrepSTEP provides practice tests, quizzes, tutorials, articles and flashcards for college entrance and aptitude tests (Accuplacer, HESI, ASVAB, ACT, SAT, and more), Professional license exams (NCLEX, CDL, ServSafe, and more), GED Tests, and core English, math, and science skills. It also provides tutorials for improving basic computer skills and college success skills. Additional features include career preparation and recursos para Hispanohablantes.
Primary Search is a full-text database providing proving resources for early childhood and elementary education including popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and a vast image collection. Topics include endangered species, famous musicians, fitness and space exploration.
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Includes access to the following seven databases: Coronavirus Research, Criminal Justice Database, e-book Central, Ethnic Newswatch, Gender Newswatch, Los Angeles Times (1881-current)
Journals, magazines, and (mostly) newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites
from these three databases: Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, and Los Angeles Times (1985-current)
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Indexed and full-text American Psychological Association (APA) journal articles.
Full text coverage for nearly 400 journals, covering topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
Use this search box to find out if we have full-text digital access to any given publication. If we do, this tool will give you access point options. (Don't use this tool to search for specific articles. It will only tell you if and where we have digital access to a particular periodical publication.)

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Full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces from 1990-today: includes newspapers, magazines and other resources.

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Full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images.
Before you access SciFinder at the link above, create an account while you're on an SCC campus at https://tinyurl.com/sccscif. You should then be able to use your user name and password to access SciFinder from anywhere!
Selections from Scribner's Writers Series, with author biographies, bibliographies, and overviews of significant works.
Documents key aspects of the history of slavery in the United States, from its origins in Africa to its abolition, including materials on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, pro-slavery and anti-slavery arguments, religious views on slavery, and other related topics.
Full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.
Extensive coverage of sociology and its subdisciplines, as well as closely related areas of study: criminology and criminal justice, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, marriage and family, religion, social development, social psychology, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, substance abuse and other addictions, violence and many others.

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All our reserve materials (textbooks, calculators, kits [bones/minerals], etcetera) are available for checkout.
Textbooks, Chromebooks, & Calculators
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of The Reporter. Coverage: 1998-current.
Critical books on well-known authors and works of literature, dating from the 1960s to 2000.

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Full-text coverage of the most relevant content for vocational programs.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
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Our newest ebook and audiobook collection! Check books in and out, and download them using the app: https://www.boundless-app.com/ You can also access these books directly via a web browser.
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A great starting point for research with balanced, global perspectives and insights on thousands of topics. Access includes full access to Encyclopædia Britannica, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, a selection of magazine and journal articles from trusted academic publishers, as well as many other research tools.
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Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text general and subject-specific reference titles, as well as 500,000 images and nearly 1,000 videos.
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A streaming video database that covers nearly every academic discipline; among the producers included are National Geographic, HBO, TED, Frontline, PBS, BBC, and more.
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A digital magazine stand in full color and full text! Browse our collection and read on your computer, or download the Flipster app to read, save, and browse. (You'll need a library card to access the collection with the app.) App FAQs: https://ebsco.libguides.com/flipster/flipsterapp
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Alternate Name(s) CHEMnetBASE
The Handbook is the largest comprehensive physical science data source available anywhere and covers 390 chemistry, physics, and related subjects, providing the highest quality data for chemical compounds and physical particles
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Articles, overviews, pro-con sources and more, covering today’s crucial hot-button topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly.
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Alternate Name(s) NYT
Register an account first at http://www.accessnyt.com or on the app. You will need your MySolano username and password credentials to complete this step. Once you have a NYT account, you can visit http://www.nytimes.com directly.

You also have access to the historic New York Times (1851-1980) and its archives (1981-present).

For articles 1851-1922: free, no limits
For articles 1923-1980: free, limited to 5 articles daily
For articles 1981-present: free, no limits
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Alternate Name(s) Safari Tech Books
This tech and computer science resources provides access to 60,000+ audio and e-book titles, as well as 30,000+ hours of video including presentations from O’Reilly for Higher Education video. Also included are short courses, interactive tutorials, case studies, and more. MySolano credentials are required for using this resource on or off campus.
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