Internet Resources - Reference Databases A-Z

• Biography Resource Center
  A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 340,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 435,000 biographies from over 1,000 volumes of more than 135 Gale sources, and includes more than 538,000 full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines including American History, The Christian Century, Saturday Night, and U.S. News & World Report.
• Books and Authors
  Search by author, title, series, awards and other criteria. An "if you like" search connects readers to themes and genres. Also includes author information, themes and origins, ideal for reading groups and book clubs.
• Business and Company Resource Center
  Provides information for more than 400,000 companies, including profiles, industry rankings, and investment reports.
• Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
  Use this database to find a good book to read and to find lists of award winning titles. See also the Children's Literature homepage for monthly features and author/illustrator interviews.
• Community Information Database
  A database of nonprofits and social service agencies in Santa Cruz County. Created by staff at the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
• Computer Database
  Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
• EBSCOhost (MainFile)
  EBSCO’s MainFile is a multi-disciplinary database providing full text and indexing & abstracting for more than 12,000 total publications. Coverage encompasses all aspects of academic study and general interest subject areas. In addition, the database also offers over 440,000 photos, maps & flags and more than 17,500 company profiles. MainFile is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
• Encyclopedia Britannica
  Contains full text of encyclopedia articles, including illustrations such as photographs, drawings, maps, and flags. Also includes an atlas, dictionary, thesaurus, selected video clips, and links to over 200,000 related websites reviewed by Britannica editors.
• ERIC
  The Education Resources Information Center provides the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.
• Gale Directory Library
  Online reference that includes Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations, Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S., Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Organizations, and National Directory of Non-Profit Organizations
• Gale Full Text Newspapers
  Full-text articles from more than 150 newspapers from around the world and selected articles from more than 300 additional sources of news and business information.
• Gale General OneFile
  Indexes over 11,500 periodicals, including over 6,500 full-text publications, and over 400 newspaper services worldwide. Backfile coverage is to 1980.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Includes several e-books: Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary; College Blue Book; Cities of the United States; Countries and their Cultures; Encyclopedia of Modern Asia; Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Fashion, Costume and Culture; New Dictionary of the History of Ideas; People's Chronology; Science of Everyday Things.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• Healthy SC County - SCPL Health and Wellness Center
  Easy access to top-quality, up-to-date medical news and information, with quick links to relevant library books and medical databases, as well as to the Community Information Database. Prepared by SCPL staff.
• HeritageQuest Online
  Research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Search over 25,000 family and local history books, US Federal Census Records from 1790-1930 as well as genealogy and local history articles. Purchased through funds donated by the Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County.
• History Resource Center: US
  Comprehensive coverage of the most studied topics in U.S. history courses. This integrated collection covers all areas of U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to present day through a rich collection of primary documents, original reference sources and newspaper/journal articles.
• History Resource Center: World
  Includes primary source documents, many available in their original formats, as well as thousands of full-text articles and reference documents.
• Informe
  Informe provee el texto completo de 375 revistas y periódicos en español y bilingües. Los artículos cubren los datos 1998 al presente. Conexión para Buscar Artículos
• Ingenta
  Indexes academic and professional research articles online, with over 20 million articles from 30,000 publications, including 10,000 online journals. Provides abstract only, or full text for fee.
• Kids Infobits
  K-5. Information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports.
• Literary Index
  Find authors by name, birth date, death date or nationality. Find which Gale literature series includes entries on an author, and search for the title of a literary work to see who wrote it and where it is discussed in Gale's literary criticism series.
• Literature Resources (Gale)
  Literature criticism, biographies, work and topic overviews, reviews, and full text of many literary works--all searchable at the same time and returned in lists organized according to the type of research needs they serve.
• Local News Index
  Index to early newspapers published in Santa Cruz, California. The papers indexed include the Santa Cruz Daily Surf, the Santa Cruz Evening News, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
• Los Angeles Times Archives
  Archives date back to January 1985 and offer all of the Los Angeles Times' news stories, columns, travel stories, recipes, reviews, magazine profiles and more.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.
• New York Times Historical Newspaper (1851-2005)
  Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
• New York Times Newspaper (1980-Current)
  Full-text coverage, 1980 to current.
• Newspaper Clipping File
  Index to the Santa Cruz Public Libraries' newspaper clipping file. The articles range in date from the early 1900's to the present.
• Novelist
  Assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. Find the order of titles written in a series.
• Novelist K-8
  Assists readers of children's fiction in finding new authors and titles. Find the order of titles written in a series.
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
  This is an excellent full-text database from Gale that covers multiple sides of current social issues such as immigration, abortion, drugs and capital punishment. Students can search through viewpoint essays, articles, reference sources, websites, academic journals, and statistics to find information for reports and papers.
• Oxford English Dictionary
  Gives the various meanings of a word, showing its evolution through time. Printed sources are given as examples.
• Rand California
  Provides demographics from the state level down to the local level, including statistics for a range of years. Allows for some customization.
• Reference USA
  Directory information for more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 3 million international businesses, and 210 million U.S. residents. Businesses are searchable by name, zip code, SIC, and geographical location. U.S. residential database is searchable by name, address, and phone number.
• Rich's Business Information
  Access over 75,000 contact names, 16,000 websites, and 12,000 email addresses. The database includes high technology, financial services, manufacturing, distributors, transportation, wholesalers, and business to business services.
• San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner Index
  Indexes these two San Francisco papers back to 1995.
• Santa Cruz City Business License Database
  Provides information about the businesses in the City of Santa Cruz.
• Science of Everyday Things
  Expands on the explanations of scientific principles and concepts using a step-by-step approach. Presents theories in their everyday applications for further understanding.
• Science Reference Center
  More than 630 full text titles including leading science encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals, as well biographies and images. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
• Science Resource Center (Gale)
  Over 200 magazines, academic journals and web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics including thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations. Includes national and state standards.
• Sheet Music Database
  Search for an artist, song, or performer among the Santa Cruz Library's extensive collection of sheet music. Prepared by SCPL staff.
• SIRS Researcher
  Access to full text articles from U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, journals and U.S. government documents. Topics include social issues, economics, business, politics, global issues. Information from the World Almanac is included and more than 300 detailed, colored maps.
• Small Business Resource Center
  Targeted for business students and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find over 280 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
• Student Resource Center
  Grades 7-12. Contains biographies, essays and overviews; full text articles from more than 900 magazines and journals, with articles back to 1986; photographs, maps and graphics; documents, including diary entries, letters, recordings and more; and full text articles from encyclopedias and almanacs.
• Which Phone Book?
  Tells which phone book to use to find listings for a particular city or area code in California. Created by staff at the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
• World Book Online
  The online version of World Book Encyclopedia includes more than 26,000 articles, 12,000 pictures and maps, and 7,000 links to editor-approved Web sites useful in helping students constructively explore topics further. In addition to the encyclopedia, features include an atlas, a dictionary, and resource guides on selected topics.