LibGuides: Faculty Library Guide: Databases

The Arts

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of images and articles from the Grove Dictionary of Art and other Oxford University Press art reference sources.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive streaming video database of closed-captioned educational videos covering a wide range of topics.

NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
A student research service that helps create citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Use NoodleTools throughout a research project to track sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, and format and print bibliographies. Click “Register” on the sign-in page to create an account.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive record of the English language in the world, tracing the evolution and use of words.
Libby This link opens in a new window
A growing collection digital audiobooks and eBooks of course-related and popular fiction and non-fiction books. Listen to or read books using your web browser or download the app on your mobile device.
Flipster This link opens in a new window
Instant access to the magazines you know and love in an easy-to-read digital format. Download magazines to read offline, anytime, anywhere.

Below are two examples of magazines you can access in Flipster.

We have a large variety of database resources to meet our students' research needs. Below are a few examples.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate provides multidisciplinary information from full-text articles in peer-reviewed journals, popular magazines, and newspapers. Specialized databases cover subjects such as psychology, religion, health, and political science.
Science in Context This link opens in a new window
Articles, experiments, pictures, biographies, and recommended web sites from over 200 magazines, academic journals, and reference sources.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A collection of full-text academic journal articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences dating from the earliest volumes to within the last 3-5 years.
Salem Press This link opens in a new window
A collection of Salem Press reference works including literary analyses of authors and their works as well as resources on health, history, and careers.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive source on current issues with overviews, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, graphics, plus resources for additional research.

America's News This link opens in a new window
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with areas of study such as Business, Health, Criminal Justice, Science, Humanities, Political Science and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of local, regional and national news sources, including The Fresno Bee.
New York Times This link opens in a new window
Register for full access to news, multimedia, archives and apps. Select Clovis Community College and create a personal account to log in to nytimes.com
Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive coverage back to 1985 is available from one of the leading sources of national and international news through ProQuest.