The Library has improved access to the research databases to which we subscribe. You do not need separate IDs and passwords if you use the databases through the LPC Library Homepage. You may use your W-ID and personal password. However, if you should have problems accessing the resources off-campus through the LPC Library Homepage, you may use the following links with the passwords available from the Librarians. Information on W-ID and password for access through the LPC Library Homepage.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) & 20+ databases, including Business
Source Premier; Health Source; Psychology & Behavioral
Sciences Collection; Religion & Philosophy Collection;
Professional Development Collection; and more! (Text Only:
best for slow connections or screen-readers)
Description of EBSCO Databases
America's Newspapers (NewsBank) *no password required on campus - Full-text articles from local papers: Contra Costa
Times, San Ramon Valley Times, Tri-Valley Herald, Valley Times,
and more...; and the New York Times, Sacramento
Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News & many
other local, regional, and national papers across the U.S.
ARTstor * no password required on campus - 500,000 images covering art, architecture & archeology. View & analyze images; save images online for personal or shared uses; create & deliver presentations both on & offline.
Birds of North America * no password required on campus - Comprehensive life histories of North American birds with image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs & nestlings, and recordings of songs and calls.
Country
Watch - Political, economic, & business information
country database. Maps.
CQ
Researcher - Explores a single "hot" issue in
the news in depth each week. Topics from social and teen issues
to environment, health, education and science and technology
dating back to 1991.
Ethnic
NewsWatch (ProQuest) - Comprehensive full-text database of the newspapers,
magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
LPC students & staff - Call for the new ID & password to
this database - 925.424.1150.
Gender
Watch (ProQuest) - Full-text database of periodicals and other publications
that focus on the impact of gender on culture and society.
LPC students & staff - Call for the new ID & password to
this database - 925.424.1150.
LitFinder * no password required on campus - 125,000 full-text poems, stories, biographies, & best-known speeches; explanations, study guides, a glossary, pictures ...
Literature Resource Center *no password required on campus - Criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews & explications, Web sites, periodical articles, compare & contrast pages, full-text author's works, & reading lists.
Merck Index * no password required on campus - Contains 10,955 monographs describing significant chemicals, drugs, & biological substances.
NoodleBib - Bibliography composer. You will need to have created a folder while on campus before you can use this link.
Opposing Viewpoints *no password required on campus - Current event topics: the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors.
Email a
Librarian
Library Telephone: 925.424.1150
Library Fax: 925.606.7249