Online Articles

Not sure where to locate the full text of a specific article? The Periodicals Portal will help you determine which titles are available full text in which databases. If you're not sure of which database to use, try our Online Articles by Subject or Format page.

Database

Description
Academic One File (AONE) (including InfoTrac) Multi-subject database of over 6,000 full-text titles.
Academic Search Elite Multi-subject magazine and journal articles.
ARTstor ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus

Index to agricultural and veterinary science journals. Some journal articles are full text.

CQ Researcher

In depth analysis of controversial issues.
CRC Handbook for Chemistry & Physics Complete 89th edition of the handbook.

CountryWatch

Information & news on all the countries of the world.
Daily Life Online Contains information on daily life through history, cultures and customs, and world folklore and folklife.

Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)

Documents the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Complete online version of the encyclopedia.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) Online access to many of our most popular reference books.
General One File (GenONE) Over 6,000 full-text titles, including many newswires and popular magazines.
JSTOR Archives of over 1,000 leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

LexisNexis Academic*

Provides full text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
Literature Criticism Online Provides 95% of the full-text of Contemporary Literary Criticism volumes 1-252, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism volumes 1-201, and Short Story Criticism volumes 1-109.
Literature Resource Center (LRC) Full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines.

Opposing Viewpoints*

In depth analysis of controversial issues.
Ovid Nursing Journals Full-text articles from a variety of nursing journals.
Pop Culture Universe Authoritive, yet fun, research source for all areas of U.S. and world pop culture.

ProQuest Newspapers

Access the full-text of the Daily News, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

PsycARTICLES

A collection of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.

SIRS Knowledge Source

Contains SIRS Government Reporter (Historic and Government Documents, Directories and Almanacs), SIRS Renaissance (Current Perspectives on the Arts & Humanities), and SIRS Web Select (Editorially Selected Web Sites).

World Folklore & Folklife

Traces the origins and development of all aspects of traditional cultures around the world.

To access the databases from outside the library, you first need to come into the library and show your current Pierce ID card to get a copy of the current database passwords. Databases with an asterisk next to them have no remote access.