SBVC Library has many online databases available to help your with your research. The databases contain full-text of magazines, newspaper and journal articles that can be printed, saved to disc or e-mailed. Reference Databases can be accessed from any computer on the SBVC Campus by following the link below.

Remote access to the Reference Databases is available from home to students who have internet access. Show your current SBVC Library card at the Circulation Desk for passwords and instructions

The Reference Database computers give students access to thousands of full-text magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers. Encyclopedias, biographies, literary criticisms and book reviews are also available online.

General Databases: Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier are the most comprehensive databases available. They feature newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals on all topics. Academic Search Premier is a better choice if you are looking for scholarly journals. MasterFile Premier contains more general magazines.

SIRS Knowledge Source: SIRS is a specialty databases that focuses on current events, social and political issues. SIRS contains full-text of magazines, newspapers and government documents, including Supreme Court decisions. It is an excellent choice if you are writing a position paper or giving a persuasive speech. Need ideas for a topic? Look at SIRS Leading Issues page for suggestions.

Newspapers: New York Times and New York Times Historical databases combined contain full-text of the New York Times from 1851to the present. Los Angeles Times contains full-text from 1985 to the present. Newspaper Source is a full-text collection of regional, national and international newspapers.

Magill on Literature includes review essays, book reviews, character analyses and author biographies for popularly assigned readings in college courses.

Medical and Nursing Collection contains the CINHAL, Pre-CINAHL, Medline, Health Source - Academic Collection, Clinical Pharmacology and Stedman's Dictionary databases. These databases contain medical and scholarly information. For general health information see Health Source - Consumer Edition.

Other Special Collection databases contain publications specifically on Business, Education, Psychology and Philosophy.

Searching all All EBSCO Databases will give you the opportunity to search the EBSCO databases listed above and a few not listed such as Military and Government Collection, Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia and Primary Source.

Each database has extensive Help menus if you need assistance using the database. You may also come into the library and ask a librarian for assistance.

Go to the SBVC Reference Databases