Usernames and passwords are available in the NHS Library.
For some databases you will only need to be logged into eTUSD.
General Reference Tools
 Password needed if you are not on campus. Password available in NHS Library.
Password needed if you are not on campus. Password available in NHS Library.
An ENCYCLOPEDIA provides information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
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A DICTIONARY lists words and their meanings.
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A THESAURUS lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts.
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Academic Research Databases
Research database organized by complex, trending pro/con issues
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Open Access Search Tools
Online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals |
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Scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources |
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Public Data and Statistics
U.S. Government
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United Nations
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U.S. Department of Education
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Pew Research Methods 101
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Primary Source Documents and Analysis
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Current and Historical News Sources
Current US Daily Newspapers |
Historical Newspapers |
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Los Angeles Times,
New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post (1980-current 
Headline News from a Range of Political Perspectives
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Los Angeles Times (1881-1994)
New York Times (1851-2014), Chicago Tribune (1849-1994), Wall Street Journal )1889-2000), Washington Post (1877-2001) 
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Want a global perspective?
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SCANNED NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
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Critical Insights into Literature
Themes
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Authors
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Works
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People. The World. You.
History and Culture by the Decades
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Primary Sources--
photos, maps, manuscripts, historic newspapers, more
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Search Engines and Directories
The "Big Four" Search Engines
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Other Search Engines
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Every Web site in Sweet Search has been evaluated by research experts. |
Automatic categorization software. The results of a keyword search are clustered by category called clouds. |
iSEEK Education is a targeted search engine for students, teachers, administrators, and caregivers. |
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A Yahoo-powered search engine that donates money to your favorite charity or school each time you search the web. You must be signed-in to earn revenue for your chosen cause. |
Gigablast is one of a handful of search engines in the United States that maintains its own searchable index of over a billion pages. |
Meta search engine. Each search engine has its own method of searching and each will return different results. Dogpile looks at all of them, decides which are most relevant to your search, eliminates duplicates and reveals them to you. |
Search Inside Books Online
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Ebooks and Audiobooks
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Authoritative ebooks at your fingertips
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Fact Checking? Try These . . .
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Web Links by Subject
American South in the 1930s
Greek Mythology
World War I
Career Research
Poetry
Spanish-Language Resources
More coming soon!
Local Public and Academic Libraries
Torrance Public Library
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Inglewood Public Library
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Palos Verdes Library District
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Los Angeles County Public Library
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Do you have a Public Library card?
You can use the public library Research Databases too!
El Camino College Library
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Los Angeles Harbor College Library
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CSU Dominguez Hills Library
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CSU, Long Beach Library
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UCLA Library
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