Library Resources - Assignment | Argumentative Project (Okai) - Research Guides at Lone Star College

Accessing the Databases

Access online library materials through the library databases!

To access the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your LSC email/password or your 14-digit library barcode.

Discovery Search Search (nearly) all the library collections from one place, including articles, books and e-books, videos, and more.
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You can search without signing in, but once you click to access something, you'll be prompted to use your library barcode number or your LSC username/password.
A-Z Database List Sort & filter by subject and content types to find the specific collection you need.

PowerNotes

PowerNotes is a research manager that works on anything you can open in your browser. Save and organize quotes as you research so you've got an outline ready to go. The built-in citation tool can export a bibliography.

Get Started with PowerNotes

PowerNotes Guide Learn how to make your account and start using PowerNotes. (Available for LSC-UP students and employees.)
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Search (Almost) EVERYTHING

That big search box will find paper books, e-books, online news articles, journal articles, and more -- almost the entirety of the library collection!

That can be a little overwhelming, though.

If you find that you just can't get your search results limited enough...

... or you know you really just want an e-book, or an overview of your topic, without jumping through hoops...

... try searching just one library database at a time with the suggestions below.

Research Starters | E-Books | Journal Articles | News Articles

Research Starters

These collections will give you topic overviews, histories, and viewpoint articles to help you explore the opposition!

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
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Provides topic overviews as well as collects a variety of sources, including statistics, reference materials, journal articles, news articles, images, and audio broadcasts.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
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Full-text, balanced, comprehensive journalistic reports and analysis of current and controversial issues of the day.
Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new window
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Full-text articles from different points of view on important issues in today's news, plus statistics, images, related court cases, and more.

E-Books

No, you're not reading these cover-to-cover. Use the hyperlinked Tables of Contents and "search inside" features to jump to the most relevant parts.

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
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Over 100,000 e-book titles covering a full range of academic topics. General reference works are also included.
EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
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Search complete e-books. Read in browser, or create an account to download books to various devices.

Journal Articles

This box is a little tricky (for your librarian, I mean) because the topics are so varied. I'm pulling out some favorites here, but you can explore more in the A-Z List, which has filters for subjects and content types to help you find more.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Multi-disciplinary database; full text of articles from over 5,300 journals, magazines and newspapers, plus image collections.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Complete historical full text of all issues of peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of humanities and social science fields. (pronounced jay-store)
Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research.
Search all Gale databases at once with Gale PowerSearch.

SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text from an international collection of scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.
Includes the Natural Science Collection, Science Collection, and Technology Collection
Environmental Studies (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
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Interdisciplinary database that offers content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues like global warming, food safety, health care, economic development, and more.
Search all Gale databases at once with Gale PowerSearch.
Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text from a variety of medical, nursing and allied health sources: journals, reference books, pamphlets.
Consumer Health Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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This database includes journals and magazines covering an enormous range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.
Can also be searched as part of ProQuest Health Research Premium Collection.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Complete historical full text of all issues of peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of humanities and social science fields. (pronounced jay-store)
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text from over 500 journals for communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields such as media studies, linguistics, and rhetoric.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Nearly 575 full-text publications, including some 550 peer-reviewed journals, in psychiatry, psychology, and related fields.
Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Find timely and historically relevant content on issues that influence women’s lives across the globe, including civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.
Search all Gale databases at once with Gale PowerSearch.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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Full text of 285 journals in literature, history, international/cultural studies, and other fields within the humanities and social sciences.

Governments are made up of people, so the Society & People tab is also useful for topics like hate speech, racial profiling, etc.

Criminal Justice (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more.
Search all Gale databases at once with Gale PowerSearch.
Military & Government Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text journal articles and magazines on military and political topics, plus books, reports, government documents, etc.
Military Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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The Military Database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. Included are scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.
Also searchable as part of the ProQuest SciTech Premium Collection

News Articles

If you can't get around paywalls locating this type of source through Google, pop into these databases.

US Major Dailies (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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US Major Dailies provides access to The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8 a.m. each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Over 30 million digital pages of newspapers dating back to the 18th century, including some international newspapers.
New York Times: Create an Account This link opens in a new window
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Find both news and reviews as well as access to historical NY Times issues dating back to 1851.

First time user: To get access, you need to first register for an NYT account.
1. Click the link. You will have to enter your LSC library barcode.
2. Select Create Account and complete registration fields. Use your LSC email address!
3. Once you have an account, you may access NYTimes.com and NYT mobile apps like any subscriber, or go through this link but select "log in."

Note: Site passes will expire after 365 days. To renew, you will have to activate a new pass by repeating this process.

If Google Chrome shows a warning about this link, hit Ignore. You must use the proxy to get the special access.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Multi-disciplinary database; full text of articles from over 5,300 journals, magazines and newspapers, plus image collections.

Assignment | Argumentative Project (Okai): Library Resources

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Accessing the Databases

PowerNotes

Search (Almost) EVERYTHING

Research Starters

E-Books

Journal Articles

News Articles

Knowledge Check: Evaluating Sources