A TO Z MAPS ONLINE *
AtoZ Maps Online.com's diverse holdings make it a valuable resource for students of all disciplines. The database includes outline maps, political maps, physical maps, thematic maps, climate change maps, environment maps, historic maps, hurricane maps, earthquake maps, volcano maps, fire maps, animal and plant species distribution maps, current event maps, geology maps, topographic maps, and weather maps.

ABI/INFORM TRADE AND INDUSTRY *
Access to over 750 business periodicals on trade and industry.

ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER -- EBSCO *
A multi-disciplinary database providing access to 4,500 journals, including full-text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.

ACLS HUMANITIES E-BOOKS - American Council of Learned Societies *
A digital collection of fully searchable high-quality peer-reviewed books on the Humanities.

AllDATA AUTOMOTIVE DATABASE **
Access to information on automotive: parts, diagnostic, and repairs for hundreds of makes and models.

ARTSTOR
Access to 300,000 digital images of visual material from different cultures and disciplines. If ArtSTOR is not working please upgrade you browser - ArtSTOR is no longer compatible with IE 6, Firefox 2.5, and Safari 2.5. *

ARXIVE
An open access repository of scientific literature sponsored by Cornell University.

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CINAHL FULL TEXT *
Access to more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals and full-text articles for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.

CLASSICAL MUSIC LIBRARY - ALEXANDER STREET *
Access to the world's largest collection of Classical music including: vocal and choral music, chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental opera and more from the earliest periods to present.

CQ RESEARCHER *
Original, comprehensive weekly reporting and analysis by seasoned journalists on health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Includes introductory overview, background and chronology, current assessment, tables, maps; pro/con statements, and bibliographies of key sources.

CHRONICLE CAMPUSWIDE *
Full text of the very latest issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education every Monday morning. Plus daily news updates, statistics, essays, grant listings, and unlimited, searchable access to every Chronicle published since 1999.

CULTUREGRAMS *
Access general information about the, U.S., countries and cultures from around the globe, including maps, statistics, societal trends, and even recipes.

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DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS - DOAJ
A collection of publicly available, peer-reviewed on a wide variety of topics.

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ebrary Electronic Books *
ebrary Electronic Books is a diverse collection of online scholarly books with nearly 43,000 titles and growing.

eLIBRARY *
A diverse collection of information on a variety of areas including: books, TV news transcripts, newspapers, maps, photograph collections and full-text articles from popular reference books.

EBSCO - ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER *
A multi-disciplinary database providing access to 4,500 journals, including full-text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.

EDUCATOR'S REFERENCE DESK
Access to educational resources previously available through AskERIC. Get more than 2000 lesson plans, links to online education information and a search interface to the ERIC database.

ERIC
Education Resources Information Resource Center (ERIC) provides free access to 1.2 million+ bibliographic records on education journal and articles. Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The five-volume Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by David Forsythe, offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries signed by leading scholars and human rights experts. The coverage includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.

In addition to providing original analytical articles on standard subjects such as the right to health and health care, Amnesty International, and the Balkan wars, the encyclopedia offers innovative coverage of such subjects as the Internet, intellectual property rights, the American Civil Rights Movement, globalization, and Brazil in historical context. Focusing primarily on developments since 1945, it offers an unrivaled reference for students and researchers seeking in-depth analysis of this globally important topic.

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GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY *
Access cross-searchable full-text reference books on a variety of subjects: "American Decades Primary Sources", "American Inaugurals: The Speeches, The Presidents, and Their Times", "Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America", "Encyclopedia of Science and Religion", "Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics", "Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa", "Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine", "Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders", "Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders" and "Terrorism Reference Library".

GOOGLE NEWS
Freely accessible and up-to-date news from all over the world.

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JAZZ MUSIC LIBRARY - ALEXANDER STREET *
Access to the largest and most comprehensive collection of Jazz including: Jazz artists, albums, sub-genres and record labels.

JSTOR*
Access full-text articles from over 400 peer-reviewed arts and sciences journals. JSTOR is an archival database and generally does not contain current issues – gaps range from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue to the back issues available in JSTOR.

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KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Serves the communities of King County outside of Seattle (though Seattle residents can borrow materials from KCLS, too!). 43 branches around the county help to make KCLS one of the highest circulating library systems in the country.

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MEDLINE - PUBMED
A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's, additional life science journals and links to many sites with full-text articles.

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NEW YORK TIMES HISTORICAL INDEX *
Access to the New York Times published between 1851 and 2003. For recent issues of the New York Times, try the ProQuest Newspapers.

NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH SOURCE *
"Provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 1,050 titles, with over 875 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,300 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields."

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OED - OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY *
The definitive source for information about words of the English language including: authoritative definitions, word origins and more.

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PROQUEST *
General purpose database with millions of newspaper and magazine articles on a wide range of topics.

PSYCARTICLES *
Access to 100,000 articles from peer-reviewed Psychology journals – managed by the American Psychological Association (APA).

PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE
An open access publisher of peer-reviewed medicine and biological science journals – everything is freely available to the public.

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SAFARI TECH BOOKS *
Safari Books Online is the premier on-demand digital library providing over 16734 technology, digital media, and business books and videos online to academic and library users.

SIRS *
"SIRS Researcher" is a general reference database that includes full-text articles on: Social, Scientific, Health, Historic, Economic, Political and Global Issues.

"SIRS Government Reporter" database includes full-text articles on: Health, Science, Economics, Environment, Politics, Foreign Affairs, Business, Industry and more.

"SIRS Renaissance Current Perspectives" database includes full-text articles on: Architecture, Design, Culture, Literature, Multimedia, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religion and Visual Arts.

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THE NATION DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Access 14 decades of America's best alternative journalism in ways never before possible. Call the SCC Reference Desk to get the user name/password.

THEATRE IN VIDEO *
Access more than 250 definitive play performances and 100 film documentaries totally more than 500 hours of streaming video and information on hundreds of playwrights, actors and directors.

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UNCTAD STATISTICAL DATABASES
United Nations Conference | Trade and Development (UNCTAD) database includes statistical information on international: commodities, foreign investment, trade and development.

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VERSUS LAW *
Access to archive and current opinions from: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, Federal District Courts (current only), State Appellate Court, Tribal Courts, Foreign Courts, archive and current Federal District Court opinions, selected State Statutes and Regs, and other State Content.

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WASHINGTON STATE NEWSTAND *
Full-text coverage of major Washington newspapers including the daily newspapers from Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Vancouver, plus selected coverage of other regional sources.

WOIS CAREER INFORMATION *
WOIS is a private, nonprofit organization that researches and distributes information about Washington careers, schools and training programs.

WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS *
Women and Social Movements features the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.

WORLDCAT
Search every Library catalog and find out which Library closest to you has the item you are looking for.

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