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The following online resources augment the collections of the California State Library. These resources are available to California state government officials and employees and to all visitors in our reading rooms. Please check our Internet Links for additional online resources.
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Newspaper Articles
America's Newspapers (NewsBank) (Details)
Ethnic NewsWatch (Details)
Los Angeles Times 1985 to current date (Details)
Los Angeles Times Historic 1881 to 1984 (Details)
Wall Street Journal (Details)
Journal and Magazine Articles
Academic Search Complete (multi-subject scholarly journals) (Details)
Business Source Complete (business journals and news) (Details)
Education Research Complete (education research journals) (Details)
Environment Complete (environment journals) (Details)
ERIC (educational resources)(Details)
Health Source:Nursing/Academic (nursing and allied health journals) (Details)
MasterFILE (general interest and consumer journals) (Details)
Medline with Full Text (medical journals via Ebsco) (Details)
NCJRS Abstracts Database (criminal justice and substance abuse) (Details)
PubMed (medical articles) (Details)
Regional Business News (U.S. metro and rural business news) (Details)
SocIndex (sociological journals) (Details)
E-Books
Psychology and Mental Health E-Book Collection (Details)
Safari Tech Books Online (Details)
Genealogy
Ancestry Library Edition (U.S. and U.K. historical resources) (Details)
Heritage Quest Online (family and local history resources) (Details)
Directories
BUSINESS
Business Source Complete (journal articles and news) (Details)
Mergent Online Manuals (corporate data) (Details)
Regional Business News (U.S. metro and rural news) (Details)
Wall Street Journal (Details)
Government
American State Papers, 1789 to 1838 (Details)
EIS Digests of Environmental Impact Statements (Details)
Index to Current Urban Documents (Details)
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817 to 1980 (Details)
Research Reports
California Research Bureau Reports (Details)
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers (Details)
PolicyArchive (Details)
RAND Research Reports (Details)
Laws and Regulations
California Library Laws
California Ballot Propositions (1911 – present) (Details)
California Bills, Assembly Journals, Histories and Indexes, and Statutes (1849 - present)
California Code of Regulations
California Legislative Information (Codes, Bills)
GPO Access (Includes Federal Register, Congressional Bills, Congressional Record)
HeinOnline (legal journals and collections) (Details)
LegalTrac (index to law review articles and federal and state cases) (Details)
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) (Details)
THOMAS (Federal legislative information, committee information, Congressional Record)
Statistics
California Statistical Abstract (California Department of Finance)
RAND California (economic and public policy statistics) (Details)
STAT-USA (business, economics and trade) (Details)
Statistical Abstracts (United States Bureau of the Census)
UNdata (United Nations) (Details)
Technology Resources
Library Catalogs
California State Library Catalogs (books, journals, reports, videos, images, etc. in the library's collections)
California Libraries Catalog (libraries throughout California)
Melvyl Catalog (Univ. of Calif. libraries and the State Library) (Details)
WorldCat.org (materials in libraries worldwide)
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Detailed Descriptions
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Academic Search Complete is a multi-discipline, full text database covering nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
American State Papers, 1789 to 1838 (NewsBank/Readex)
The Archive of Americana's American State Papers database contains the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838.
America's Newspapers (NewsBank)
The America's Newspapers database provides access to full-text articles from over 550 newspapers throughout the United States, including over 100 California titles.
Ancestry Library Edition (ProQuest)
Ancestry Library Edition contains approximately 4,000 databases for genealogical and historical research. Key collections include U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930, New York and San Francisco passenger lists, World War I draft registration cards, World War II service records, the Social Security Death Index, UK census records from 1861-1901, historical maps, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage volumes, the Dawes Commission Index and the Federal Writers’ Project Slave Narratives. (Limited to onsite use at the California State Library in Sacramento and the Sutro Library in San Francisco.)
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Business Source Complete contains full text journals in all business disciplines. Non-journal content includes company profiles, financial data, industry reports, market research reports and Morningstar reports.
California Ballot Propositions (University of California, Hastings College of the Law)
The California Ballot Initiatives Database is a comprehensive, searchable source of information on California ballot initiatives from 1911 to the present. The database contains the full text of the initiatives, accompanying material relating to their filing and qualification, related legal and legislative history, and digital images of pertinent documents.
California Research Bureau Reports
The California Research Bureau (CRB) provides nonpartisan research services to the Governor and his staff, to both houses of the legislature, and to other state elected officials. These services include preparation of reports on current policy issues, which might cover topics such as the history of the issue, experiences and proposals in other states, case studies and examples, data analysis, and development of legislative proposals.
Education Research Complete (EBSCO)
Education Research Complete offers full text journals, books and conference papers covering all areas of education from early childhood to higher education, as well as curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, professional development and related social issues.
EIS Digests of Environmental Impact Statements (ProQuest-CSA)
EIS Digests of Environmental Impact Statements abstracts and indexes the hundreds of environmental impact statements issued by the U.S. federal government each year. (Limited to onsite use at the California State Library in Sacramento.)
Environment Complete offers full text coverage for over 400 journals and 100 books in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts and urban planning.
ERIC: Education Resources Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. The California State Library owns most titles listed in the Education Resources Information Center database that have an ED number.
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest-CSA)
Ethnic NewsWatch provides full text access to 240 state, national and international newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Written from the perspectives of African-American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, Arab, Jewish and European-American cultures, articles in Ethnic NewsWatch provide news analysis and commentary as well as points-of-view not covered in the mainstream media.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Hein Online is a searchable digital library of full-text collections of legal journals, texts, cases, statutes, regulations, presidential materials, treaties, as well as international and foreign legal journals, cases and materials. Content is in the original page-image (PDF) format, ensuring the authenticity of the original hardcopy document. (Limited to onsite use at the California State Library in Sacramento and the Sutro Library in San Francisco.)
HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest)
HeritageQuest Online is a collection of over 20,000 family and local history book titles and more than 250 primary source historical documents such as tax lists, city directories, church records and probate records dating back to the 1700s. HertageQuest Online includes searchable images of U.S. federal census records from 1790 to 1930.
Index to Current Urban Documents (Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.)
The California State Library's subscription to the Index to Current Urban Documents is a guide to the reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries and planning agencies in selected California cities. ICUD includes a fully searchable index with full text documents available as PDF files. (Limited to onsite use at the California State Library in Sacramento and the Sutro Library in San Francisco.)
Leadership Library on the Internet (Leadership Directories, Inc.)
Leadership Library on the Internet is the online version of the Leadership Directories, Inc. Yellow Book series. Contact and biographical information is listed for officials, executives and professionals in U.S. federal and state government, corporate, media, legal, nonprofit and foreign representative organizations.
Use this database to find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers on federal and state cases, laws and government regulations, legal practice, and legal subjects such as taxation and international law. British Commonwealth and European Union cases and law are also included.
Los Angeles Times 1985 to present (ProQuest-CSA)
The Los Angeles Times is the nation's largest metropolitan daily newspaper and the major daily newspaper from California. With the nation's largest editorial department, the Los Angeles Times offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news from 1985 to the present.
Los Angeles Times Historic 1881 - 1984 (ProQuest-CSA)
The Historic Los Angeles Times is a full-image archive of the nation's largest metropolitan daily. Every page of every issue from 1881 to 1984 cover to cover, including news stories, letters to the editor, editorials, obituaries, opinion polls, photos and maps in downloadable PDF format is available.
MasterFILE Premier contains full text and abstracted journal articles on a broad range of topics including general interest, business, health, consumer and multi-cultural issues.
Medline with Full Text (EBSCO)
Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search for journal articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and health care. The complete text is provided for nearly 1,200 journals indexed in MEDLINE.
Melvyl Catalog (University of California)
The Melvyl Catalog contains records of UC's books, periodicals, serials, as well as records of other materials such as maps, videos and sound recordings. The Melvyl Catalog also includes holdings of the California State Library, the California Academy of Sciences, the California Historical Society, the Center for Research Libraries, and the Graduate Theological Union.
Mergent Online Manuals via the Mergent WebReports™ interface provides access to corporate history, business descriptions and detailed financial statements, for every Mergent (formerly Moody’s) Manual published: Industrial Manual since 1920, OTC Unlisted Manual since 1986, Public Utility Manual since 1914, International Manual since 1981, OTC Industrial Manual since 1970, Bank & Finance Manual since 1928 and the Transportation Manual since 1909.
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers
The National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works by disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
NCSL assembles information from home pages and websites of the fifty state legislatures, District of Columbia, and Territories. View website content such as bills, press releases, and statutes from all states, one state, or a selected list of states.
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 160,000 criminal justice publications.
PolicyArchive (Center for Governmental Studies)
PolicyArchive is an open-access, digital archive of non-partisan public policy research. It houses summaries and full text reports from think tanks, universities, government agencies, and foundations. PolicyArchive is a project of the non-profit Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) in partnership with the Indianapolis University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library and support from major U.S. charitable foundations.
Psychology and Mental Health E-Book Collection (NetLibrary)
NetLibrary’s Psychology and Mental Health E-Book Collection provides access to the electronic versions of over 350 titles from publishers such as Jessica Kingsley, Cambridge University Press and Taylor and Francis/Routledge. This collection covers all aspects of psychology and mental health, including alcohol and drug abuse, child and adolescent development, community mental health, consumer behavior, counseling, geriatric psychiatry, family interpersonal relations, mental disorders and organizational behavior.
PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
RAND California is an on-line service on California and U.S. public policy issues with an emphasis on statistics. The Rand areas of expertise include child policy, civil and criminal justice, education, environment and energy, health, international policy, labor markets, national security, population and regional studies, science and technology, social welfare and transportation.
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis of critical social and economic issues such as education, poverty, crime, and the environment, as well as a range of national security issues. RAND utilizes a variety of documents to communicate and disseminate the results of its research in order to better meet the needs of policymakers and decisionmakers, researchers, and the general public.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Safari Tech Books Online (ProQuest)
Safari Tech Books Online provides access to the electronic versions of thousands of books from industry-leading technical publishers such as O'Reilly & Associates, Addison-Wesley Professional, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Peachpit Press, Sun Microsystems Press, Que, Sams and Microsoft Press. This collection covers a wide range of topics, including E-Commerce, IT Management, Markup Languages, Networking, Operating Systems, Programming, Security and Web Design, to help with virtually any programming or technical issue.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
SocINDEX with Full Text provides coverage of journals, books and conference papers in all aspects of sociological study including anthropology, criminology, demography, ethnic studies, politics, social work and substance abuse. In addition, SocINDEX with Full Text features over 10,000 author profiles covering the most cited authors in the database.
STAT-USA (United States Department of Commerce)
STAT-USA is the site for the U.S. business, economic, and trade communities. Find authoritative current and historical economic and financial data. Browse trade-related releases, international market research or country analysis. (Limited to onsite use at the California State Library in Sacramento.)
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817 to 1980 (NewsBank/Readex)
The Archive of Americana's U.S. Congressional Serial Set contains reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives during the period 1817 to 1980.
UNdata, produced by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), includes global statistical data on a variety of topics including agriculture, education, employment, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, population, refugees, trade and tourism.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest-CSA)
The The Wall Street Journal is considered the preeminent publication for business news and information on financial markets worldwide. The electronic edition of the Wall Street Journal is popular in a variety of research environments because users can quickly access not only top news stories about companies, people and products, but also detailed information from all the paper's sections including editorials, letters to the editor, stock and bond prices and currency exchange rates from 1984 to present.