Background Information / Reference Databases
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases and reference handbooks covering all major disciplines. Also included are short reference videos and images.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowA collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference volumes for multidisciplinary research
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eResources for Informative Speeches
The Moorpark College Library subscribes to a variety of databases which include content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference eBooks and other materials. We recommend using the following general research databases for your informative speeches.
- EBSCO Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
- Elsevier Science Direct; College Edition This link opens in a new windowMore than 2450 journal articles and 11,000 books covering the areas of health and life sciences, physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences
- Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowA database of peer-reviewed articles from nearly 13,000 academic journals in a broad range of subjects. Coverage begins in 1980.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowThis database provides access to information on topics in law and legal research, companies and business, and health and medicine. News information is updated daily and wire services are updated several times daily.
- ProQuest US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowNewspapers, newswires, blogs, and news with exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatistical information, both qualitative and quantitative, on more than 80,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources such as market research reports, scientific journals, and government databases.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary resource featuring a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across the top 150 subject areas.
