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The most frequently-used databases
Popular fiction and nonfiction ebooks and audiobooks to read/listen to on your phone, tablet, browser, or Kindle e-reader. Materials can also be accessed directly through the Libby app. Download the app and search for Los Angeles Valley College.
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Covers the historically underrepresented realities of indigenous peoples in the United States. Reference content is organized by time period, with coverage spanning precontact America to modern native nations. Advanced search options make content also discoverable by region, state, or tribe, with applicable filters to refine by resource type. Provides both primary sources and expertly authored secondary sources. Topic-oriented scholarly essays address topics such as cultural appropriation, reparations, and international sovereignty from multiple perspectives.
This primary source news collection includes centuries of Asian American history, culture, and daily life—as well as the ways popular culture has portrayed and perceived people of Asian descent. Sourced from thousands of American and global news sources, coverage spans from the early 18th century to the modern era.
The Atlantic, founded in 1857, is an American magazine featuring articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. LACCD users will login with their LACCD credentials and will then be prompted to create an account on The Atlantic's website. Users may also download the Atlantic app from the App Store or Google Play Store. Once downloaded to your device, open the app and select “Sign In." Scroll down to “Sign in through your institution.” Find “Los Angeles Community College District” in the drop-down menu and sign in with your LACCD credentials.
Cross-disciplinary reference database containing millions of entries from notable subject encyclopedias, handbooks, guides, and readers. In addition to full-text content, this resource includes videos, animations, visual aids, images, photographs, and maps.
Digital streaming collection of full-length performances including Shakespearean plays, modern dramas, classical music, dance, musicals, opera, and adaptations of classic novels.
Collection of 2,000+ plays by the world's leading dramatists, both classic and contemporary. Includes titles from Bloomsbury’s imprints, Methuen Drama and The Arden Shakespeare, as well as Faber and Faber.
The TCG Books Play Collection offers 200 plays from TCG Books, the largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature in North America. TCG Books’ backlist consists of diverse voices in contemporary American theatre, including 18 winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The collection is exclusive to Drama Online.
Highlights the Chicano/a experience in the United States and the history and diversity of the community. The archive focuses on activists such as César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, and other leaders of the Chicano Movement, aka El Movimiento. It also highlights important organizations and movements, such as the United Farm Workers, efforts toward land reclamation, student movements against discrimination in education, and more.
Popular fiction and nonfiction ebooks and audiobooks to read/listen to on your phone, tablet, browser, or Kindle e-reader. Materials can also be accessed directly through the Libby app. Download the app and search for Los Angeles Valley College.
Coverage includes the expansion of world trade, the Industrial Revolution, and the development of modern capitalism. This collection follows the development of the modern western world through the lens of trade and wealth – the driving force behind many of the major historical events during the period (1450-1850). Users have access to rare books and primary source materials, many of which are the only known copy of the work.
Scholarly journals and ebooks in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of 350 scholarly and professional societies.
Covers the social, political, and economic forces that have shaped the experiences of Asian Americans in distinct historical eras, from the 16th century global migrations through the social and political developments in the 21st century. Includes scholarly perspectives on issues of enduring importance to the Asian American community and Asian Studies researchers and primary sources such as images, audio clips, documents, and video. Provides an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the historical and current experiences of persons of Asian ancestry in the United States, including coverage of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Island and indigenous groups.
Access primary and analytical law sources, including the full text of all federal and state U.S. cases. Coverage also includes news, trade publications, company information, and more.