TheOxford English Dictionary(OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words past and presentfrom across the English-speaking world.
EBSCO provides access to your librarys e-book collection.eContentis the digital version of books you can access 24 hours a days, seven days a week.
Regarded as the most scholarly of encyclopedias, the Encyclopedia Britannica provides access to hundreds or scholarly articles in multiple categories and subjects.
Specialized academic and encyclopedic material: find academic articles and definitions. Excellent beginning resource. Find the Career Information Center here!
Salem E-books are electronic versions of print reference books held in the Merced College Library.
Redirect page for list of all EBSCO databases: CINAHL, Medline, Newsbank, Academic Search Premiere, Science Direct and Sport Discus are the most popular databases of the 32 that reside here.
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects - authoritative and comprehensive.
"Britannica Online" (5:17; video clip will automatically start at 1:01) is by Diablo Valley College Library
"An Introduction to Gale Ebooks" (5:15; video clip will automatically start at 2:11) is by PCC Library is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"Salem Press - Search Walk-Through" (2:52) by Lincoln Land Community College Library is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
"Introduction to the New EBSCOhost - Tutorial" (3:39) is by EBSCO Tutorials
This general EBSCO tutorial will work for most of the library's 30+ EBSCO databases. except EBSCO eBooks and Consumer Health Complete.
"Gale Academic OneFile Database Search" (4:13; video automatically starts at 55 seconds) by Sandburg Library is licensed under CC BY 3.0