The LPC Learning Resource Center, or library, is an excellent resource for your online research activities. Some of the more popular links from the library site are listed below. Note:
You can obtain off-campus login information to these databases from your instructor.

• EBSCOhost: indexes and summarizes 2,700 periodicals, and includes the full-text for 1,800 of them, providing easy access to articles from hundreds of magazines, journals and other sources. Subjects covered include business, health, multicultural issues, science, and general topics.
• SIRS Researcher: provides thousands of full-text articles on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political, and global issues. Articles are carefully selected from approximately 1,500 newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Graphics, including charts, maps, diagrams and drawings, are available for many of the articles.
• CountryWatch: A political, economic, and business information country database.
• NewsBank: Full-text articles from Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post.
• RAND California: Comprehensive California statistics and reports.
• Brittanica.com: Free public access to the Encyclopædia Britannica.
• LPC Library Works Cited: Citation examples listed will assist you in citing sources for your research.
• Searching on the Internet: This interactive lesson is intended to teach you the basics of Internet searching. During the lesson, not only will you learn general information about various ways of searching, but you will also learn about searching techniques and evaluating resources. In addition, this lesson will simulate searches to give you a feel for how they work. To complete this lesson, you will need Netscape Navigator 4.06 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Patch 1 or later.

In addition, listed below are some other popular research tools on the Internet:

• Digital Librarian
• Infomine
• Internet Public Library

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