Free Internet v. Library Databases
Free Internet | CSULB Library Databases |
Magazine and Journal Articles Publisher web sites may have freely searchable tables of contents Most full text access requires a subscription or individual article payment Some journals are available for free. Check peer-review process. |
Magazine and Journal Articles Library has 130+ databases on different subjects Library pays for access to electronically full text journals, magazines and newspapers Library technology can connect you to freely available journals No advertising or pop up advertising |
Newspapers "News" Search Engines available Must pay for access to older articles |
Newspapers Older editions of newspapers from across the U.S. and World Historic Newspapers on microfilm |
Audiovisual materials Good source of images, sound clips, video clips Often require a powerful computer and special software to access Slow downloads
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Audiovisual materials Collection of DVD's and Videos both academic and popular Collection of CD's, Tapes including speeches, classic books-on-tape, books-on-CD Databases with streaming audio and images
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Books Electronic access to historic books no longer covered by copyright (over 80 years old) |
Books Collection of electronic books including reference books, classical books and Information Technology books |