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| Periodical indexes allow you to search for articles by subject, author, title and more. These databases vary in the type of resources they offer (journals, magazines or newspapers) or a subject area they emphasize (general, education, medicine). All of the databases support Boolean searching (see our handout on Boolean searching). Our QuickTips web page has additional search techniques and strategies. |
Index, with abstracts and full-text; 
Index, with abstracts and SOME full-text; 
Index with abstracts ONLY.Consult the Pierce College Periodicals List to see if the library has access to a specific title either in print or electronic format. (Previous list)
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| Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHOST) Broad subject coverage, including both scholarly and popular periodicals for thousands of titles. Can limit to peer-reviewed journals. (off-campus access restricted to Pierce College users only) |
ProQuestDirect Broad subject coverage with thousands of articles from newspapers, journals and magazines. Has several "sub-databases" to choose from, including the "Washington State Newsstand" for the major Washington papers.(off-campus access restricted to Pierce College users only) |
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| Alt Press Watch Alt-PressWatch is a full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from the alternative and independent press. This interdisciplinary resource of over 170 titles provides a variety of viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream media. (off-campus access restricted to Pierce College users only) |
EthnicNewsWatch (Web Access) This web version of Ethnic NewsWatch contains the full-text of about 140 national and local magazines and newspapers from ethnic communities across the U.S. from 1985 to the present.(off-campus access restricted to Pierce College users only) | |
| CQ Researcher CQ Researcher reports offer in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.(off-campus access restricted to Pierce College users only) |
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| CINAHL Provides indexing and abstracts for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and other publications dating back to 1982. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Full text material includes 60 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, clinical trials. |
PubMed An interface to MEDLINE, a database of citations and abstracts in over 4,000 journals on medicine, veterinary science, dentistry, nursing and other health sciences fields. |
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| ERIC Provides citations and abstracts from over 750 education journals and related documents from the Educational Resource InformationCenter and educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967.(off-campus access restricted to Pierce College users only) |
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| Newspapers | ||
| New York Times A Full-text newspaper that provides comprehensive coverage of national and international events. The New York Times is also well indexed in the ProQuest. (Available on campus only.) |
Seattle Times A Full-text newspaper that provides local, regional,and international news. Can also be searched in ProQuest using the Washington State Newstand Database. (Available on campus only.) |
Tacoma News Tribune Local newspaper website. Can also be searched in ProQuest using the Washington State Newstand Database. |
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