SDCC Library: Geography: Articles and Videos

Articles and Videos

Why Use Articles?

Use articles to find current information on your topic.
Article databases are collections of published articles.
Some articles come from back issues of periodicals, others are written by staff writers supporting an information resource (similar to an encyclopedia).

Choosing Search Terms

Not getting what you want? See Develop a topic and Find books & articles via databases

Recommended Article and Video Databases

Here are some suggested databases (article collections) that you can search using keywords or terms for your topic.

If you are off-campus, you will need to type in your CSID number and last name.

Access Science
(McGraw-Hill) Over 8,500 online articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 10th edition. Full-text articles, definitions, images, and biographies on science topics from A-Z.
GreenFILE
(EBSCO) Articles on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Includes scholarly, government and general-interest titles. Some full text.
JSTOR
(JSTOR) JSTOR Arts & Sciences collections I, II, III, VI and VII includes archived scholarly full-text articles covering topics such as archaeology, classics, ecology, economics, history, mathematics, political science, sociology, and statistics. Also covers African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies. JSTOR Life Sciences collection includes topics such as aquatic science, botany, developmental & cell biology, ecology, paleontology, and zoology. Also covers medicine, nursing, epidemiology, and public health. Note: "archived" means this database excludes the most recent years of these journals, but usually has the complete run of each title from volume 1 onwards.
Science Full Text Select
(EBSCO) Science articles from acoustics to zoology. Includes peer-reviewed/scholarly search option.
Complete list of our databases
Films on Demand
(Infobase Learning) Streaming video collection of over 38,500 full-length videos and 310,000+ video clips on a variety of subject areas. Captioning available *except* for non-English-language videos and videos without dialogue. Note that recently-added videos may take up to 3 weeks to get captioned.).

Find a Particular Journal or Magazine Title

Does the library subscribe to Cosmopolitan or Vogue? Use the Journal Finder to help you find specific journals or magazines.

Online Magazines and Their Print Versions

Here are a few online magazines. When the library reopens, you can browse print magazines for ideas and trends. Here are a few titles also in the Display Area near the Circulation Desk.

National Geographic
Also in print.
Science News
Also in print
Scientific American
Also in print.

Off-campus Access

To get access to library resources from off-campus:

Students: When you click on a database/ebook link, you will be prompted for your CSID number and last name. Type it exactly the way you registered. You must be taking at least one City College class and have paid your tuition and fees. Problems? email citylib@sdccd.edu.
Staff: You are not automatically added to the system. To request a login, or if you are having problems, email citylib@sdccd.edu.
Faculty: If you are currently teaching, you are automatically added to the system. If you aren’t, or you are having problems, email citylib@sdccd.edu.

Common issues:

Some databases require that your browser be set to accept all cookies.
Security software may interfere with a database's user authentication protocol. You may have to temporarily disable it in order to connect to a database.