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Trade, Industry-focused information - journal articles, market reports, industry reports and news

Academic OneFile is an extensive database of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines. Over 9,000 full-text periodicals.

A scholarly, full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Covers virtually every academic subject. 

Academic Video Online (AVON) delivers more than 66,000 video titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, history, business, counseling, dance, ethnic studies, gay and lesbian studies, film, opera, religion, theatre, and more. AVON includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. The database contains award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners. Publishers include A&E, Bullfrog Films, HISTORY®, Sony Pictures Classics collection with 274 feature films, BroadwayHD™, 60 Minutes, PBS, BBC, Milestone Films and more.

Comprising over 11,000 news sources from around the world, this collection features The Seattle Times, 134 sources from Washington State alone, plus content from all 50 U.S. states, and over 170 countries and regions. The vast majority of sources are in English but at least 10 other languages are represented.

Serves as the catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library including access to journal citations.

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. the database covers dates back to 1970 and includes more than 4.8 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.

"AHFS Consumer Medication Information is a trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers and has been a Top Ten Award Winner in the Department of Health and Human Services National Consumer Education Materials Contest. This content is updated monthly."

Full text database of around 200 alternative and independent press publications.

Alt HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness including full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. This unique database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990.

The AAS Historical Periodicals Collection contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1693 to 1877.

Full text articles from more than 100 APA (American Psychological Association) journals.

Digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.

More than 970 full-text journals and 25 full-text books covering areas like Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Fire Science, Law Enforcement, Veterinary Assisting, and more.

Biography In Context is database covering the world's most influential people. It allows users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

More than 436,000 full-text biographies from sources like Biography Today, Salem Press, Oxford University Press, Biography, and Columbia University Press.

Open access publisher of  a number of medical and biological journals.

More than 100 full-text journals covering a broad range of disciplines, including medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and pre-clinical sciences.

Book Review Index contains over 630,000 full-text, book reviews from thousands of publications.

Business Insights: Global is a source for international business intelligence offering case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries.

Business Source Complete is a comprehensive scholarly database covering all disciplines in business including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. It contains nearly 2,000 peer-reviewed journals, company profiles, case studies, industry reports, SWOT analyses, trade journals and more.

Career Coach provides the most current local data on wages, employment, job postings, and associated education and training.

Chilton Library represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. It gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.

The electronic version of the monthly journal, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.  It reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education.

The Chronicle is the essential source for "news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators."

Access to America's historic newspapers. Search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922.

The Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

CINAHL® (Comprehensive nursing & allied health resource) Complete is the world’s most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. CINAHL®Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing & allied health literature.

Database of over 70,000 digital college catalogs.

Computer Source covers current trends in high technology. It offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. Also searches Academic Search Complete at the same time.

Full-text from more than 500 journals & magazines, nearly 2,650 full-text evidence based health reports, about 500 images & diagrams, and more than 240 animations.

Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI), a multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. Contemporary Women's Issues includes English-language titles from East and West Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, the Caribbean, North America and Europe. Contemporary Women's Issues compiles into a single collection, often overlooked and hard-to-find newsletters and NGO research reports to which most libraries do not subscribe, plus ephemeral literature from leading research institutes and grass roots organizations that is rarely indexed or cataloged.

The single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues.

Offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date reports over 200 countries of the world and the 50 States.  Culture Grams go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.  It also offers a children's edition.

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Collection of journals that explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.

Free DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) practice driving tests for learner drivers. Read aloud toolbar (in the footer of every page) includes tools that will allow users to hear selections read aloud, make them into MP3s, translate pages into other languages, magnify text, and mask sections of the screen for greater visibility.

Ebook Academic provides access to over 180,000+ eBook titles that represent a broad range of academic subjects. Clinical collection contains over 3600+ titles for clinical professionals and students in medical disciplines. For help using Ebooks,see Ebsco Ebook Libguide with Video Tutorials

Comprehensive search of all Ebsco databases including Academic Search Complete as well as other general and subject databases on a wide range of topics.

Educator's Reference Complete provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education. The database includes content in key subject areas including administration, bilingual education, child development and psychology, funding, health education, technology, and testing. The majority of the 800 full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database.

A gateway to a wide variety of sources including TV and radio transcripts, magazine articles, reference books, newspapers, maps, pictures, audio and video clips. Contains more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts

The Encyclopedia of Social Work is a continuously updated online collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP). Contains over 400 overview articles on key topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards.

Environmental Studies & Policy (Gale OneFile:) is a digital resource that answers inquiries about environmental concerns with coverage of more than 5.4 million articles from more than 300 journals and book reference content from Delmar, including Soil, Science, and Management; Introduction to Agronomy; Food, Crops, & Environment; Fundamental Soil Science; and more.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is the major index for educational journals and documents.  Interlibrary loan is available for journals and documents that HC library does not own.  Ask a librarian for assistance.

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Interlibrary loan is available for journals and documents that HC library does not own. Ask a librarian for assistance.

A full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States.

"ProQuest Family Health covers an enormous range of subjects from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry." It includes Intelecomm videos that are downloadable.

Choose from more than 26,000 educational streaming videos in dozens of subject areas.

Fuente Académica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology.

"Gale Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across Highline College library's literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews. It is the cross-searching platform for all Gale literature databases and will help users uncover content not easily found by searching individually."

Access to a collection of over 60 electronic encyclopedias on a variety of topics including business, law, history, medicine, science and many other subjects. Find more electronic encyclopedias by accessing King County Library System version of Gale Virtual Reference Library .

Log in - Scroll down to the Alphabet - Click on "G" - Choose Gale Virtual Reference Library. Find more electronic encyclopedias by accessing King County Library System version of Gale.Virtual Reference Library.

Gale World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean provides a portal with access to reference, periodicals, multimedia, reports, studies, journals, newspapers, and statistical data. An archive of digitized primary documents focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean back to the early 1800s through the contemporary period sourced from collections in the U.S. and abroad. The archive and portal serve as both integrated and standalone resources.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music also known as Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Browse and search hundreds of articles about the music of every continent. Includes the entire set of ten print volumes, 300 audio recordings, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world. The database appeals to broad audience—with rich content that brings a new dimension to the study of history, sociology, diversity, cultural anthropology, and other disciplines.

Offers access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family, and marital issues, LGBTQ community, and more. A sub-set of Academic OneFile.

General OneFile is Gale's largest general-interest database with more than 8,000 titles

A database designed to support global awareness. Authoritative content empowers learners to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world. Target audience are middle and high school students.

Google Books is a tool for searching the full text of books. If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given us permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy.

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Only some of the articles are available in full text. Interlibrary loan is available for journals and documents that HC library does not own. Ask a librarian for assistance.

GPO FDsys (Federal Digital System) is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems,health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia.

Health & Wellness Resource Center offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, and more.

Health Reference Center Academic provides access to medical and professional periodicals, health and fitness magazines, and reference books and pamphlets. The database is designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It also features the AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

U.S. and world history from sources like History Today, Archaeology, Civil War Times, nearly 2,000 full-text reference and non-fiction books, over 56,000 historical documents, and 80+ hours of historical video

"History Study Center is an online resource providing a vast collection of digitized primary and secondary sources for the study of history. "

Part of Westlaw, Hoovers "contains the most recent profile report available from Hoover's for more than 41,000 public and private companies (approximately 29,000 U.S. companies and 12,000 non-U.S. companies; 13,000 public and 21,000 private)."

The database covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope. More than 1.17 million records dating back to 1938 covering more than 800 publications. This is a citation only database. Contact a librarian to find the full-text.

Access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural, and economic aspects of travel and tourism. Sub-set of Academic OneFile.

Informe Académico proporciona acceso a periódicos y revistas especializadas de lengua española y portuguesa. La base de datos ofrece una amplia gama de contenidos sobre América Latina. Informe Académico provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines. The database offers a wide range of content both from and about Latin America.

JoVE Science Education is a video library dedicated to teaching scientific fundamentals through simple, easy-to-understand video demonstrations.

Academic research articles in a range of disciplines including: economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences.  Arts and Sciences Collection II covers archaeology, classics, and African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies.

Kanopy is a streaming video service, and some of the titles are available to Highline. It includes titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, and more. If a title is not available, please fill out the online request form. Find more videos King County Library System version of Kanopy

Access to full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals.

More than 250 full-text publications and reference books from sources like NOLO Press and the American Bar Assn, state specific legal forms and a user-friendly interface.

LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database alsoincludes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.

Designed for public libraries, MasterFILE Premier provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals dating as far back as 1975. It also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.

Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Ultra School Edition contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. It also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

Search medical databases in Ebsco including MEDLINE (Pub Med). It provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, it uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.

MedicLatina is a unique collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This Spanish language database contains full text for 130 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.

From the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.

Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated; also provides information about prognosis. Provided free of charge on the Internet by Merck & Co., Inc., as a public service on a non-profit basis.' (from publisher)

Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. It also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, the database provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

News in Westlaw contains newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, government press releases, and transcripts of television and radio shows and congressional testimony. It includes news from other countries, national, and state sources.

Provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

Offers full-text and full-image articles for the New York Times newspaper dating back to 1851 up to 2009.

An annual government publication that provides information on a wide variety of careers

One Search is a search tool for the library's collection of books, journals, articles, videos, sound recordings, digital images and more. An excellent place to start your research.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics and more.

The Encyclopedia of Social Work is a continuously updated online collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP). Contains over 400 overview articles on key topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards.

Coverage of 450 topics and growing with point/counterpoint essays and full-text from political magazines like The Nation, The New Republic, Congressional Digest, Human Events, National Review and more to cover the full spectrum of opinion. Also content from leading newspapers, radio & TV transcripts, primary source documents, and more.

Primary Search, designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children’s rooms, contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).

ProCon.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity that has no government affiliations of any kind. Our purpose is to provide resources for critical thinking and to educate without bias. Free website.

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a comprehensive collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

ProQuest contains full-text articles from over 5,000 magazines, journals, and newspapers.  It is a collection of databases including Research Library, Family Health, ABI/Inform Trade & Industry, and U.S. Newsstream.

A collection of resources for the study of literature in K-12 schools.

"Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals."

The Public Library of Science is a collection of open-access peer-reviewed journals covering specific areas within science and medicine.

National Library of Medicine's free periodical index to medical journals. Interlibrary loan is available for journals that HC library does not own. Ask a librarian for assistance.

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Search along with Business Source Premier.

Religion & Philosophy Collection™ provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. It includes more than 300 full text journals.

A gateway to government science information and research results including PubMed and other government databases. Searches over 55 databases and over 2100 selected websites from 15 federal agencies.

Search for articles from 1200 Health & Life Sciences journals, 500 Physical Sciences journals, and 750 Social & Behavioral Science journals. Multidisciplinary database.

"Science In Context is ... for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. It merges Gale's updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience."

More than 200 full-text science periodicals including Aviation Week, Discover, New Scientist, and Astronomy along with more than 800 reference books. Also includes more than 270,000 high quality images from National Geographic, UPI, Getty, NASA, Nature Picture Library and more

The Seattle Times Integrated Solution (1985 – present), consisting of full-color newspaper pages, individual full-text articles and content only published online.

"Articles and graphics from more than 1,400 U.S. and international magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents are carefully selected for their educational content, interest and level of readability." Designed for elementary and middle school students.

Contains more than 400 full-text journals, 600 business videos, over 450 full-text reference books, state specific resources, start-up business plans, and more.

Smarthistory.org is a free and open, not-for-profit, art history textbook.

Content includes evidence-based quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, practices & skills, practice guidelines, clinical assessment tools, drug information, and full-text from top social work & psychology journals.

Sony Pictures Classics Collection is a subset of Academic Video Online Premium (Alexander Street Press) and includes 274 feature films from 1992 to 2015. It offers world cinema titles, and includes a strong emphasis on documentary.

Statista provides statistics, consumer survey results, and industry studies on over 60,000 topics.

A collection of 100+ full-length, streaming, motion pictures (movies) including both classic and contemporary films.

Highline's student newspaper 1962 - present arranged by date. Paper copies up to the present issue available at the Library Circulation counter. Search the paper using the embedded library website search.

TOPICsearch is a current events database with articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers,

U.S. History In Context is for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. The database merges Gale's reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

US Newsstream contains the most recent U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal.

US West Newsstream contains recent regional news content, as well as archives which stretch back to the 1980s featuring newspapers, and newswires in full-text. West Newsstream covers news sources from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.

The resource provides "current and applicable periodical content to aid in career and vocational research -- from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals."

"Washington's one-stop source for career and education planning." Created by Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.

This collection features 134 sources from Washington State including Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Integrated Solution (1985 – present), consists of full-color newspaper pages, individual full-text articles and content only published online.

Provides full-text access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes published in the United States Code Annotated, American Jurisprudence 2d legal encyclopedia, federal regulations, law reviews and legal periodicals. It also contains Hoovers Company Profiles. In addition, it features newspapers from all over the U.S. and other countries, broadcast transcripts, and wires.

Contains information about careers, schools and training programs in Washington state. 

Free calculating engine that performs "dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods.

Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.

"World Book Student contains 40,000 encyclopedia articles and similar resources featuring clear, high-interest content. It includes Lexile® (reading levels) measures on Student's most popular articles." Includes translation tool for multiple languages and text-to-speech capabilities. Useful for English language learners.

"World History In Context is for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. The new solution merges Gale's reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience."