Listed below are selected resources to help you begin your research. You must be affiliated with the university to access these services.
Most can be accessed off-campus by using information taken from your current student, faculty, or staff i.d. card.
If you need help using any of these databases, the reference librarian on-duty can help you in person or over the phone at 818 767-0888 ext. 201.
Woodbury's Databases: General| AccessScience | Full-text. Science, Technology |
| Article First (Part of FirstSearch) | Citation Index. Business, humanities, popular culture, science, social science, technology. 1990-present. |
| Biography Resource Center | Full-text. International, historical, contemporary, living, and deceased persons from all fields. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | Full-text. Online version of the complete encyclopedia. |
| First Search | Full-text. A dozen subject-oriented databases. |
| Grolier Encyclopedias | Full-text. Includes Encyclopedia Americana. |
| Lexis-Nexis Academic | Full-text. Worldwide newspapers, business & legal journals, court cases, annual reports. |
| NetLibrary | Full-text. Electronic books. For off-campus access, you must set up an individual account from an on-campus computer. |
| Oxford English Dictionary | Full-text. Meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 words. |
| World Almanacs | (Part of FirstSearch) Full-text. Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. |