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Did you know there is a wealth of information available via the internet that is not accessible through Google? Your library card + PIN (last 4 digits of your phone number) gives you free access to premium, authoritative research content that you can use today!

ProQuest replaces confusing and inefficient web searches with high-quality content collections and tools that help navigate and pinpoint the exact data you need. It contains over 17,000 magazine and journal titles—current and historical—and covers over 160 subject areas such as business, health, world affairs, science and literature.

ProQuest Central
The largest aggregated database of periodical content. Includes both Proquest Newsstand and Research Library.

ProQuest Newsstand
Full text of over 1,700 U.S. and international news sources, including trade journals, magazines, blogs, podcasts websites, and newspapers.

ProQuest Research Library
General interest magazines on a broad range of subjects from arts, business, children, health, humanities, international, law, military, psychology, social sciences, women's interests and more.

Los Angeles Times (ProQuest)
Extensive coverage of national, international, and local news, 1985-current.

Los Angeles Times Historical Archives (ProQuest)
Digitized reproduction of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1992.

San Francisco Chronicle Historical Archive (Proquest)
Digitized reproduction of the San Francisco Chronicle from 1865.

Vogue Archive (Proquest)
A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month.

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