Off-Campus Access to Databases +
To use the library's online databases from off-campus, you will need to log in.
Use your MyPortal login credentials (W# and MyPortal password).
For more information about MyPortal login details, visit MyPortal Information.
Recommended Databases
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowMulti-subject database includes 10,000+ peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and other publications covering a range of academic disciplines and current issues. Suitable for most research projects.
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to 150,000+ e-books on a broad range of academic subjects. All titles are available with unlimited user access.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowNow embedded in the Jstor database, Artstor is a digital library of million+ images in the arts, photography, architecture, history and culture with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images available for research and academic purposes. Contributors include museums, photo archives, and artists.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowScholarly peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. JSTOR does not contain recently published articles. LPC's subscription includes all 16 JSTOR multi-disciplinary collections: Arts & Sciences I - XV and Life Sciences.
- Proquest Databases This link opens in a new windowSearch all of our Proquest databases at once (Biological Science Database, GenderWatch, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies, & US Major Dailies (1980 - current).
- O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new windowIncludes O’Reilly technical/ITS books, videos, live training, interactive learning scenarios, and case studies. Books are from O'Reilly and major IT publishers, like Pearson, Packt, Sun, Addison Wesley, Manning, etc. Additional resources cover topics in business, career skills, communication, etc..
LPC PERIODICALS
Las Positas College Library subscribes to the following magazines for checkout:
Aperture
American Photo (last issue: April 2015)
Popular Photography (last issue: April 2017)