Changes coming soon to our EBSCO databases

The Library contract with EBSCO is changing Spring 2018 semester, and as a result, there are a few changes you might notice to content available from EBSCO.

What's New 

The most exciting change is that both Academic Search Premier & MasterFile Search Premier will both be upgraded! We will get access to a lot more new content, covering more topics.

Some specific resources will be discontinued, as follows:

• Auto Repair Resource Center
• Book Index with Reviews (BIR)
• Consumer Health Complete
• Professional Development Collection
• Religion and Philosophy Collection

Recommended resources to use instead

Here are our recommendations for finding the content you need from the databases that will be discontinued.

Auto Repair Resource Center: A lot of auto repair information and how-to videos are now available freely online. Please check with a Librarian if you need assistance searching the internet for auto repair information.

Book Index with Reviews: The Library has other databases with book review information. Additionally, many book review resources can be found freely online.

Library databases to try include Literature Resource Center and Magill's Literary Annual. Online sources include Booklist Online, New York Times Book Reviews, NPR Book Reviews, Goodreads, and many more.

Consumer Health Complete: The Library has many health databases to turn to when you need to answer your health questions. See recommended health databases on the Library website. Of particular note are Health Source (Consumer Edition), Salem Online, and Natural Medicines.

Professional Development Collection: The Library recommends turning to ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center in place of the Professional Development Collection.

Religion and Philosophy Database: Content from this database will be included in our updated Academic Search Premier database. However, for additional information on Philosophy, we recommend JSTOR, ProQuest Research Library, and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Attention Faculty

If you are sharing links to any of the seven impacted databases, or permalinks to individual articles or other content from the impacted databases, please be aware that these links will change. Be sure to update your syllabi, Canvas, or other documents in which you are sharing links with your students.

Please ask a Librarian if you need assistance finding the best link to share with your students.

Stream feature films assigned for class with our new database Swank Digital Campus!

New at CSM Library

Swank Digital Campus

This streaming film database has a Netflix style viewing experience, and features a selection of films from the many major Hollywood studios as well as many independent, foreign, art house, and documentary offerings.

Easily watch films assigned in class from home. The Library is working with Film Studies, Ethnic Studies, and others across campus to provide access to as many films we can that are being assigned for you to watch in class.

Your Library Card is required for login when viewing films from off campus. Please contact a Librarian if you have any questions.

Films on Demand adds 254 new titles during June

254 new films added

✔ View your newly added titles: View a full list of the new titles just added to your collection.

Explore Films on Demand.

Requires Library Card account login.

AtoZdatabases introduces a new mapping tool

What is AtoZ?

AtoZdatabases is a premier marketing database. This simple, user-friendly, web-based solution provides details on businesses and households within the U.S. 

AtoZ will help you: Find a business; find a job; develop mailing & email lists; and find a person.

To use AtoZdatabases, login with your PLS Library Card. To see other business and entrepreneurship database search tools available at CSM, visit the CSM website.

New Map Tool

CSM Library is excited to share the Map Tool feature with you! You can now visualize density in businesses or residents across the geography and other criteria of which you selected. You will use the map tool in the 30 Million Businesses and Executives database as well as the 220 Million Residents database for any searches that yield less than 500,000 results.

You can select the tool once you are on the results page, then simply click the “Map” button. You are able to Zoom in and out on the map as well as Download, Print, or E-mail this information.

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Try out Kanopy Streaming Film database through April 15

Let us know what you think of Kanopy!

What is Kanopy?

Kanopy is a video streaming solution for colleges offering a "Netflix-like" user experience and a broad selection of over 26,000 documentaries, feature films and training videos from thousands of producers. 

Touching on all topics, featured producers in Kanopy's collection include Criterion Collection, PBS, HBO, The Video Project, New Day Films, The Great Courses, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, Media Education Foundation, First Run Features, BBC, and many more. Films can be watched from anywhere, anytime by all staff and students.

How do I watch Kanopy films?

You can explore their films on our trial website until April 15, 2017. You'll need to login with your Peninsula Library System Library card account number and PIN (usually the last four digits of your phone number) to watch the movies.

Then just add popcorn & soda! You are ready to enjoy. 

If you have trouble accessing the trial database, contact a Librarian during Library open hours.

Andy Warhol collection in ArtStor launches with 35,000 images

How two new collections  can deepen our understanding of  Andy Warhol’s legacy Explore ArtStor, using your PLS Library Card account. Michael Hermann, Director of Licensing at The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, explains how the Foundation’s collection, split into two parts in the Artstor Digital Library, provides a comprehensive view of Warhol’s cultural impact--as well as insight into his personal life. Thirty years after his death, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s life and work continue to inspire creative thinkers worldwide thanks to his enduring imagery, his artfully cultivated celebrity, and the ongoing research of dedicated scholars. The extensive Andy Warhol Foundation launch available on Artstor provides a thorough presentation of the prolific artist’s works in one place for the first time through more than 35,000* images including paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, and photography spanning four decades. Read his essay on the Artstor Blog  a) Andy Warhol with vintage 1907 camera; 1971. ; b) Andy Warhol; Red Jackie; 1964. Images © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. and Andy Warhol artwork © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. *Image totals may vary from country to country, reflecting Artstor’s obligation to address variations in international copyright.

New documentaries available from Films on Demand!

Films on Demand: New Titles Notification

SUBSCRIBER NEWS • FEBRUARY 2017 EDITION

Account: College of San Mateo
Number of New Titles: 265

We are pleased to announce the new titles that were added to our On Demand subscription over the past month. Login with your PLS Library Card is required to view films from off campus.

✔ View your newly added titles

Featured Film

Flashpoint: Refugees in America

Nightline follows the journey of Syrian refugees who now call America home. Meet students attending American schools for the first time and see protests against refugee arrivals. An ABC News Production.