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Library & Research Tools


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Overwhelmed with information? Don’t know where to start your research? Want a recommendation for a great book? Email Annette Counts or Audrey Irwin with any questions. We’ll get you a response asap.

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The Library is open Mon. – Thurs.: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fri.: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Library Catalog

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    Electronic Resources

    Check out, and access the various databases you’ll find at the Bishop O’Dowd library.

    Multi-Subject Databases


    These databases contain materials on many subjects. They are a great place to start your research.

    • Gale Global Issues in Context
    • Gale InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP
    • Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
    • NBC Learn Archive
    • Gale Student Resources in Context
    • ProQuest (SIRS, Platinum with 2,000 newspapers & journals, Historical Newspapers, AP Science)
    • Oxford English Dictionary
    • Oxford Reference

    eBooks

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    • Gale Virtual Reference
    • ABC-CLIO eBook collection
    • OverDrive

    Biography

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    History, Government and Law

    • ABC-CLIO
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    • US History in Context
    • World History in Context

    Literature

    • Literature Resource Center
    • Scribners Writers Online
    • Twayne’s Authors Online


    Lib Guides

    • Animal Project LibGuide »
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    • Psychology LibGuide »
    • Spanish 4 Research Guide »
    • Victorian Era Research Project »

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    • Oxford Biblical Studies

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    Phone: (510) 577-9100
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