Library: COM 145: Interpersonal Communication: Finding Databases and Online Resources

Finding Online Resources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Over 800+ published reference works in a variety of major subjects. These include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias. Credo also has more than 200,000 images and videos.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Collection of electronic books covering a wide range of subject areas. All books may be read online. Certain titles may also be read offline by downloading Adobe Digital Editions.
MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new window
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Complete also contains full text for more than 1,000 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
ProQuest US West Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from 270 news sources from AK, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT, and WA. Includes the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Jun 2010-present), Honolulu Advertiser (Jan 1999-Jun 2010), Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Mar 1996-Jun 2010), and Hawaii Business (Jan 2016-present).
Note: This database replaces ProQuest News & Newspapers.

Selected eBooks

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Gale Encyclopedia Of Multicultural America contains original essays on specific minority and ethnic groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on culture (religions, holidays, customs, language) in addition to information on historical background and settlement patterns.
Africa in the American Imagination : Popular Culture, Radicalized Identities, and African Visual Culture
This book explores the presence of African culture, examining Mattel's world of Barbie, the 1996 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and Disney World, each of which repackages African visual culture for consumers.
Haoles in Hawaii by Judy Rohrer
Haoles in Hawai'i strives to make sense of haole (white person/whiteness in Hawai'i) and "the politics of haole" in current debates about race in Hawai'i.
Home Bound : Filipino Lives Across Cultures, Communities, and Countries
Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, have been little studied, though they are one of our largest immigrant groups.
India - Cross-Cultural Business Behavior - For Business People, Expatriates and Scholars
Divided in two sections, India - Cross-Cultural Business Behavior is based on the authors' 40 years of close involvement with India, including two expatriate assignments and decades of research and teaching.
Modern Japan : Origins of the Mind : Japanese Traditions and Approaches to Contemporary Life
The book takes a fresh look at modern Japan, and does not treat the Japanese as enigmatic or mysterious people; their ways of thinking and their culture can be explained by an honest appraisal of their history and of the norms that have shaped this history.
No nā mamo : traditional and contemporary Hawaiian beliefs and practices by Malcolm Naea Chun
No Nā Mamo is an updated and enlarged compilation of books, revised and presented here as individual chapters, offer invaluable insights into the philosophy and way of life of Native Hawaiian culture: