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Those currently living in the LA county jurisdiction can apply for an instant e-card to access ebooks, streaming TV and movies, and downloadable music. Also includes free access to online learning programs such as LinkedIn Learning. 

Any resident of California can apply for a physical card which includes all the privileges of the e-card along with the ability to borrow physical books, DVDs and free state park passes. Free/discounted passes to local museums are also available to library card holders within the library jurisdiction.

Those currently living in the city of Los Angeles can apply for an instant e-card to access ebooks, streaming TV and movies, and downloadable music. Also includes free access to online learning programs such as LinkedIn Learning. 

Any resident of California can apply for a physical card which includes all the privileges of the e-card along with the ability to borrow physical books, DVDs and free state park passes. Free passes to local museums are also available to library card holders within the library jurisdiction.

Those currently living in the Orange County jurisdiction can apply for an instant e-card to access ebooks, streaming TV and movies, and downloadable music. Also includes free access to online learning programs such as LinkedIn Learning. 

Any resident of California can apply for a physical card which includes all the privileges of the e-card along with the ability to borrow physical books, DVDs and free state park passes. Free/discounted passes to local museums are also available to library card holders within the library jurisdiction.

⚖️ The trial includes access to all Brill ebooks & ejournals.  Let us know what you think about this trial. Access ends 12/31.

Brill is an academic publisher with specialties in humanities and social sciences.

Search with your keyword at the left under Refine Search > All.  A green icon next to a title will indicate full text access.
Non-UWest patrons: Alternative access.

⚖️ The trial includes access to all Brill ebooks & ejournals.  Let us know what you think about this trial. Access ends 12/31.

Brill is an academic publisher with specialties in humanities and social sciences.

Search with your keyword at the left under Refine Search > All.  A green icon next to a title will indicate full text access.
Non-UWest patrons: Alternative access.

⚖️ The trial includes access to all Brill ebooks & ejournals.  Let us know what you think about this trial. Access ends 12/31.

Brill is an academic publisher with specialties in humanities and social sciences.

Search with your keyword at the left under Refine Search > All.  A green icon next to a title will indicate full text access.
Non-UWest patrons: Alternative access.

⚖️ The trial includes access to all Brill ebooks & ejournals.  Let us know what you think about this trial. Access ends 12/31.

Brill is an academic publisher with specialties in humanities and social sciences.

Search with your keyword at the left under Refine Search > All.  A green icon next to a title will indicate full text access.
Non-UWest patrons: Alternative access.

⚖️ The trial includes access to all Brill ebooks & ejournals.  Let us know what you think about this trial. Access ends 12/31.

Brill is an academic publisher with specialties in humanities and social sciences.

Search with your keyword at the left under Refine Search > All.  A green icon next to a title will indicate full text access.
Non-UWest patrons: Alternative access.

⚖️ De Grutyer is an academic publisher of all topics. Let us know what you think of the trial. Access ends 12/31.

⚖️ De Grutyer is an academic publisher of all topics. Let us know what you think of the trial. Access ends 12/31.

⚖️ De Grutyer is an academic publisher of all topics. Let us know what you think of the trial. Access ends 12/31.

⚖️ De Grutyer is an academic publisher of all topics. Let us know what you think of the trial. Access ends 12/31.

Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.

Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.

Contains more than twenty databases originated from Academia Sinica in Taiwan and its various institutes.

Find citations for information on agricultural science and technology.

This research database indexes thousands of theses and dissertations accepted by American universities from 1902 to the present.

Users not affiliated with UWest may use this link instead.

This research database indexes thousands of theses and dissertations accepted by American universities from 1902 to the present.

Users not affiliated with UWest may use this link instead.

This research database indexes thousands of theses and dissertations accepted by American universities from 1902 to the present.

Users not affiliated with UWest may use this link instead.

The items found in the Atla Digital Library are of importance to those with an interest in researching, studying, teaching, and otherwise searching for historical and archival content in religion and theology.

Research in Ministry is a thesis and dissertation abstract database. Users can search graduate works related to ministry, theology and religion.

Research in Ministry is a thesis and dissertation abstract database. Users can search graduate works related to ministry, theology and religion.

A multidisciplinary search engine to find scholarly materials. Developed by Bielefeld University in Germany.

Search for articles within over 290 open access and peer-reviewed journals from the subjects of biology and medicine. Journals are published by Springer Nature, a scientific and scholarly publishing company.

Preprint server for biology, contains articles that are unpublished but uploaded to this database to make their findings immediately available and receive feedback before submission to journals.

Preprint server for biology, contains articles that are unpublished but uploaded to this database to make their findings immediately available and receive feedback before submission to journals.

A selection of primary sources.

Search over 400,000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily.

Search over 400,000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily.

Ebooks on Buddhism.

"Its creation was an early and tangible recognition by the State of California of the critically important role African Americans have played in the American West’s cultural, economic, and political development." Free, parking $15 (as of 2023).

Reserve free tickets with LA County library card.

2023 is the last year to see the space shuttle Endeavour until its permanent home is ready. Free admission, parking $15 (as of 2023).

This database contains records for over 140,000 articles published in Chinese Buddhist Journals of the Republican Era (1911-1949). These are all articles collected in the Minguo fojiao qikan wenxian jicheng 民國佛教期刊文獻集成, (Complete Collection of Republican-Era Buddhist Periodical Literature) (MFQ), and its supplement the Minguo fojiao qikan wenxian jicheng bubian 民國佛教期刊文獻集成．補編, (MFQB).

An online open-access digital library that makes pre-modern Chinese texts available to readers and researchers all around the world.

Find academic articles published in Japanese academic journals. Includes articles from Buddhist studies journals.

Find academic articles published in Japanese academic journals.

Dissertations from Japan.

Start from a small set of 'seed papers' that define an area you are interested. Gecko will search the citation network for connected papers allowing you to quickly identify important papers you may have missed.

This search engine covers articles from many different topics, with a focus on scientific literature.

This search engine covers articles from many different topics, with a focus on scientific literature.

"Cognitive Classics is a platform for classicists and others interested in cognitive approaches to the humanities." Two bibliographies focusing on how knowledge and thought is processed by the brain.

Explore connected papers in a visual graph.

Aggregating the world’s open access research papers, including theses and dissertations.

Aggregating the world’s open access research papers.