Database Guides : New and Updated Resources

Updates to library access during Spring 2026:

• Project Muse Ebooks
• Docuseek Documentary Videos
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online
• Gale Primary Sources:
  • Selected archival / primary source collections, including:
    • Women's History
    • LGBTQ+ History
    • Disability History
    • Hispanic American Archives
    • Archives on Slavery

Biological Abstracts to be Replaced by ProQuest Biological Science Collection

Last year, Stan State was one of two CSU campuses to add the Biological Science Collection, given its breadth of coverage and its inclusion of many high impact biological science titles.

For 26/27, the CSU system, after consulting with librarians around the system, voted to drop CSU system-wide coverage of the traditional Biological Abstracts database (from Clarivate) in favor of the ProQuest Biological Science Collection.  

• Overall journal coverage between the two collections was comparable.
• The ProQuest interface is much more user-friendly, and our students may already be familiar with it (as it is used by many other library databases).
• The Biological Science Collection comes with access to the full-text of a significant number of high impact journals (many not previously available at Stanislaus except through ILL). 

ERIC index: 45% Reduction in records indexed as of April 24, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education worked with the DoGE to “reduce overall Federal spending” and “reallocate spending to promote efficiency” (EO 14222). As a result, ERIC significantly reduced the number of records indexed. They expected to be reducing the collection by approximately 45% starting April 24, 2025. More information:Journals No Longer Being Indexed by ERIC - Google Docs

Access the current Modesto Bee via Newsbank America's News.

As of June 2025, there is an updated interface to the 48 EBSCO research databases / collections available from Stanislaus State. 

New EBSCO Interface guide

• The library's new EBSCO Interface guide includes details on EBSCO ebooks, migrating saved information from personal accounts, additional EBSCO Resources, and more.

Video tutorials introducting the new EBSCO interface

• Includes:
  • Introduction to the New EBSCOhost - (3 minute video tutorial) 
  • Tutorials on basic search, advanced searching, reading the results, citing an article, etc.

myEBSCO Migration

• If you created a personal myEBSCO account on the old platform, check on how your saved articles, searches, and folders migrate to the new interface.

Access the current Modesto Bee and thousands of other newspapers.

ACS Open Access Publishing Agreement ended 6/30/2025

The American Chemical Society (ACS) announced it is ending the coverage of  fees for California authors publishing Open Access in ACS journals as of June 30, 2025.  This ends 3 years of "Open Access" fee coverage provided by the American Chemical Society (ACS) licensing agreement with CSU / UC / private universities in California. As of July 1, 2025, these fees are not automatically covered by the libraries subscription agreement, but will need to be paid for by the author (e.g. grant funds) if/when "Open Access" is chosen..  

Mergent is discontinuing their Mergent Online interface.  In its place, the Stanislaus State Library now subscribes to Mergent Market Atlas.  Business librarians across the California State University have reviewed this new resource and recommended it as the replacement for Mergent Online.  

Market Atlas Search Tips

• Search by 
  • Company Name or Symbol
  • Company Characteristics
    • Limit by country, U.S. State, or stock exchange
    • Limit by industry (SIC, NAICS, or ICB).

Market Atlas Content

• Data available include:
  • Company information
    • company financials, ratios, business segments, descriptions, sustainability, officers and directors
  • Broader data / reports:
    • company, industry, index, ESG and economic data

Unpaywall  is a service which attempts to find full-text articles and resources available for free online (i.e. not behind a paywall). We have  incorporated Unpaywall into the Stanislaus State Library OneSearch service.  When you search OneSearch, if the library does not have the article in our collection, the system will also query Unpaywall, and may link to free sources for that article.

Journal Article: Example Record

Unpaywall can also link to working papers, pre-print versions of articles, and early working paper versions of articles. See the Unpaywall tips for more information.