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Find Books

Find print books at the Leeward Library by searching the Voyager Library Catalog. Search by keyword, title, or author.

Find E-books

Search the Voyager Library catalog for books by keyword, title, or author, or select an e-book collection below. 

Capstone Interactive Library Provides access to dozens of interactive ebooks designed to help users of all ages learn reading skills.
Credo Reference Provides full-text online versions of 800 published reference works in a variety of major subjects. These include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias.
Ebook Central 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.
EBSCOhost eBook Collection Search and view the full text of over 80,000 eBooks.

EBSCOhost Public Library Collection

Collection of electronic books that features fiction and nonfiction titles for adults and juveniles as well as a wide range of subjects and topics to meet research and recreational needs.
Gale Virtual Reference Library An electronic bookshelf of reference books published by Gale.
OverDrive General interest non-fiction and fiction titles along with titles supporting select Leeward classes. View Course Reserves Titles under Featured Collections for course-specific titles.
Safari Books Online Technology, digital media, and business e-books.
Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library A digitized collection of dictionaries, books, newspapers, genealogical indexes, and curriculum resources in the Hawaiian and English languages.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Credo Reference Provides full-text online versions of 800 published reference works in a variety of major subjects. These include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online Online version of the classic encyclopedia.

Find Periodicals (newspapers, magazines, journals)

Periodicals are a good source for current information, because they are typically published more quickly than books.

Finding Periodical Articles

Online research databases let you search for periodical articles from many thousands of publications. General-coverage databases like Academic Search Complete and MasterFile Complete (both from EBSCOhost) cover a wide range of topics. Specialized databases focus on specific fields like science, health, and education. The ProQuest US West Newsstream database covers the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, which is often your best source for current information about local topics.

View our A-Z Databases list to see all of our electronic resources, including periodical and e-book databases.

Electronic Periodicals

Articles from thousands of publications are available from our research databases and other sources, and we have direct subscriptions to online periodicals . To see if we have full-text content from a particular publication, search the SFX electronic periodicals list.

   

Go to SFX for more search options.

Print Periodicals

The Library has approximately 80 subscriptions to a wide variety of printed periodical publications. Print periodicals are located next to the Reference Collection on the 3rd floor.

To find our which print periodicals are available at the Leeward CC Library, view our Periodicals List.

You can also search for the title of a print periodical in the Voyager Library Catalog.

Flipster

Flipster is a platform for magazines which provides an optimal online reading experience from a tablet or computer.  Leeward currently subscribes to two dozen titles with more to come in the near future.

 

Find Videos (DVDs, streaming videos, and more)

Streaming Video Collections

Academic Video Online AVON provides access to more than 64,000 videos covering a wide range of subject areas.
Ethnographic Video Online Volume III, Indigenous Voices.  Contains over 1,300 hours of streaming video for the study of human culture, behavior, and society around the world.
Films on Demand Educational films and documentaries from U.S. and international producers.  The Library provides access to over 4,000 titles.  
JoVE Science Education A database of video demonstrations on laboratory techniques, experiment design, concepts & theories, and more. Our subscription provides access to biology and chemistry content.
Kanopy Kanopy is an on-demand video streaming service for educational institutions providing students and faculty with access to thousands of films.  Includes titles from award-winning producers from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, and more.

Search for Videos in the Library Collection

Search the library's holdings of DVDs using the search box above

Course Reserves

Course reserves are readings that instructors have asked the library to provide to students for short-term use. For more information, please see the Course Reserves page.

 

 

Research Current Issues

Doing research on a current issue or event?  The following resources offer a wealth of information on topics covering all areas of interest, often including differing viewpoints and perspectives.

EXPLORE CURRENT ISSUES 
CQ Researcher Explore issues in-depth with reports written by experienced journalists. Topics range from political and social issues to the environment, health, education, science, and technology.  Features expert commentary and considers all sides of each issue.
Chronicle of Higher Education A premier source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administrators.  Offers comprehensive coverage of current issues in higher education.
Issues & Controversies Provides exclusive, extensive coverage of hundreds of today's hot topics, with unbiased analysis and rich related resources.
Newspaper Source Plus More than 880 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles.  
Newswires Full-text news items from the Associated Press.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context Resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to violent video games. Differing views of the issues are presented which help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions.
Points of View Reference Center Guide to debating, developing arguments, writing position papers, and developing critical thinking skills.  Each essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought.  Includes thousands of supporting articles from top political and societal publications.
ProQuest US West Newsstream Full-text articles from 270 news sources from Alaska, California, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Includes the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and Hawaiʻi Business. Note: This database replaces ProQuest News & Newspapers.
SAGE Business Researcher Reports on the most important topics in business and management with balanced, in-depth coverage and analysis in a highly accessible format.
Science World's premier publication for science news, commentary, and cutting-edge research.
TOPICsearch Current events database with full-text for over 151,000 articles from 475 sources including regional and international newspapers.

Database Access Help

If you are having difficulty with accessing our research databases while off-campus, please view our Database Access Problems guide.

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