Subject Guides
From Luria Library
About this Resource
Students and faculty will find assignment or course specific guides created by the SBCC Librarians. Each resource has a space for students to contribute resources they found especially useful.
Guides Arranged by Class or Topic
Alcohol and Drug Counseling
American Ethnic Studies
- Asian American Studies Resources
- ASAM 101 - Comparative Asian American History
- ASAM 102 - Contemporary Asian American History
- Black Studies Resources
- Black Studies 101 - The African-American in U.S. History to World War II
- Black Studies 102 - The African-American in U. S. History from the Civil Rights Movement to the Present
- Black Studies 103 - African American Culture
- Chicano Studies Resources
- CHST 101 - Mexican-American (Chicano) History in the United States
- Ethnic Studies Resources
- Ethnic Studies 101 - The Immigrant Experience in the United States
- Native American Studies Resources
Anthropology
Art
- Art 101 - Visual Literacy - Research Resources for Research Paper
- Art 103 - History of Art: Prehistoric-Gothic - Research Resources
- Garner Tullis Collection in the Luria Library
- Nineteenth Century Art
Athletics
Automotive Services and Technology
Biology
Business
- IBUS 201 International Human Resource Management
- BUS 202 Managerial Finance
- International Marketing - A. Kwong
- International Marketing - Hong Kong - A. Kwong
Communication
- Communication Journals (Print and Online)
- Comm 131 -- Public Speaking
Cosmetology
Culinary Arts
- Finding materials in food safety
- CA 111 Hospitality Controls
- CA 111 Event Planning
- CA 113 Sustainable Food
- Culinary Supervision
- CA 261 Restaurant Ownership
Early Childhood Education
Earth Science
- ERTH 101H - O'Connor - Poster Exhibit Project (Introductory Astronomy, Honors)
Edible Books Festivals
English
- English Skills - How to find periodical Articles
- English 60 - E. O'Scanlon - Two Old Women
- English 60 - Hardin - Thousand Pieces of Gold
- English 70 - J. Brown - Domestic Violence
- English 70 - J. Brown - Hunger
- English 70 - Cruse - Religions
- English 70 - Gloger & O'Scanlon - The Alchemist
- English 70 - O'Scanlon - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
- English 70 - Resources for The Kite Runner
- English 70 - Gloger - Secret Life of Bees
- English 70 - Gloger - Of Mice and Men
- English 70 - L. Spaventa - DOGFOLIO
- English 70 - L. Spaventa - Native Americans
- English 70 - S. Wiley - True Story of Hansel and Gretel
- English 80 - Cole-Broughton - Santa Barbara Water Pollution
- English 80 - L. Spaventa - Resources for Research on Animals
- English 80 - L. Spaventa - Resources for Research on Poverty
- English 80 - L. Spaventa - Resources for Research on Freedom of Speech and Comedy
- English 80 - L. Spaventa - Resources on Intelligence
- English 80 - S. Wiley - Debate Topics
- English 100 - C. Davis - Ocean Pollution
- English 100 - Senn - Credible Sources
- English 100 - S. Senn - Ocean Pollution
- English 100 - Molloy - Cause/Effect Essay
- English 100 - Arrington - Presidential Campaign
- English 103 - Brody -Credible Sources
- English 103 - M. Peterson - Winter's Tale
- English 103 - M. Peterson - Zeitoun
- English 103 - M. Peterson - California Cuisine
- English 103 - M. Peterson - Addiction
- English 103 - The Kite Runner
- English 110 - Arrington - Food
- English 110 - Barber - Arizona Immigration Law: States Rights
- English 110 - Barber - Debate Topics
- English 110 - Barber - Gay Marriage
- English 110 - Barber - National Health Care Debate
- English 110 - Barber - Offshore Oil Well Drilling in California
- English 110 - Barber - Rights of Terrorists Suspects
- English 110 - Barber - Torture, Government-Sanctioned
- English 110 - Barber - Reinstatement of Military Draft
- English 110 - Bell - Research Resources for Persuasive Essay
- English 110 - Corman - Research Resources
- English 110 - Courington - Research Resources
- English 110 - Davies-Ward - Research Resources
- English 110 - Davis - Altered Oceans
- English 110 - Davis - Family History
- English 110 - Eckford-Prossor - Green Space
- English 110 - Eckford-Prossor - History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
- English 110 - Garcia - Research Resources
- English 110 - Lukomski - Research Resources
- English 110 - Menendez - Research for Cultural Phenomenon
- English 110 - Millward - Research Resources
- English 110 - Monda - Research Resources
- English 110 - C. Oropeza - Human Rights Organizations
- English 110 - C. Oropeza - Researching Subcultures
- English 110 - C. Oropeza - Hippies-Subculture
- English 110 - C. Oropeza - League of Revolutionary Black Workers
- English 110 - C. Oropeza - Rastafarians
- English 110 - C. Oropeza - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee-Subculture
- English 110 - T. Ouwehand - Essays 2 and 3 Research
- English 110 - T. Ouwehand - Novel Context and Criticism
- English 110 - Pages
- English 110 - M. Peters - American Immigrant Experience
- English 110 - M. Peters - Toxic Water
- English 110 - S. Senn - Online dating
- English 110 - S. Senn - Argumentative Essay
- English 110 - J. Skytt - Research Resources
- English 111 - Arrington - One Hundred Years of Solitude and Things Fall Apart
- English 111 - Brody - Medicine and Literature
- English 111 - J. Kilgore - Three Short Stories
- English 111 - Lukomski - Research on plays and theatre criticism
- English 111 - Menendez - Literary Research
- English 111 - Monda - Paper 3/The Research Paper
- English 111 - Oropeza - Mentor Project
- English 111 - Skytt - Literary Research
- English 111 - D. Starkey
- English 111 - Stevens - The Shadow Research Project
ESL: English as a Second Language
- ESL 62 Reading - Civil Rights and Human Rights Activists
- ESL 124 Reading. Immigration Scrapbook Project
- ESL 124 Writing Level 4 - Culture comparison
- ESL 124 - Wade
- ESL 124 - Wood
- ESL 130 - Lasswell
- ESL Reading Level 5 - Research
- ESL 134 - Rigby
- ESL 100, Introduction to ECE for ESL Students
Environmental Science
Faculty
Film Studies
Finance
Geography
History
Literature
Journalism
Marine Diving Technologies
Marketing
Native Americans and the Environment
Nursing
PD 100 (Personal Development)
Physical Education
Poetry
Political Science
- Political Science - Eskandari-Qajar/Haupt - International Relations and Comparative Politics
- Political Science 134H - Eskandari-Qajar - Political Violence
- Political Science - 2008 Presidential Campaign
Psychology
Radiologic Sciences
SBCC Reads
- ENRIQUE'S JOURNEY Spring 2010
- THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS Spring 2011
- SBCC Reads MOBY DUCK 2012
School of Justice Studies
Digital Book Sources
Full-Text Journals Online
Primary Source Materials
- Finding Primary Sources
- Finding Primary Sources in Humanities
- Finding Primary Sources in the Sciences
Great Books Club
Searching and Search Engines
Lesser known search engines to try
- Clusty Clusty queries several top search engines, combines the results, and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking. This "metasearch" approach helps raise the best results to the top and push search engine spam to the bottom.
- Intelways Intelways.com is a one-stop online search service, a convenient and fast way to search for (almost) anything on the web, through its comprehensive set of search channels organized into different categories.
- Blekko is a way to search the internet "by using slashtags. slashtags search only the sites you want and cut out the spam sites."
- Findsounds Welcome to FindSounds.com, a free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples
