Supporting Life-Long Learning for Alumni
Visiting and Borrowing
Pepperdine University alumni are welcome to visit Pepperdine's libraries. All alumni can register for borrowing privileges at any of the library circulation desks by presenting an alumni ID card. There is no separate library card. To obtain an ID, visit the Office of Alumni Affairs on the 3rd Floor of the Thornton Administrative Center (TAC), call their offices at 310-506-6190, or send them an email. Our Borrowing Privileges and Responsibilities page outlines which materials are available to alumni and for how long items can be loaned. Alumni borrowers must agree to comply with all library regulations. Study rooms and interlibrary loan privileges are not available to alumni.
Electronic Access
Alumni may access select research guides, search the online library catalog, and utilize our Alumni Ask a Librarian service through the Pepperdine Libraries website. After students graduate, their online access to most subscription databases is removed when their Pepperdine email address is deactivated. We are, however, pleased to offer a selection of paid subscription databases available exclusively to alumni, listed below. (Note: to access the alumni-specific subscription databases, call Alumni Affairs at 310-506-6190 to request the username and password). To search additional databases not accessible online, alumni can bring their ID to any of the libraries and meet with a librarian.*
| Title | Description | Tab Filters | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-Z Databases List | Comprehensive list of all databases available. Note: The page you're on now also lists some of the more popular databases. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| A-Z Journals Search | A WorldCat search of the more than 63,000 journal titles available to students, faculty, and staff. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Academic Search Complete | Provides full-text coverage to thousands of peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and more. | Students, FS | Databases |
| American Studies Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of American Studies. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Art and Art History Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the fields of Art and Art History. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| arXiv | An open access archive for nearly 2.4 million scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. | Alumni, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Ask a Librarian | Virtual chat is available to the Pepperdine community to help with searching for and navigating library resources. | Students, FS | Service |
| Ask a Librarian (Alumni) | Virtual chat is available to Pepperdine alumni to help with searching for and navigating library resources. | Alumni | Service |
| Biology Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Biology. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Book a Study Room | Reserve a study room in one of our libraries. | Students | Service |
| Books by Alumni Authors | A list of books written by Pepperdine University alumni. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | |
| Books by Faculty Authors | A comprehensive list of books written by Pepperdine University faculty members. Email us for missing content! | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | |
| Business and Economics Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the fields of Business and Economics. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Business Source Complete | Access to the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,200 journals. | Students, FS | Databases |
| Chemistry Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Chemistry. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Communication Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Communication. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Computer Science Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Computer Science. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Databases/E-resources by Subject | Comprehensive list of databases and electronic resources best suited for research in a particular field. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Digital Commons | Repository for dissertations, theses, and journals selected and submitted by Pepperdine departments and centers. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Open Access |
| Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) | Photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Special Collections |
| Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) | Discovery tool for open access books. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) | Full text scientific and scholarly journals covering all subjects and languages from 134 countries. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Diversity, Equity, and Justice Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Diversity, Equity, and Justice. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Ebooks Databases | List of Pepperdine-licensed databases in ebook format. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Ebooks Guide | Learn about the various ways you can access ebooks. | Students, FS | Guides |
| EBSCOhost | Full-text databases and popular databases from leading information providers ranging from general reference Special Collections and Archives to specially designed, subject-specific databases. | Students, FS | Databases |
| Education Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Education. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Encyclopedias and Dictionaries | List of electronic encyclopedias and dictionaries. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| ERIC - Education Resources Information Center | Access more than 1.4 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Exploring Race in Society | Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| European Views of the Americas, 1493 to 1750 | Multilingual, primary source European works relating to the Americas. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Film Studies and Screenwriting Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the fields of Film Studies and Screenwriting. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Flipster Digital Magazines | Access popular magazines through this digital platform that makes it easy to read from a tablet or mobile device. | Students, FS | Leisure, Guides |
| Genesis Lab Resources | Learn about resources for 3D modeling, VR, and game and app design from the Genesis Lab. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Open Access, Guides |
| Green FILE | An index of publications that cover librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, etc. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Health and Medicine Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the fields of Health and Medicine. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| History Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of History. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Interlibrary Loan Requests | Request books, book chapters, and articles not owned by Pepperdine. More... | Students, FS | Guides |
| International Programs Research Guides | Are you a student planning to study abroad? Learn about library resources available to you. | Students, FS | Guides |
| International Studies Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of International Studies. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| JSTOR | An extensive archive of interdisciplinary journals and books; subject disciplines in Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion. | Students, FS | Databases |
| JSTOR - MyJSTOR | Read up to 6 articles online for free per calendar month; banner at the top of the page indicates how many free articles are remaining for the month. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases |
| JSTOR - Open Content | Content on JSTOR that is open to everyone; searches thousands of free journal articles and open access book chapters. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| JSTOR (Alumni) | Pepperdine Alumni get the same search capabilities they enjoyed as a student. To access, call Alumni Affairs at 310.506.6190 and request the username and password. | Alumni | Guides |
| Legal Research Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for Legal Research. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Librarians for First-Year Students (L1 Program) | First-year students can pair with a librarian to orient them to the libraries' resources and services. | Students | Service |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts | An index of publications that cover librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, etc. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Literature Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Literature. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Math Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Math. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Music Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Music. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Multidisciplinary Databases | List of databases that cover a variety of article types (from popular to newspaper to scholarly) and give the viewer cross-disciplinary results. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| MyLibrary Account | Look up item due dates, check the status of hold requests, and renew Pepperdine library items. | Students, FS | |
| Natural Science Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Natural Science. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| News Databases | List of databases to search articles from newspapers and other news media outlets. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Nexis Uni | Full-text coverage of 15,000 national and regional newspapers, broadcast transcripts, magazines, wire services, federal and state statutes, court opinions, federal regulations, and SEC filings. | Students, FS | Databases |
| Nutrition Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Nutrition. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Online Archive of California | Archival finding aid of Special Collections and University Archives. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Open Access |
| Online Research in Special Collections and Archives | Guide walking the user through conducting Special Collections and Archives research without accessing the physical space. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Guides |
| Open Access Button | Browser extension that finds free, legal research articles delivered instantly or automatically requested from authors. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access, Guides |
| Open Access Theses and Dissertations | Resource for finding open-access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| OpenDissertations | An open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Overdrive / Libby app | Read classics, popular titles, travel books, and more from your tablet or smartphone using the Libby app. | Students, FS | Leisure |
| Pepperdine Yearbook Collection | A complete and searchable digital collection of the Pepperdine University yearbook through its various incarnations as a bound publication (1939-2006). | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Open Access |
| Philosophy Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Philosophy. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Policy Commons | A one-stop community platform for objective, fact-based research from the world’s leading policy experts, nonpartisan think tanks, IGOs, and NGOs. | Students, FS | Databases |
| Political Science Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Political Science. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Preserving the History of South Los Angeles (Quartex) | This initiative, made possible in part with support from California Humanities, is designed to collect, preserve, and make available oral histories drawn from members of the South Los Angeles community. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Open Access |
| Primary Sources Guide | Guide that lists databases with primary sources for research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Music and Theater. The user can also search historical newspapers. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Project MUSE | Full-text current and archival articles from 600+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering a variety of fields. | Students, FS | Databases |
| Project MUSE - Open Content | Open access (OA) books and journals from several distinguished university presses and scholarly societies. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| ProQuest | A single source for scholarly journals, newspapers, reports, working papers, and datasets along with millions of pages of digitized historical primary sources and more than 450,000 ebooks. | Students, FS | Databases |
| Psychology Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Psychology. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Public Policy Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Public Policy. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Pubmed | PubMed® comprises more than 35 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases |
| Quartex | Digital scans of rare photographs, newspapers, and personal correspondence in our Special Collections and Archives. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Open Access |
| Religion Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Religion. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Research Foundations | Library research experts are here to help students with the research process. | Students | Service |
| Science (General) Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Science (General). | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Scopus | The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature for scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. | Students, FS | Databases |
| Sociology and Social Work Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the fields of Sociology and Social Work. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| Special Collections and Archives Browse Tool | Our Special Collections and Archives database that allows you to view a list of collection titles and brief descriptions within particular collecting areas and by collection types. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Open Access |
| Streaming Video Databases | Guide that shows how students, faculty, and staff can watch and listen to hundreds of thousands of video and audio resources. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides, Leisure |
| Swank Digital Campus | Faculty can request films from major motion picture studios for use in their courses that, through a license, are made available online to the Pepperdine community. | Students, FS | Leisure |
| Teacher Reference Center | Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Taylor and Francis Gender Studies (Open Access) | Collection of open access gender studies e-books, including gender development, environment and gender, women's suffrage, gender and the law, sexual and gender identity disorders, gender in culture and society, gender politics, and sport and gender. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Taylor and Francis Women's and Gender History (Open Access) | Open access e-books in the humanities, education, social and behavioral sciences, covering women's and gender history from the 12th century to today. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| The Graphic Collection | All issues of Pepperdine’s student newspaper dating back to 1937. The collection is full-text searchable. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Open Access |
| The Economist | Full-text access to The Economist magazine, covering 1997 to present, and related web content. | Students, FS | Leisure |
| The New York Times | Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff receive a free digital subscription to The New York Times, which includes unlimited access to content on any device. | Students, FS | Leisure |
| The Wall Street Journal | Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff receive a free digital subscription to The Wall Street Journal, which includes unlimited access to content on any device. | Students, FS | Leisure |
| Theater Arts/Drama Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Theater Arts. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
| University Archives Photograph Collection | Explore thousands of photographic prints, slides, and negatives from the University's founding in 1937 as George Pepperdine College to the present. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Special Collections, Open Access |
| Unpaywall | Browser extension that searches database of 24 million free scholarly articles harvesting content from 50,000 journals and open-access repositories. | Students, FS, Alumni, Friends, Public | Databases, Open Access |
| Women's Studies Databases | List of databases and electronic resources for research in the field of Women's Studies. | Students, FS | Databases, Guides |
*Mintel, Refinitiv, Passport (formerly Global Market Information Database), Bloomberg Terminals, SciFinder, NexisUni, and ProQuest E-Books are unavailable for in-person or online alumni use.