Databases
The databases may be accessed off campus with your SCC logon and password.
Academic Search Premier
Interdisciplinary index of magazines and major academic journal with full text
Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select
Multidisciplinary database with full text for education, general science, humanities and social sciences
Expanded Academic ASAP
A database for arts, humanities, social science, science and technology research, it includes scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers.
EBSCO MegaFile
Interdisciplinary index of magazines and major academic journal with full text
Credo Reference
This is a general reference resource. Its full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
Has content that specifically addresses the needs of college and university libraries. New content includes World Data Analyst, Gateway to the Classics, and a collection of Notable Quotations, advanced search capabilities and the Britannica Workspace, a research organizer.
Points of View Reference Center
Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides topics, each with an overview (objective background/ description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. It also offers guides to debate, developing arguments, and writing position papers.
Proquest Newspapers
Provides citations and selected full text to newspaper articles
Campus Research
This is an online research service that provides a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law related information.
Proquest
This is an aggregated database providing content for research in nursing, psychology, and ethnic issues. It also includes the newspaper index.
World Almanac/ Book of Facts
Searches Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia and four different almanacs and includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics.
GALE / CENGAGE Learning
A variety of resources designed to aid in research including educational and professional issues as well as K-12 and a Spanish database.
CINAHL
Database with full text, providing authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, particularly nursing and allied health. It also includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide (generic drug patient education sheets).
Nursing & Allied Health Source
Provides citations, abstracts and selected full text articles about all aspects of nursing and allied health.
MEDLINE
Provides citations and abstracts to articles covering all medical topics, including “research”, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
Nursing Resource Center
A comprehensive and trusted database for nursing resources, including reference material, periodical articles, and multi-media content for nursing programs.
Consumer Health Complete
Provides full text content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspective of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides access to many full-text, consumer health magazines, and searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and health reference books. Also includes Clinical Reference Systems reports, the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, and the Merriam-Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary.
Alt HealthWatch
Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
General Science Collection
A well rounded science collection of in-depth information for scientific research needs. This consists of over 200 journal references encompassing the most popular scientific titles.
Science Reference Center
A comprehensive research database that provides full text access to science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, heath & medicine, history of science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
PsycARTICLES
A source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
Psychology Journals
Provides citations, abstracts and selected full text articles on psychology and related disciplines.
Literature Online Reference (LORE)
The companion to literary study, updated every month and featuring the latest criticism, leading reference titles and biographies.
Lit Finder
Database of poems, stories, essays, speeches and plays, many with full text.
Novelist
Fictional database with content of interest to fiction readers, i.e. author read-a-likes.
NoveList Plus
A comprehensive online readers’ advisory tool. You can search among popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more.
Reference USA
A provider of business and consumer information for students, job seekers and researchers.
Business Source Premier
Business research database with full text and peer-reviewed titles on all aspects of business.
Regional Business News
Regional Business database with full text coverage of journals, newspapers and newswires.
Business Search Interface
Database of economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research.
Educator’s Reference Complete
This powerful database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college and it covers a wide variety of subjects and reports from the United States Department of Education.
ERIC on EBSCO
This database is for education and related topics. It indexes journals, research and technical reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations, and books.
GPO Monthly Catalog
Covers all types of U.S. governments documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issues by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc).
History Study Center
A collection of sources on global history from ancient times to the present day.
Professional Development Collection
Provides a collection of information for professional educators, librarians, and education researchers. Offers information on children’s health and development, pedagogical theory and practice. Includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Theory Into Practice, other educational journals and reports.
Professional Collection
Provides citations, abstracts and selected full text article for educators.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Database, many with full text, on librarianship and related fields.
CAMIO
A Catalog of Art Museum Images. Includes works of art from around the world, highlighting the various cultures, from prehistoric to contemporary times and covering a range of expressive forms.
OAISter
OAISter is a union catalog of digital resources.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Interdisciplinary full text of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
ClasePeriodica
Indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities; Covers journals specializing in science and technology. Offers access to bibliographic citations from scholarly journals published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English.
Informe 1994-2008
Provides citations, abstracts and full text to articles in Hispanic magazines, covering topics in business, culture, current topics, health and technology.
Informe 1994-2008 – Spanish Interface
The Spanish interface to Informe which provides citations, abstracts and full text to articles in Hispanic magazines, covering topics in business, culture, current topics, health and technology.
OCLC ArticleFirst
This includes items listed on the table of contents pages of journals. Describes one articles, news story, letter, or other items from a journal. For most items, a list of libraries that have the journal title is provided.
OCLC Electronic Books
OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses
This database provides access to the dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries. Many of these are available electronically, at no charge, directly from the publishing institution.
EBSCOhost
Interface for accessing all of the EBSCO Databases.
Masterfile Premier
Database of General Reference materials, biographies, maps, flags, etc.
Britannica Online Reference - Public Library Edition
Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, each covering the research needs of a different age group. Also contains full-text magazine articles, reviewed web sites, a homework help section, a world atlas, Merriam-Webster dictionaries, and thesauri for children and adults, a Spanish-English dictionary, video and audio content, daily content updates, and more.
Britannica Online for Kids - School Edition
Gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This resource includes integrated searching of articles, graphics, and animations.
Primary Search
Contains full text for popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). It also includes the Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, and an Image Collection of photos, maps, and flags.
Middle Search Plus
Contains full text for popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for biographies and historical essays. It includes primary source documents, reference books, and an Image Collection of photos, maps, and flags.
MAS Ultra: School Edition
Designed for high school libraries, contains full text for more popular, high school magazines. Full text is also available for biographies and primary source documents. Articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). This database also contains reference books, and Image Collection of photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full-text backfills for key magazines.
Student Resource Center Gold
A resource that offers easy access to a selection of reference, periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia.
Books In-Print
Provides citations and selected reviews to materials that are in-print, out of print, forthcoming, including audio and video titles.
WilsonWeb
Interface for accessing the Wilson Databases.
WorldCat
Provides citations to books and other materials (including those that are out of print) held by libraries worldwide.