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Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Updated daily.
 

Academic Search Premier
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCO
host.
 

Access Science
Over 8,500 articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th edition; Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology; 110,000+ definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms and much more.
 

Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who’s Who
This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
 

Books and Authors
Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together. Books & Authors makes exploration of genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun.
 
Book Review Index Online Plus
A comprehensive online guide to book reviews that includes more than five million review citations from thousands of publications, with linking to more than 630,000 full-text reviews.
 

Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
 

Business Source Premier
As the world’s largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 7,800 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,125 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost
 

CINAHL
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 640 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index.  CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
 

Computer Source  
Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
 

Credo Reference  
A searchable library of hundreds of respected reference books that offers over 2 million entries, 70,000 images and 30,000 sound files.
 

Culture Briefings
Customs, cultures, traditions of 15 countries
 

 

CultureGrams
Maps, Daily life, culture, history and customs of 181 nations
 

 

Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac-Gale)
Full-text articles from over 100 U.S. & international newspapers. New York Times coverage 1/2000 – present.  USA Today 10/2004 – present.
 

EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
 

Educators Reference Complete  
A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Includes content focused on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.

 

Encyclopedia Americana
In-depth information, current events and news archive for student researchers. Links to more than 45,000 encyclopedia articles, 100,000 full-text periodical articles, 150,000 selected web sites. Includes an interactive atlas, dictionary and 4,500 black and white and color images. 
 

Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica online. Over 122,000 articles, updated world atlas, thousand of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus
 

 

ERIC
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC.
 

Expanded Academic ASAP
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images.
 

FirstSearch
FirstSearch is an online reference search tool that delivers quality content from WorldCat and dozens of quality, respected databases of bibliographic and full-text content.
 
 
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
 
Gale Virtual Reference Library 
A selection of 24 cross-searchable reference e-books covering a variety of subject areas, including health and medicine, language and literature, history, social studies, science and more.
 

General Business File ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available
 

General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac)
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
 

General Reference Center
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center to find articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images. Find articles on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more
 

Greenfile
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
 

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Grolier Online offers a complete source of reference material for your needs. From extensive hyperlinking, article updates, bibliographies and kid-safe web links, Grolier Online is an excellent companion for students and teachers.
 

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.
 

Health Reference Center Academic
Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database.
 

Health Source - Consumer Edition
Health Souce: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines. Topics include medial sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
 

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines and features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Updated daily.
 

History Resource Center 
History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, primary sources, images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.
History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series.
 

Hoover’s  
Comprehensive company database featuring over 43,000 companies. Executive profiles, detailed company fact sheets with financials and more.
 

 

Institute of Physics
Institute of Physics electronic journal title list. Articles from 1874 to present.
 

Issues & Controversies
Features pro and con articles on more than 800 thought provoking topics in business, politics, government, education and popular culture. Updated weekly with links to a 12-year back file. Facts on File database.
 
 

Journal of Radiological Protection
Official journal of the Society of Radiological Protection.
 

 

Junior Edition – K12
Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more
 

Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
 

Lab Training and Competency Assessment
Features OSHA testing modules utilized by Health & Human Services students.
**Note - Requires setting up a personal account using the lab code provided by your instructor. Contact the SCC Library at 592-4764 if you have questions.
 

 

LegalTrac 
LegalTrac® provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac® is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac® also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles
 

Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
LISTA indexes nearly 690 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
 

LitFinder
Litfinder is designed to connect users quickly to the poem, story, speech, play or essay that best suits their needs. Contains more than 10,000 subject headings. Includes hundreds of expert-written explanations, glossary entries and discussions.
 

Literature Online
Author biographies, articles of literary criticism, literary reference books, full text works of English and American poetry, prose and drama.
 

 
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
 

MagillOnLiterature Plus (combines MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors)
MagillOnLiterature Plus, produced by Salem Press, is the premier literary database, combining MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors. This database includes all the literary works, reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries that are included in MagillOnLiterature, as well as all the biographies and author essays included in MagillOnAuthors.
 

 

MAS Ultra – School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text nearly 600 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 268 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
 

MEDLINE
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.
 

Military & Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.
 

Mitchell 1 On Demand
Complete automotive service and repair information. 
**Note - limit of 2 simultaneous users. SCC on campus use only. Database not available off-campus.
 

 

MLA Directory of Periodicals
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
 

MLA International Bibliography
The essential index for advanced literary research. Thousands of journals in all areas of literary study and all time periods. Coverage starts in 1969.
 

Nature Online
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public. PASCAL’s access is from 1997 to present.
 

The New Book of Knowledge
For grades 3 and up. More than 9,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects, with pictures and maps. Links to student activities, educational games and teacher resources.
 

Netlibrary Ebooks
Collection of over 50,000 full text books online
 

 

NoodleBib
**NOTE - First time users must select "Create a Personal ID" from the Noodlebib login screen to access NoodleBib ** 
Online MLA and APA formatting.
 

 
Nursing and Allied Health Collection  
All aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration -- are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
 
Nursing Resource Center
Designed for nursing students, the Nursing Resource Center brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. The information is written in accessible language for students completing class assignments and preparing for clinicals as they learn how to care for and treat patients. Search results are returned in tabs that correspond to steps in the nursing process.
 
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
 
Ovid Nursing Collection II: Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals
Also known as the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) nursing titles, Ovid Nursing Collection II provides 100% searchable full text and direct journal links from databases such as CINAHL, MEDLINE and British Nursing Index.
 

Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Updated daily.
 

ProQuest Career and Technical Education
ProQuest® Career & Technical Education delivers more than 470 full-text magazine, journal, and trade titles addressing all aspects of career studies. The database includes over 545 titles, with more than 460 available in full text. Topics include computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design and photography.
 

 

ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 700 titles, with over 580 titles in full-text. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source offers reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions as well as researchers at healthcare facilities.
 

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
This database provides coverage of more than 550 full text journals, including more than 525 peer-reviewed titles, covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. Updated daily.
 

Regional Business News
Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc.
 

Science Online
The world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
 

 
Science Resource Center
Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
 

Scribner Writers Series
Scribner Writers Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series.
 

SIRS Discover
For students in grades 1 through 9, their teachers and parents. Age appropriate, full-text articles and images from 1,600+ US and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources. Maps, pictures, photo essays, activities, biographies, country facts and current events.
 

SIRS Knowledge Source
For advanced middle school students through adults. Articles from 2,500+ US and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources. Includes images, maps, country profiles and Supreme Court decisions.
 

Small Business Resource Center
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
 
South Carolina Newspapers (Newsbank) 
Electronic links to The Greenville News and The State Newspaper as well as national news magazines--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.
 
Student Edition
Now with over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
 

Today’s Science
Today’s Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology. Updated weekly and containing thousands of links to a 15-year back-file. Facts on File database.
 

 

What Do I Read Next? 
What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.
 

   
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