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SCC Library Databases - Zillions of Articles, and More
It seems like just a few years ago that librarians around the country were proudly setting up their first periodical databases on CD-ROM. And it was exciting, even exhilarating to speed through the computer index and find article citations in a fraction of the time it took to use the big, green Reader's Guide volumes. (Which we still have, by the way, in case you ever get nostalgic.)
Well, we've come a long way. The SCC library's online database collection has grown to thirty, and these databases cover nearly every topic you'll find in print periodicals, from Academic Freedom to Zaire. The database collection also includes several online reference books containing treatises and chapters that go far beyond periodical articles. The SCC databases are available to you and your students from any Internet-connected computer 24 hours a day by using an Access Card or library card and a personal identification number (PIN). SCC faculty and staff can create a PIN in LOIS. Click View Your Record and follow the instructions. (Faculty and staff do not have default PINs.)
Here's a sample of titles from the complete database list:
InfoTrac:
Expanded Academic Index ProQuest Research Library |
A pair of all-purpose databases for finding articles in magazines and journals on a very wide range of topics. | |||
CQ Researcher | Full-text reports that include background, chronology, trends, and a bibliography on current and controversial topics. | |||
ProQuest Newspapers | Full text of 300+ major U.S. and international newspapers and hundreds of other news sources. | |||
Encyclopędia Britannica Online | Full-text of the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus. | |||
Literature Resource Center | Literary criticism and biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of world authors. | |||
CountryWatch | Country overviews, political and economic conditions, environmental issues, and news. | |||
Oxford Reference Online Premium | Dictionaries and a full spectrum of reference works published by Oxford University Press. | |||
Oxford English Dictionary | The OED details meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. | |||
History E-Book Project | Browse or search over 800 history books. | |||
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times | Full page and articles images from The New York Times from 1851-2001. | |||
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