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Art

BPL Art Databases		Art databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Biography

Biography Resource Center		A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas

Biography Resource Center: African Americans		A subset of Biography Resource Center with in-depth essays on the most frequently researched historic and contemporary African American figures and 30,000 thumbnail biographies covering a wide variety of fields.

BPL Biography Databases

Biography databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Business

Business Source Premier		The world’s largest full text business database. Provides full text for 3,650 scholarly business journals, including full text for 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Provides full text for more than 300 scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Updated daily.

General BusinessFile ASAP 1980-		Use this database to research all business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.

Campus Research		Campus Research is an easy-to-use online research service that provides college and university students with access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources.

Regional Business News		Regional Business News is a full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world.

BPL Business Databases

Business databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Careers

College Source		Features over 16,704 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools.

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center		Detailed career information on more than 3,300 jobs in 94 industries. Also includes sections on employment skills and resouces.

Vocation and Careers Collection		Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.


Education

College Source		Features over 16,704 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools.

Educator’s Reference Complete		Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home.

ERIC		ERIC, the U.S. Department of Education Educational Resource Information Center database, contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests.

Professional Development Collection		Provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 440 full text journals, designed for professional educators.

Teacher Reference Center		Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

BPL Education Databases		Education databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Electronic Books

NetLibrary		Access to approximately 7,000 books, online.

BPL eBooks

eBooks from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Encyclopedias

Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia		Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries.

BPL Encyclopedia Databases		Encyclopedia databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

General

Academic OneFile		Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly

Academic Search Premier 1984-		Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies.

Credo Reference		Through the Credo Reference database, RCC students can gain access to any of a possible 2,977,685 entries, from 284 titles and 57 publishers

EJS-RCC E-Journals		Electronic Journal Service. Access to the contents of all e-journals subscriptions made available by RCC.

Expanded Academic ASAP 1980-		From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers - with full text and images.

Gale Virtual Reference Library		Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7

General Reference Center Gold 1980-		Use this general interest database to search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc.

Global Issues in Context		Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.

Information Science & Technology Collection		This collection, comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals, provides current and accurate information for this fast-moving field. Information professionals and other knowledge workers – from the research specialist to the information architect – will find appropriate and useful information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.

Info Trac OneFile		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 sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.

Issues & Controversies		Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract		Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 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.

MasterFILE Premier 1984-		Provides full text for nearly 1,860 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center		Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, 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.

BPL General Databases		General databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Health/Nursing

Biomedical Reference Collection		Provides access to 100 full text journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the preclinical sciences.

CINAHL 1982-		The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. Indexing and abstracting for over 1,600 journals and publications from 1982, over 700,000 records.

CINAHL Plus		CINAHL Plus provides indexing for 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. CINAHL Plus also contains searchable cited references for more than 1,160 journals. Full text material includes nearly 80 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.

Health Reference Center: Academic 1980-		Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Health Source: Consumer Edition		With Health Source: Consumer Edition you can search for information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 160 journals including the British Medical Journal and The Lancet, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 170 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition		This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

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.


History

African American Experience		The widest-ranging and easiest-to-use online collection on African American life ever assembled, The African American Experience is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. Over 300 titles.

American History Online		Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience. Includes timelines, biographies, primary sources and audio/video files.

Ancient and Medieval History Online		Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Includes timelines, biographies, primary sources and audio/video files.

History Resource Center: U.S.		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.

History Resource Center: World		History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic 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.

Issues and Controversies in American History		With Issues and Controversies in American History, history comes to life not as a mere recitation of names and dates, but as a series of turning points where the future hung in the balance and opinions raged on all sides. This database builds a deeper understanding of how historical events have shaped our nation by exploring the key players and the battles they fought. Each in-depth exploration delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced reporting that provides the background, outcomes, and contemporary points of view for the major topics in every American history curriculum.

Latino American Experience		Wide-ranging and easy to use, the Latino American Experience (LAE) is the first-ever full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos. Over 150 titles.

Massachusetts History Online		Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.

Modern World History Online		Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present. Includes timelines, biographies, primary sources and audio/video files.

BPL History Databases		History databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.


K-12 Databases

Info Trac K-12 Junior Edition		This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Info Trac K-12 Student Edition		This periodical database is designed for High school students, with easy access to 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. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines

MAS Ultra: School Edition		Provides full text for over 460 general interest and current events magazines.

Primary Search		Provides full text for over 50 children’s magazines and over 100 children’s pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.
Searchasaurus		Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. Students will be riveted by the colorful, animated interface, complete with erupting volcanoes and a dinosaur guide, as they gather information on a wide range of topics.

Legal Studies


Campus Research		Campus Research is an easy-to-use online research service that provides college and university students with access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources.

Criminal Justice Collection		Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals.

BPL Law Databases		Law databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Literature

Contemporary Literary Criticism		CLC is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study.

LitFinder		Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. For students or patrons seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more! From Shakespeare's sonnets to poems by Donald Hall or short stories from Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder has you covered.

Literary Reference Center		Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

Literature Resource Center		Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

BPL Literature Search Databases		Literature databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Military & Government

Military & Government Collection		Provides full text for over 320 military related periodicals and general interest magazines.

Multicultural

African American Experience		The widest-ranging and easiest-to-use online collection on African American life ever assembled, The African American Experience is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. Over 300 titles.

Diversity Studies Collection		A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 150 journals.

Ethnic NewsWatch		Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.

Latino American Experience		Wide-ranging and easy to use, the Latino American Experience (LAE) is the first-ever full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos. Over 150 titles.

Music

BPL Music Databases		Music databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.


News & Newspapers

Boston Bay State Banner		The Boston Bay State Banner is an independent newspaper primarily geared toward the readership interests of the African-American community in Boston, Massachusetts.

Boston Globe 1980-		Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.

Boston Herald 1997-		Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.

Massachusetts Newsstand		Full text articles from Massachusetts, including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, The Sun and more.

Newspaper Source		Full text for 170 regional U.S. newspapers, (a mostly different list than available from LexisNexis); international newspapers, newswires, and newspaper columns, The Christian Science Monitor and The Los Angeles Times.

New York Times		Full Text articles from the New York Times starting from 1995.

World News Digest		A distillation of the news and current information as reported in more than 70 major newspapers and newsmagazines from the U.S. and around the world. Includes politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, finance, government, crime, the environment, science and medicine, arts and entertainment, personalities and sports.

BPL Newspaper Databases		Newspaper databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Psychology

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection		A comprehensive database with nearly 480 full text titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

Publishing


Serials Directory		Provides up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information and pricing for over 178,500 U.S. and international periodicals.

Books and Authors		Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. 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. Through the use of expertly written and arranged content and a dynamic, cutting edge user interface, Books & Authors makes exploration of genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun!

Book Index With Reviews		Book Index with Reviews (BIR) helps you find information on the books you want and need to read. BIR is a cooperative effort between NoveList, EBSCO Publishing and Baker & Taylor.

Science


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. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

Science Full Text Select		Contains access to 320 full text science journals covering all fields of science. Offers a broad range of science literature to students on the community college level.

Science Resource Center		Researching science topics has never been easier -- with 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.

Religion and Philosophy

Religion and Philosophy		Provides coverage of world religions, denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and history of philosophy. Offers 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. Updated daily.

BPL Philosophy and Religion Databases		Philosophy and Religion databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.

Specialized

Foundation Center Directory Online		Information on the nation's 10,000 foundations and over 500,000 recent grants. Note: For in-library use only. See librarian for assistance

Statistics

BPL Statistics Databases

Statistics databases from the Boston Public Library. You can use your RCC library barcode for access.