Roxbury Community College

Art

ARTstor			The ARTstor Digital Library offers more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

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

Biography

Biography in Context			This database contains more than 400,000 biographies on nearly 275,000 people gathered from over 90 reference sources as well as 250 magazines. Search for one or more of these fields: birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender. Also includes links to articles and web pages.

BPL Biography Databases

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

Business

Business Insights: Essentials			Business Insights: Essentials: Easily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.

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.

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

Ebrary			The library has recently added 20,000 online books from the vendor Ebrary. This is the “community college” collection, of interest to students and faculty at 2-year colleges. All books are simultaneously available to all RCC users.
EBSCO eBooks Collection			Access to approximately 1,200 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.

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			Click here for 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.

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.

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 in Context			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.

Pop Culture Universe			Pop Culture Universe: Icons \| Idols \| Ideas (PCU) is an authoritative, yet irresistible, digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present—in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers.

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 Plus with Full Text			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 770 journals indexed in CINAHL®. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index – with no embargo. CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

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.

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.

NetAnatomy			NetAnatomy is designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing students.

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.

Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection			Both researcher and practitioner alike will find relevant, authoritative content in this collection, which includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Covering a wide spectrum of information, researchers will have access to a diverse, but focused set of topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.

UpToDate			UpToDate® is an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource which clinicians trust to make the right point-of-care decisions. More than 5,100 world-renowned physician authors, editors and peer reviewers use a rigorous editorial process to synthesize the most recent medical information into trusted, evidence-based recommendations that are proven to improve patient care and quality.


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.

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.

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.

U.S. History in Context			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.

World History in Context			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.

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


K-12 Databases


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

Legal Studies


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.

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			Access the full text of Spanish-, English-language and bilingual newspapers, magazines, and journals plus other multicultural publications from the ethnic, minority, and native press through Ethnic NewsWatch.

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.

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.


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.

Science


Environmental Studies and Policy Collection			A collection of over 800 journals and 6 subject specific Delmar reference titles provide robust coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

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 In Context			Supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Science in Context features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects. From earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history and biography.

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.

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.