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Allied Health

MEDLINEplus
Goldmine of consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine. Covers 500+ diseases as well as information about prescription and nonprescription drugs.
The Merck Manuals
The Merck Manuals are a comprehensive medical information source covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine.
Merck Veterinary Manual
For more than 60 years, the Merck Veterinary Manual (MVM) has provided veterinarians and other animal health professionals with concise and authoritative information on diseases and management of food-producing, companion, laboratory, and exotic animals.
Nursing & Allied Health
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A comprehensive database for all things related to the health professions including dental tech, vet tech, and surgical tech.
PLOS ONE
An open source database that spans many scientific disciplines. Articles are peer reviewed and available as pdfs.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. It includes links to selected full text articles and other related resources
PubMed Central
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
Some PubMed articles are included in EasySearch
Salem Press eBooks
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eBooks covering a wide range of subjects including history, sociology, and current issues.
Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
ScienceDirect
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READ ME for best results! Scientific, technical and medical journal database. 1700 plus full text journals from Elsevier Science.
Included in EasySearch

Arts & History

Art Full Text
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Find articles about fine, decorative, and commercial art, photography, architecture, and much more from 500 periodicals devoted to these subjects.
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CQ Historic Documents
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Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents Series now contains 32 volumes of primary sources. Each volume includes approximately 100 documents covering the most significant events of the year.
Coverage: 1972-2012
Gale eBooks
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Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks for quick facts and multi-disciplinary research.
Grove Art Online
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The Grove Dictionary of Art is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of the visual arts, with 30,000 signed and peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 international scholars
History (World Civilization)
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Use this link to access 2 history databases
1. World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
2. World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society
Military & Government Collection
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Offering current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, Military & Goverment Collection offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and related content.
Included in EasySearch
Salem Press eBooks
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eBooks covering a wide range of subjects including history, sociology, and current issues.

Business

Business Market Research Collection
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Database contains proprietary information about more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Formerly known as Hoovers .
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Business Source Elite
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Provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources. Also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.
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New York Times
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Full text access from Jun 1, 1980 to present from the library database US Newsstream.
RefUSA
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Contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care provider; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.
Regional Business News
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Coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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Small Business Reference Center
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This database offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, and information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.
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US Newsstream
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Full text access to major national and regional newspapers including Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The Christian Science Monitor.

Computers & Technology

EBook Central
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Search a select collection of eBooks covering various disciplines and subjects.
Gale eBooks
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Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks for quick facts and multi-disciplinary research.
PLOS ONE
An open source database that spans many scientific disciplines. Articles are peer reviewed and available as pdfs.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
ScienceDirect
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READ ME for best results! Scientific, technical and medical journal database. 1700 plus full text journals from Elsevier Science.
Included in EasySearch

Education

ERIC
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Educational Resource Information Center database includes over 1 million documents and journal articles from 1966 to present. Documents are identified as ED. Journal articles are identified as EJ.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
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News and career-information source for college and university faculty members. Note: full off campus access requires creating an account with your college email address. Create an account by using the "Sign In" link.
Teacher Reference Center
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Access to abstracts for more than 270 popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.
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Environment

GreenFile
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Database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment.
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PLOS ONE
An open source database that spans many scientific disciplines. Articles are peer reviewed and available as pdfs.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
ScienceDirect
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READ ME for best results! Scientific, technical and medical journal database. 1700 plus full text journals from Elsevier Science.
Included in EasySearch

Law & Criminal Justice

Civil Rights & Social Justice
A diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans. Contains hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislations, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights.
Criminal Justice & Law Video Collection
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A collection of high-quality educational streaming videos. The Criminal Justice & Law Video Collection focuses on the criminal justice system, the criminal mind, juvenile justice, forensic science and more.
Gun Regulation & Legislation in America
More than 500 titles including periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Nearly 500 scholarly articles, an extensive bibliography, and a balanced selection of external resources including the National Firearms Act, the Miller and Heller decisions, and other key aspects.
Legal Information Reference Center
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Legal Information Reference Center offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues, including: business law, family law, property & real estate, rights & disputes and much more. Find hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.
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Military & Government Collection
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Offering current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, Military & Goverment Collection offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and related content.
Included in EasySearch
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
A multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world including every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery going into the 20th century. Hundreds of pamphlets and books written about slavery—defending it, attacking it or simply analyzing it. English-language legal commentary on slavery published before 1920, which includes many essays and articles in obscure, hard-to-find journals in the United States and elsewhere. More than a thousand pamphlets and books on slavery from the 19th century as well as Congressional debates from the Continental Congress to 1880 and many modern histories of slavery.
SocIndex with Full Text
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Covers sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, social psychology, social work, substance abuse, welfare, and many others. This sociology research database contains indexing for thousands of journals, and the full text for approximately 850 titles. Full text is also provided for more than 800 books and thousands of conference papers.
Included in EasySearch

Literature

Bloom's Literature
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Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature. Contains information and criticism on specific literary works—from poetry to plays—browsable by genre and time period or alphabetically.
Literary Reference Center
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A full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
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Gale eBooks
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Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks for quick facts and multi-disciplinary research.

News & Issues

Civil Rights & Social Justice
A diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans. Contains hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislations, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights.
CQ Researcher
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In-depth articles on current and controversial issues. Each article offers a lengthy discussion of the issue, pros and cons, background information, a chronology, future outlook, a bibliography and links. Excellent resource.
Included in EasySearch
Gun Regulation & Legislation in America
More than 500 titles including periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Nearly 500 scholarly articles, an extensive bibliography, and a balanced selection of external resources including the National Firearms Act, the Miller and Heller decisions, and other key aspects.
Merck Manuals - Consumer Version
A free resource for all your medical questions.
Military & Government Collection
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Offering current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, Military & Goverment Collection offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and related content.
Included in EasySearch
Points of View
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A series of essays on controversial topics that present multiple sides of a current issue.
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Regional Business News
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Coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Included in EasySearch
Salem Press eBooks
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eBooks covering a wide range of subjects including history, sociology, and current issues.
US Newsstream
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Full text access to major national and regional newspapers including Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The Christian Science Monitor.

Psychology & Sociology

Gale eBooks
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Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks for quick facts and multi-disciplinary research.
Nursing & Allied Health
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A comprehensive database for all things related to the health professions including dental tech, vet tech, and surgical tech.
PLOS ONE
An open source database that spans many scientific disciplines. Articles are peer reviewed and available as pdfs.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. It includes links to selected full text articles and other related resources
Salem Press eBooks
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eBooks covering a wide range of subjects including history, sociology, and current issues.
Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
ScienceDirect
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READ ME for best results! Scientific, technical and medical journal database. 1700 plus full text journals from Elsevier Science.
Included in EasySearch
SocIndex with Full Text
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Covers sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, social psychology, social work, substance abuse, welfare, and many others. This sociology research database contains indexing for thousands of journals, and the full text for approximately 850 titles. Full text is also provided for more than 800 books and thousands of conference papers.
Included in EasySearch

Science

Gale eBooks
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Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks for quick facts and multi-disciplinary research.
The Merck Manuals
The Merck Manuals are a comprehensive medical information source covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine.
Nursing & Allied Health
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A comprehensive database for all things related to the health professions including dental tech, vet tech, and surgical tech.
PLOS ONE
An open source database that spans many scientific disciplines. Articles are peer reviewed and available as pdfs.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. It includes links to selected full text articles and other related resources
Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.
Access available without a CCC library card. Included in EasySearch.
ScienceDirect
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READ ME for best results! Scientific, technical and medical journal database. 1700 plus full text journals from Elsevier Science.
Included in EasySearch

Social Justice

Civil Rights & Social Justice
A diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans. Contains hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislations, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights.
CQ Researcher
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In-depth articles on current and controversial issues. Each article offers a lengthy discussion of the issue, pros and cons, background information, a chronology, future outlook, a bibliography and links. Excellent resource.
Included in EasySearch
Criminal Justice & Law Video Collection
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A collection of high-quality educational streaming videos. The Criminal Justice & Law Video Collection focuses on the criminal justice system, the criminal mind, juvenile justice, forensic science and more.
Gun Regulation & Legislation in America
More than 500 titles including periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Nearly 500 scholarly articles, an extensive bibliography, and a balanced selection of external resources including the National Firearms Act, the Miller and Heller decisions, and other key aspects.
Points of View
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A series of essays on controversial topics that present multiple sides of a current issue.
Included in EasySearch
Salem Press eBooks
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eBooks covering a wide range of subjects including history, sociology, and current issues.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
A multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world including every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery going into the 20th century. Hundreds of pamphlets and books written about slavery—defending it, attacking it or simply analyzing it. English-language legal commentary on slavery published before 1920, which includes many essays and articles in obscure, hard-to-find journals in the United States and elsewhere. More than a thousand pamphlets and books on slavery from the 19th century as well as Congressional debates from the Continental Congress to 1880 and many modern histories of slavery.
SocIndex with Full Text
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Covers sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, social psychology, social work, substance abuse, welfare, and many others. This sociology research database contains indexing for thousands of journals, and the full text for approximately 850 titles. Full text is also provided for more than 800 books and thousands of conference papers.
Included in EasySearch

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