Online Databases Help
Remote access to the online databases is contractually limited to the students, faculty and staff of DCCCD. (Remote access is a connection from any machine outside the DCCCD network.)
Search Options
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W
Noodle Tools - Help Me Create My List of Sources
|
|
|
| |
|
Academic Search Complete 1985 to present
Article abstracts and full text from over 4400 scholarly journals published worldwide. Coverage includes the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Updated monthly.African American Studies Center
American History Online
Biographies, primary sources, timelines and image gallery...Applied Science and Technology Full Text
Provides indexing (1983+), abstracts (1993+) and full text (1997+) for 500+ leading trade and industrial publications, professional and technical society journals, specialized subject periodicals, plus buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings.Art Index Full Text
Full text(1997+) for international publications with coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. Indexing (1984+), abstracts(1994+) and full-text (1997+) from over 400 international periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.Art Index Retrospective
International publications with coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism.Art Museum Image Gallery
Includes over 96,000 images with full description. Many include curatorial text, provenance data, detail or multiple views for many images, and related multimedia where available.Bibliography of American Literature
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Book Review Digest 1983 to present
Provides index coverage for reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, and provides review excerpts from over 100,000 reviews.Books in Print
The largest web-based bibliographic resource of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Provides ordering and publisher information on these materials. Books in Print allows may types of searching from quick search by either author, title,keyword or ISBN with options for print status & format, to advanced search.Business Source Complete 1926 to present
Article abstracts and full text from over 3300 scholarly business journals. Includes coverage of management, economics, finance, and accounting. Updated monthly.Business Source Complete -BSI (industry and company profiles)
Chronicle of Higher Education
A national daily newspaper for higher education. The Chronicle of Higher Education Community College newsletter is available once a week.CINAHL Full Text
Articles from the fields of nursing and allied health.CollegeSource Online Current
Features over 21,000 College Catalogs. Includes 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools.Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online
Search for a poem by author, title, first line, last line, subject, or keyword. Some poem listings contain the full text of the poem, a biography of the poet, and poem commentary discussing the poem's meaning.Contemporary Authors Current
A primary resource for information on over 110,000 current modern writers from a wide range of media.Contemporary Literary Criticism 1960 to present
Significant published criticism on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers who died after December 31, 1959 or now living. Each entry contains the following: a biographical essay that discusses the author'slife, works, and critical importance; critical essays or excerpts taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers, andscholarly journals; and, where available, interviews with featured authors. Entries also provide suggestions for further reading.CQ Researcher 1991 to present
The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports.Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus
CQ Weekly Online 1983 to present
Readers get in-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up of the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus
Daily Life Through History Online
Historical information about life during various time periods in world history.Dallas Morning News or Dallas Morning News or Dallas Morning News Historical
Primary Dallas daily newspaper. Covers Dallas and the surrounding area. Complete full-text of local and regional Dallas, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.Dallas Observer
A weekly publication known for its investigative stories about government, politics and business, sports, music and the arts in Dallas.Dictionary of Literary Biography
Essays outlining the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres. Contains: Personal Information: (birth/death dates, nationality/ethnicity, principal genres, awards, family history, author portrait) Principal Works (a list of the author's most important writings), Further Readings about the Author.Directory of Open Source Journals
Early American Fiction, 1789-1875
EBSCO Espanol
Spanish version of the EBSCO integrated database for locating articles from thousands of magazines.EBSCO IntegratedDatabase Searching
Access simultaneously the following databases: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, MagillonLiberature Plus, MasterFILE Premier, MAS Ultra (School Edition), Medline, Military and Government Collection, Regional Business News, Cinahl Full Text, and Humanities International.Education Research Complete
Eighteenth Century Prose Fiction
eLibrary
Resources from seven different media types: magazines, newspapers, reference books, TV/radio transcripts, pictures, maps, and streaming audio and video.Encyclopaedia Britannica
Quick and easy answers for simple or complex questions at a variety of reading levels by searching any/all of Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.ERIC or ERIC
National education database sponsored by the US Department of Education. Contains over 700,000 citations covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions andevaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.Facts.com 1940 to present
Brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years.FactSearch 1984 to present
Selected-text statistical statements on current social, economic, political, health, and environmental issues and public policy topics, excerpted from more than 1,100 mainstream and alternative serial sources.Federal Register 1995 to present
The official government daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations. Also includes Executive Orders and other Presidential documents.Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
Gale Literary Databases
Simultaneously searches Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB). Provides biographical information and criticisms for over 100,000 authors.Gale Literary Index
A master index to 109 major literature series published by The Gale Group. Combines and cross references more than 138,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 176,000 titles.General Science Full Text
Coverage of core journals in all areas of science such as anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, medicine, and health. Full-text is available for 61 journals starting with January 1995.GroveArt
Full text coverage of the Grove Dictionary of Art, with extensive image linking.GroveMusic
Full text coverage of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Includes links to sound, illustrations, and other related articles.Handbook of Texas 1996
A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of over 23,000 articles dealing with Texas history, geography, and culture. Includes information on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and more.Health & Wellness Resource Center
Articles from magazines, medical periodicals, reference books and pamphlets on general health-related topics. This database is intended for informational purposes only and should not replace a visit to your doctor.Health Reference Center-Academic 1980 to present
Articles on medicine, diseases and medical disorders, HMOs, prescription drugs, fitness, pregnancy, nutrition, occupational health and safety, alcohol, drug abuse, etc. This database is intended for informational purposes only and should not replace a visit to your doctor.HeritageQuest Online 1790 to present
Family histories, public records, genealogical serials, American cultural resources and the US Census from 1790-1930.Hoover's Online
Information and web links to business-related information. Detailed information can be searched by industry, location, annual sales, and/or company type. Also contains information about individual companies and stocks.Humanities Full Text
Full-text scholarly articles focusing on the arts and humanities.Information Please
Combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several almanacs. Includes statistics, facts, and historical data.Information Science and Technology Abstracts
InfoTrac Newspapers
Articles from over 100 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers. Dates of coverage vary with start dates beginning January of 1996, and a 365 day rolling file for the New York Times. List of newspapers includes Atlanta Journal Constitution, Austin American Statesman, Houston Chronicle, International Herald Tribune, New York Times and The Guardian (London, England).Internet & Personal Computering Abstracts
Lexis-Nexis Academic On campus use only
Includes current news, legal (research, news, cases) and some medical information (news and journals).Library/Information Science Technology Abstracts
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
Literature Online (Chadwyck)
Literature Resource Center (Gale) Historical to present
Includes 90,000 biographies, criticism on major literary works, plot summaries and explications for more than 2,000 works, the full text of Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, and 12,000 articles, critical essays and recommended reading lists on over 2,000 of the most-studied authors.LOUIS: Library Of Unified Information Sources
LOUIS searches simultaneously: Congressional Reports, Congressional Record, Congressional Hearings, Federal Register, Presidential Documents, GAO Reports, Bills and Resolutions.Making of America Pre-Civil War to 1900
MOA is a digital library of primary sources in American history from pre-Civil War through reconstruction. The collection covers the following subjects: education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, science and technology. The collection contains over 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles.MasterFILE Premier 1975 to present
Full-text articles from over 1900 popular magazines, along with abstracts from over 2510 additional magazines. Also includes Essential Documents in American History - a database of over 1,000 documents, speeches, charts, and graphs.The database also contains full text for nearly 200 reference and travel books; 88,000 biographies; 60,000 primary source documents; and 91,000 photos, maps, and flags.Medline 1965 to present
Additional access point to The National Library of Medicine's database of references to more than 11 million articles published in 9580 biomedical journals. This access point allows you to narrow down by type of journal and/or journal title.Military & Government Collection 1984 to present
Full text from over 330 military and general interest publications. Designed to bring current news to all branches of the military. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for over 380 magazines. This database carries everything from Naval Aviation News to National Geographic.MLA International Bibliography
Natural and Alternative Treatments
Naxos Music Library
Classical, jazz, blues, world and Chinese music.netLibrary
Links to e-books. Readers can search by keyword or title. Books can be checked out and read online through your computer. DCCCD subscribes to 300+ titles.New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Cultural history.New York Times 1995 to present
A daily newspaper considered to be the "official" U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences. Includes the New York Times Book Review and the New York Times Magazine.New York Times Historical 1851-2001
Access to New York Times issues from 1851 - 2001. Click the pull-down menu to access the historical articles.Opposing Viewpoints
Covers current event issues and controversies. Gives facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors.Professional Development Collection
Project Gutenberg
Crea April 17, 2008 ctronic texts that are available for free electronically. You won't find the latest bestsellers or modern computer books here. You will find the classic books from the start of this century and previous centuries, from authors like Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), the Tarzan and Mars books of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland).Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
PubMed 1966 to present
Index to articles found in full-text journals at the websites of participating publishers. Also provides access to molecularbiology databases.Reader's Guide Full Text
Access to articles from a wide variety of popular magazines and journals.Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982
Readers' Guide Retrospective with links to full text, 1890 - 1982. Provides access to articles from a wide variety of popular magazines and journals.Reference Universe
Encyclopedias Subject: index to brief articles on everythingRegional Business News 1990-
Full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world. 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.Religion & Philosophy Collection
Science and Technology Collection
SIRS Researcher Current
Articles selected from over 1,500 publications exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues. Also includes excerpts from The World Almanac and Book of Facts, and 300 maps spanning the globe.STAT-Ref Current
Online medical reference books.STAT-USA Current
Information related to government and international commerce.Student Research Center EBSCO
Includes pictures, e-books, newspaper and news articles, along with news transcripts. Good source of current, basic, and historical information.Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Large-scale maps of Texas cities from 1867-1970.Thomas Register of Manufacturers
72,000 product and service headings, 170,000 companies, 135,415 trademark and brand names and 785,543 CAD drawings. This database provides links to more than 7,782 online catalogs or supplier web sites. These links are both product and company specific. This is a free database, but it does require user registration.20th Century African American Poetry
Collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African American poets of the 20th century.20th Century American Poetry 1900 to present
Collection of 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song.20th Century English Poetry 1900 to present
Collection of poetry written by the most important and influential poets of the 20th century. It contains over 44,000 poems by 283 poets along with integral images. Twentieth-Century English Poetry includes such writers as W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves, D.H. Lawrence and many others. It also incorporates works by poets such as Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Louis MacNeice and Siegfried Sassoon from The Faber Poetry Library.Wall Street Journal 1982 to present
A daily newspaper containing articles with a national/international business/financial emphasis. Also contains information on stock listings, bond ratings, currency exchange rates, and other financial data. Archived backfile covers 1986-1997.Webster's Third New International Dictionary
WilsonWeb
Multi-database searching of: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984), Book Review Digest Plus, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide, and Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982).WorldCat 1200 to present
Bibliographic citation for any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. Each listings lists libraries that own a copy and if that copy is available for inter-library loan.Reference/Information Desk: 214-860-2174 Circulation: 214-860-2175
Comments or suggestions are welcome.
©2006 El Centro College Library Dallas, TX
Last Updated: April 17, 2008