Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: General.
The world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary database, with coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: General. Good place to start research. Provides comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news including health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist. The consistent, reader-friendly organization provides researchers with an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. Search separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
EBSCOhostThis link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: General. Searches multiple EBSCO databases simultaneously.
Films on DemandThis link opens in a new windowFilms On Demand [FOD] is an online collection of high quality, educational videos made accessible to the faculty, staff and students at Madison College.
JStorThis link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: General, Social Sciences, Humanities.
Includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowIncludes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles in a variety of newspapers including The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Mail (UK), The Irish Times (Ireland), The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Times of London, The Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and others.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)This link opens in a new windowPros and cons on critical social issues. Great place to start your research.
Agriculture
AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Agriculture & Livestock.
The NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) is a bibliographic database. It primarily contains citations created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. It does NOT contain the full-text of materials. However, some citations do include links to materials available in full-text from the Internet.
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Art
ArtStor (ArtStor)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Art, Graphic Arts, Architecture. ARTstor is a digital library of over 1.6 million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. Search ArtStor separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
Business and Marketing
Business Insights: Essentials (Gale)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Business. Formerly Business & Company Resource Center (BCRC). Provides business, company, and industry content including articles, company financials and earning estimates, investment reports, corporate chronologies and company histories, brands and product information, industry and company rankings, market share data, industry overviews, and HR law case digests.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Business, Finance, Economics, Marketing. Scholarly business database covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, economics, financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
O'Reilly for Higher EducationThis link opens in a new windowO’Reilly includes tech and business content from more than 250 publishers - along with videos, audiobooks, case studies, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments.
Education Research Complete (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Education. Covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education.
Health and Nursing
AHFS Consumer Medication Information (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowA trusted source for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers. Search separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
Alt-Health Watch (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Health. Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Includes information on both human and non-human (animal) treatments.
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature or CINAHL (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Nursing, Health. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters, as well as Evidence-Based Care Sheet, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
Health Reference Center-Academic (Gale)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Nursing, Allied Health, Medicine. Information on medicine, fitness, pregnancy, nutrition, diseases, public health, etc.
MEDLINEplusThis link opens in a new windowSubject: Medical, Health. Authoritative information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Includes information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. Search separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Psychology. Articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
PubMed (National Library of Medicine)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Nursing, Medical, Allied Health. A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provides over 12 million MEDLINE citations and additional life sciences journals. Search separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
History
JStorThis link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: General, Social Sciences, Humanities.
Includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
History Reference Center (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: History. Covers U.S. and World History from Antiquity to present day.
Humanities
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Art, Communications, Education, English, Foreign Languages, History, Literature, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Speech, and Theatre.
Literature
Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Literature. Provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames.
Reference Databases
Credo ReferenceThis link opens in a new windowOver 1.100 reference titles that include encyclopedias, biographies, medical dictionaries and much more.
Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: General. Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
CountryWatchThis link opens in a new windowCountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data, including country overviews, international news sources, election reports, maps, world health reports and intelligence briefings. Search separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
NoveList (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Reading for Fun. Read a good book recently and would like recommendations on other books like it? NoveList is a readers' advisory service that provides information on over 150,000 fiction titles. There is also a growing number of non-fiction titles included. NoveList also offers a wide range of feature content, including articles by librarians, genre lists, and book discussion guides. You can also create a personal folder of your favorites. Search separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
Science
Science Reference Center (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Science. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Technology
O'Reilly for Higher EducationThis link opens in a new windowO’Reilly includes tech and business content from more than 250 publishers - along with videos, audiobooks, case studies, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments.