LibGuides: Learning Commons: Research Databases

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Academic Search Complete
- Why search here?
  This is an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources unique to this database.
- What's included?
  .As a multi-disciplinary full text database it contains full text for more than 3,100 journals, including nearly 2,700 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals.
NewsBank Access World News
- Why search here?
  This tool provides reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national, and local sources.
- What's included?
  Search thousands of diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills.

Business Source Premier
- Why search here?
  This research tool provides comprehensive access to all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, banking, and finance.
- What's included?
  Access to full text articles for more than 2,100 journals.

Black Life in America
- Why search here?
  This primary source collection offers an expansive window into
  centuries of African American history, culture and daily life—as well as the ways the dominant
  culture has portrayed and perceived people of African descent.
- What's included?
  The content in this database is sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news
  sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.

Consumer Health Complete
- Why search here?
  This is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
- What's included?
  Content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
Credo Reference
- Why search here?
  A perfect starting point for students, researchers and lifelong learners who are creating research projects, writing topic papers or just doing research.
- What's included?
  With regular updates, this Collection includes 3 million entries from notable subject encyclopedias, handbooks, guides, companions and readers covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than 6 million research concepts. In addition to full-text content, the Academic Core Collection provides access to more than 1,000 videos and animations, as well as 500,000 contextual visual aids, images, photographs and maps.

eBook Collection (EBSCO)
eBook Collection (Gale)
- Why search here?
  This resource provides access to over 26,000 eBooks on topics directly relevant to academic research.
- What's included?
  An award-winning, hassle-free eBook experience —anytime, anywhere, and on any device.

Films on Demand
- Why search here?
  This resource provides instant access to streaming videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7!
- What's included?
  Access to over 143,000 titles and 331,000 video segments with subjects ranging from Anthropology to World Languages.

Gale Interactive Anatomy
- Why search here?
  Human anatomy is known to be a challenging subject to master and teach, but traditional resources and lab materials are often limited, making it difficult for students to comprehend essential concepts. Now you can breathe new life into the study of Human Anatomy with Gale Interactive:.
- What's included?
  Human Anatomy, an innovative learning aid that allows students to examine virtual 3D dissections and immerse themselves in interactive research.
GreenFILE
- Why search here?
  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.
- What's included?
  Indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15,000 records.

History Reference Center
- Why search here?
  History Reference Center is the world's most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.
- What's included?
  The database features full text for more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.

JSTOR
- Why search here?
  JSTOR is a digital library for the intellectually curious.
- What's included?
  Access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

MasterFile Premier
- Why search here?
  This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest.
- What's included?
  Beyond 1,700 periodicals, this resource also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
This database is updated DAILY via EBSCOhost.

NewsBank Access World News
- Why search here?
  This tool provides reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national, and local sources.
- What's included?
  Search thousands of diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills.
Newspaper Source
- Why search here?
  The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers.
- What's included?
  Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles.
NoveList
- Why search here?
  A readers’ advisory service serving fiction readers of all ages with an extensive library of fiction resources.
- What's included?
  Access to 155,000 fiction titles and a wide range of feature content.
Nursing and Allied Health
- Why search here?
  This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more.
- What's included?
  This database provides thousands of titles in full-text, plus thousands of full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
- Why search here?
  Opposing Viewpoints is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.
- What's included?
  Continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Ovid Nursing Journals
- Why search here?
  Every day, the world's leading medical, academic, and corporate institutions, and thousands of their users rely on Ovid for the most efficient, trusted solution that transforms research into results to help improve patient care.
- What's included?
  More than 6,000 ebooks and many book collections, including archive collections of critical historical material, as well as publisher and topical collections. In addition, over 1,400 premium, peer–reviewed journals-with no embargoes (one exception, the journal Science has a 3–month embargo). Plus, dozens of journal collections, including archive collections and packages based on publisher or subject content. Also, over 100 bibliographic and full–text databases
Oxford Scholarship Online
- Why search here?
  Discover works from celebrated university presses around the world, including Oxford University Press, all available on a single, easy-to-use platform.
- What's included?
  Explore tens of thousands of academic books across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.

Points of View Reference Center
- Why search here?
  A full-text database designed that provides a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
- What's included?
  More than 290 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Why search here?
  A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
- What's included?
  This resource can be searched independently, but also allows students to conveniently link to full text from citations within PsycINFO.
ProQuest Research
- Why search here?
  By combining ProQuest’s most used multi-disciplinary products on one platform, students, faculty and researchers can serendipitously find the essential content they need to be successful in research, teaching and learning.
- What's included?
  .Four core multi-disciplinary products – ProQuest Central, Academic Complete, Academic Video Online and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global .

Regional Business News
- Why search here?
  This robust resource provides ultimate coverage for full-text business publications, on a regional level, for the United States and Canadian provinces.
- What's included?
  Key resources include newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, trade publications, magazines and newswires, with full-text content coverage spanning over 22 years.

Science in Context
- Why search here?
  This is an engaging online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
- What's included?
  By integrating authoritative, curriculum-aligned reference content with headlines and videos, Science in Context draws students into the subject matter, showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.
Science Journals
- Why search here?
  This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences.
- What's included?
  ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.
Science Reference Center
- Why search here?
  SRC is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content.
- What's included?
  Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources.

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ART 110-008
Free Open Educational Resource eTextbook for ART 110-008 (Instructor, A. Matejcek)

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Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses.
ART 111-001
Free Open Educational Resource for ART 111-001 (Instructor, A. Matejcek)

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Art history might seem like a relatively straightforward concept: “art” and “history” are subjects most of us first studied in elementary school. In practice, however, the idea of “the history of art” raises complex questions. What exactly do we mean by art, and what kind of history (or histories) should we explore?
ART 111-001
Free Open Educational Curriculum for ART 111-001 (Instructor, A. Matejcek)

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Evaluate the frameworks we can use to analyze and discuss works of art.
AST 101 001 & 002
Open Educational Resource free e-textbook for Astronomy (Instructor, M. Korbitz)

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Astronomy is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of one- or two-semester introductory astronomy courses. The book begins with relevant scientific fundamentals and progresses through an exploration of the solar system, stars, galaxies, and cosmology.

CCR 092 College Composition & Reading
Open Educational Resource free e-textbook for CCR 092 (instructor, K. Kelley)

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An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.
ENG 121 001
Open Educational Resource free e-textbook for ENG 121 (Instructor, C. Stork)

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Online OER text adapted for use in ENGL 101 - Rhetoric & Composition by Amber Kinonen, Jennifer McCann, Todd McCann, and Erica Mead for Bay College.
ENG 122-001 & 008
Open Educational Resource free e-textbook for ENG 122 (instructor, K. Kelley)

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English Composition II is an expository writing course that helps students develop more advanced writing skills than English Composition I.

ENGL 101 Rhetoric & Composition
Additional Reading for ENG 121 001 (Instructor, C. Stork)
English Composition 1
Free Textbook for ENG 121 001 (Instructor, C. Stork)

HUM 115-001 & 008
Free Open Educational Resource for HUM 115 001 & 008 (Instructor, C. Stork)

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A deep exploration of the fundamental symbols, ceremonies, rituals, and transformative narratives of the world's great wisdom traditions and mythological systems. With special attention paid to their relevance to the modern world. Written for Community College and undergraduate level courses through an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens. Western myths are included but not centered.

LIT 205 001
Open Education Resource free e-book for Ethnic Literature (Instructor, K. Kelley)

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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Souls of Black Folk, by W. E. B. Du Bois
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
LIT 246 001
Free Online Research Resource Tool for LIT 246 001 (Instructor, K. Kelley)

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The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.
LIT 246 001
Free Online Research Tool for LIT 246 001 (Instructor, K. Kelley).

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The Emory Women Writers Resource Project is a collection of edited and unedited texts by women writing from the seventeenth century through the early twentieth century.
LIT 246 001
Free Online Research Tool for LIT 246 001 (Instructor, K. Kelley).

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Although the website is called americanliterature.com, literature from authors worldwide can be found on this site. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST WEBSITES EVER! The collection of public domain works is amazing. This site is beneficial for any literature course.
LIT 246 001
Free Online Resource for additional reading for LIT 246 001 (Instructor, K. Kelley).

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Maria Stewart, who was African American, abolitionist, and women's rights activist, was one of the first American women and the first woman of color to speak publicly about abolition and women's rights. The link is "Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart," a treatise that largely discusses Christian principles.
LIT 246 001
Free Online Resource for images shared by LIT 246 001 instructor, K. Kelley.

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A collection of 75,495,144 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute

NUR 112 & 212 Online Open Resource
Free Open Educational Resource, Open RN, Free eTextbooks and Courseware.

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Open Educational Resources (OER) coupled with FlexEd complete digital courseware for College Nursing programs - aligned with NCLEX learning objectives.
NUR 112 & 212 Online Open Resource
Free Open Educational Resource, Open RN, Free eTextbooks and Courseware.

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Open Educational Resources (OER) coupled with FlexEd complete digital courseware for College Nursing programs - aligned with NCLEX learning objectives.
NUR 112-001 & 002
Open Educational Resource, Pharmacology Textbook, Print Version Purchase link for NUR 112 001 & 002.

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'Nursing Pharmacology' introduces the principles of pharmacology, including drug classifications and their effects on the body. Emphasis is on the use of the components of the nursing process when administering medications.
NUR 112-001 & 002
Free Open Educational Resource Pharmacology eTextbook

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'Nursing Pharmacology' introduces the principles of pharmacology, including drug classifications and their effects on the body. Emphasis is on the use of the components of the nursing process when administering medications.
NUR 112-001 & 002
Open Educational Resource videos about medicine and the healthcare system for NUR 112 001 & 002 (Instructor, A. Clerkin)

Learning Commons: Research Databases

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All Resources A-Z

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Research Databases by Subject

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