Online Databases (By Subject)
Online databases are electronic collections of resources including reference books, journals, reports, and other forms of authoritative information. In many cases, this should be your starting point for research.
These resources are available on the web from any computer on the Cleveland Community College. You will need passwords to access the databases if you are not on campus. If you need help, online tutorials are available.
Business and Investing
- Business Source Premier is the most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles in all disciplines of business.
- Countrywatch provides information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
- CQ Researcher covers topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
- CQ Weekly covers the activities of the U.S. Congress.
- Economic Development Information System database includes profiles of counties and industries in North Carolina. It provides information on available industrial properties, and comparisons between states in various statistical categories.
- Morningstar Library Edition covers mutual funds and stocks.
- ReferenceUSA provides detailed listings, including addresses and phone numbers, for companies and residences.
Education and Psychology
- CQ Researcher covers topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
- Directory of Open Access Journals covers free, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals in many subjects.
- ERIC provides digests and references from over 750 education-related journals.
- LearningExpress Library is an online learning platform providing practice tests and tutorials designed to help students succeed on academic and licensing tests.
- North Carolina Curriculum from the Department of Public Instruction includes the goals and objectives for subjects and grade levels in North Carolina.
- PsycINFO is provided by the American Psychological Association and focuses on psychology and related disciplines.
General Reference and Research
- Academic Search Premier is multi-disciplinary, containing full-text in most areas of academic study.
- Directory of Open Access Journals covers free, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals in many subjects.
- Encyclopedia Americana Online is a useful general interest encyclopedia and a great place for users to begin researching a topic.
- CQ Researcher covers topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library is a searchable collection of online reference books.
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.
- MasterFile Premier is a database that provides general-interest periodicals and journals from 1984 through the present.
- ReferenceUSA provides detailed listings, including addresses and phone numbers, for companies and residences.
- Sanborn Maps
- Science Reference Center provides science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, & other resources.
History and Social Sciences
- African American Experience, from Greenwood's American Mosaic initiative, is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture.
- American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography is a collection of the life histories of former slaves, compiled from nearly four thousand interviews.
- Annals of American History
- Countrywatch provides information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
- CQ Researcher covers topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
- Daily Life Through History portrays the daily lives of ordinary people in different cultures throughout history.
- Heritagequest provides materials for tracing family history and American culture.
- Historic Events of the 20th Century
- History Reference Center offers full-text from books, encyclopedias, history-related periodicals, historical documents, and biographies. Multimedia—including photos, maps, and video—is also featured.
- Latino American Experience, from Greenwood's American Mosaic initiative, is the definitive electronic research tool for Latino American history and culture.
- North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Beginnings–1950)
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center and Critical Thinking covers current events and social issues from various viewpoints and arguments.
- Sanborn Maps for the state of North Carolina provides large-scale maps of 158 North Carolina towns and cities.
Law
- Bills from the North Carolina General Assembly
- CQ Researcher covers topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
- Legislative Directory includes links for finding representatives and senators for both the North Carolina General Assembly and the U.S. Congress by county, district, and ZIP code. It also includes maps and historical information for the current congressional districts.
North Carolina
- America's Newspapers: North Carolina
- Bills from the North Carolina General Assembly
- Business ServiCenter is a service of the North Carolina Department of Commerce. It offers advice about existing programs and resources designed to improve the profitability of businesses.
- Economic Development Information System database includes profiles of counties and industries in North Carolina. It provides information on available industrial properties, and comparisons between states in various statistical categories.
- North Carolina Employment Security Commission includes resources to help you find employment, as well as information on employers within the state (and nation).
- Legislative Directory allows you to find your representatives and senators for the General Assembly and the U.S. Congress.
- North Carolina Community Newspapers
- North Carolina Driver's Manual, in English and Spanish.
- North Carolina ECHO provides online access to the special collections of North Carolina's libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and other cultural institutions.
- North Carolina Encyclopedia
- NC.GOV is the official web site of the state of North Carolina. It features information and services for citizens, businesses, state employees, and tourists.
- North Carolina Tax Forms includes downloadable versions of current North Carolina individual and corporate income, franchise, sales, and withholding tax forms.
- North Carolina Uniform Crime Report reports information connected to all crimes except traffic violations.
- State Center for Health Statistics
- State Data Center is a consortium of state and local agencies that provides information about the state and its component areas. There is a link to the North Carolina Statistical Register, as well as public health section which includes a link to the State Center for Health Statistics.
- State Demographics provides population estimates and projections for counties and municipalities.
- State of North Carolina Kid's Page provides links designed to help kids learn more about North Carolina.
- Teaching Positions in North Carolina contains links to all the information needed to apply for a job in North Carolina's public schools.
Literature and Art
- African-American Poetry (1750–1900)
- American Poetry (1600–1900)
- CAMIO provides rights-cleared art images for projects, presentations, research, and web sites.
- Chadwyck-Healey Individual Literature Collections contain archives of full-text poetry, including African American Poetry (1750–1998), American Poetry (1600–2000), English Poetry (600–1900), and the Faber Poetry Library (20th Century).
- Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers provides in-depth analysis of current, best-selling fiction.
- Literary Reference Center
- English Poetry (600–1900)
- Faber Poetry Library is a collection of poets of the 20th Century. It covers the seventy year history of the Faber publishing house.
- Literature in Context is a collection of primary source material, collateral readings, and commentary that helps students understand the historical, social, and cultural milieu associated with major literary works.
- NetLibrary delivers online access to print and audio versions of books.
- North Carolina ECHO provides online access to the special collections of North Carolina's libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and other cultural institutions.
- NoveList is a database of fiction books, providing leisure reading recommendations and a readers' advisory service containing descriptions, reviews, discussion guides, and feature articles.
Medical and Health
- Anatomy.tv is an interactive 3D learning tool for students taking anatomy and physiology courses in college.is an interactive 3D learning tool for students taking anatomy and phisiology courses in college.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CINAHL covers many health-related disciplines. It offers access to health care books, periodicals, dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, and audiovisual materials.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition provides consumer-oriented health information.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic edition provides abstracts and full-text articles for scholarly journals in many medical disciplines.
- Healthfinder is a gateway consumer health information web site whose goal is "to improve consumer access to selected health information from government agencies, their many partner organizations, and other reliable sources that serve the public interest."
- HIV InSite is a project of the University of California, San Francisco AIDS Research Institute. It is designed as a gateway to in-depth information about HIV/AIDS, and provides numerous links to many authoritative sites.
- Mayo Clinic Health Oasis is a consumer source of health information. The editors are physicians, scientists, writers and educators at Mayo Clinic—a non-profit institution with more than a century of history in patient care, medical research and education.
- MEDLINEplus is one of the most comprehensive web resources for quality consumer health information. It was developed by the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. A Spanish version is also available.
- National Women's Health Information Center
- NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
- North Carolina Health Info facilitates access to consumer health information in an effort to develop and enhance public knowledge.
- Oncolink
- PsycINFO
- PubMed
- RN Database is a nursing database that links to 14 different nursing resources.
- State Center for Health Statistics
- Division of Public Health of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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