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Database Descriptions - Alphabetical List
A-Z listing by individual periodical titles available online through Holland College
Article and encyclopedia databases by subject
| ABI/INFORM (PROQUEST) |
| ABI/INFORM,
a PROQUEST database, is a premier source of worldwide business and
management information. With coverage beginning in 1971, ABI/INFORM
indexes over 1700 publications, including well-known titles such as Fortune
and Business Week, but also
lesser known, specialized publications. ABI/INFORM
also provides information on over 60,000 corporations (business and
executive profiles). Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. Full text coverage is provided for over 1000 of the indexed publications, although some titles observe a short "embargo" period for full text access. The database is updated daily. Since ABI/INFORM is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching ABI/INFORM and other ProQuest databases, click here. |
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| Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHOST) |
| Academic Search Elite,
an EBSCOHOST database,
offers users the opportunity to search a broad (3400+ titles) base of
scholarly periodical content on a wide variety of topics, including
science, engineering, technology, medicine, social sciences, and
humanities. Content is somewhat more scholarly than for some of our
other databases. Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. Full text coverage is provided for over 2000 of the indexed publications, although some titles observe a short "embargo" period for full text access. Coverage for most titles begins in the mid-1990's. The database is updated daily. Since Academic Search Elite is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching Academic Search Elite and other Ebscohost databases, click here. |
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| AccessScience |
| AccessScience
is the online equivalent of the McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th
Edition, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of
Scientific and Technical Terms,
6th Edition, supplemented by research updates and news stories. Users
can browse through categories of subject content or search the 8000+
articles for desired content. The database also features more than
13,000 high quality illustrations and a selection of study guides. AccessScience
is updated daily. Since Academic Search Elite is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Online Search Help Animated search tutorial To begin searching AccessScience, click here. |
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| Agricola |
| Agricola,
prepared by the National
Agriculture Library (NAL) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is an
index to the international periodical literature of agriculture and
allied disciplines, including animal, plant, and veterinary sciences,
entomology, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, food and human
nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Users may search
either the NAL catalogue or the index to journal literature (the
"Article Citation Database"). Although Agricola records contain bibliographic data only (i.e., no full text articles), the database producer increasingly includes links out to full text versions (where these exist) of the materials indexed. Agricola coverage begins in 1979, and the database is updated on a monthly basis. Use of the database is unrestricted. Online Search Help To begin searching Agricola, click here. |
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| BioMed Central |
| BioMed
Central
features over 160 open access
(freely available), peer-reviewed journals publishing biomedical
research in areas such as microbiology, neuroscience and various
medical specialties. Access to BioMed Central is unrestricted. To view a BioMed Central search tipsheet, click here. To begin searching BioMedCentral, click here. |
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| Canadian Business and Current Affairs (PROQUEST) |
| Canadian Business and Current
Affairs (CBCA),
a PROQUEST product, is the umbrella title for a series of three
databases that, taken together, index over 1500 popular and scholarly
Canadian publications. CBCA Reference covers general interest (e.g., Maclean's) and scholarly titles, while CBCA Business includes business, trade and industry publications. CBCA Current Events specializes in news sources (newspapers and wire services). The default settings for CBCA searches include all three CBCA subsets, but users can make their own selection, if they prefer, by clicking on the Databases selected link on the search screen. Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. Full text coverage is provided for approximately half of the indexed publications, although some titles observe a short "embargo" period for full text access. Indexing for most titles begins in the mid-1980's, while full text coverage generally dates from the mid-1990's. The database is updated continuously. Since CBCA is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching CBCA and other ProQuest databases, click here. |
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| CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals) |
CPI-Q: index to over 400 Canadian periodicals and newspapers; some coverage of education, counseling and communications. Of the over 400 titles indexed, over 250 are available as full text, and coverage generally dates from the mid 1990s. For information on off-campus use, please click here. Basic search tipsheet |
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| Directory of Open Access Journals |
| The
Directory of Open Access
Journals
(DOAJ) provides links to "full text, quality controlled scientific and
scholarly journals". Of the over 1700 journals referenced on the site,
indexing is provided for over 400; for the remainder, links are
included to the journal website, where search engines for that title
only usually exist. Coverage is generally for the last five years, with a few titles extending back as far as 1995. Access to DOAJ is unrestricted. DOAJ Questions & Answers To begin searching DOAJ, click here. |
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| Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) |
| ERIC is
an index to the worldwide literature of education. Coverage includes
periodicals as well as books, pamphlets, ERIC Digests
(2-3 page summaries of important topics), curriculum guides,
bibliographies, and unpublished works such as conference papers or
government reports. ERIC records
date from 1966 to the present. The ERIC
interface available to Holland College users originates with the
database producer Ebscohost. Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. Full text coverage is provided for ERIC Digests (short summaries or frequently asked questions files for educational hot topics) and for all journals included in other licenced EBSCOHOST databases (direct links are provided to the full text coverage). Some titles may observe a short "embargo" period for full text access. Coverage for most titles begins in the mid-1990's. The database is updated daily. Since ERIC is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. [Please note that an alternate, free version of ERIC is also available, but it does not feature links to licensed journal content.] Basic Search Tipsheet Online Search Help To begin searching ERIC and other Ebscohost databases, click here. |
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| Encyclopedia Britannica |
| The web version of the
multidisciplinary Encyclopedia
Britannica includes an expanded edition of the
world-famous reference work as well as the Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed., the Britannica
Book of the Year, a magazine collection, and links
to other recommended web sites. Users can browse topics from A-Z or can
conduct keyword searches across all or part of the site. Also featured
are a Biography of the Day and a
Today in History
link. There are numerous illustrations in all portions of the database. The database is updated continuously, with at least three major revisions a year. Since Encyclopedia Britannica is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Online Search Help To begin searching Encyclopedia Britannica, click here. |
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| Health & Wellness Resource Center (GALE INFOTRAC) |
| The Health & Wellness
Resource Center,
produced by Gale InfoTrac, provides access to over 700 consumer
health/medical journals as well as several well-known reference works
(the Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence,
the Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Body by
Design, Mosby's Medical,
Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, 5th ed., and
others). Also included are links to recommended web sites, pamphlets,
guides to prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and complementary
(non-traditional or natural) health resources. This database emphasizes quality control through careful selection of materials and inclusion of a high percentage of peer-reviewed titles. A companion database, Health Reference Center Academic, is also licensed by Holland College and it emphasizes more scholarly content. All Health & Wellness Resource Center records include a bibliographical citation (author, title, journal name, etc.) and approximately 75% of the indexed items are also available in full text format. Since Health & Wellness Resource Center is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. In addition, users should note that access to the Health & Wellness Resource Center is limited to four concurrent sessions at a time; users who encounter a "turnaway message" when this limit has been reached should try again a few minutes later. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching the Health & Wellness Resource Center, click here. |
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| Health Reference Center Academic (GALE INFOTRAC) |
| The Health Reference Center
Academic
database,
produced by Gale InfoTrac, provides an integrated collection
of
over 1000 general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and
professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.
Designed
for nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health
researchers, it serves as a slightly more scholarly companion piece to Health
and Wellness Resource Center
(known for its emphasis on consumer health
information). This
database emphasizes quality control through careful selection of
materials and inclusion of a high percentage of peer-reviewed titles. All Health Reference Center Academic records include a bibliographical citation (author, title, journal name, etc.) and approximately 75% of the indexed items are also available in full text format. Since Health Reference Center Academic is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. In addition, users should note that access to the Health Reference Center Academic is limited to four concurrent sessions at a time; users who encounter a "turnaway message" when this limit has been reached should try again a few minutes later. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching Health Reference Center Academic, click here. |
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| Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCOHOST) |
| Hospitality & Tourism
Complete, an EBSCOHOST database, offers users the
opportunity to search periodical titles on topics such as hospitality
law, leisure, culinary arts, and tourism destinations markets. Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. Full text coverage is provided for over 200 of the almost 600 indexed publications, although some titles observe a short "embargo" period for full text access. Coverage for most titles begins in the mid-1990's. The database is updated daily. Since Hospitality & Tourism Comlpete is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching Hospitality & Tourism Complete and other Ebscohost databases, click here. |
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| MedlinePLUS |
| MedlinePLUS,
hosted by the U.S. National
Library of Medicine, seeks to provide consumers with authoritative,
up-to-date health information. Users can browse through over 700 topic
areas (reviewed and updated every six months), and links are provided
to over 1250 expert organizations. MedlinePLUS
also offers a medical dictionary and encyclopedia, drug information,
tutorials, information about diagnostic tests, and daily news updates.
See also Medline, the companion
periodical index, above. Access to MedlinePLUS is unrestricted. Animated Tour of MedlinePLUS To begin searching the MedlinePLUS, click here. |
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| National (U.S.) Criminal Justice Reference System |
| The NCJRS
Abstracts Databases
contains summaries of more than 180,000 publications, including U.S.
government documents, books, research reports, journal articles, and
unpublished research. A second, full text database features the
complete version of more than 7000 downloadable criminal justice
publications. Searchers can enter search terms directly or can browse
through expandable topic lists. Updates to the Abstracts database are
weekly; the publications section is refreshed whenever a new title is
added. Access to NCJRS is unrestricted. NCJRS Search Tips and Tutorial To begin searching the NCJRS, click here. |
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| Professional Development Collection (EBSCOHOST) |
| The Professional Development
Collection, an EBSCOHOST database, provides
indexing/partial full text access to over 700 journals and reports in
all areas of education (K-12, higher education, special needs, etc.),
child development, and counselling. Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. Full text coverage is provided for over 550 of the 700 indexed publications, although some titles observe a short "embargo" period for full text access. While indexing in some cases extends back as far as 1965, coverage for most titles begins in the mid-1990's. The database is updated daily. Since the Professional Development Collection is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching Professional Development Collection and other Ebscohost databases, click here. |
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| PubMed |
| PubMed is compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It is a
bibliographic (citation only) database that indexes the literature of
medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care
system. It covers more than 4800 journals published in the United
States and 70 other countries; most records are from English-language
sources. All PubMed records include a bibliographical citation (author, title, journal name, etc.) and frequently, an abstract or short description. Where online content exists for the records indexed, whether by subscription only or open source (free), PubMed also provides a link out to that content. Users who wish to take full advantage of PubMed's features may wish to try the excellent online tutorial provided by the National Library of Medicine. The best recommended use of PubMed is as as a comprehensive scanning tool or broad literature search is required; those who wish to read full-text on line or who would rather consult consumer health sources (i.e., less clinical, easier to understand), may prefer the companion site, MedlinePLUS. Access to PubMed is unrestricted. Online Search Help To begin searching the PubMed, click here. |
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| ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences Collection (Elsevier) |
| ScienceDirect
Health
& Life Sciences Collection is compiled by
the major science publisher Elsevier. While the larger ScienceDirect
parent database and the related SCIRUS
website index thousands of Elsevier books and journals, the collection
licensed by Holland College, known as Health & Life Sciences
(college edition), includes the index to all Elsevier titles plus the
full text of over 900 journals in the health and life sciences sub-set.
The subject range is quite far-reaching, including titles such as Biotechnology
Advances, Environmental Pollution, the Journal of
Adolescence, Dental Materials, Tissue and Cell, Trends in Food Science
and Technology, and the Journal for Nature
Conservation, to name but a few. Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. While indexing in some cases extends back as far as 1965, full-text coverage for the titles included in the Health and Life Sciences Collection begins five years ago. The database is updated daily. Users who wish to access ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences Collection from off-campus should contact library services. Online Science Direct Tutorials Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences Collection, click here. |
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| SCIRUS |
| SCIRUS
is
not a database in the traditional sense, but rather a science-specific,
web-based search engine. You can use SCIRUS
to locate freely-available, scholarly
scientific, technical, and medical information on the web as well as
journal content (some of it free, some of it by subscription). When you
search, your results will be sorted into two categories: web results
and journal results, and these can be sorted by relevancy or date (most
recent first). Although some full text SCIRUS content is freely available, many articles can only be accessed through subscription services. Users who wish to pursue by-subscription content found in SCIRUS should contact library services to see if articles, reports, etc., can be obtained through other database services or via interlibrary loan. Access to the search engine portion of SCIRUS and to many of the websites and journals indexed by it is unrestricted. Online Search Help To begin searching the SCIRUS, click here. |
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| SocINDEX with Full Text |
| SocINDEX
with Full Text,
an EBSCOHOST database, allows
you to search and retrieve bibliographic and full text information
from in the field of sociology.
Sub-disciplines include criminology & criminal
justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies,
marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural
& urban sociology, social development, social psychology,
social work, substance abuse & other addictions,
violence and many others. Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books, and full text for 6,743 conference papers. Since SocINDEX is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching SocINDEX and other Ebscohost databases, click here. |
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| Vocational & Career Collection (EBSCOHOST) |
| The Vocational &
Career Collection,
and EBSCOHOST database, provides indexing/partial full text access to
over 650 trade and industry journals. Subject coverage is broad, and
includes topics such as corrections, nursing, construction, graphic
arts, foodservice, and retail. Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation (author, title, name of publications, etc.) and a short abstract or summary of document content. Full text coverage is provided for approximately 80% of the publications, although some titles observe a short "embargo" period for full text access. Coverage for most titles begins in the mid-1990's. The database is updated weekly. Since the Professional Development Collection is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. Basic Search Tipsheet To begin searching the Vocational & Career Collection and other Ebscohost databases, click here. |
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| World Cultures Today |
| World Cultures Today
features content from 38 different books in the Greenwood Press Culture
and Customs Around the World
series, as well as newly commissioned articles, maps, illustrations,
and recommended weblinks. Topic areas include food, history, geography,
religion and social customs (including international etiquette),
holidays, family life, clothing, arts and leisure. Since World Cultures Today is a restricted (by subscription only) database, off-campus users must hold a valid library barcode to gain access. To download the World Cultures Today tipsheet, click here. To begin searching World Cultures Today, click here. |
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