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ARTstor | Career Vault |  Chronicle of Higher Education   |  CQ Researcher   |   Criminal Justice Periodicals Index   |   Ebsco  |  eLibrary  |  ERIC  |  Ethnic Newswatch  |  Facts.com  |  FirstSearch  |   FreeFullText.com  | Infotrac Web  |  JSTOR  |  Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography  |  Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine  |  Lexis/Nexis  |  Literary Reference Center |  Massachusetts Newsstand  |  MEDLINEplus  |  netLibrary  | NoodleTools  | Points of View Reference Center  | RefWorks  |   Science Full Text Select  |  xrefer


PLEASE NOTE: to use these resources from home or another remote location via the World Wide Web, all users must obtain a BHCC ID card and have an active library barcode attached to the card.

Library-produced database guides :



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The ARTstor Digital Library Charter Collection is a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images (pictures) and related data and the tools to actively use those images.

The career research resources of the Vault provide in-depth information on careers and industries around the globe.

 

Academic world's primary source of news and trend analysis. Includes fully searchable full-text, job announcements, reports on developments in information technology, and links to other Internet resources in higher education.


Lengthy, original, and comprehensive reports and analysis on current news topics such as health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Reports include history of issues and analysis of multiple sides of each issue.


Provides access to over 200 publications in criminal justice, encompassing corrections administration, criminal and family law, drug rehabilitation, industrial security, law enforcement, and social work; some full-text included.


Full-text, general subject magazines, newspapers, and reference books as well as transcripts, maps, pictures, web links and audio-visual files.


Provides access to multiple databases of scholarly journals and newspapers -- most including full-text articles -- divided into several collections: general academic, business, nursing, psychology, and more. For help, see the following tutorials: EBSCO Basic search tutorial & Advance Search tutorial.


 

Over 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press; searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages and more than 100,000 articles in Spanish.

 

Combines several online journals into one database that reports on events, issues, statistics and people of the past 20 years. Also contains maps, photographs, historic documents and overviews of key issues and events since 1980, as well as historical coverage of events between 1940 and 1979.


Not actually a subscription database but a free web site providing links to much of the free journal content available on the web. Does not provide an article search function but is useful if you have the name of a particular journal and you're interested in browsing the issues and articles from that journal available free on the Web.


Provides access to multiple full-text databases of scholarly journals and newspapers on subjects ranging from literature and literary criticism to health to business and technology research. For help, see the Infotrac tutorial.

A Spanish-language version of this resource is available at:
http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=infotrac


Contains the backfiles (older issues) of over 50 scholarly journals; the most recent several years (usually 3-5 years) of any particular journal are not available via JSTOR. Includes almost one hundred years worth of articles, depending upon the start date of each individual journal, and is an ongoing project with and the number of archived journals constantly increasing. For help, see the JSTOR tutorials.


Search the full-text content, between 2001-2007, of one of the major journals in the Medical Imaging field. Note: Full text coverage after 2005 is available from Infotrac Web: Health Reference Center Academic.


Search the full-text content, back to 1998, of one of the major journals in the Medical Imaging field.


Provides access to national and international newspapers, business and industry reports, and legal information including law reviews, federal and state laws, and individual cases.

new New Feature! Lexis-Nexis Statistical. Find thousands of statistical tables, fully searchable by subject.

 

Literary Reference Center is a completely full-text database that provides information on literature from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.


Electronic access to the editions of record for The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and more. For help, see the Proquest (Massachusetts Newsstand) help guide PDF.


netLibrary provides online access to the full-text of over 3,300 books on subjects as diverse as computer programming, current literature, medicine, business, and law. netLibray also provides access to an additional 1,600 Project Gutenberg books, representing classic historical and literary works that have moved into the public domain. For help, see the NetLibrary & NetLibrary Audiobook tutorial.


Several helpful citation aids including NoodleBib, which is an excellent resource for creating bibliographies, works cited, or reference lists. Both MLA and APA style citations are supported. For help, see NoodleTools Bib Overview Tour or watch the BibTour demonstration from Curry College.

 

A collection of topic overviews, and analysis of issues presenting pro/con information, with links to articles from newspapers, magazines and journals.


Over 330 full-text journals, many peer-reviewed, focusing on General Science, Applied Science and Technology, and Agriculture. Subjects include the study of food and energy issues, the environment, biological and chemical sciences, and engineering and computing technology. For help, see the Science Full Text tutorials.


Full-text encyclopedias and guides to most areas of study. Includes titles like: law and medical dictionaries, art and art image guides, food, music, science, and technology encyclopedias. For help, see the Credo/XRefer tutorials.


The Educational Resources Information Center, (ERIC), is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature. ERIC, established in 1966, is supported by the: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement and the: National Library of Education.

This database contains more than 850,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. You can access ERIC online through the World Wide Web or via commercial vendors. You can also access ERIC in print with the Resources in Education and Current Index to Journals in Education.


FirstSearch is designated for use by faculty and students working on intensive projects, is accessible through the use of a password. Upon completion of a specialized workshop, the library staff will provide this password for use in accessing the FirstSearch service.

FirstSearch provides access to over 60 research databases that can provide citations to books and magazine articles published on a broad range of subjects. Each record in FirstSearch displays information indicating whether the BHCC Library owns the material. For some databases, full text documents are available and can be viewed online, printed or e-mailed.


MEDLINEplus is a database produced by the: National Library of Medicine (NLM).

In addition to providing access to the NLM's MEDLINE database containing thousands of journal article abstracts on all manner of medical topics, MEDLINEplus offers links to medical dictionaries, directories for finding doctors or hospitals, and other medical organizations and publications which provide information to consumers.