Descriptions of MCC's Electronic Resource Holdings

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Academic Search Premier

Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.

Access Science

Access Science provides the finest collection of science reference materials with access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News headlines, biographies, and more. Made specifically for academic institutions, it is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.

America's Newspapers

America's Newspapers from NewsBank provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 600 U.S. newspapers - all in one easy-to-search database.

Arizona Republic

Full text index to the newspaper. Coverage is from 1999 to the present. Provides a local perspective on national and international news in addition to local news.

ArticlesFirst

Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of journals. Describes one article, news story, letter or other items from a journal in each record. Provides a list of libraries that have their journal title for most items.


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Biography Resource Center

This comprehensive database combines more than 330,000 biographies from Gale sources with full-text magazine articles on contemporary and historic figures in literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment,politics, sports, government, history, arts and other fields.

Business Source Premier

Business database with over 210 full text titles, including Forbes, Fortune, The Economist and others. Abstracts and indexes over 650 business journals.


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CINAHL Plus with Full Text

A comprehensive index for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 560 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those, nearly 400 have cover-to-cover indexing in CINAHL. Some articles date back to 1937.

ClasePeriodica

CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.

Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.

The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Every report features comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts round out each report.

College Source

Features over 6,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format. Table of contents include: Complete course descriptions, Academic requirements, Faculty information, Admission requirements and Archival catalogs. Updated weekly.

CultureGrams

CultureGrams offers concise, reliable and up-to-date country reports on 177 cultures of the world. It goes beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs and societies of the world's people.


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Digital Sanborn Maps

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of Arizona. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps from different years.


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ECO

Electronic Collections Online. Full text of scholarly journals that includes all of the original content and images of articles. Includes bibliographic information for all journals. Lets you view abstracts and full-text articles from journals to which your library or institution subscribes.

Ebrary

Ebrary provides a growing selection of more than 60,000 titles from more than 200 leading academic, STM, and professional publishers. It provides simultaneous, multi-user access to customizable databases of full-text books, reports, maps and other authoritative content in multiple subject areas.

ERIC

Index to more than 850,000 annotated references contained in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database of journals, books, reports and more from 1966 to the present. Represents both published and unpublished sources.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

The world's most comprehensive reference product, a distinction it has held since its first publication in 1768, Encyclopædia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use Encyclopædia Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated and reviewed by Britannica editors.

Ethnic Newswatch

Full text collection of about 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press providing a perspective on the history, culture and news of diverse peoples. Searchable in both English and Spanish with both languages represented in the full text entries.

 


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Firstsearch Databases

Collection of 12 electronic databases covering a variety of different subjects and materials.


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Gale Virtual Reference Library

A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

Government Printing Office (GPO)

U.S. Government Publications covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).

Granger's Poetry Index

Includes 13,000 poems in full text and 250,000 poetry citations, in addition to commentaries, biographies, bibliographies, notes on form and a glossary of prosodic terms. Search by author category (Asian-American, Irish, Polish, etc.).


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Health Source Consumer

Indexed and abstracted collection of 520 periodicals representing the subjects of nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, alcohol and drugs. Full text articles from 1,000 health pamphlets and 240 periodicals are also included. Special features include searchable text of USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient and 17 health books published by the People's Medical Society.

Health Source Nursing/Academic

Includes full text articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Health Reference Center Academic


Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.

 


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InfoTrac OneFile

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: current events, education, environmental issueshumanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.

 


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Literature Resource Center

Gives researchers in literature, languages and linguistics access to more than 1.4 million bibliographic citations from 1963 to the present alongside tens of thousands of author biographies, critical essays and journal articles in every literary genre.


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Masterfile Premier

Indexed and abstracted collection of 2,700 periodical titles representing the subjects of business, consumer health, general science, social sciences and technology.

MEDLINE

Indexes and abstracts more than 3,500 journals in the medical fields, including clinical and experimental medicine, dentistry, health services administration, nursing, nutrition, pathology and psychiatry.

Mergent Online

A wealth of detail on business items including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies, maintaining the full integrity of this critical information.

Military & Government Collection

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 350 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 450 titles.


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Providing access to the United States top newspapers including: The Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the L.A. Times in full text. Replaces individual subscription MCC had with Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post and L.A. Times.

 


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Opposing Viewpoints

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the accepted authority on the English language. It is a guide to the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past; traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a range of sources.


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PapersFirst/Proceedings

Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre.

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 750 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. It is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

This database provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. It covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.

PsycINFO

PsycINFO is an abstract (not full-text) database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. An essential tool for researchers, PsycINFO combines a wealth of content with precise indexing so you can get just what you need easily.


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Religion and Philosophy Collection

This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.

Regional Business News

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States


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STAT*USA

STAT*USA, a service of the US Department of Commerce, is the site for the US business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government.


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UnionLists

Includes information in each record about specific periodicals and the libraries that have them. Enables you to search your own library holdings for journal issues.


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Vault Career Library

The Vault Career Library includes:The career outlook for 53 top career paths - as well as input from current professionals. Read the latest on 2,500+ employers. Learn about company history, current events, revenues and other juicy stats, hiring info and other crucial company data. Get advice and information and network with other job seekers on the largest online career community with Vault's Electronic Watercooler - called a "killer app" by the New York Times. Industry overviews bring you inside 40 top industries, from investment management to manufacturing. Find out details on career path, salary ranges, industry outlook and more.

Vocational and Career Collection

Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 400 trade and industry-related periodicals.


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The World Almanac remains the one source to turn to when you need comprehensive and reliable information on just about any subject imaginable.

WorldCat

Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Offers millions of bibliography records. Includes records representing 400 languages.


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