Research Databases

Can't find a newspaper or magazine title full-text in one of the online databases? Check the Library's paper and microform holdings by consulting the Periodical List.

DESCRIPTIONS

EBSCOhost provides a plethora of databases in a variety of subjects, including PsychInfo, CINAHL, Business Source Premier, Academic Search Premier, Health Source, Professional Development Collection, and Sociological Collection. Access is limited to the College campus and off-campus users. Passwords available at the Circulation Desk.

Gale (Infotrac) access is limited to the College campus and off-campus users. Passwords available at the Circulation Desk.

Academic OneFile is an excellent source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subject.

Expanded Academic ASAP includes information on: Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences.

Health Reference Center provides articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc

JSTOR is a database of the back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. The gap between the most recently published issue of any journal and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR is from 2 to 5 years. There are now 117 titles accessible in the JSTOR collection.

KCTCS Library Catalog is the on-line catalog to search for books and audio-visual materials located in the College Library. Holdings are identified by WKCTC locations.

Kentucky Virtual Library (KyVL) databases are for Kentucky citizens and Kentucky institutions' students/faculty. These users are authorized to use databases because they are associated with one of the KYVL participating libraries. Anyone may use the databases while in the library but must have a library card to obtain the ID/Password for remote access.

Thomson Micromedex provides detailed information on 2,300 drugs. It can also simultaneously check up to 128 drug ingredients for interactions and contains direct links to in-depth information on drugs, toxicology, diseases, alternative medicine, and patient education. For use primarily by nursing students.

netLibrary (e-Books) provides access to a 49,000+ collection of electronic books, or e-books. A variety of subjects are covered, from Engineering to Economics to American Literature. User accounts must be created on the College campus. After a user account is created, one may access netLibrary (e-Books) from any Internet connection.

Proquest Direct provides online access to information in thousands of different journals, periodicals, dissertations, newspapers, and magazines. Access is limited to the College campus and off-campus users. Passwords available at the Circulation Desk.

access is limited to the College campus and off-campus users. Passwords available at the Circulation Desk.

Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus is a professionally created database that covers a wide variety of current issues relevant in today's world, including social, scientific, health, political, and global issues. The visual, infographic interface provides for a selection of topics, or researchers can choose from an alphabetical topic list.

Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.