Research Databases

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.

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

Issues & Controversies provides up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.

Today's Science covers such topics as health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and science and society. It presents the latest scientific discoveries and the fundamental concepts that underlie them.

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

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.

The New York Times is the nation's premier newspaper. Available from January 2000 to the current date, this database includes the full electronic version of record and includes the book reviews and all magazines published by the Times. Access is limited to the College campus and off-campus users. Passwords available at the Circulation Desk.

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

Business NewsBank provides local and regional company news covering both private and public companies, full-text articles from over 400 business journals, newspapers, and wire services.

Newsfile Collection is a full-text news resource containing comprehensive coverage of current issues and events from over 500 US and Canadian newspapers, news sources and domestic and international newswires. Provides regional, national and international perspectives and in-depth coverage of the arts, and people and professions in the news

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.