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Academic Search Complete - Our largest multi-disciplinary database

CQ Researcher - In-depth coverage of current events topics

JSTOR - Humanities and social science database

New York Times - Daily national and global news coverage


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Academic Search Complete 

Our largest multi-disciplinary database. Use it to find scholarly and peer-reviewed articles, as well as articles from newspapers and other popular publications. This database contains hundreds of thousands of articles that cover a wide range of topics.


America: History and Life
Scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.

APA PsycArticles

Full text scholarly, peer-reviewed articles in the field of psychology from the American Psychological Association.


ArtStor

Access to millions of images from museums and private collections around the world.


Business Source Elite
Articles from scholarly, trade, and popular publications dating back to the 1980s on topics related to business, management and economics. Also includes up-to-date company profiles.

CINAHL

Database of scholarly articles related to nursing and allied health.


Country Watch

Country-specific news, information, and data from around the world covering culture, politics, economics, environment, and more.


CQ Researcher 

In-depth and unbiased articles covering historic and emerging news, trends, and events. Articles are written by experienced professional journalists and are designed to provide straightforward but extensive coverage of important topics.


EBSCO eBook Collection 

Thousands of eBooks ranging from public domain fiction to current nonfiction suitable for research.


ERIC 

Scholarly research in the field of education from the Education Resources Information Center. Available at ERIC.ed.gov.


GreenFILE

Research on environmental science, with a focus on human impact on the environment. Includes articles on climate change, sustainability and more.


InfoBase Films on Demand 

A small selection of streaming documentary films with a focus on anthropology and archaeology.  


JSTOR 

A digital library with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. Includes books, academic journals, and primary source documents. 


Kanopy

Streaming films including documentaries and select narrative films. Includes Kanopy's Media Education Foundation film collection. 


MasterFILE Complete

Encyclopedic coverage of general reference topics.


MEDLINE 

Health and medicine database created and maintained by the National Institute of Medicine. Scholarly articles on a wide range of health and medical topics. Not to be confused with MedLinePlus, also published by NIM with a focus on consumer health information. Companion database to PubMed.


Newspaper Source Plus

Full text news articles. Featuring U.S. and international publications.


New York Times

Daily national and global news coverage. Register for your free LTCC student account


PlosOne 

Multi-disciplinary, open access database with a focus on science, engineering, and medicine. 


Political Science Complete 

Research on political science, governance, law, public administration, international relations, humanitarian issues, and more.


Science

Science news and research in an accessible format.


Swank Digital Campus

Streaming film database currently offering 50 titles for on-demand viewing.


Recommended Open Access Resources

DataBank

A collection of databases from the World Bank. View and analyze global economic and demographic data.


DataUSA

Compiles US Government data (such as census data) for visualization, comparison, and analysis. 


DOAJ

The Directory of Open Access Journals is a searchable index of open access scholarly journals and articles from around the world. 


Europeana

European culture and history. Coverage of art, culture, politics, architecture, news, science, and sports in a variety of formats including images, text, sound, and video recordings.


Frontiers

A collection of open access, scholarly journals on a broad range of topics related to science, health, and technology. 


Hathi Trust Digital Library

Digitized content repository including scanned, full-text books and other documents. Public domain and open access works are freely available.


Pew Research Center

A non-partisan research organization that collects, analyzes, and shares data on political, social, and demographic trends.