Online Library Resources
- Stafford Library Online Catalog
- Journals & Newspapers Title Search
- Search for a journal, newspaper, or magazine title to see whether the publication is available at the library in print and/or through one of our online databases.
Selected Internet Sites
A list of Web sites chosen by library staff to provide useful and reliable information.
Off-Campus Access
Learn how to access
library resources
while off-campus.
Databases
Note: The online databases are restricted to Columbia College students/faculty.
- Business and Finance
- Communication
- Criminal Justice and Law
- Education
- Government, History, and Political Science
- Literature
- Multiple Subject Databases
- Music
- Newspapers
- Nursing and Medicine
- Psychology
- Reference - Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Subject Guides
- Science and Technology
- Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
- Business topics from 1965 to the present. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)
- U.S. business journals, newspapers and newswires. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Business Search
- Business and financial information. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
- Articles on the stock market, the economy, and long- and short-term prospects for equities, bonds, funds, and industries. Entirely full text.
- Value Line Research Center
- Publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options, convertible securities and special situation stocks. Entirely full text.
- Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
- In-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as hard news. Entirely full text.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost)
- Research and reference resource for journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Criminal Justice (ProQuest)
- Criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Legal Search
- Legal materials and current events. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Education Full Text (Wilson Web)
- Education issues including government funding, instructional media, multicultural education, religious education, student counseling, competency-based education, and information technology. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- ERIC
- The Education Resources Information Center. Journal and non-journal material on education. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- K-12 databases
- Discovering Collection (Gale) Essays and reference works on the subjects of Literature, History, Biography, Science and Social Studies for K-12 students.
- MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCOhost) Designed for high school libraries with general interest and current events publications. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Primary Search (EBSCOhost) Designed for elementary school students, provides reading level indicators (Lexiles). Entirely full text.
- EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost) Information on topics relating to animals. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- CQ Weekly (Congressional Quarterly)
- Congressional activity both current and upcoming. Entirely full text.
- Digital National Security Archive (ProQuest)
- Declassified documents about United States foreign and military policy since 1945. Entirely full text.
- Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost)
- Current news concerning the military and government. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Bloom's Literary Reference Online (Facts On File)
- Contains critical articles on literary works, authors, characters, themes, movements, genres and other literary topics. Entirely full text.
- The Twayne Authors Series (Gale/Infotrac)
- eBooks of critical work for over 600 authors and types of literature. Entirely full text.
Literature is also covered in several of the Multiple Subject Databases.
- Academic Search Elite (EBSCOhost)
- Covers a broad range of subject areas. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)
- Social issues, environment, health, education and science and technology. Entirely full text.
- EBSCOhost databases
- Multiple subject cross searchable databases. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- EJS E-Journals (EBSCOhost)
- Journal abstracts and citations only.
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale/Infotrac)
- Material from virtually every area of academic study. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- JSTOR
- History, sociology, business, economics, ecology, literature, mathematics, political science, population studies, and finance. Entirely full text.
- MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)
- Articles in many subject areas. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
- Controversial social and political issues. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Project MUSE
- Literature, history, the arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and more. Entirely full text.
- RUCKUS
- Unlimited free downloads available to students from a music library of over 2.5 million tracks and over 4,000 movies and TV programs. Ruckus music downloads are legal and virus free. There is a monthly charge for staff and faculty.
- LexisNexis Academic News Search
- Major U. S. and international newspapers and other print and broadcast news sources. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- New York Times - Historical (ProQuest)
- Articles published in the New York Times from 1851-2003. Entirely full text.
- NewsBank
- Missouri, regional, and national newspapers. Entirely full text.
- Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost)
- National, regional and international newspaper articles, television and radio news transcripts. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
- In-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as hard news. Entirely full text.
- CINAHL (EBSCOhost)
- Journal articles and other material on nursing. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost)
- Scholarly journal articles focusing on many medical disciplines. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOhost)
- Alternative medicine information dating back to 1990. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost)
- Medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Medical Search.
- Medical information from a variety of sources. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- PsycARTICLES (OVID)
- Articles from peer reviewed psychology journals and chapters from American Psychology Association books. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)
- Emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost)
- Informative articles on many topics. Entirely full text.
- CountryWatch
- Country-specific information. Entirely full text.
- Historical Statistics of the United States
- Statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States from the 17th to the 21st centuries. Entirely full text.
- LearningExpress Library
- Practice tests and tutorials for improving testing skills or furthering education or career goals. Provides instant scoring and customized feedback. Free registration.
- Oxford Reference
- English dictionaries and thesauri, bilingual dictionaries, the World Encyclopedia, and subject dictionaries and Oxford subject companions. Entirely full text.
- AccessScience (McGraw Hill)
- The Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Entirely full text.
- Applied Science & Technology Full Text (Wilson Web)
- Mathematics, computers, chemistry, environment, fire prevention, geology, physics, and other technologies. Both full text articles and abstracts.
- Computer Database (Gale/Infotrac)
- Computer-related news and reviews about both hardware and software. Both full text articles and abstracts.
If you have questions about using the databases, please contact the reference desk by phone at 573-875-7381 (toll-free 1-800-231-2391 extension 7381) or by email (reference@ccis.edu).
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