A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database.  In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,000 journals and a total of more than 11,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.

This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.  Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage for complementary and alternative medicine.

In American FactFinder you can obtain data in the form of maps, tables, and reports from a variety of Census Bureau sources.

Offers fast access to more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.

The Anthropological Index Online is based on the journal holdings of The Anthropology Library at the The British Museum (formerly Museum of Mankind) which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology, from academic institutions and publishers around the world.

The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents. NARA is officially responsible for maintaining and publishing the legally authentic and authoritative copies of acts of Congress, presidential proclamations and executive orders, and federal regulations.

arXiv is an archive of print literature in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics.

This database is designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, and provides comprehensive coverage of the most relevant associates program level content.

Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools

Scholarly business journals, company reports by Datamonitor, industry profiles, case studies, and trade publications.

Career Cruising is an industry-leading online career guidance and planning system. People of all ages use our tools to find the right career, explore education and training options, and build their own portfolio. Our add-on products extend Career Cruising’s functionality, making it easier for schools to manage their course selection process, communities to meet their workforce development needs, and students to prepare for the SAT/ACT. Learn more about implementing Career Cruising at your school, library, or employment center on our Products page. Contact a reference librarian for the username and password.

Full-text for nursing and allied health journals. With more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.

A collection of major cooking and nutrition magazines with articles, recipes, restaurant reviews, and information on the culinary industry.

This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s.

This ebook collection, Academic Complete, spans all academic desciplines providing access to over 50,000 ebooks.

Ebsco eBooks provides access to your library's eContent collection. eContent is the digital version of books, journals, and database content. You can access your library's eContent 24 hours a days, seven days a week.

Educator's Reference Complete provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education. The database includes content in key subject areas including administration, bilingual education, child development and psychology, funding, health education, technology, and testing.

Covers many areas integral to the energy and power industries, including Coal, Electric power, Natural gas, Nuclear power, Petroleum, and Renewable energy (hydroelectric power, wind power, solar power, alternative fuels, etc.)

Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is a national online digital library sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. The largest education database in the world, ERIC contains over 1.3 million citations for journal articles, books, research papers, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, dissertations, theses, and other materials in the field of education.

Provides more than 150 full-text magazines and journals that are covered in indices such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias 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. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).

News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.

GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted. This free service is funded by the Federal Depository Library Program and has grown out of Public Law 103-40, known as the Government Printing Office Electronic Information Enhancement Act of 1993.

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.  Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Full text of nursing and allied health journals, includes full text and images selected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.

This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

The Historical Encyclopedia of American Business features long overviews on different sectors of the economy, such as agriculture and banking; individual industries such as advertising and electronics; and general topics such as business cycles, labor strikes and outsourcing. There are also overviews on broad legal topics such as antitrust legislation, bankruptcy laws and patent laws.

The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies. HSDL content includes state-of-the-art multi-media offerings and other valuable assets. This database is accessible from the BCC campus network, or you can request an individual HSDL account.

Provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field.

This collection, comprised of over 20 journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.

Kanopy is a video streaming collection of over 26,000 documentary, art house and indie films. 

• Kanopy uses a patron driven acquisition (PDA) model to make its entire collection available for viewing.  
• The first three 'plays' are free.  A 'play' is triggered when a film is watched for more than 30 seconds. After the fourth play, the library purchases a one year license for the film.
• If a film you want to view is not availble, please fill out the request form.  Please allow up to 72 hours for the purchase to be processed.

Check for soon to expire films here

The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text indexes more than 500 core journals, more than 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. This database also contains full text for more than 240 journals. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

Search Gale databases LitFinder and Literature Resource Center with one tool (or click on those titles to search each database separately).  In Gale's collections you can find: Literature Criticism, Biographies, Topic & Work Overviews, Primary Sources and & Literary Works, and Multimedia.

Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles.

Full text for general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. The database also contains full text for reference and travel books; biographies; primary source documents; and an image collection of photos, maps, and flags.

Among the documents included in the set are important legislative documents such as the Reconstruction era amendments; critical Supreme Court decisions from Dred Scott v. Sandford to Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board of Education; and iconic speeches and writings by leaders such as Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary McLeod Bethune, Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, and Barack Obama.

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 nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) serves as the catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for world-wide access to agricultural information. The database covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works from as far back as the 15th century.

National Fire Codes® Subscription Service All Access

“NFCSS All Access provides each individual subscriber with online access to every NFPA® code, standard, and Handbooks. Written by leading electrical and fire protection authorities, Handbooks contain expert commentary and graphics to help clarify code concepts and eliminate confusion.

subscription includes these top titles and more:

• NFPA 13: Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook, 2013, 2010 and 2007 Editions
• NFPA 25: Water-Based Fire Protection Systems Handbook, 2014, 2011 and 2008 Editions
• NFPA 70®: NEC® Handbook, 2014, 2011 and 2008 Editions
• NFPA 70E®: Handbook for Electrical Safety in the Workplace,® 2012 and 2009 Editions
• NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code Handbook, 2013 and 2010 Editions
• NFPA 101®: Life Safety Code® Handbook, 2012 and 2009 Editions
• NFPA 58: LP-Gas Code Handbook, 2014, 2011 and 2008 Editions
• NFPA 54: National Fuel Gas Code Handbook, 2012 and 2009 Editions “

Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 117,880 CDs with more than 1,728,800 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month.

Search this database of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.

The New York Times late edition.  Coverage from 1980s though present.

Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, Newspaper Source Plus features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision produces many research reports concerning the inmate population and other aspects of the operations of the Department.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. 

PolicyMap is an online US national Geographic Information System (GIS) data mapping and analytics platform with varied applications for college students and faculty.  Geared toward experienced GIS users and novices alike, it is used in research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others.   

You can find useful short videos in the video training gallery, as well as other tutorials and guides and the weekly free live webinar training schedule by clicking on the question mark icon on the upper right corner on the PolicyMap page.

PrepStep is an online learning platform for college success. Includes practice for college placement tests, licensing exams, developmental math and reading skills, basic computer skills, workplace skills, and more.  Users must create personal accounts in order to save their work in progress, store score reports, and revisit any practice tests, tutorials, or eBooks. Registration only requires a valid email address and a password.

This database is a collection of reliable and relevant resources in the field of health administration, including journals and dissertations.

PsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present.

PsycINFO , from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages.

Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Online access to Salem Press's printed reference series. Coverage includes: literary criticism, science, history, primary sources, and careers.

Founded in 1880 on $10,000 of seed money from the American inventor Thomas Edison,Science has grown to become the world's leading outlet for scientific news, commentary, and cutting-edge research, with the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general-science journal. 

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.

SpringerLink is an integrated full-text database for journals, books, protocols, eReferences, and book series published by Springer. SpringerLink currently offers 2,706 fully peer-reviewed journals and 49,661 books online.

Statista is one of the world’s largest statistics portals. Providing you with access to relevant data from over 18,000 sources, our focus is firmly based on professional, clear, quick and consistent results. Our customized search query form provides you with a list of statistics, studies and reports relating to your search request within a matter of seconds – kick-starting your research.

Includes the following features and content: bills, resolutions; activity in Congress; Congressional Record; schedules, calendars; committee information; presidential nominations; treaties.

Value Line Invesment Survey provides investment information, analysis and advice on stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertibles.  Value Line covers 1,700 stocks drawn from nearly 100 industries, and representing 90% of total U.S. daily trading volume. 

Provides in-depth coverage of current business, economic, and financial conditions.  Full text coverage from 1984 to present.

It is intended to serve as a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. It offers access to the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. Included are teaching tools and questions based on the document projects.

World History in Context is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronological research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.