The following list includes both commercial (labeled "TCC restricted") and high quality free research databases available on the Internet. Note that most of the free databases provide indexing, but NOT full text.
Academic Search Premier [TCC restricted] Periodical database. This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals. Access database.
AccessScience [TCC restricted]Electronic version of the 9th edition of the authoritative McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology plus 110,000+ definitions from The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms and more. Access database.
AGRICOLA National Agriculture Library Journal article citation index and catalog of the National Agriculture Library. Free. Index Only. Access database.
AGRIS Information for international agricultural research. AGRIS is the international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology. It was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1974, to facilitate information exchange and to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture. Free. Index Only. Access database.
Anthropological Index Online Citations to publications in the field of anthropology. Free. Index Only. Access database.
BioMed Central Publishes more than 150 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of biology and medicine. Free. Access database.
Books on DemandOut-of-print databases of copyright-cleared books that can be reproduced on demand from UMI. Free. Index Only. Access database.
ChemIDPlus A free, web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases. Free. Full Text Access database.
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health). [TCC restricted] indexing for 2,857 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982.
Civil Engineering Database Citations and abstracts from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Coverage from 1973-. Free. Index Only. Access database.
ClinicalTrials.gov The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies. Free. Full Text. Access database.
Congressional Quarterly Researcher [TCC restricted] Periodical database. This weekly magazine provides thoughtfully written analysis of social, economic and political issues back to 1991. Every issue features an extensive report on one topic. Access database.
Contemporary Literary Criticism [TCC restricted] Online version of an extensive print set. Covers American authors primarily. Access database.
Dictionary of American History [TCC restricted] [In GVRL]. This authoritative work covers a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure. Access database.
Dictionary of Literary Biography [TCC restricted] Online version of an extensive print set. Covers American authors primarily. Access database.
Encyclopedia of Bioethics [TCC restricted] [In GVRL ]Balanced discussions of the ethical aspects of scientific issues, such as euthanasia, genetic testing and biological weapons. Access database.
Engineering E-journal Search Engine Full text searches of over 100 engineering e-journals. Free. Full Text. Access database.
EOLSS (Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems) [TCC restricted] A compendium of sixteen encyclopedias organized under the auspices of UNESCO and developed by a global team of distinguished scholars. Core subjects include: Earth Sciences; Biological and Health sciences; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Chemical, Water, Energy, Environmental, Ecological, Food, Agricultural, Development, and Economic Sciences; Human Resources Policy and Management; Natural Resources Policy; Regional Sustainable Development; Social Sciences and Humanities; Institutional and Infrastructural Resources. Access database.
ERIC Consists of two files: the Resources in Education (RIE) file of document citations and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) file of journal article citations from over 750 professional journals. Free. Index Only. Access database.
Ethnic Newswatch [TCC restricted] . Periodical database. News, culture and history from 200 plus publications from the ethnic, minority and Native press in English and Spanish. Access database.
Europa World[TCC restricted] Online version of Europa World Year Book, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Access database.
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) [TCC restricted] Periodical database. Abstracts and full-text of articles on Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences. Index and Full-text. Access database.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Economic History [TCC restricted] [In GVRL] This title presents 1,000 entries including era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiles, and geographic profiles. Access database.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) [TCC restricted] A compendium of online reference works, covering many disciplines. Search across all reference titles, or search within individual titles. Access database.
Harlem Renaissance [TCC restricted] [In GVRL] A comprehensive overview of the events and people that comprised this time of great artistic and intellectual achievement in the African American community in the early twentieth century. Access database.
Hazardous Substances Data Bank HSDB is a toxicology data file on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. Free. Full Text. Access database.
Historical New York Times (1851-2001) [TCC restricted] Periodical database. Includes the full text of this newspaper back to its first issue in 1851. Access database.
(InfoTrac's) Expanded Academic ASAP [TCC restricted]Periodical database. Abstracts and full-text of articles on Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences. Index and Full-text. Access database.
IngentaLists the contents of over 16,000 journals and provides document delivery for a fee. Free. Index Only. Access database.
Library of Congress Online Catalog A database of approxiamtely 12 million records. Includes books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings and visual materials in the Library's collections. Free. Index Only.Access database.
Literary Index Indexes Contemporary Authors,Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (in the TCC Library) and other Gale literary publications. Full-text of the articles avaible from the TCC Library. Free. Index Only. Access database.
Movie Review Query Engine Over 120,000 full-text reviews covering more than 21,000 films from international, national, and local newspapers, arts and entertainment journals, and other sources. Free. Full Text. Access database.
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect InformationSeveral databases of information on resources and organizations.Free. Index Only. Access database.
National Geologic Map Database Catalogs of paper and digital maps and lithologic and geochronologic names. Free. Index Only.Access database.
NatureServe Conservation status, taxonomic, and distribution information for over 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communities in the United States and Canada. Free. Full Text. Access database.
Pacific Northwest Regional Newspaper and Periodical IndexCitations for articles dealing with the Pacific Northwest published since January 1, 1997, in the Seattle Weekly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer and The Daily of the University of Washington, as well as for pamphlets and other selected materials published both prior to and after January 1, 1997. Free. Index Only.Access database
ProQuest Periodical Databases [TCC restricted] Multiple periodical databases provide index and full-text coverage of journals, magazines, newsletters and newspapers. Includes general academic subjects. Strong business coverage in ABI/Inform. Full-text of larger Washington State newspapers in Washington State Newsstand. Full-text of the New York Times. Index and Full-text. Access database.
Public Library of Science Refereed scientific articles and research, available for free. Articles include synopses (abstracts) written in non-scientific language. Free. Full Text. Access database.
PubMedPeriodical database. From the National Library of Medicine. Covers more than 3,900 journals in biomedicine from 1966 to the present. Index Only. Access database.
PubMed CentralPeriodical database. The U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature. Access to the full text of articles in PMC is free, except where a journal requires a subscription for access to recent articles. Full text. Access database.
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System Catalogs and indexes to libraries and collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Free. Index Only. Access database.
Social Science Research Network Access to thousands of abstracts and full-text research papers. Free. Index and Full-text.Access database.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy All entries and substantive updates are created by experts in the field and refereed by the members of an editorial board. Free.Access database.
TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network) Databases from the National Library of Medicine on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. Free. Index Only. Access database.
U.S. EPA Online Library System Databases that can be used to locate books, reports, and articles. Includes the National Catalog, which contains the holdings of the 28 EPA regional libraries and laboratories. Free. Index Only.Access database.
Washington State Newsstand [TCC restricted] Periodical database. Includes the full text of most larger Washington State newspapers. Access database.
Westlaw [TCC restricted: Paralegal students only]. Primary and secondary legal sources. If you are a paralegal student without your own password, please ask at the reference desk for assistance.
World History Resource Center [TCC restricted] Includes primary sources, reference titles (History in Disupute series, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, etc.) and about 130 periodical titles. Access database.
