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Frequently Used Full-Text Databases
Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
LexisNexis Academic - Provides full-text articles and abstracts from newspapers, magazines, and reference sources, including legal and law resources.
Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson) - Provides full-text coverage of all types of art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. Full-text: 1997 to present.
Literary Reference Center - Provides full-text reference information on authors and literature from over 1,000 books, major encyclopedias, and hundreds of literary journals.
Biography In Context - Provides full-text biographies, magazine articles, images, and website links for more than 900,000 people.
Literature Resource Center - Provides current biographical information, overviews, and full-text literary criticism and reviews of more than 130,000 writers.
Britannica Online Academic Edition - A full-text encyclopedia with video downloads, maps, statistics, classic literature, and more. Click here for login information.
Medline Plus - Provides full-text medical information on diseases and disorders, medicine and drugs, and other health related topics. Written for a public audience.
Business Source Complete - Provides full-text articles from nearly 1,200 business-related serials, and from reference works, reports, company profiles and more.
Nursing & Allied Health Source - Provides full-text information from leading nursing, allied health, and related journals and publications.
CINAHL Plus with Full-Text - Provides full-text articles from more than 560 journals nursing and allied health journals and publications.
Oxford English Dictionary - Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 English language words, both present and past.
Computer Source - Provides full-text articles from more than 300 publications, and indexing and abstracting for over 450 technology related periodicals.
Oxford Reference Online - Provides full-text access to many subject dictionaries and encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and more. Click here for login information.
CQ Researcher - Provides in-depth, non-biased full-text articles on topics and issues in the news. Includes a bibliography of sources.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Provides full-text coverage of over 550 journals and publications pertaining to behavioral science fields.
ERIC - Provides citations, abstracts, and some full-text records from over 1,000 education-related journals collected by the Educational Resource Information Center.
Regional Business News - Provides full-text articles from over 75 business journals, newspapers and news wires in the U.S..
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provides full-text multi-disciplinary encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for just about any research topic.
Religion and Philosophy Collection - Provides full-text coverage of over 300 journals pertaining to religious history, theology, and philosophical studies.
History Reference Center - Provides full-text information from thousands of reference books, history magazines, historical documents, and videos.
Science and Technology Collection - Provides full-text articles from over 800 scientific and technical journals, and abstracts from 1,700 other science periodicals.
JStor - The Scholarly Journal Archive - Full-text scholarly journals for Arts and Sciences. Business, ecology, general science, language, math, statistics, etc..
SocINDEX with Full-Text - Provides Sociology articles and information with over 390 full-text journals, over 720 full-text books, and over 6,700 conference papers.
Legal Collection - Provides full-text articles from nearly 250 scholarly law journals pertaining to current issues, studies, thoughts, and trends of the legal world.
World Book Advanced - A full-text encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, images, primary documents, news, and a Louisiana Resource Guide. Click HERE for login information.

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LOUIS Databases
(Off-campus use of LOUIS resources requires login ID. Click HERE for login information.)
MLA International Bibliography - Provides over 1.8 million citations for journals, series, and publishers, including international publications.
CQ Researcher & Global Researcher - Provide in-depth, non-biased full-text articles on topics and issues in the news. Includes a citation and bibliography of sources.
Newspaper Source - Provides selected full-text articles from over 285 regional, national, and international newspapers. Includes TV transcripts. Updated daily.
Primary Search - Provides full-text articles from more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. Includes a database of reading level indicators.
Credo Reference - Provides full text general reference resources from more than 560 highly regarded titles covering every major subject.
Professional Development Collection - Provides full-text articles from over 520 high quality education journals and over 200 educational reports. For professional educators.
PsycINFO - Provides 2.4 million citations and summaries of psychology-related journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports.
Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Provides full-text coverage of over 575 journals and publications pertaining to behavioral science fields.
Agricola - Provides more than 2.5 million citations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Library.
Regional Business News - Provides full-text articles from over 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires in the U.S..
Alt HealthWatch - Provides full-text for 180 alternative health publications, including many peer-reviewed journals and reports.
Religion and Philosophy Collection - Provides full-text coverage of over 300 journals pertaining to religious history, theology, and philosophical studies.
Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson) - Provides full-text coverage of all types of art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. Full-text: 1997 to present.
Science and Technology Collection - Provides full-text articles from over 820 scientific and technical journals, and abstracts from 1,700 other science periodicals.
Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) - Indexes 55 years of art journalism from leading English-language sources, and in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch.
SocINDEX with Full-Text - Provides Sociology articles and information with over 425 full-text journals, over 720 full-text books, and over 6,700 conference papers.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - Indexes articles on architecture and design from over 2,500 American and international journals. 1934 to present.
Teacher Reference Center - Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Biological Abstracts - Provides bibliographic references to life science journal literature published in over 4,000 international journals from 1995 to present.
The Serials Directory - Provides accurate bibliographic information for popular serials from over 108,000 publishers worldwide.
Book Collection: Non-Fiction - Provides full-text articles from 4,100 books on civics, social studies, science, careers, health, sports, hobbies, technology, and more.
World History Collection - Provides full-text articles from nearly 150 journals and publications pertaining to world history. 1964 to present.
Business Source Complete - Provides full-text articles and abstracts from more than 1,200 scholarly business journals, some dating back to 1886.
CINAHLPlus with Full-Text - Provides full-text articles from more than 620 journals nursing and allied health journals and publications.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provides full-text multi-disciplinary encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for just about any research topic.
Cinema Image Gallery - Contains over 150,000 still images from movies, television and the entertainment industry, including set, costume and production design.
Biography In Context - Provides full-text biographies, magazine articles, images, and website links for more than 900,000 people.
Computer Science Index - Provides abstracting and indexing of more than 6,500 computer science periodicals and books dating back to the mid 1960s.
Literature Resource Center - Provides current biographical information, overviews, and full-text literary criticism and reviews of more than 130,000 writers.
Computer Source - Provides full-text articles from more than 300 publications, and indexing and abstracting for over 450 technology related periodicals.
Scribner Writers Series - Provides fifteen to twenty page full-text essays and critical reviews on over 1,600 authors and literary genres.
Economia y Negocios - Provides indexing to more than 300 Spanish language business and economics periodicals published in Latin America and Spain.
Twayne Author Series - Provides full-text information and biographies on World, U.S., and English authors originally published in the Twayne Literary Masters book series.
Environment Index - Provides indexing and abstracts for over 1,600 international journals and books pertaining to the environment. Includes a thesaurus.
ERIC - Provides citations, abstracts, and some full-text records from over 1,000 education-related journals collected by the Educational Resource Information Center.
JStor provides full-text articles from scholarly journals for Arts and Sciences. Business, ecology, general science, language, math, statistics, etc..
European Views of the Americas: 1493 - 1750 - Index of more than 32,000 printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
French Business Source (Vente et Gestion) - Provides full-text coverage of French language business journals for academic and professional researchers.
Learning Express Library provides a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course sites. Click HERE for login details.
Fuente Academica - Provides full-text access to multi-discipline Spanish language academic scholarly journals covering many academic areas of interest.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Provides over 25,000 full-text encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subjects.
LexisNexis Academic provides full-text articles and abstracts from newspapers, magazines, and reference sources, especially legal and law resources.
GeoRef - Provides citations and abstracts from over 3,500 journals pertaining to geosciences, as well as records for books, maps, and government reports.
GreenFILE - Provides information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment, including over 4,700 full-text records.
MathSciNet is a comprehensive database containing reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic informations about mathematical literature since 1940.
Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition - Provides full-text records from over 550 journals focusing on health and medical topics. Includes Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
History Reference Center - Provides full-text information from thousands of reference books, history magazines, historical documents, and videos.
African American Newspapers - Provides access to newspapers from 1827 to 1998. Search by newspaper title, article type, location of newspaper, and/or dates.
Hospitality and Tourism Index - Provides over 700,000 citations for information from scholarly and industry related sources pertaining to hospitality and tourism.
America's Historical Newspapers - Includes the Louisiana collections, such as the Times Picayune 1837-1936.
Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA) - Provides abstracts for articles in over 450 publications and periodicals pertaining to information science.
All Databases
Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts - Provides indexing and abstracts for articles in over 400 computer magazines and journals.
OCLC FirstSearch provides book reviews, PsychFirst, statistical, consumer, government, and business information citations and abstracts. Available only on campus.
Legal Collection - Provides full-text articles from nearly 250 scholarly law journals pertaining to current issues, studies, thoughts, and trends of the legal world.
Lexi-PALS Drug Guide - Provides over 1,450 full-text Patient Advisory Leaflets that provide vital education on medications for patients.
Oxford English Dictionary - Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 English language words, both present and past.
Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts with Full-Text (LISTA) - Provides abstracts and full-text articles pertaining to information science.
Literary Reference Center - Provides full-text reference information on authors and literature from over 1,000 books, major encyclopedias, and hundreds of literary journals.
Dissertation Abstracts - Provides abstracts and citations for doctoral and master's dissertations. Some titles published since 1997 are available in PDF format online.
MAS Ultra - Provides full-text articles, biographies, primary documents, reference sources, and over 280,000 images. High school level.
Nursing & Allied Health Source - Provides full-text information from leading nursing, allied health, and related publications.
MedicLatina - Provides full-text articles from nearly 100 Spanish language medical journals published in Latin America.
Medline - Provides medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care system.
Sanborn Digital Maps provides fire insurance maps that chart the growth and development of Louisiana towns and cities for historical research.
Mental Measurement Yearbook - Provides a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments in psychology, education, business, etc..
Military & Government Collection - Provides information and full-text articles from almost 300 journals containing current news on military and government issues.
WorldCat Union Catalog contains more than 52 million bibliographic records with holdings information from over 57,000 libraries around the world.
MLA Directory of Periodicals - Provides detailed information on over 7,100 journals including frequency and prices.

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RPCC Databases
(Off-campus use of RPCC purchased resources requires login or password. Click HERE for login information.)
American History in Video - Over 3,100 online videos from PBS, The History Channel, Bullfrog Films, Universal Newsreel, etc. Click here for login information.
Salem Literature - Includes the full-text reference sets Critical Surveys of Long Fiction and Magill's Literary Annuals. Click HERE for off-campus login information.
A to Z Maps Online - Over 145,000 free maps. World, regions, countries, states, political, physical, scientific, etc. Click here for login information.
Salem Science - Includes the full-text reference sets Global Resources, Global Warming, and The Solar System. Click HERE for off-campus login information.
Britannica Online Academic Edition - A full-text encyclopedia with video downloads, maps, statistics, classic literature, and more. Click here for login information.
World Book Advanced A full-text encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, images, primary documents, news, and a Louisiana Resource Guide. Click HERE for login information.
World Book Discover Offers full-text resources for students with language and learning difficulties. Click HERE for login information.
Global Road Warrior - A full-text resource on world societies, cultures, statistics, travel, etc., with maps and images. Click here for login information.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos is the full-text intermediate Spanish-language version of World Book Online. Click HERE for login information.
World Book Gran Enciclopedia Hispánica is a full-text Spanish-language encyclopedia that includes articles, images, maps, and videos. Click HERE for login information.
Oxford Reference Online - Provides full-text access to many subject dictionaries and encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and more. Click here for login information.
World Book Kids contains more than 25,000 full-text encyclopedia articles and other research tools with an easy interface for children. Click HERE for login information.
World Book L’Encyclopédie Découverte is the full-text French language version of World Book Online that includes a French visual dictionary. Click HERE for login information.
Salem Health - Includes the full-text reference sets Cancer, Genetics, Magill's Medical Guide, and Psychology & Mental Health. Click HERE for off-campus login information.
World Book Student contains a full-text encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, biographies, videos and images, current events, and more. Click HERE for login information.
Salem History - Includes the full-text reference sets Decades: 60s, Great Events, Great Lives, and Milestone Documents. Click HERE for off-campus login information.

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Free Databases and Other Resources
(These resources do not require any login or password.)
The following resources are available to the public and users do not have to be a student or instructor at RPCC to access the excellent sources of information.
Merck Manual Home Online Medical Library - Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, symptoms, how they're diagnosed, prevention, and treatments. Home edition.
CareerOneStop - An integrated suite of national web sites that help businesses, job seekers, and students find career and employment information and resources.
National Library of Medicine - Provides full-text medical information resources for the public, health care professionals, and researchers.
CIA World Fact Book - Information and statistics about every country in the world, including the people, political system, economy, geography, etc.
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System - Search links to 146,000 images, video and sound files from dozens of Smithsonian libraries, archives, and museums.
FedStats - Links to U.S. government statistics sites, including demographic, ethnic, and population information from all federal agencies.
Statistical Abstract of the United States - The authoritative and comprehensive source of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the U.S..
IPL: Internet Public Library - Provides links to authoritative, quality web resources selected by teachers and librarians pertaining to a wide variety of topics.
TeenHealthFX.com - Online resource for any and all questions regarding teen health (physical and emotional), relationships, and sexuality.
In the First Person - Provides indexing of records and over 700,000 full-text pages of diaries, letters, oral histories, and personal narratives. English language.
United Nations Statistics Division - Data on countries and global statistics, including demographic, ethnic, economic, education, and population information.
KidsHealth - Information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years for parents, kids, and teens.
United States Census Bureau - Census 2010 information on people and households, business and industry, geography, and special topics.
Medline Plus - Provides full-text medical information on diseases and disorders, medicine and drugs, and other health related topics. Written for a public audience.
USDA Center for Nutrition - Information on nutrition, healthy diets, weight control, and wellness for children and adults, including the food pyramid and dietary guidelines.

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Access to the LOUIS and RPCC databases is provided by RPCC Library Services through paid subscriptions and annual consortium fees. Use of the Databases is limited to current RPCC students, faculty, and staff only. Authorized users will need their User ID and Pin to use the resources remotely. Please ask an RPCC Librarian for details.