Full-Text Databases: A to Z list
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Academic Search Complete: Articles from 5,500+ journals and other sources, multiple subject areas.
African American Newspapers: Covers selected newspapers from 1827 to 1998.
Alt HealthWatch: Full-text from alternative health publications, many peer-reviewed.
America’s Historical Newspapers: Find newspaper articles from Louisiana’s past.
APA PsycINFO: The largest resource for peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health with some full-text.
Art and Architecture Complete: Full-text articles and e-books on art, artists, and topics related to architecture, as well as over 63,000 images.
AtoZ MapsOnline: Over 145,000 maps, including political, physical, and more.
Black Life in America: The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
Book Collection: Nonfiction: Abstracts and full text content in various subject areas, life skills and more.
Britannica Online Academic Edition: A full text encyclopedia with video, maps, and more.
Business Source Complete: Articles and abstracts from more than 1,200 scholarly business journals.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Articles from over 620 nursing and allied health publications.
Computer Source: Citations and abstracts for articles on computer science, many full-text.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive (1923 - Present): In–depth, non–biased full text reports on topics and issues in the news.
Credo Reference: Offers full text general reference resources covering every major subject, and more.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text: The leading full-text database for criminal justice and criminology research covering all related subjects, including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation.
Duke University Press Books: Books and journals across humanities, social sciences, and more.
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost): Covers a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishes and university presses.
eBook Business Collection (EBSCOhost): Includes thousands of e-books dedicated to the study of business, from conducting business research to helping students understand general business concepts. NEW!!!
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost): Focuses on the academic and trade information needs of community colleges. NEW!!
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - Core Collection: Includes thousands of e-books covering a large selection of academic subjects.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collection: A special subset of the Core Collection.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - Health Sciences Collection: A special subset of the Core Collection.
eBook Nursing Collection (EBSCOhost): Includes clinical guides, evidence-based practice manuals, practical handbooks, and professional growth titles for nursing. NEW!!!
Environment Complete: Full-text content from over 1200 journals and monographs on environmental studies.
ERIC: Education Resource Information Center: Includes articles and other documents.
Films On Demand: Academic, Career and Technical, and Archival and Newsreel film collections across all disciplines.
Fuente Académica: Full-text articles from multi-discipline Spanish language scholarly journals.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: Provides over 25,000 full-text encyclopedia entries.
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Gale: Browse all Gale research products or go to individual Gale resources:
Gale Ebooks: Reference sources for just about any research topic.
Gale In Context - Biography: Biographies, magazine articles, images, and more for over 900,000 people.
Gale Interactive - Human Anatomy: Study human anatomy with these interactive 3-D models.
Gale Literature Resource Center: Author information, overviews, literary criticism and reviews.
Gale Literature - Scribner Writers Series: Full-text essays and critical reviews on over 1,600 authors and literary genres.
Gale Literature - Twayne’s Author Series: Full-text information and biographies on world, U S, and English authors.
Global Road Warrior: Resources on world cultures, statistics, travel, maps and images.
GreenFILE: Information on aspects of human impact to the environment, including full-text.
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition: 550 journals in health disciplines, plus drug information.
Hispanic Life in America, Series 1: 1704 – 1942: The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media.
History Reference Center: Reference books, history magazines, historical documents, etc.
IEEE Xplore NOW Press eBooks: Offers high-quality eBooks in subject areas including computer science, engineering, and more.
JSTOR - The Scholarly Archive: Articles from scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, humanities, business, etc.
LearningExpress PrepSTEP: Search all resource centers; includes help for test preparation, computer skills, online learning, job skills as practice tests, e-books, and more. Go to How to Access RPCC Library Resources and select LearningExpress PrepSTEP for more information on getting a LearningExpress PrepStep account.
Legal Source: Full-text articles from scholarly law journals on legal issues, studies, and more.
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full Text: Includes content on censorship, copyright, and electronic searching.
Literary Reference Center Plus: Full-text information on authors and literature from journals, reference books, and more, plus over 7400 classic novels.
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MAS Complete: Full-text articles, biographies, primary documents, images, and more. High school level.
MasterFILE Complete: Offers full-text articles from magazines, journals, reference books, biographies, and primary sources, plus images, maps, and videos.
MedicLatina: Full-text articles from Spanish language medical journals published in Latin America.
MEDLINE: Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, pre-clinical sciences, and more. Also see MedlinePlus, a free U.S. National Library of Medicine resource.
Military and Government Collection: Almost 300 journals covering military and government topics.
Newspaper Source Plus: Articles from thousands of newspapers, and magazines, as well as TV and radio news transcripts.
Newswires:(AP, UPI, etc.) Near real-time access to top world-wide news sources.
Nexis Uni: Features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources – including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
Nursing and Allied Health Premium: Information from leading nursing and allied health publications.
Oxford Academic: Very Short Introductions - Arts and Humanities: offers concise and original introductions to topics in the humanities.
OED: Oxford English Dictionary: A comprehensive dictionary of over 500,000 English language words.
Oxford Reference: Full-text general and subject-specific reference sources.
Primary Search: Full-text articles from popular elementary school magazines with reading levels.
Professional Development Collection: Full-text articles from education journals and reports.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection: Over 550 publications in behavioral sciences.
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Referencia Latina: Offers content from various sources including reference sources, magazines, and more.
Regional Business News: Articles from over 75 business sources in the U S.
Religion and Philosophy Collection: Covers over 300 journals on religious history, theology, and philosophy.
R2 Digital Library - Rittenhouse: Find ebooks for medical, nursing, and allied health sciences.
SAGE Video Collection: Nursing: Watch nursing practitioners in accredited demonstrations, case studies, nursing history, and more.
Salem Press: Find full-text reference sources in Literature, History, Science, and Health.
Sanborn Maps of Louisiana: Historical maps published between 1867 to 1970 of over 150 Louisiana towns and cities.
Science and Technology Collection: Articles from over 800 scientific and technical journals, and more.
SocINDEX with Full-Text: Over 390 journals, over 720 books, and more.
Swank Motion Pictures: Selected feature films and documentaries.
Taylor & Francis Custom eBook Collection: A collection of over 930 eBook titles covering topics in arts, economics, technology, and more!
Teacher Reference Center: Over 270 education journals and magazines, some with full-text articles.
Vente et Gestion (French Business Source): Full-text articles from French language business journals.
Important Note:
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