SEARCH THESE DATABASES FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES:

The databases on this page are arranged for easy access by students.  For an alphabetical list, please click on the letters below.

You may also click here to request articles not available at NCCC through inter-library loan.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) -- A scholarly, multidisciplinary database covering most areas of academic study

ProQuest -- FULL-TEXT of Academic and Research Journals + National Newspapers.

WilsonWeb - FULL-TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES. -- Multidisciplinary, journals indexed by H.W. Wilson Publisher: Art Index, Applied Science & Technology Index, Biological & Agricultural Index, Education Index, General Science Index, Humanities Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science Index, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences Index, Wilson Business Index. Some indexing begins 1982. There are: 1600 journals, 66,000 searchable images, 76,000 audio files, 1.8 million entries.

CINAHL (Nursing) Database -- Provides indexing for 2,719 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over one million records.

Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition -- 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.

Health Source - Consumer Edition -- collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health -- Alternative medicine-focused magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information on Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Pregnancy, Herbal remedies, etc.

Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO) - Focuses on holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness

Business and Company ASAP -- Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.

Business and Company Resource -- a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information

Business Source Complete -- Magazines, journals and country economic reports. 4633 total number of publications, with 3705 having full text.

EbscoHost -- A multidisciplinary database with full text for 700 periodicals (with a total of 2050 journals indexed and abstracted) covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, education, science, health, multicultural issues, and much more.

ScienceDirect -- Full-text of over 1800 peer-reviewed journals in the Science, Technology, and Medical fields, offering comprehensive coverage of literature across all fields of science. Over 4 million full-text articles available.

Science Reference Center -- provides access to 639 full text titles from reference books, encyclopedias, periodicals, newspapers, biographies and images.

Teacher Reference Center -- Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Vocational and Career Collection -- Designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.

CQ Researcher -- Provides coverage of a pressing political, social, environmental, or regional issue from around the globe. Each original report is written by a seasoned journalist.
Also from CQ - Compare information on the voting records of your elected representative at Political Bedfellows.

Associates Program Source (EBSCO) - contains nearly 1,000 full-text journals as well as 11 full-text books. This database is designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges and provides comprehensive coverage of relevant associates program level content.

APA PsychNET -- A collection of electronically stored bibliographic references–most with abstracts or content summaries–to psychological literature from 1840 to the present. Includes material published in 50 countries and written in more than 25 languages. FULL TEXT is NOT available in this database. Copy the citation and request that an Interlibrary Loan request be submitted on your behalf. PsychINFO database information.

Canadian Reference Centre -- Combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to Canadian libraries. This database includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K) periodicals in full text; full text reference books; 84,774 full text biographies and an Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps, and flags. This database is updated on a daily basis.

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.

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete -- Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 730 periodicals.

Education Research Complete -- the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 3,000 journals back to 1881, as well as full text for more than 2,000 journals back to 1936, and includes full text for numerous education-related conference papers and more than 500 books and monographs back to 1972.

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. Environment Complete contains more than 1,957,000 records from more than 1,700 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,125 active core titles). The database also contains full text for more than 680 journals and 120 monographs.

ERIC -- the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 317,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.

FirstSearch - Enhanced -- 24 individual databases (citation indexes to journals or directory information) 20 with full-text. Here is a list of the databases.

Greenfile -- offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

Highwire Press -- worlds largest archive of FULL TEXT scientific and academic journals. (over 1.8 million articles.)

Humanities International Complete -- Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,100 journals and 2.47 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 890 journals.

LEXIS-NEXIS® Academic -- Provides full text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts -- 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.

MEDLINE with Full Text --The world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,470 journals indexed in MEDLINE. 

Military & Government Collection -- 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 more than 400 titles.

Points of View -- Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Undergraduate students can use Points of View as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. This is a TRIAL resource being evaluated to add to collection of NCCC Library.

Opposing Viewpoints-- FULL-TEXT ARTICLES. A database covering social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, Terrorism, et al. Contains over 2,000 viewpoint articles from more than 170 titles in Opposing Viewpoints and related Greenhaven Press series.

PowerSearch -- With one click search Opposing Viewpoints, Custom Newspapers, NY State Newspapers, Business and Company ASAP, and Wellness Resource Center.

Professional Development Collection -- Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection -- Comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for over 560 journals.

Regional Business News -- Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Religion and Philosophy Collection -- Provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers nearly 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.

Several of the above resources are made available to us through State and Regional Consortia:,   Northern New York Library Network,  New York State Library,  and