College of the Redwoods Library
Research Databases, alpha by title
From on-campus computers, you can connect directly with no login required. For home, off-campus, or wireless access, after selecting the database link, you will first need to login using the barcode number from your Library / Student I.D. card. Or, you can login to MyCR and then select the “Library Access” link. Click the database name to search; for a description, click the “Details” link
| Academic One File (password required) | Details
Full-text articles from over 11,000 academic journals, full text of the New York Times and 2 other leading newspapers, 20 reference sources, and multimedia resources. Contact the Library for the password required. (476-4260).
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| Academic Search Premiere | Details
Full text for more than 2,100 academic research journals, many are peer reviewed, dating back to 1985.
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| America: History & Life with Full Text | Details
History and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With full-text of more than 200 journals and nearly 100 books, from 1955 to present.
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| ArtSTOR | Details
Digital library of nearly one million images of art, architecture, humanities, social sciences. Register for an account for off-campus access and for advanced features and tools.
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| Auto Repair Reference Center | Details
Auto Repair information on most major manufacturers of domestic, imported, and vintage vehicles, created by ASE certified technicians.
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| Book Index with Reviews | Details
Summary information on over 5 million book titles with over 800,000 book reviews.
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| Britannica Online | Details
General multiple-subject encyclopedia, audio, video, and image files,and links to college-level, quality websites.
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| Business Source Elite | Details
Full text for over 1,000 business publications dating back to 1985, and 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor.
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| CINAHL Plus | Details
Summaries for articles from 4,500 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, back to 1937, with full text from 80 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
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| Consumer Health Complete | Details
Consumer-oriented health information covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide of concise and clinically relevant prescription drug profiles.
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| CountryWatch | Details
Country profiles, geography, cultural, social, political, & economic, links to local news feeds, and interactive tools to create your own data sets.
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| CQ Researcher | Details
Research reports on current issues and controversial topics, pro and con arguments, graphics, maps, charts, links to college-level, quality websites.
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| eBooks | Details
General subjects, academic level books you can read online; also allows print, save, email of selected pages, or listen to an audio version.
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| ERIC: Education Resources | Details
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents ,on research and practice in teaching and learning dating back to 1966.
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| Gale Small Business Resource Center | Details
Business magazine & journal articles, sample business plans, industry analysis & reviews.
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| Health Source: Consumer | Details
Full text access to nearly 80 consumer magazines on medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
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| Health Source: Nursing/Academic | Details
Full text of 550 scholarly journals focusing on nursing and medical disciplines. Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide of concise and clinically relevant prescription drug profiles.
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| Historical Abstract of the United States | Details
Find historical to current decade statistics of the USA on a wide range of subjects. Historical context is provided in introductory essays by recognized experts.
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| MAS Ultra: School Edition | Details
Full text of 500 popular, high school magazines, 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 107,000 primary source documents, and over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
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| MasterFILE Premier | Details
Full text for nearly 1,700 popular magazines with full-text information dating as far back as 1975, 500 reference books, 164,400 primary source documents, and 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
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| MEDLINE | Details
Authoritative medical information and 4,800 current biomedical journals on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, created by the National Library of Medicine.
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| Military & Government Collection | Details
Full text for 300 journals and periodicals with current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government
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| Mitchell On Demand | Details
Automotive Technical Information Library, access is for automotive technology students, limited to 30 students. No off-campus or wireless access. To use Mitchell 1 in Internet Explorer version 9, you must enter “compatibility mode” by clicking on the “broken page” icon next to the location field, OR, access this database using FireFox.
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| Newspaper Source Plus | Details
Full-text from 860 newspapers, with 35 million full-text articles, and 857,000 television and radio news program transcripts.
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| NoodleBib | Details
Create and save MLA or APA citation lists or annotated bibliographies, export to Word or Google docs.
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| Primary Search | Details
Full text articles from 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research.
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| Professional Development Collection for Educators | Details
Comprehensive collection of full text peer-reviewed journals in education and more than 200 educational reports.
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| ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health | Details
Full text articles from 860 health science journals, abstracts from 1,100 journals, Nursing e-books, Evidence-based content and training tools from the Joanna Briggs Institure, MedCom practice videos, Multi-cultural reports, nursing study guides, and over 12,300 full-text dissertations in nursing and related fields.
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| ProQuest Research Library | Details
General subjects, full text articles or abstracts from over 4,560 scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
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| Psychology and Behavioral Sciences | Details
Fulll text articles from 400 journals, emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
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| Regional Business News | Details
Full text of more than 80 business publications from US metropolitan and rural areas.
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| Religion and Philosophy Collection | Details
Full text from 300 journals on world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
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| Science Online | Details
Full text articles from world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary, 1997 to the current issue; from 1880 to 1997, articles are only available as summaries. Use advanced search to limit by 1997 to current for full text articles.
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| STAT!Ref | Details
Medical and nursing textbooks you can read or search online (Include the DSM-IV)
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| Student Research Center | Details
Full text articles from magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, TV & radio transcripts, state & country reports, primary source documents, photos, maps and graphs, and some academic research journals.
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If you are are having technical problems accessing the online databases via myCR go to the AskCR support portal to request technical assistance. Please call Ruth Moon, Librarian, at 476-4263, or or use the "Ask a Librarian" form if you need help searching the databases or finding information.
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