Library Home: Guide: Off-Campus Access

Online Resources

Off-Campus resources can be accessed by any Student, Staff, or Faculty member that has access to an institutional email account. Your username for access will be your CBC email address without the domain. For students, the password will be your Student ID number. For Faculty and Staff, your password will match the one for your email.

For Example:

Username: ncamacho

Password: 0012345 (or your email password)

If you are a visitor at CBC and you would like access to our resources, please utilize our on-campus resources. CBC Library resources are not accessible to off-campus visitors.

Databases A-Z

Complete A-Z Listing of all datatabases or click below:

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Academic Search Complete

Agricola (EBSCOhost)
Abstracts and Indexes -Linked to EBSCO Full Text

This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 4.6 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990
American Indian Histories and Cultures

Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals.
American Journal of Public Health
Full Text Resource | ON-CAMPUS Only

Off-Campus users have access to current table of contents and archived full text older than 2 years. The AJPH is dedicated to publication of original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation in the field of public health, along with editorials and commentaries and serves as a forum for health policy analysis. The mission of the Journal is to advance public health research, policy, practice, and education.
American West

From early topographical sketches and pioneers’ accounts, to photographs of Buffalo Bill and his ‘Wild West’ stars, explore the fact and the fiction of westward expansion in America from the early eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Browse a wide range of rare and original documents including printed books, journals, historic maps, broadsides, periodicals, advertisements, photographs, artwork and more.
Artstor

Artstor is a nonprofit organization committed to digital collection solutions for universities, museums, schools, and libraries worldwide

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BNNA: Bibliography of Native North Americans (EBSCOhost)
Abstracts and Indexes - Linked to EBSCO Full Text

A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 133,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.
Book Review Digest Plus (EBSCOhost)

Brings together book reviews on subjects such as art, biography, business, education, general interest, history, humanities, literature, music and more with coverage back to 1983
Business Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost)

Offers full-text articles from hundreds of key publications, and provides access to product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, statistical rankings and more!
Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

The world's definitive scholarly Business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals.
Business Search Interface, Enhanced (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

This search interface provides a specific searching tool that searches EBSCO Business Source Complete.

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CINAHL Plus Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

The world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 750 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index – with no embargo. CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
Computer Source (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

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.
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

CHC provides full text health resources to consumers; also includes most of the content found in Health Source: Consumer Edition & Health Source Nursing/Academic.

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Directory of Open Access Journals

Full Text Resource [free online]

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It aims to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 5356 journals in the directory. Currently 2255 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 442114 articles are included in the DOAJ service.
Digital Campus Movie
Streaming movies (on campus access only).

Stream movies based on academic disciplines, enrich college life, encourage active learning, facilitate dialog among students in and out of the classroom.

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Ebrary

Full Text Resource / Electronic Books

Ebrary contains the full text of over 34,000 books in all subjects.
EBSCOhost Databases Mobile
Full Text Resource / Mobile Interface

Access EBSCOhost Research Databases through your mobile phone. Users must still log in with their CBC Cougar ID for access.
EBSCOhost Ebooks

Full Text Resource / Electronic Books

Full Text electronic books with over 34,000 titles in all subjects
EBSCOhost Research Databases
Full Text Resource

A collection of databases, some full text and some not; full text includes journal/magazine articles, books, government documents, maps, and video.
ERIC - Education Resource Information Center (EBSCOhost)
Abstracts and Indexes - Linked to EBSCO Full Text

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.
Essays & General Literature Index (EBSCOhost)

Cites records in collections of essays and works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada dating back to 1985 and spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences.

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Fuente Académica Premier (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

Fuente Academica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. The database is updated weekly.
Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas

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Gale Databases (PowerSearch)
Full Text Resource

The Gale provides access to a single search for InfoTrac Custom Newspapers and Health Reference Academic, all the individual Thomson Gale databases, including health, news, and literary searches
Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries
GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

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.

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Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)

Full Text Resource

Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, the material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

This database is the richest 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 Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

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.
HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest)
Full Text Resource

Provides access to genealogy records and census data, plus other historical primary documents.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center (EBSCOhost)

Offers "how-to" instructions for virtually every hobby enthusiast with full text for more than 1,500 leading hobby books and craft magazines that cover Arts & Crafts, Collecting, Home & Garden, Indoor Recreation, Kids' Crafts, Model Building, Needlecrafts & Textiles, and more!
Home Improvement Reference Center (EBSCOhost)

Provides users with user-friendly “how-to” information covering a range of home improvement and repair projects and features full-text content from leading magazines, images not found anywhere else online, and videos of popular home repair projects.
Humanities Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Full Text

Includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama and poetry in all fields of the humanities from art, classical studies, and film to journalism and more!
Handbook of Texas Online

A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association

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Information Science & Technology Abstracts - ISTA (EBSCO)
Abstracts and Indexes - Linked to EBSCO Full Text

Information Science & Technology Abstracts is a leading database in the areas of information science. ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s.
InfoTrac Newstand

Search more than 650 full-text, regional and national newspapers, more than 60 international newspapers, hundreds of college campus newspapers and major news and business stories from over 165 McClatchy-Tribune wire services.

Cover-to-cover coverage of the New York Times (1985-p); the Economist (1988-p); the Times (London) (1986-p); Austin-American Statesman , Washington Times, Houston Chronicle, and The Financial Times from 1996; USA Today (2003-p); plus many more. Search articles by title, headline, date, author, section or other assigned fields. This database can be cross-search with other Thomson Gale databases using our PowerSearch functionality.

-Full Text Resource
-Gale Database

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Journal of Periodontology Online

Full Text Electronic Journal | ON-CAMPUS Only

This link provides access to the Journal of Periodontology to ON-CAMPUS users only, with no login necessary. Abstract access to issues are provided for volume 70 (1999) to current issue. Issues on microfilm are available at the library for volume 31 (1960) to volume 77 (2006).
JSTOR
Full-text Electronic Journal

A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources

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There are no 'K' resources

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Learning Express Library

Achieve your educational and career goals with the Adult Learning Center, Job and Career Accelerator, Computer Skills, and many more
Legal Collection

Legal Information Reference Center is an online database designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds.

It includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms.
Literature Online
The biggest literature & literary criticism database, with over 30,000 documents. Includes author biographies and book reviews

The biggest literature & literary criticism database, with over 30,000 documents. Includes author biographies and book reviews.
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)

Reference works, books, literary, literary journals, as well as original content from EBSCOhost publishing. More than 35,000 plot summaries, work overviews, and synopses, 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticisms, more than 253,000 author biographies, 460 literary journals, and much more

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MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
MAS Complete
Full Text Resource

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines
MedicLatina (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

MedicLatina is a unique collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This Spanish language database contains full text for 130 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.
Medline (EBSCO)
Abstracts and Indexes - Linked to EBSCO Full Text

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags
Military and 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.

-Full Text Resource
Mometrix Practice Tests

The test offers test preparation resources for a variety of standardized tests and certification exams, such as CASA Math, GED Science, SAT Reading, TEAS Reading, etc.
Mometrix Study Guide

The study guide includes: Cosmetology Exam Practice Questions; Cosmetology Exam Secrets; GED Secrets; TSI Assessment Secrets; Certified Coding Associate Exam Secrets; RHIT Exam Secrets; Secrets of the CDA Exam; NCLEX-RN Practice Questions; NCLEX-RN Secrets; Secrets of the TEAS V Exam.

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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 45 national (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

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OCLC WorldCat FirstSearch

Online Computer Library Center database of over 57 million books, web resources, and other material worldwide, plus all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries, representing 400 languages.

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Play Index (EBSCOhost)

Covers over 31,000 classic and historical plays dating from 1949, including one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, classic drama and monologues from famous playwrights.
Primary Search (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost)
Full Text Resource

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. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a 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 nearly 560 journals.
PubMed
Full Text, Abstracts & Index | Free Online

PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). In keeping with NLM’s legislative mandate to collect and preserve the biomedical literature, PMC serves as a digital counterpart to NLM’s extensive print journal collection. Launched in February 2000, PMC was developed and is managed by NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Q

There are no 'Q' resources

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Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

This database 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. Click here for a complete title list. Click here for more info.
Religion & Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

Religion & 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.
OMICSOnline
Full Text Electronic Journal

Scientific Research and information

Make the best use of Researched information from 700+ peer reviewed, Open Access Journals operated by 50,000+ Editorial Board Members and esteemed reviewers and 1000+ Scientific associations in Medical, Clinical, Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Technology and Management Fields.

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Science.gov: USA.gov for science
Full Text Resource | Free Online

Science.gov searches over 42 databases and over 2000 selected websites from 14 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results. Science.gov is governed by the interagency Science.gov Alliance.
ScienceResearch.com
Full Text Resource | Free Online

This is a free, publicly available deep web search engine that uses advanced federated search technology to return high quality results by submitting your search query in real-time to other well respected search engines then collating, ranking and dropping duplicates of the results. Searches many full text, open source, government-supported collections. Search full text topics in patents, science news, Agricultural Sciences, Astronomy & Space, Biology & Nature, Chemistry, Computers & Technology, Defense Tech, Earth & Environmental Sciences, energy, health & medicine, materials science, math, physics, and more. Searches science.gov, scitopia.org, worldwidescience.org, e-print network.
Science & Technology Collection (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

The Science & Technology Collection contains over 830 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,740 publications.
Serials Directory (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

The Serials Directory provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. This invaluable resource is made available via EBSCOhost®. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry.Classifications for every entry.
Short Story Index (EBSCOhost)

Contains information on short stories by author or genre, and provides detailed indexing for more than 117,000 stories from more than 4,200 collections and anthologies.
Small Business Reference Center (EBSCOhost)

Contains more than 450 full-text reference books and nearly 400 full-text periodicals that provide detailed “how-to” instructions to address small business topics, such as buying and selling a business, managing employees, writing a business plans, understanding legal information, a business and much more!
Small Engine Repair Reference Center (EBSCOhost)

Provides repair guides for small engines and routine maintenance (tune-ups, brake service, etc.) as well as extensive repairs (engine and transmission disassembly) and also allows users to search by product type, brand, model/engine type, specific area of model/engine type, and model numbers.
Science in Context (GALE)

A resource providing contextual information on hundreds of science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, it draws students into the subject matter, showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.
SciTech Collection Premium (Proquest)

The ProQuest SciTech Collection is a database covering key STEM areas, while the Science & Technology Ebook Subscription offers carefully curated STEM related ebooks. E-Libro Premium us a comprehensive Spanish language ebook database, and DASH! is a product that empowers libraries to create, upload, and share their own PDF collections.

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Texas Reference Center (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource / Full Text Electronic Books

Texas Reference Center is a Texas specific product comprised of periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state. Texas Reference Center contains more than 75 full text periodicals, 150 full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and much more.
TOPICsearch (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

TOPICsearch contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps (ProQuest)
Full Text Resource

Provides academic and public libraries digital access to maps of Texas from 1867-1970
TeachingBooks.net

An easy-to-use online resource that provides multimedia content to complement children's and young adult books. Resources include audio book readings, book discussion guides, lesson plans, and more, for over 40,000 children's and young adult books in English and Spanish.

The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune is the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

U-V-W

Vocational & Career Collection (EBSCO)
Full Text Resource

Vocational & Career Collection is 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.
WorldCat

The World's Largest Library Catalog
Weiss Ratings TheStreet Ratings - Financial Ratings Series

Easy-to-read, step-by-step guide is packed with accurate, unbiased information and recommendations, with worksheets and planners on topic areas of automobile insurance, elder care choices, health savings accounts, homeowners insurance, long-term care insurance, medicare prescription drug coverage, medicare supplement insurance, and term life insurance consumer guides

X-Y-Z

There are no 'X-Y-Z' Resources

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20th Century Poetry (American and English)

Cross-Searchable via Literature Online but narrowed to only poetry

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