Databases
Looking for magazine, journal and newspaper articles? Try the JSCC Library databases which are collections of articles.
- Start with the Academic and General Interest databases
- Then choose databases under more specific subject areas.
For those articles in the databases which are not on the computer, please go to the Library's print periodicals holdings list or E journals.
AGent - Federated Search. This searches for your topic in many different databases at once.
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Method for Accessing Online Databases from Off-Campus: Authorized off-campus users (students, staff and faculty of Jackson State Community College) can log in to a restricted database by using their Netlogon username and password.
Federated Search
AGent - Search multiple databases at once.
The AGent federated search engine searched multiple JSCC databases at the same time. Just click on the link, then choose 'Begin' to start searching. Select the databases you wish to search and enter your search terms. The 'Advanced Search' interface will let you limit your search further.
Academic and General Interest (This category covers all types of journals and magazines)
Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Contains full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
Academic Search Elite
Multi-disciplinary database covering virtually every area of academic study. Contains 1,850 scholarly journals, including nearly 1,300 peer-reviewed titles.
Ancestry Library Edition
The Ancestry Library Edition collection is a genealogical database including census, vital, and immigration records. It also includes U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing historical maps; the Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Comprehensive source for all academic disciplines. Includes 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text journals.
General Reference Center Gold
Reference books, periodicals, and newspapers, many with full text and images are included here.
General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac OneFile)
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
"This online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s."
JSTORJSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that creates and maintains an archive of important scholarly journals. "JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines, including ecology, economics, history, language, literature, mathematics and sociology."
MasterFILE Premier
Contains full-text articles in over 1700 magazines and journals. Indexing and abstracts for over 2700 titles. Subjects covered include general interest, business, health, social sciences, education, humanities, news and current events. Useful for almost any topic.
National Geographic Index
Contains records describing each National Geographic Society magazine article, book, map, video, cd-rom, and more. The JSCC Library has the National Geographic Magazine in print from 1956 to the present.
Readers' Guide Full Text
Readers’ Guide Full Text offers the ultimate in current events coverage, curriculum support, and quality periodicals research for students, educators, and library patrons.
Southern Life
Articles about all aspects of Southern life and culture from a variety of magazines and journals.
Wilson Omnifile
Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition contains full-text periodical articles from a tremendous variety of journals. Covers all types of topics and goes back to 1982 for some articles.
Business
Business Full Text
Business Full Text provides fast, convenient access to a multitude of outstanding sources - from The New York Times Business Section and The Wall Street Journal to magazines and scholarly journals. Users will find feature articles, product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, book reviews, reports from associations, societies, trade shows and conferences, and more.
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues.
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
Designed to answer such key questions as: How has the U.S. Constitution shaped the economy of the United States? What were the consequences of Prohibition on consumers' behavior? This title presents 1,000 entries, era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.
General Business File ASAP
Provides access to articles in business periodicals, newspapers, and newswires. Contains more than 200,000 company profiles, 50,000 full-text Investext® reports, and various other news sources.
General Business File International
Analyzes company performances and activities.,Features industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Provides access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and directory listings with full text and images available.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Features 900 articles on all aspects of economics written by scholars in the field. Articles range from shorter articles of 500 words to longer, more comprehensive articles of around 8000 words.
Careers
Careers Internet Database
Use Careers Internet Database to find full-text, in-depth information on hundreds of careers. Each report covers education requirements, good and bad aspects of the career, interviews with people in the field, and more. Also included is a career test, information on scholarships, grants, and contests, as well as a bulletin board where students can receive answers from industry professionals.
Tennessee Career Information Delivery System
Information about careers geared towards Tennessee. Has Tennessee salary information. There are often videos and audio broadcasts about each career.
Vocational Biographies
With this database, you can career-shadow up to 1,001 persons from across America. Click on one of the 7 search buttons at the top of the page. You will get a list of titles. Click on one title, and the career story will appear on the screen for you to read or print out.
Computer Science
Computer Database
Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
Safari
The premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals. Search electronic versions of a broad range of technical books.
Controversial Issues
CQ Researcher
Explores a single current issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. 44 reports are produced each year including four expanded reports, available back to 1991.
Issues and Controversies
Provides up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on over 250 prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. It combines objective analysis, clear explanations of opposing points of view and special features, so you can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics. It includes chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information.
Points of View
Articles, primary sources and video content dealing with major issues. Features different points of view about many topics.
Education
Education Full-Text
Education Full Text brings you comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Full text of articles cover to cover, from hundreds of journals, make this a one-stop source for research.
ERIC
The largest education database. Indexes journals, research papers, guides, government reports, speeches. Indexes 800 periodicals, plus non-journal publications called ERIC documents.
This database contains all types of practice tests. Also contains complete study guides to many tests.
MerlotFind peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education.
Professional Collection
Articles from more than 300 full-text periodicals covering a variety of topics for teachers/educators, including: health and fitness, school law, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, sports, arts and humanities, social sciences, and psychology.
Testing and Education Reference Center
Prepare for the ACT, GED, NCLEX exams, as well as the civil service and military entrance exams; licensing tests for law enforcement, real estate, the postal service, and many other fields; plus college and graduate school admissions exams. There are sample tests to take and actual test preparation books online.
Encyclopedias & Reference
Bartleby.com
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Reference sources on English usage, quotations, history, culture, anatomy, etiquette, fiction, non-fiction and verse. Nearly 51,000 entries, and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.
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.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource and is a more trustworthy alternative to Wikipedia.
Subjects include: Art & Architecture, Bilingual Dictionaries, Biological Sciences, Classics, Computing, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Economics & Business, English Dictionaries & Thesauruses, English Language Reference, Food & Drink, General Encyclopedias, History, Law, Literature, Maps & Illustrations, Medicine, Military History, Mythology & Folklore, Names & Places, Performing Arts, Physical Sciences & Mathematics, Politics & Social Sciences, Quotations, Religion & Philosophy, and Science.
Health Sciences
Anatomy TV- 3D models of human anatomy online
CINAHL Full-Text
CINAHL with Full Text provides indexing for over 2000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. CINAHL with Full Text also contains searchable cited references for 1,150 journals and provides full text for 331 journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1982 are also included.
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Presents current, unbiased information on alternative and complementary medical practices, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda, and osteopathy. Information on recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases, medicinal uses for plants and herbs, are balanced by conclusions of studies on efficacy and analysis of current levels of acceptance by traditional scientists and doctors.
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Includes entries covering cancers, cancer drugs, treatments, side effects, and diagnostic procedures.
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
"Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience with an authoritative tone."
Health Reference Center Academic
Integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books 40 full-text nursing and allied health journals plus the wide variety of personal health information sources.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. In addition, this database includes Lexi-Pal which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug information for U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Includes encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers on topics in health and medicine, medications, and wellness.
Provides information about many different pharmaceutical drugs
A portal to reliable medical information from the National Library of Medicine. There are links to health topics, medical dictionaries, etc. Available in a variety of languages.
Nursing & Allied Health Comprehensive
Designed for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers, this database provides full text for nearly 400 journals covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines. Nearly all full text titles included in Nursing & Allied Health Comprehensive are indexed in CINAHL.
Nursing Electronic Book Collection
Nursing Electronic Book Collection is an electronic collection of books for healthcare professionals. To see a list of titles select the Table of Contents tab.
Nursing Electronic Book Collection Part II
Additional electronic books in nursing. Includes Davis NCLEX-RN Success (2006) , Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (7th ed. 2009) and Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice (2008)
PubMed
A database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the preclinical sciences. It provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals throughout the world. PubMed includes links to some sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Humanities & Social Science
AP Images
Captioned photos from the Associated Press archives of newsworthy people and events. Photos may be used for educational purposes without the user having to seek copyright permission. Includes some illustrations from the 19th century, as well as some audio files.
Black Women in America
"In nearly 600 entries, Black Women in America celebrates the remarkable achievements of black women throughout history, highlights their ongoing contributions in America today, and represents the new research the first edition helped to generate."
The Classical Music Library provides audio files of works by famous classical composers. There are over 50,000 recordings, 1800 composers, and 5000 artists. There are also some non-classical works also, such as folk music, music from the Broadway stage and movie music..
"Co-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work is widely considered the cornerstone of reference in its field. This new edition includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster.
The Encyclopedia contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work"
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
This work has 700 articles by noted scholars on the Enlightenment period from 1670 to 1815.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
This work features 3000 articles on all aspects of the Middle Ages from the 5th to the 15th century. Such topics as art, architecture, language, science and philsophy are discussed. In addition, cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history are covered here..
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture is the most current and comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period. It features an abundance of in-depth articles on this field of enduring importance—from biographies to thematic entries on architecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture.
Humanities Full Text
Humanities Full Text brings you full text plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly journals in the humanities (language, literature, philosophy, history, etc.).
International Encyclopedia of Dance
Covers theatrical, ritual, folk, traditional, ethnic and social dance. Incluces biographies of dancers and choreographers.
Oxford Companion to World Exploration
From Antarctica to the North Pole, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age.
Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names
The Dictionary of American Family Names contains more than 70,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States, giving their comparative frequencies, linguistic and historical explanations, selected associated forenames, and occasional genealogical notes.
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
This is a classic reference source on over 1000 years of Byzantine history. Contains over 5,000 entries.
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
This work has comprehensive coverage on all aspects of the Renaissance in Europe from the 14th to the 17th centuries. Has some articles on the influence of the Renaissance on our culture today. Contains many biographical entries.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Featuring 600 original articles written by leading scholars, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt goes far beyond the records of archaeology to make available what we know about the full social, political, religious, cultural and artistic legacy of this 5,000-year civilization.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
In 700 original articles—from “Apple Pie” to “Zombie”— The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
This landmark scholarly work offers comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. With an unprecedented scope and cutting-edge scholarship, the Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
This encyclopedia encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation is the definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature. This broadly cast, interdisciplinary definition allows for a comprehensive social and intellectual history of early modern Europe.
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
"Through its fluent global coverage, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics"
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
This encyclopedia provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe
Religion & Philosophy
Articles from more than 250 magazines and Journals on religion, philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology, and covers the impact of religion on culture. Many articles are full-text. The content in this database is also part of InfoTrac Onefile.
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Includes more than 2,700 signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and, where appropriate, photographs and textual cross-references to related essays.
Social Sciences Full Text
Social Sciences Full Text Provides access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the U.S. and elsewhere with full text and page images from scores of key publications, plus abstracting and indexing of hundreds of others. Social Sciences Full Text covers journals in anthropology, economics, law, political science, psychology social work and sociology.
Volunteer Voices
Digitized texts, photographs, etc. dealing with Tennessee
K-12 - Kids
Junior Edition
Designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Kids InfoBits
Meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Student Edition
Designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Literature
Literary Index
Index to reference books (like Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, or the Dictionary of Literary Biography) you can find the information in. Use the Online Catalog to see which reference books we have in the library.
Literature Resource Center
Provides biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline, combining Gale's most used literary databases to cover more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers.
MagillOnLiterature Plus
MagillOnLiterature Plus provides critical analyses and descriptions of major works of literature, as well as information on individual authors.
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
350 essays from leading scholars covering American literary history from the 1600's to the present day. Includes essays on poets, playwrights, novelists, etc, as well as articles on literary movements, periods and themes.
Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
Covers all aspects of British literature, including essays on individual authors, as well as literary movements, works and themes.
What Do I Read Next?
Includes over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 54,000 plot summaries, and awards information from 561 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.
Miscellaneous
Informe
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
Library Literature & Information Science
This database indexes English and foreign-language library periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses, plus over 300 books per year. This invaluable resource delivers full text articles cover to cover from over a hundred select publications.
Military & Intelligence
Over 10 million articles (80% full-text) from more than 500 titles and basic reference materials. The content in this database is also part of InfoTrac One File.
OCLC First Search
A collection of more than 60 databases, featuring indexing and some full text articles from magazines and journals, encyclopedias, phone books and other specialized sources. This is our most complicated electronic resource, please see a librarian for access to FirstSearch.
News & Current Events
Captioned photos from the Associated Press archives of newsworthy people and events. Photos may be used for educational purposes without the user having to seek copyright permission. Includes some illustrations from the 19th century, as well as some audio files.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. All Jackson State students, faculty, and staff have access to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Custom Newspapers
Custom Newspapers features more than 33.5 million full-text articles from more than 150 newspapers from around the world. Selected articles from more than 300 additional sources of news and business information supplement the collection.
This index provides full-text access to articles in the Jackson Sun from 2007 to the present. ATTENTION:the "Cite This" application on this database gives the wrong information for the author of an article. Make sure you check your MLA and APA guides.
LexisNexis
Full text newspaper articles, business, legal, and reference information. It includes: current/past issues of many U.S. and international newspapers, company news and financial information, country and state profiles, medical and reference sources, trade journals and magazines, industry and market news and trends, legal reviews, and case law, and biographical information.
MagPortal.com
A free service that helps you find individual magazine articles posted on the Web. Use their search box or click on a category to browse through article listings.
National Newspaper Index
Provides access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
Complete full-text content of local and regional news. Provides articles from the Jackson Sun from 2003 to the present. Clicking here will also allow you to search the Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis papers separately or together.
Science
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Presents extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. Arranged taxonomically, entries include introductory information with an image of the species; a summary section detailing information on each species; a concluding summary of recovery efforts; and a bibliography of contacts for further information.
Biology
A comprehensive collection of information on all aspects of biological science, including its history and issues. Includes articles on biology-related careers and important individuals, as well as topics from active transport to zoology research. Amply illustrated with full-color photos and line drawings. Glossary illuminates scientific terms.
Encyclopedia of Evolution
A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology
This work investigates all types of phenomena that change life on Earth. The entries cover a range of general research categories: altered ecosystems, climate change, food and water supply, population, politics and global change, institutions and policies, biographies, and case studies.
General Science Full Text
Easy-to-use and designed specifically for students and non-specialists, General Science Full Text is the first place to look for answers to science-related questions. This database features full text, plus the graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations that convey an abundance of scientific information.
Science Database
This database provides full-text of many scientific periodicals.
World of Earth Science
This title in Thomson Gale's "World of" Series is a comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers, and issues relating to topics in earth science. Its encyclopedic approach offers approximately 650 entries in a convenient A-Z format, cross-reference headings, and is written in easy to understand language.