NOTE: Password is Required for Database Access Off-campus
To obtain password, visit the Library Services page in Campus Cruiser,
e-mail the library here or call 336.633.0204

Anatomy.tv
(Enter off-campus password in BOTH user ID and password fields; then select Functional Anatomy)
Students in the allied health and science programs will benefit from this "collection of interactive 3D skeleton animations that include bones, ligaments, muscles and vessels throughout the human body. The body parts may be moved and manipulated by a simple click of a computer mouse. These animations may also be exported from the software as short movie files." Licensed by the North Carolina Community College System

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
(Enter off-campus password in BOTH user ID and password fields)
Comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 620 journals and full text for 218 books/monographs; includes searchable Cited References, Research Instruments, and Evidence-Based Care Sheets. CLICK HERE to view tutorial (runtime 6 mins; Click Here to download the free Flash Player)

College Source Online (Available Only On Campus)
An online source for finding college catalogs for 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. Coverage is for more than 42,446 college catalogs and 35,600,000 course descriptions. Catalogs are cover-to-cover in original format.

Credo Reference (Enter off-campus password in Library Card Number field)
Online reference collection featuring full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects. It’s a search engine like Google, but instead of searching the entire Internet, your results come from a comprehensive library of trusted reference sources without advertisements, clutter, or irrelevant hits. CLICK Here for Search Tips.

Criminal Justice Periodicals
Comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. The database provides research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. The database includes abstract and indexing for 240 titles, with more than 80 available in full-text. CLICK HERE to view tutorial.

GreenFile (no password required)
Scholarly, government, and general-interest information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

LearningExpress Library
Contains GED Preparation, Skill Building for Adults (writing, math, reading), along with Job Search and Workplace Skills learning centers. Each center includes scored practice exercises, tests, and tutorial lessons. Click here for printer friendly instructions.

Literature Resource Center
Provides access to "biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline; covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.” Click Here to view tutorial.

NC LIVE
Searchable, electronic collections of popular magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journal articles, electronic books, historical materials, maps, and much more - covering a wide range of topics. Click Here to view the Searching NC LIVE Tutorial or HERE for tutorials on how to use specific databases.

North Carolina Periodicals Index (no password required)
Provides selective bibliographic access to a broad range of periodicals published in North Carolina, most of which are not available electronically or indexed through commercial databases. A free service provided by the "Verona Joyner Langford North Carolina Collection" at East Carolina University.

Opposing Viewpoints
An electronic database that provides a complete, one-stop source of information on social issues; includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Click Here to view tutorial.

Print Journals & Magazines available in the Library

Salem Health: Magill's Medical Guide 4th Revised edition, 2008 (Select Remote Access Login and enter off-campus password)
Searchable, up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research. Articles include key terms and definitions in sidebars, links to related subjects, complete bibliographies, illustrations and graphs, and more. Available through December 2010

Salem History
(Select Remote Access Login and enter off-campus password)
Full content from the print versions of the critically acclaimed The Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties in America and Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives. Available through December 2011

STAT!Ref
(Requires SPECIAL username and password. To obtain, visit the Library Services page in Campus Cruiser, e-mail the library here or call 336.633.0204)
A medical database with 35 well-known textbooks distributed by National Library Alliance. All texts are full-image, full text and are the most recent editions. Licensed by the North Carolina Community College System

What is the difference between scholarly journals and popular magazines?

How do I cite journal articles?
Use these Citation Style Samples approved by the RCC English Department:

Samples of APA Style
Samples of MLA Style

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