ECCC Burton Library Database Descriptions
Academic Search Complete
It is the world’s most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
Associates Program Source Plus
This database is designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges and provides comprehensive coverage of the most relevant associate’s program level content.
Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson)
Full text profiles of notable individuals from biographical reference books.
Biography Reference Center
Offers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full-text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.
Business Source Complete
The Business Searching Interface (BSI) provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research, and then use the results as limiters in a keyword search, if desired.
CINAHL Complete
It is the world’s most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. CINAHL®Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing & allied health literature.
Computer Source
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.
Consumer Health Complete
The single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Coronavirus Research (Proquest)
Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.
EBSCO E-Book Collections: Academic & Community College
The Academic E-Book collection is a growing subscription package containing a large selection of multidisciplinary titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, and is a strong complement for any academic collection. The Community College E-Book collection is focused on the academic and trade information needs of community colleges, with content spanning a range of topics, programs, and fields of study and varying from introductory/basic content to higher-level content, all with a user-friendly search experience and simple download process.
Environment Complete
Deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
ERIC
Full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.
Films On Demand Streaming Media: Academic & Career Tech
The Master Academic collection consists of over 41,000 titles in a wide variety of academic disciplines including art and architecture, biology, business & economics, communication, criminal justice, education, engineering, English, environmental science, health & medicine, history, mathematics, music, philosophy and religion, physical science, political science, psychology and sociology, and technology & society. The Master Career & Technical Education collection consists of over 7,000 titles in the following disciplines: guidance & counseling, family & consumer sciences, technical & trade education, careers & job search.
Films On Demand Streaming Media: Nursing Collection
The Nursing collection contains over 1,400 titles are designed to help nursing students excel in their studies, pass licensure exams, and prepare for long-term job success.
HeinOnline’s Social Justice Suite
This Social Justice Suite consists of the following resources: Slavery in America and the World, Gun Regulation and Legislation in America, Civil Rights and Social Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative, and LGBTQ+ Rights.
History Reference Center
It offers full text from reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for leading history periodicals, historical documents, biographies of historical figures, historical photos and maps, and historical video.
Hospitality & Tourism Complete
Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection has coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 330 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope. Subject areas covered include culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development.
Issues and Controversies
It helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year backfile, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep.
Literary Reference Center
A full-text database combining information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals and original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticisms, more than 253,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), more than 460 literary journals, more than 693,000 book reviews, nearly 78,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 19,600 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 6,500 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more.
Masterfile Complete
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for general reference publications with information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, it also contains full text for reference books and primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags.
Newspaper Source
It provides cover-to-cover full text for U.S. and international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for regional U.S. newspapers. In addition, full text television and radio news transcripts are also provided.
Nursing Reference Center
This database contains over 3,000 quick lessons and evidence-based care sheets, over 2,200 nursing skills and skill competency checklists, over 1,300 continuing education modules, over 750 legal cases, and over 350 research instruments. This essential evidence-based nursing database provides nurses with a wealth of resources right at their fingertips. Nurses can quickly access point-of-care material, strengthen their nursing skills and access nursing literature.
PrepStep
It provides the most comprehensive selection of academic and career-related resources available for students in one online location. Targeted learning centers provide easy-to-use, intuitive online navigation for interactive tutorials, practice tests and e-books. PrepStep features academic skill building, college placement test preparation, college and life skills tutorials, soft skills training, career advancement resources, professional licensing and certification test prep, basic computer skills training and much more.
Professional Development Collection
Professional Development Collection provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. Professional Development Collection includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Theory Into Practice, and nearly 520 high quality education journals. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
Points of View Reference Center
It contains many topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). For each topic, this database also offers a Guide to Critical Analysis, which helps the reader evaluate controversial topics. It includes over 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from all sides of the political spectrum, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. The database also offers guides for writing position papers, developing arguments and debating.
Psychological & Behavioral Science Collection
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. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection can be searched independently, but also allows users to conveniently link to full text from citations within PsycINFO. These citations, when viewed via EBSCOhost, have the ability to link to articles from more than 500 full text journals contained within Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides full text for more than 50 regional business publications.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
More than 300 full text journals and unparalleled coverage of topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, and the history of philosophy.
SIRS Researcher
It provides background and current analysis necessary for research and understanding of 320+ current and pervasive leading Issues. Thousands of hand-selected, highly targeted newspaper & magazine articles, graphics, charts, maps, primary sources, government documents, websites, and multimedia support viewpoints from the pros and cons, to everything in-between.
Vocation & Career Collection
This database is designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs. The collection provides full text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry-related periodicals including American Machinist, Modern Machine Shop, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Video Business, Reeves Journal, Hotel and Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age and many more.
