General Reference Databases
Biography In Context
An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 87th edition
This handbook provides current, critically evaluated chemical and physical data. Many of the most heavily used tables receive major updates and expansions, most notably: Physical Properties of Inorganic Compounds; Bond Dissociation Energies; and Chemical Carcinogens was updated in accordance with the recent report from the National Toxicology Program. Online subscription provided by the BCC Foundation in their generosity to the Science Department.
Credo Reference– formerly XreferPlus
Full text database of articles from hundreds of reference books covering all major topics; includes audio files, images, and maps.
ebrary
The collection for Community and Career Colleges contains more than 19,500 titles. Subject areas include: Nursing and Allied Health, Computer Technologies and Business, Law Enforcement, Criminal Law, and Criminology, Culinary Arts, Industrial Arts and more.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Full text database indexing over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Articles range from a paragraph to several pages. Learn about related topics by clicking on the links provided throughout the article.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text database providing 23 subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias and general reference books as well as the online version of the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Subjects include contemporary fashion, poets and novelists, film, alternative medicine, popular culture, small business and more. Includes two children’s visual reference books on the U.S. and the world.
Learning Express Library
Interactive online practice tests and tutorial course series. Tests include: Advanced Placement, Civil Service, SAT, GED, High School Skills Improvement, Job Search and Success Skills, Law Enforcement, ASVAB, NCLEX, Real Estate, TOEFL and many more. New Users need to create a FREE account to Sign In.
LEXIS®-NEXIS®: Reference
Full text database providing biographical information on politicians, business executives, and more; country profiles; polls and surveys from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research; quotations; state profiles; and the world almanac.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Features essential language resources never before available online, fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. Offering over 4 million words, phrases and translations in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Chinese, OLDO also features native speaker audio pronunciation.
New England Historic Genealogical Society
A research center for genealogists and family historians. Some of the databases available on-line include: Massachusetts Vital Records through 1910, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), church records, newspapers and periodicals, city and town directories, court records, census, tax, and voter lists, diaries and journals, land records, military records, and published genealogies and biographies. NOTE: Access is limited to users via library PCs.
Serials Directory
Full text database providing access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information and current prices for popular serials. This database contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide; e-mail and Internet addresses; historical data for an additional 20,000 titles.