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LIBRARY DATABASES

Most of the following databases require passwords for off-campus access.
Passwords are available from the Chesapeake College Learning Resource Center.
To speak with a librarian, call 410-827-5860 or e-mail lrcdesk@chesapeake.edu.

Choose one of the following :

Periodicals Legal/Criminal Justice
General Reference Literature/Criticism
Biography Music
Business Philosophy
Education Psychology Databases
Health Science/Technology
History/Geography  

 

Periodical Databases

Academic Search Premier on Maryland Digital Library
    
4,650 magazines, journals and newspapers

New York Times Historical Newspapers
     The New York Times from 1851-2003

Opposing Viewpoints
     406 E-books plus periodicals and websites on current social issues

Proquest
     3,820 magazines, journals and newspapers

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General Reference Databases

Associations Unlimited
    
22,500 nonprofit organizations

Corbis Images for Education
    
400,000 digital images

Encyclopedia Britannica  (No remote access at this time.)
    
E-book, general encyclopedia

Gale Virtual Reference Library
    
E-books, 32 multi-volume references, multi-disciplinary

Government Information on the Internet
   
5000 U.S. federal, state local and international websites                                             

NetLibrary on Maryland Digital Library
    
Thousands of E-books

NoodleBib 6      (NoodleHelp for Databases)
    
MLA and APA bibliography composer

Oxford English Dictionary on Maryland Digital Library  (No remote access.)
    
E-book, history of the English language

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Biography Databases

American National Biography
    
E-book, multi-volume reference on 17,400 Americans

Biography Resource Center on  Maryland Digital Library
    
E-books, 135 multi-volume references plus periodicals on 335,000 people worldwide

Gale Virtual Reference Library
    
E-books, several multi-volume biography references

 

Business Databases

Business Source Premier on Maryland Digital Library
    
8,800 business periodicals plus company profiles and reports

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library
     E-books, several multi-volume business references

Regional Business News on Maryland Digital Library
    
75 business periodicals on various U.S. regions

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Education Databases

Chronicle of Higher Education
     Periodical, college and university news

College Source Online (No remote access at this time.)
    
34,714 college catalogs

ERIC on Maryland Digital Library
    
2,200 education digests plus periodicals

Gale Virtual Reference Library
     E-books, multi-volume education reference

Proquest Education Journals
    
745 education journals

List of journals in hard copy and microfilm for education courses

                                                                                                                                                                            

Health Databases

Clinical Pharmacology

     Drug monographs and Patient Education Records on prescription and over-the-counter drugs

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library

     E-books, several multi-volume medical references

Health Source Consumer Edition on Maryland Digital Library   
    
150 health periodicals

Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition on Maryland Digital Library  
     850 medical periodicals

ProQuest Nursing Journals
    
525 nursing and allied health periodicals

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History/Geography Databases

Gale Virtual Reference Library
     E-books, several multi-volume history and geography reference
s

History E-Book Project  (No remote access at this time.) 
    
1000+ history E-books

Magill on History
    
18 multi-volume E-books on U.S. and world history

World Atlas
    
maps, statistics, etc.

Legal/Criminal Justice Databases

Proquest Criminal Justice Journals
    
230 criminal justice journals

Gale Virtual Reference Library
      E-books, multi-volume legal reference    

WESTLAW
  On-Campus Access to Westlaw
  Off-Campus Access to Westlaw
    
E-books, multi-volume U.S. and state law references, plus periodicals

    

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Literature/Criticism Databases

Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors
  On-campus Access
  Off-Campus Access
     
46 E-books, author biographies and criticism of contemporary literature

LION (Literature Online)

     E-books and periodicals, literary criticism and author bios plus 350,000 poems, plays     

    and prose works

 

Literary Reference Center

     E-books and periodicals, literary criticism and author biographies
 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

Music Databases

 

Classical Music Library

     50,000 classical music recordings plus composer biographies, images, etc.

 

Grove Music Online
    
E-books, 3 multi-volume music references                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                            

 

Philosophy Databases

 

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    
E-book, multi-volume philosophy reference

 

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Psychology Databases

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library

     E-books, multi-volume psychology reference                                                            

 

PsycARTICLES on Maryland Digital Library
    
57 psychology journals                                                                                         

 

Science/Technology Databases

The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
    
E-book, multi-volume life sciences reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library
     E-books, several multi-volume science and technology references

Science Resource Center on Maryland Digital Library
    
58 E-books and hundreds of science journals plus images and websites

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If there is inaccurate information on this page, please send correction or comments to: lrcdesk@chesapeake.edu
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