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 :
- Academic Search Premier on Maryland Digital Library
- 4,500 magazines, journals and newspapers
- New York Times Historical Newspapers
- The New York Times from 1851-2004
- Opposing Viewpoints
- 423 E-books plus periodicals and websites on current social issues
- Proquest
- 3,800+ magazines, journals and newspapers
- Proquest Newspapers
- Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, NY Times, LA Times, Baltimore Sun, and Washington Post
- AP Images
- Associations Unlimited
- 100,000+ organizations - local, national and international
- Encyclopedia Britannica (No remote access at this time.)
- E-book, general encyclopedia
- Films on Demand
- Video-streamed films on a variety of topics can be viewed by logging into your Campus Cruiser account and clicking on "Streaming education video from FMG" and clicking on the title.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, 77 multi-volume references, multi-disciplinary
- Greenwood Press E-Books
- Hundreds of E-books on a variety of subjects
- 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 at this time.)
- E-book, history of the English language
- 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 Source Premier on Maryland Digital Library
- 2,300 business periodicals plus company profiles and reports
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, several multi-volume business references
- The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
- E-book, hundreds of articles by the world's leading economists.
- Regional Business News on Maryland Digital Library
- 75 business periodicals on various U.S. regions
- Additional Reviewed Internet Sources
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Periodical, college and university news
- College Source Online (No remote access at this time.)
- 42,000+ college catalogs
- ERIC on Maryland Digital Library
- 2,200 education digests plus periodicals
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, several multi-volume education reference
- Proquest Education Journals
- 760 education journals
- List of journals in hard copy and microfilm for education courses
- COMAR Online
- Code of Maryland Regulations
- Google Uncle Sam
- Internet search engine for information by and about U.S. government
- GPO Access
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- Maryland Manual On-Line
- A guide to Maryland government
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, several multi-volume medical references
- Health Source Consumer Edition on Maryland Digital Library
- 80 health periodicals
- Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition on Maryland Digital Library
- 550 medical periodicals
- National Library Alliance Health Books
- More than 35 health reference e-books for the healthcare provider
- ProQuest Nursing Journals
- 780 nursing and allied health periodicals
- ACLS Humanities E-books (No remote access at this time.)
- 1700 scholarly humanities E-books
- Daily Life Online Through History
- Facts on File World Atlas
- Maps, statistics, etc.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, several multi-volume history and geography references
- Oxford African American Studies Center
Legal/Criminal Justice Databases
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, multi-volume legal reference
- Proquest Criminal Justice Journals
- 230 criminal justice journals
- WESTLAW
On-Campus Access to Westlaw - E-books, multi-volume U.S. and state law references, plus periodicals
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
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, several multi-volume references, including literary criticism for novels, short stories, poetry and drama
- LION (Literature Online)
- E-books and periodicals, literary criticism and author biographies plus 350,000 poems, plays and prose works
- Literary Reference Center
- E-books and periodicals, literary criticism and author biographies
- African American Song (May need high speed internet to access audio streaming)
- 16,000 tracks of historical recordings
- American Song (May need high speed internet to access audio streaming)
- 50,000 tracks of music from America's past
- Classical Music Library (May need high speed internet to access audio streaming)
- 50,000 classical music recordings plus composer biographies, images, etc.
- Contemporary World Music (May need high speed internet to access audio streaming)
- Oxford Music Online
- E-books, 3 multi-volume music references
- Smithsonian Global Sound (May need high speed internet to access audio streaming)
- Music from around the world
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, several multi-volume psychology and sociology references
- PsycARTICLES on Maryland Digital Library
- 59 psychology journals
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- E-books, several multi-volume science and technology references
- Science Resource Center on Maryland Digital Library
- 54 E-books and hundreds of science journals plus images and websites
If there is inaccurate information on this page, please send correction or comments to: lrcdesk@chesapeake.edu