Research Databases

Academic Search Complete: Includes full text articles from journals, magazines and newspapers that cover a broad range of subjects

Biography Reference Center: Includes a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full text biographies, including narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.

Business Insights: Global: Includes full text broker research reports, trade publications, and company directory listings

Business Source Complete: Includes full text journals, magazines and trade publications covering the business world

Chronicle of Higher Education: Includes full text articles from higher-ed news, including statistics, job listings, advice columns and forums

CINAHL with Full Text: Includes full text nursing & allied health journal articles

Consumer Health Complete: Provides access to easily understandable health and medical information. Search and browse medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.

Ebook Central: Includes full-text online books that cover a broad array of subjects. Content is downloadable to portable devices

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost): Includes full text ebook collection with a broad range of topics including literature, academic, popular non-fiction, children's fiction, cooking, and self-help.

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC): Free government resource that includes citations for education articles and reports.

Educator's Reference Complete: Includes full text articles on educational principles, child development, and best practices 

Films on Demand: Includes thousands of high-resolution streaming videos organized by subject. Database materials are suitable for academic research as well as general interest. 

Fine Arts and Music Collection: Includes full text articles on drama, music, art history, and filmmaking 

Fuente Académica: Texto completo de más de 450 publicaciones académicas de América Latina, Portugal y España

Gale PowerSearch: Includes full text articles from journals, periodicals, and reference sources on a wide range of topics 

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Includes full text database of encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference sources, biographies and chronologies

Google Arts and Culture: Includes high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organizations throughout the world.

Google Scholar: Includes full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines

GreenFile: Includes scholarly, government and general articles that focus on the relationship between humans and the environment 

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources): Includes full text articles, reports and statistics in sustainability, the environment, energy, and natural resources 

Informe Académico: Texto completo abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias

Infotrac Newsstand: Includes full text articles from national and international newspapers, including "The New York Times."

LearningExpress Library: Includes practice tests and tutorials for standardized tests, skill-building and occupation exams. A library card is not needed for off-campus access, but you  need to create a free login to access these resources. 

Kanopy: Includes thousands of movies and video content. Public library card is required to register for an account. Wasco County residents can request a library card using this online application form. Or, check to see if your county library has Kanopy access here.

Legal Information Reference Center: Contains more than 310 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate and rights & disputes.

LegalTrac: Includes full text articles from law reviews, legal newspapers and bar association journals.

Libby: Includes access to thousands of eBooks and audio books. Public library card required.

Mango Languages: Includes 70 world language courses that are designed to adapt to a diverse range of learning needs, styles, and backgrounds. ESL options are available. Registration for a free account is required to access this content. Each student account accommodates up to five family member extensions. 

Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Includes full text coverage of the nursing profession, direct patient care and health care administration 

Nursing Resource Center: Includes disease and drug overviews, care plans, and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams 

Opposing Viewpoints: Includes full text articles that provide multiple sides of controversial issues, as well as related resources 

Poetry & Short Story Reference Center: Includes a historically rich collection of poems, biographies, and essays on poetic forms, movements, and techniques. 

Points of View: Includes content to help learners understand the full scope of controversial subjects. This database provides guidance for debating, developing arguments, writing position papers, and developing critical thinking skills. 

Popular Magazines: Includes full text articles from popular magazines.

Psychology Collection: Includes full text articles from psychology-related periodicals.

PubMed: Includes scholarly articles and citations in life sciences.

Small Business Resource Center: Includes business journals, sample business plans, and business encyclopedic titles.

Social Work Reference Center: Provides updated, evidence-based information for social workers and mental health professionals at the point-of-care.

U.S. History in Context: Includes full text primary source documents, journals, audio and video on U.S. history topics.

 

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Emergency Access for Oregon students: Allows Oregon-based students to search Gale Databases. (Confirm your location to get access.)

Emergency Access for Washington students:  Allows those with a Vancouver Public Library Card to search EBSCO databases. Users must click on the Research and learn link and then enter their library card number and password to connect. 

Google Scholar and Google Arts and Culture are free resources that operate independently from our servers. No login or library card is required.