Online Databases
EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier
Find full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in thousands of
periodicals on a variety of topics. For descriptions of and direct access to other EBSCOHost databases, please click on this link: EBSCOHost Databases
eBooks on EBSCOHost
Find books in full-text on a variety of subjects. These electronic books are linked to the library catalog and are searchable as “electronic book”. As of this year, there are 9000 e-books.
SIRS
Find full-text articles, pro and con analysis, tutorials for research and PowerPoint, federal
government agency reports, and authoritative websites on a variety of social sciences, humanities and
current event topics.
ProQuest Newspapers
Find current and historical full-text newspaper articles from the Los Angeles
Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Christian Science
Monitor.
ProQuest
Nursing & Biology
• ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health -- Find full-text scholarly and “continuing education” journal articles in the fields of nursing and allied health, such as pharmacology. Includes scholarly
journals, magazines, trade publications, reference books, reports and dissertations.
• Proquest Biology Journals -- Find full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazine
trade publications in science and biology. It includes Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Some journals require an RSS feed connection in the database. See a reference librarian for assistance.
CQ
Researcher
Find in-depth research reports on current topics in health, education, the environment, technology, politics, social issues, legal issues and more. Includes pro and con perspectives, historical, chronology, background information, trends and additional sources.
Country
Watch
Find up-to-date and detailed information on all countries including government,
culture, history, social, economy and economic forecasts, business, environmental conditions, travel and maps. Special links for elections, weekly political intelligence reports, and a daily newswire for
every country in the world with a foreign news archive of regional news carriers. Useful for
MUN, history, political science, economics, business, travel, and current events.
Literature
Resource Center
Find full-text authoritative sources in literary criticism and analysis, literary biography, and literary themes in books, scholarly journals and media sources. Advanced
techniques allow you to search for persons or literary works in various categories.
Project
Muse (On-campus only)
Find full-text scholarly academic research articles in music, art, theater, cinema, literature, deaf studies, sociology, psychology, education, history, geography, and philosophy.
Find information on historical movements and individuals that defined, informed and shaped world history over the last 5,000 years. Search by broad or specific topics. Provides full-text from primary sources, magazines, academic journals, newspapers, reference books, media images and audio clips. Includes curriculum standards for US federal and state and foreign countries.
Vocational Biographies
Offers in-depth coverage of a variety of careers from across the U.S. using
biographical interviews and career information.
GWC Library Catalog
Find books
to check out, reference books, media items, eBooks, and course reserves.
Mobile Database Access
EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier Mobile Application
Access EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier on your mobile device. Requires a user name and password. Sign up for the passwords at the Library Information Desk or access a copy of the database passwords from the Blackboard campus bookmarks menu. For more information, access the EBSCOHost Mobile handout.
*Databases may provide citation help in APA, MLA and other styles, language translation, email and RSS feeds or alerts. See the help screens or ask a reference librarian.
Off Campus Usage
Inside the library, you will have access to all of the databases, but you will be required to enter a username and password to search the databases from off campus. Username and password sheets can be obtained two ways.
1. Go to the GWC Information Desk and present your student I.D. card, with your current registration sticker that indicates you are currently enrolled. You can sign-up for the passwords with a librarian. All databases can be accessed from off campus except for Project Muse.
2. Another way is to go to MyGWC and log-into your online course. After, look for the campus bookmarks, and click on the link that says “GWC LIBRARY REMOTE ACCESS.” This link contains the handout for the usernames and passwords to log onto the databases from off-campus. The directions on how to log on are on the handout.
