The Westminster Public Library and Front Range Community College Library have jointly purchased various databases for use by our community and CCC Online students.
Databases can be accessed inside the library by any patron using an Internet computer. However, due to licensing restrictions, offsite access is restricted to Westminster residents and Front Range Community College students, faculty and staff with a valid library card and PIN. Remote users who don't need to see database descriptions can use this SHORTCUT to the authentication page.
Databases have been grouped by subject for your convenience. If you prefer an alphabetical list, click here. Once you decide on a database, simply click on the database name to go there.
Arts and Applied Arts
Academic Search Elite
Provides full text for scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences,
humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences,
and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis.
General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface.
Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals,
many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage,
the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. Also cross- searching Gale Virtual Reference Library.
World Book Online
Access accurate, authoritative, easy to read articles from The World Book Encyclopedia, related articles from major newspapers and magazines along with extensive graphic and multimedia enhancements, including photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, animations, and audio/video clips.
Auto Repair
Auto Repair Center
This database was created to educate, train, and assist the " Do-It-Yourselfer " in the repair and installation of automotive parts. It also provides maintenance and care tips for vehicles. Included in the reference center are: Nichols Publishing - former publishers of the Chilton Total Car Care Series manuals, Labor Guide, Specifications, and Recommended Vehicle Maintenance Intervals; Tech-Facts – publishers of OE technical service bulletins and recalls; Valley Forge Wiring – publishers of enhanced wiring diagrams; and Delphi-ISS – the world’s largest manufacturer of OEM/Aftermarket parts, service solutions, and training.
Books and Literature
Contemporary Authors
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Contains an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical
introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Reference books you can use at home! A collection of 55 popular reference books in e-book format available with full-text searching for students and lifelong learners.
Learning Express Library E-books
Learning Express provides study guides and test-preparation books to help people prepare for high-stakes tests—to advance in school, or pass licensing, certification, or competitive entry-level exams.
NetLibrary
Offers an easy-to-use information and retrieval system for accessing the full text of reference, scholarly, and professional books in digital format.
Novelist
Allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest.
Users can browse theme-oriented book lists at every reading level through Explore Fiction, and look for outstanding titles in Best Fiction. Besides locating books to read, users can learn more about books and authors through Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and Book Talks.
Novelist K-8
Updated monthly, NoveList K-8 contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. It allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in the classroom. You can use students' favorite books (or the books used in classes) to find more books to read and use. You can find stories that are set in a particular country for use with geography units, books about different cultures and relationships, as well as titles to help students develop their appreciation of literature.
Patron Books-In-Print
Provides users with access to: The complete Books In Print database of US titles; Books Out-of-Print; Children’s Books In Print; Forthcoming Books; Bowker’s Publisher Authority Database; Bowker’s Complete Video Directory; Words on Cassette.There are over 3.5 million title records; 165,000 records on publishers, distributors, wholesalers and book agents; Information on award winners, bestsellers and more.
World Book Online
Access accurate, authoritative, easy to read articles from The World Book Encyclopedia, related articles from major newspapers and magazines along with extensive graphic and multimedia enhancements, including photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, animations, and audio/video clips.
WorldCat
WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. This is not a subscription database.
Business
Business Source Elite
Provides full text for scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Reference USA
Contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses.
Regional Business News
A full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world.
Career
Chronicle Career Library
Chronicle Occupational Briefs present information on more than 2,000 occupational titles, including 650 comprehensive occupational descriptions, ranging from those that require a high school diploma or less, through professional careers; that's more than 95% of the jobs in the workforce. You may select from the more than 2,000 occupational titles in the Alphabetical List of Occupations to find relevant occupational information.
Current Events/Hot Topics
CQ Researcher
Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues
to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year
including four expanded reports. CQ Researcher's hallmark is scrupulous objectivity and balance.
Every 12,000-word report is written by an experienced journalist and features comments from experts,
lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles --
plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report.
TOPICSearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. Students can use either the dropdown menus for Current Events or Topics to easily locate relevant articles.
Environment
GreenFile
A freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
Genealogy
Ancestry Plus
AncestryPlus, an enhanced library version of Ancestry.com, provides instant access to more than 1.2 billion names, more than 3,000 databases, primary source documents and images and a variety of genealogical research features – with new databases added daily. Please note: This database is licensed for in-library users only.
Health
Related topic: Medical
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness,
Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse,
Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Included are links to diet,
cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Material contained in this Resource Center is
intended for informational purposes only.
Health Reference Center Academic
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health,
Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained
in this database is intended for informational purposes only. Also cross- searching Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Reference USA Health Care
A database offered by Reference USA with detailed information on 835,000 physicians and dentists nationwide.
Salem Health
Salem Health provides online access to Magills Medical Guide. Magills is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers. The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.
History
Salem History
This database provides online access 34 full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary found in the reference book Milestone Documents in American History.
Legal
Westlaw Campus Research
Westlaw Campus Research is an online research service that provides a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law related information for students. Please note: This database is available only to Front Range Community College WESTMINSTER CAMPUS students and faculty. Login with valid FRCC library card required.
Magazine and Journal Articles
Academic Search Elite
Provides full text for scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences,
humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences,
and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Directory of Open Access Journals
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in a variety of subjects and languages. There are now 4434 journals in the directory. Currently 1693 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 324708 articles are included in the DOAJ service.
This is not a subscription database.
ERIC
ERIC provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added twice weekly. If available, links to full text are included. Within the ERIC Collection, you will find records for: journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, other education-related materials.
This is not a subscription database.
General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface.
Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals,
many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage,
the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. Also cross- searching Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Health Reference Center Academic
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health,
Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material
contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. Also cross- searching Gale Virtual Reference Library.
MasterFILE Elite
MasterFILE Premier provides full text for more than 1,750 general periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,400 titles. This database features: nearly 500 full text reference books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts; full text from 86,019 biographies, 105,787 full text primary source documents, an Image Collection of 293,480 photos, maps and flags.
Science Resource Center
This database contains thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations
covering curriculum-related science topics. The latest scientific developments are covered in articles
from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database also offers
teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
Serials Solutions
A list of magazine and journal holdings in the College Hill Library reference collection. Remote users please note: If you are accessing Serials Solutions from outside the library, some
of the links to the databases from within Serial Solutions may ask for a username/password. If that happens, simply select the database from the list in the yellow area on the left-hand side of the screen instead.
Student Resource Center
A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies,
topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 300 magazines,
newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
For middle school and high school students. Also cross- searching Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Medical
Related topic: Health
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
The CINAHL database provides indexing for over 1,700 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.Please note: This database is available inside the College Hill Library only and is licensed for remote access by Front Range Community College students and faculty only.
Salem Health
Salem Health provides online access to Magill’s Medical Guide. Magill's is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers. The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.
Music
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002).
Please note: This database is available inside the College Hill Library only and is licensed for remote access by Front Range Community College WESTMINSTER CAMPUS students and faculty only.
Newspapers
Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection
The foundation for a statewide
historic newspaper database, beginning with 44 newspapers dating from 1859 to 1880 . The database includes
full text indexing of all articles, graphics, letters to the editor, and advertising. The user can view
articles individually or in the context of the full page of the paper. Users are able to search a topic,
individual or organization in a single newspaper, any combination of papers, or all 44 papers.
The papers are digitized from the microfilm version of the papers that are owned by the Colorado Historical Society. This is not a subscription database.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 25 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selective full text for more than 335 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, The Daily News (New York), The San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Denver Post
Full-text articles from the Denver Post, updated daily. June, 1989-current. This database also includes access to articles from 29 popular American news magazines as well as Special Reports on contemporary issues.
Science and Technology
Grzimek's Animal Life
Grzimek's Animal Life on the web uses the content from the multi-volume Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia to provide
unequaled coverage on more than 4,000 species, and includes more than 11,000 images, videos, illustrations, and maps.
Science Resource Center
This database contains thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations
covering curriculum-related science topics. The latest scientific developments are covered in articles
from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database also offers
teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
Spanish Language Databases
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgoz en Línea
La Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos en Línea está organizada de modo que los estudiantes puedan encontrar información rápida y fácilmente.
Students K-12
Ebsco Student Research Center
This search interface for for students in grades 6-12 that provides easy, yet powerful searching of
magazine and journal articles, a reference collection, multimedia, newspapers, primary source documents,
poetry and literary criticism, geography and country studies.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Reference e-books you can use at home including : Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource,
2nd Ed.; Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library; Encyclopedia of World Biography;
Notable Sports Figures; Alternative Energy; Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures; and
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays.
Grzimek's Animal Life
Grzimek's Animal Life on the web uses the content from the multi-volume Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia to provide
unequaled coverage on more than 4,000 species, and includes more than 11,000 images, videos, illustrations, and maps.
Kids Search
Designed for students in grades K-6, Kids Search provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use,
graphical interface for searching magazines, newspapers, photos, primary source documents, an encyclopedia,
a dictionary, media transcripts and more with just one search. Detailed Search features allows searching by Lexile reading levels.
MAS Ultra
Designed specifically for high school students, this database contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines and provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,639 biographies, 104,481 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 285,912 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 85,639 biographies, 104,481 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 285,912 photos, maps and flags.
Novelist K-8
Updated monthly, NoveList K-8 contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books,
children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. Use the Favorite Books feature to find more books to read.
Search for something new to read by setting, time period, subject, Lexile level, plot or series.
Primary Search
included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles 1990.
Searchasaurus
Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. This interface searches Primary Search and Middle Search Plus.
Science Resource Center
This database contains thousands of experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations covering science topics. The latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
Student Resource Center
A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies,
topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 300 magazines,
newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
Also cross-searches Gale Virtual Reference Library.
World Book Online
Access accurate, authoritative, easy to read articles from The World Book Encyclopedia, related articles
from major newspapers and magazines along with extensive graphic and multimedia enhancements, including
photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, animations, and audio/video clips.
Testing
Learning Express Library
Unlimited access to online practice exams. This interactive online database features more than 300 practice tests based on official school and career exams, including the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker and more.