Articles, Databases & e-Resources

• ReferenceUSA provides information for students, researchers, and job-seekers regarding over 20 million businesses, their competitors, other businesses in the area, their markets, credit ratings, contact information, financial information and much more.

• Arizona Career Information System has occupational information, the related programs of study and training, and the schools that offer the training.

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• College Central has resources for job hunting, creating resumes, interviewing for jobs.

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• CiteFast free bibliographic citation creation tool.

• Chronicle of Higher Education - For off-campus access, create an account using your NPC student email.
• Education Source is a subscription database that covers all levels of education – from early childhood to higher education – as well as all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
• ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) provides access to educational literature and resources. This database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
• Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for more than 200 peer-reviewed journals along with some full-text articles.  A variety of topics of interest to teachers is included, such as: assessment; best practices; continuing education; current pedagogical research; curriculum development; elementary education; higher education; instructional media; language arts; literacy standards; school administration; science & mathematics; and teacher education

• Academic Search Complete is designed for academic institutions. This database is the leading resource for scholarly research with more full-text journals and more peer-reviewed journals than any other database available. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books, and more.
• EBSCOhost Audiobook Collection  Listen to eAudiobooks while you're on the go.  Download titles to your Android or Apple device (free apps available from the App Store or Google Play)
• EBSCOhost eBook Collection eBooks covering a variety of subject areas.
• JSTOR has full-text articles from 400+ scholarly journals in the arts and sciences within the date ranges of 1891–2010. This resource does not have current articles. This is an aggregate database.
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context has content covering today's hottest social issues. This database can help students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
• Salem Press numerous reference eBooks covering topics in astronomy, chemistry, energy, health, history, literature, complementary & alternative medicine, physics, and science.
• WorldCat is helpful for initiating an Interlibrary Loan.  This resource may be used to locate items not owned by NPC Libraries in order to prepare an Interlibrary Loan Materials Request Form.

• Ethnologue Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world's known living languages. The information may be valuable to anyone with an interest in cross-cultural communication, bilingualism, literacy rates, language planning and language policy, language development, language relationships, endangered languages, writing systems, and to all with a general curiosity about languages.
• History Study Center is a collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day.
• JSTOR has full-text articles from 269 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences within the date ranges of 1891–2010. This resource does not have current articles. This is an aggregate database.
• Salem History (eBooks) Includes American Presidents & First Ladies; Decades (The 1920's in America - The 2000's in America); Defining Documents in American History (Civil Rights, Civil War, Exploration & Colonial America, Manifest Destiny & The New Nation, Postwar 1940's, Reconstruction Era, The 1920's, The 1930's, The American Revolution, The American West, The Vietnam War, World War I, World War II, Middle Ages); Defining Documents in World History (Middle Ages, The Ancient World [2700 B.C.E - 500 C.E]); Great Events from History (Renaissance & Early Modern Era [1454 - 1600], The Ancient World [Prehistory - 476 C.E.], The Middle Ages [477 - 1453 ]); and Milestone Documents (African American History, American History, World History, American Leaders, Documents of World Religions).
• Salem Literature (eBooks) Includes Critical Insights series (Authors, Themes, and Works); Critical Surveys (Long Fiction, Mythology and Folklore, Poetry: American Poets, Poetry: British, Irish & Commonwealth Poets, Poetry: Cumulative Indexes, Poetry: European Poets, Poetry: Topical Essays, Poetry: World Poets, Short Fiction: American Writers, Short Fiction: British, Irish & Commonwealth Writers, Short Fiction: Cumulative Indexes, Short Fiction: European Writers, Short Fiction: Topical Essays, Short Fiction: World Writers) Introduction to Literary Context (American Poetry of the 20th Century, American Post-Modernist Novels, American Short Fiction, English Literature, Plays, World Literature); Magill's Literary Annuals; and Masterplots.

• CINAHL Complete is the definitive research tool for nursing and allied health professionals. With CINAHL Complete, users get fast and easy access to over 1,400 top nursing and allied health journals, evidence-based care sheets and quick lessons.
• Nursing and Allied Health Collection Contains nearly 4 million articles relating to nursing. This is an aggregate database.
• Nursing Resource Center Material for nursing research, sample care plans, journal articles, complete texts such as PDR Nurses Drug Handbook, animated depictions of anatomy. This is an aggregate database.
• Salem Health (eBooks) includes Adolescent Health & Wellness, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, and Magill's Medical Guide, 7th Edition.

• GreenFILE provides scholarly, government, and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.
• JSTOR has full-text articles from 269 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences within the date ranges of 1891–2010. This resource does not have current articles. This is an aggregate database.
• Salem Science (eBooks) includes Earth Science, Encyclopedia of Energy, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society, Principles of Astronomy, Principles of Chemistry, and Principles of Physics.

• Education Source is a subscription database that covers all levels of education - from early childhood to higher education - as well as all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
• eHRAF Archaeology A cross-cultural database on the world's prehistory organized by archaeological traditions.
• eHRAF World Cultures Collection of Ethnography A cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. This is an aggregate database.
• Ethnologue Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world's known living languages.   The information may be valuable to anyone with an interest in cross-cultural communication, bilingualism, literacy rates, language planning and language policy, language development, language relationships, endangered languages, writing systems, and to all with a general curiosity about languages.
• JSTOR has full-text articles from 269 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences within the date ranges of 1891–2010. This resource does not have current articles. This is an aggregate database.

• Associates Programs Source Plus Includes academic journals, trade and industry publications, magazines, and books covering numerous vocational subjects including Alcohol and drug abuse counseling; Biotechnology; Ceramics and pottery; Computer and data processing; Construction; Cosmetology; Culinary Arts; Electrical technology; Fashion design; Fire Science; Forensics; Forestry; Graphic arts; Health information technology; Interior design; Law enforcement and criminal justice; Mechatronics; Photography, Veterinary Assisting; Welding … and more.

• Digital Commons Network maintained by the University of California
• Digital Public Library of America is supported by various universities and foundations and provides access to many documents, images and historical records.
• Directory of Open Access Journals Full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. There are 665 journals searchable at the article level.
• FDsys from U.S. Government Printing Office. Public access to documents submitted by Congress and federal agencies. Replacing GPO Access.
• Google Scholar a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
• JURN an academic search-engine, indexing 4,413 free e-journals in arts and humanities
• USA.gov official web portal for the U.S. government and agencies
• World Bank Open Data; The World Bank is a global organization whose goal is to fight poverty. There are over 2,000 statistical indicators available here.

• Health and Environmental Research Online from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. HERO contains the key studies EPA uses to develop environmental risk assessments for the public.
• Health Care from U.S. government agencies
• Medline Plus from National Library of Medicine. Information about diseases, treatment, drugs, vitamins. Includes an encyclopedia and dictionary.
• National Guideline Clearinghouse is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. Collaboration of The Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and the American Medical Association.
• Nutrient Data Laboratory. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nutrient content of the U.S. national food supply for more than 100 nutrients for over 7,000 foods.
• PubMed from the National Library of Medicine. Digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Use the limits tab for free full-text and English language only.

• American Memory U.S. Library of Congress. Written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
• Avalon Project from Yale University.
• British History Online from the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.
• Medieval History from the University of Washington.
• National Archives and Records Administration Official and primary documents in American government and history.
• Our Documents from National Archives, National History Day, USA Freedom Corp.

• English Literature Digital Library Includes links to poetry, drama, American, Canadian free literature sites.
• Folktexts from the University of Pittsburgh. Links to folklore and mythology electronic texts.
• Voice of the Shuttle University of California. Links to web sites with free journal articles, poetry and literary criticism as well as writing tips.
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources at Indiana University. Links to web sites about composers, composition, genres of music.
• Yale Digital Commons from Yale University. Provides access to over 250,000 images from the Yale collections relating to art, history and maps.

• NYPL Digital Gallery Provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs, printed ephemera and more.
• Refdesk.com Links to photography and images web sites.
• NOAA Photo Library photos from the sun to the bottom of the sea from National Oceanic and the Atmospheric Administration

• Highwire Press Links to free journal articles from Stanford University.
• Nature Education Knowledge Project from Nature Publishing Group
• Technical Report Archive and Image Library U.S. government reports maintained by University of Washington
• U.S. Geological Survey Federal government site with maps, images, reports, studies, statistics on natural resource issues, conditions and problems.
• U.S. Dept. of the Interior Official policy, reports, data covering mining, minerals, land use.

• ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) U.S. Dept. of Education. Includes more than 100,000 full-text reports and studies in the field of education.
• FindLaw Index to many free legal sites. Your ZIP code is required to enter.
• GeoData.gov U.S. intergovernmental web site with federal, state and local geographic data.
• Legal Information Institute Cornell Law School. Links to U.S. Constitution, federal rules and regulations, federal and state laws, federal and state court opinions.
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service U.S. Dept. of Justice. Includes complete reports, documents, statistics covering corrections, courts, law enforcement, crime, juvenile justice and much more.
• Pew Research Center: Hispanic Trends a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.
• Psychology Meta sites Jacksonville State University. Links to web sites on this topic including U.S. agencies.
• UNESCO United Nations agency reports, policies, statistics on education, social and human sciences, culture and communication.
• The World Factbook U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. It provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies.