Truckee Meadows Community College Libraries

Databases and Electronic Articles

Passwords

Please note that these databases require a password to use from outside of TMCC (e.g. home). Passwords are available to TMCC students by logging in to MyTMCC and selecting the Library Electronic Article Access link under Other Resources.

During library hours you can contact the reference desk at 674-7602 for this information and additional research assistance. If time is not a factor, you may also email your password request.

Current/Controversial Issues
  • CQ Researcher - Excellent database to start with when searching for current/controversial topics.
  • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Use this collection of articles to find opinions on hundreds of subjects from abortion to women's rights. The articles in the collection are from magazines, journals, newspapers and other sources.
  • Issues and Controversies - Another excellent database to start with when searching for current/controversial topics.
Magazine, Journal, eBook and Newspaper Collections
  • E–books (ebrary)
    This is a collection of over 20,000 books in digital form. To access from home, type in your student ID number (it starts with a T or 1 or 5). Once you find the book you want, be sure to click the "ebrary Reader" button for the best functionality. Please read the User Guide PDF icon to get started.
  • Nursing Book Collection (R2L Library)
  • AnthroSource (on-campus only) - Full text journals from the American Anthropological Association.
  • EBSCO - Over 7,000 full-text journals and magazines covering all academic disciplines.
  • ERIC - Huge database of education articles, lesson plans and other materials for K-12 teachers and administrators.
  • JSTOR - "An interdisciplinary archive of over 600 journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences."
  • Medline Plus - contains a medical encyclopedia, a drug database, a medical dictionary, a disease database, and surgery vidoes.
  • Public Library of Science (PLoS) - PLoS is a Non-profit organization of scientists committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature freely accessible to scientists and to the public around the world...
  • PubMed - Indexes thousands of medical and dental journals.
Online Reference Collections and Videos

See Also: Library Research Guides

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