Quincy College Anselmo Library: Online Journal Articles



Online Collections

Note: If you are part of the Quincy College community, you may now access all of the library's online collections from off-campus using one username and password. Please call us at 617-984-1680 or e-mail us at help@quincycollegelibrary.org for more information.

ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases
This collection of social studies resources includes the American Government file which provides innovative ways of matching current events with enduring themes of American politics and public policy at all levels. The American History file investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution from the first explorers in the New World to the developments in today's headlines.The U.S. at War file provides access to authoritative reference content, pertinent primary sources, and a wealth of historical insight and analysis on the important themes and consequences of all major U.S.-involved wars. The Issues file provides an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy. The two World History files, Ancient and Modern, provide a broad spectrum of resources on human history from prehistoric times to the modern era.

Biography Resource Center
More than 330,000 biographies on nearly 220,000 people. Search by name, nationality, gender, occupation, etc.

Britannica Online
The foundation of this database is the Encyclopedia Britannica, the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. In addition, access is provided to statistical data, a dictionary, thesaurus, quotations, an atlas and more.

CINAHL from Ebscohost
Search the definitive database for nursing and allied health research. Note: Limited full-text is available from this database. For full-text searching use the ProQuest Nursing Journals.

Contemporary Literary Criticism
Collection of critical essays on contemporary authors.

CQ Researcher
Provides full-text reports on controversial topics and current social issues. Use this collection to find a topic for a paper, or as a starting point for your research.

Educator's Reference Complete
Full-text periodicals, reports and reference sources for teachers and school administrators.

Electric Library
Full-text newspaper articles, encyclopedia and dictionary entries, maps, tv/radio transcripts, and pictures from a wide variety of sources.

Expanded Academic ASAP
This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

Facts on File Reference Suite
The Facts on File Reference Suite contains the following databases: the Facts on File World News Digest (domestic & world news coverage 1940-present); Issues and Controversies On File (in-depth, objective articles on the most controversial, complex social issues of our times 1995-present); Issues and Controversies in American History On File provides a better understanding of how historical events have shaped our nation by exploring the key players and the battles they fought. Today's Science On File (science news coverage, illustrated generously, updated weekly, and fully linked to background information 1992-present); the World Almanac Reference Database (combines new & past editions of the World Almanac & Book of Facts with the World Almanac Encyclopedia in a broad reference database).

General Business File ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.

General Reference Center Gold
Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

Health Reference Center Academic
Articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.

InfoTrac Junior Edition K12
For students in junior high and middle school. Magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health etc.

Kids InfoBits
This database is developed for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5.

Lexis-Nexis
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.

Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center (LRC) provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.

Magill On Literature
This database is an online source for critical analyses of literature. It also includes brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature. It contains all of Masterplots and Masterplots II, Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, World Philosophers and Their Works, etc.

Newsbank
Full-text articles from the Cape Cod Times and America's News Magazines which include popular business, sports, entertainment, news, lifestyle and science and technology titles.

OmniFile Full Text Select
Full-text journal articles in Art, Business, Education, Humanities, Legal Studies, Science and Technology, and the Social Sciences.

Opposing Viewpoints
Provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

ProQuest Newspapers
Full-text articles from Massachusetts news sources, the New York Times (1999 to present) and the Wall Street Journal (1982 to present).

ProQuest Nursing Journals
Find complete, full-text information from leading nursing and related publications.

Student Edition
Designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.

World & I Journal Online
WorldandIJournal.com is an online resource that provides full-text articles and special collections in the areas of Global Studies, Liberal Arts, Fine & Applied Arts, General Science, and Spanish. The site includes the complete World & I journal contents since 1986 and is updated monthly. Special collections include the Civil War, Worldwide Folktales, Diversity in America, Speech and Debate, and Scientists: Past and Present.

Online Collections