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Central Search
Central Search points you to books and articles in many of BC's databases and provides links to the most productive databases for your search.
Electronic Journals A-Z: This will tell you if a particular journal is available full text in our databases. Print titles also included.

General Periodical Databases

EBSCOhost
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EBSCOhost is a database of popular and scholarly publications, with many articles available in full text.
JSTOR
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JSTOR contains "over one thousand of the highest-quality academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences." Content in JSTOR is more archival/historical, and is typically at least 5 years old.
ProQuest
ProQuest electronic database contains newspapers, scholarly journals and other periodicals, many in full text.
Science Direct
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ScienceDirect provides access to books and periodicals published by Elsevier.
Look for the green icon next to items that have full text availability to BC students, faculty and staff.

Films

Films on Demand
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Films on Demand provides online streaming videos from Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

Controversial and Research Topics

CQ Researcher
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Each electronic issue of CQ Researcher provides a history, overview, pro/con discussion and bibliography for the topic.
CQ Global Researcher
Provides similar information as CQ Researcher, but from a global perspective.

Subject-Specific Reference Resources

Gale Virtual Reference Library
This collection of electronic reference books contains titles in Law, Medicine, Science and Social Science.
Natural Standard (Alternative Therapies/Medicine)
"Natural Standard was founded by clinicians and researchers to provide high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. This international multidisciplinary collaboration now includes contributors from more than 100 eminent academic institutions."
Salem Press Health
Salem Press Health includes Magill's Medical Guide and the Psychology and Mental Health Resource. Both resources cover diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, and biology.
Salem Press History
We have access to the "Decades" collections: The 1970s, The 1980s and The 1990s in America. Also provided is access to "Milestone Documents" in World History and American History. These resources are companions to the print reference sets of the same titles.

Newspaper Databases

ProQuest Newspapers
ProQuest Newspapers database contains hundreds of full text newspapers from around the country.
Washington State Newsstand
This database contains the full text of 19 Washington State Newspapers.
New York Times Historical Collection
This database contains the full text of New York Times articles from 1851 to 2006. The database allows you to search by date or by topic.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

Music Databases

Music Online
Music Online is the broadest and most comprehensive online music resource that cross-searches all of Bellevue College's Alexander Street Press music databases. Music online allows you to search by composer, genre, instrument, time period and many other elements. Contained within Music Online is the Smithsonian Global Sound Collection and the African American Music Collection. To access these, scroll to the bottom of the main Music Online page and select these resources from the drop-down list.

Images/Maps

A-Z Maps Online
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A-Z Maps Online contains over 145,000 world, continent, country, and state maps, as well as flags, geological data maps and much more. Check out the topic menu on the first page.
Blank Maps for World Place Location exercises
You may copy these PDF format blank maps to assist you in completing the place location exercises. All of the maps have titles that correspond to the chapters in the World Place Location workbook.
ARTstor
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ARTstor contains thousands of digital images, primarily photographs of artwork found in galleries and museums from around the world. "The ARTstor Library's initial content includes approximately 500,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology." The ARTstor database allows you to zoom in on images, save images for presentations and other features. Some specialized features of ARTstor require a username and password. For more information, please contact a reference librarian.
E-Anatomy (Imaging)
This digital atlas provides modules by anatomy or by imaging modality (CT or MRI). This resource allows you to view images layer by layer, provides label to the different parts of anatomy viewed in the images and has many other special features.

Specialized Periodical Databases

American City Business Journals (Business)
This database provides "the most comprehensive coverage of local business news and information from major metropolitan cities across the country" including articles from the Puget Sound Business Journal
New!  Annual Reviews (Science)
Annual Reviews Sciences Collection back volumes from 1932-2006, with 1,100+ volumes, comprising over 25,000 critical and authoritative review articles. Content spans the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences fields.

New!  Art Full Text (Art/Interior Design)
This database offers an international array of peer-selected publications covering art, architecture, and interior design. Full text articles are available, 1997 to the present. Make sure to check the "Full Text" box when searching.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Scientific & Scholarly Journals/Social Science)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the most comprehensive directory of open access journals, is produced by the University of Lund Libraries. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Many subjects are covered, but most articles are from the social sciences.

PubMed (Medicine)
PubMed is a database accessible free of charge on the Internet through the National Library of Medicine. Citations and abstracts are available for journals covering many medical fields, including nursing.
Ethnic NewsWatch (Diverse Viewpoints)
A full text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press, which provides a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints.
S&P NetAdvantage (Business)
Published by Standard & Poors, this database provides Company Profiles, Industry Surveys, Financial information as well as a wealth of other business resources.


General Reference Resources

Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the quintessential English language dictionary. "The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past."
CQ Historic Documents
CQ Historic Documents contains primary documents such as Presidential speeches, international agreements and Supreme Court decisions. Spanning 1972 to the present, there are approximately 100 documents per calendar year.
Oxford Reference Premium
The Oxford Reference database contains electronic versions of dictionaries, encyclopedias, subject-specific reference books, timelines and facts published by Oxford University Press.
eLibrary
eLibrary allows you to simultaneously search more than 2,000 full text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts.

Books and e-Books

Books 24x7
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Books 24x7 is an online database of e-books. BC currently subscribes to the Information Technology Collection. For more information click here.
EBSCOhost e-book collection
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Formerly called NetLibrary, this is a collection of e-books. BC's collection primarily consists of e-books on health care, health care management, bioethics, and cultural studies.
OCLC FirstSearch
  • Off-Campus Access
    OCLC First Search is a database of books and articles located in libraries around the world. If you find an item that you would like to borrow from another library, please contact a reference librarian.
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    Copyright Notice: Materials from periodical databases may be covered by copyright laws. BC expects all students, faculty, and staff to comply with applicable federal laws governing copyrighted material. To learn more about copyright, click here to view Guidelines for Fair Use.
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