Looking for a great source of content for your class project, research paper or personal knowledge? Our online databases can be accessed using your LC login credentials from any computer with a browser and internet access. Access to online databases is also available through Blackboard. Follow these instructions to access online databases via Blackboard.
If you have problems, contact the library at (618) 468-4301 or by email.
STREAMING VIDEO
Check out our collection of online streaming videos, including feature films, documentaries and educational videos.
- Credo Reference Library (A digital reference library that places a world of factual information at your fingertips. Containing a choice of over 240 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers, it is an ideal place to start any research)
- Kanopy BASE (10,000 carefully selected educational and feature films spanning all subjects, with more than 55% of the titles exclusive to Kanopy)
Databases by Subject
Encyclopedia, Dictionaries and Online Streaming Videos (Credo Reference Library; Master Academic Collection of online streaming videos)
- Credo Reference Library (for off-campus access, see additional information above)
- Kanopy BASE (10,000 carefully selected educational and feature films spanning all subjects, with more than 55% of the titles exclusive to Kanopy)
General Topics (Academic Search Complete - a good place to start)
- Academic Search Complete (college reading level)
- MAS Ultra: School Edition (high school reading level)
- Primary Search (grade/elementary school level)
Art
- ARTstor
- Saskia Digital Art Collection
- Academic Search Complete
- Art & Architecture Online Streaming Video Collection
- American History Online Streaming Video Collection
- World History Online Streaming Video Collection
Business
- Business Source Elite
- Regional Business News
- Academic Search Complete
- American History Online Streaming Video Collection
- World History Online Streaming Video Collection
Current Events (Opposing Viewpoints and Online Streaming Videos)
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
- Criminal Justice & Public Safety Online Streaming Video Collection
- Education Online Streaming Video Collection
- Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection (includes community health, social issues, safety etc.)
- Current Affairs in Video
Dental
- Dental Assistants Journal 2012 to current (For username and password, please contact the library at (618) 468-4301)
- Advances in Dental Research Available from 1987 - current (No issues published in 2004 & 2007)
- Dental World Available from 1988 - current
- Journal - Canadian Dental Association July/August 1998 - current
- Journal of Dental Hygiene 2004 - current
- Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry January/March 2005 - current
- New York State Dental Journal October 2003 - current
- CINAHL Plus A 1-year embargo means that full-text articles in this journal will not be available for the recent 12 months.
- Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection (includes safety, biology, etc.)
Education
- Education Research Complete
- ERIC (EbscoHost)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Professional Development Collection
- Testing & Education Reference Center
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Change: The Magazine for Higher Learning
- Education Online Streaming Video Collection
EMT
- Prehospital Emergency Care (Available from 1997 – current)
History
- Salem Press Collection
- History Reference Center
- Harper's Weekly
- Military Library Full-text
- American History Online Streaming Video Collection
- Art & Architecture Online Streaming Video Collection
- World History Online Streaming Video Collection
- Historical Statistics of the United States
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1 (1684-1820)
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2 (1821-1837)
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 3 (1838-1852)
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 4 (1853-1865)
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5 (1866-1912)
- Gun Regulation and Legislation in America
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
Literature
- Salem Press Collection
- Literature Resource Center
- MagillOnLiterature Plus
- Academic Search Complete
- American History Online Streaming Video Collection
- Education Online Streaming Video Collection (includes authors)
- World History Online Streaming Video Collection (includes authors)
Newspapers
Nursing & Medicine
- CINAHL Plus
- Nursing Made Incredibly Easy
- Health Source: Academic Ed.
- Health Source: Consumer Ed.
- Testing & Education Reference Center (Practice NCLEX, ACT, GED and other tests)
- Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection (includes safety, biology, etc.)
- Health and Society in Video
Occupational Therapy
- CINAHL Plus
- Health Source: Academic Ed.
- Health Source: Consumer Ed.
- PsycARTICLES
- Academic Search Complete
- Cochrane Collection
- OT Seeker
- Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)
- AOTA
- NBCOT evidence based research benefits
- PubMed
- Best Bets
- Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection (includes safety, biology, etc.)
Psychology
- PsycARTICLES
- Academic Search Complete
- Criminal Justice & Public Safety Online Streaming Video Collection
- Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection (includes biology, medicines, human development etc.)
Science
- Science in Context
- GreenFILE
- Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection (includes some biology, etc.)
- Environmental Studies in Video
Social Science
- Academic Search Complete
- Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis)
- Harper's Weekly
- History Reference Center
- Military Library Full-text
- PsycARTICLES
- American History Online Streaming Video Collection (includes cultural information)
- Criminal Justice & Public Safety Online Streaming Video Collection (includes cultural information)
- Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection (includes community health, social issues, safety etc.)
- World History Online Streaming Video Collection (includes cultural information)
- Historical Statistics of the United States
- Gun Regulation and Legislation in America
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law