Databases can be accessed from any browser on campus. Most databases can be accessed from off-campus. After selecting a database to search, you will be prompted to enter the 14-digit number on your Student ID or log in with your L&C username and password.
If you don't know your ID number:
- Login into your BlazerNet account
- Select the "My Library ID Number" link
- Find your 14-digit number next to "Library Badge ID"
If you have problems, contact the library at (618) 468-4301 or by email.
Access to online databases is also available through Blackboard. Follow these instructions to access online databases via Blackboard.
Check out our new collection of over 50,000+ online streaming videos, including feature films, through Films on Demand.
- Master Academic Collection (40,000+ documentary and entertainment films)
- Feature Films (700 popular films)
- World Cinema (1100 documentaries, miniseries, and international-themed films)
- Archival Films & Newsreels (5100+ news clips, interviews, and documentary series late-1800s to late-1960s)
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)
- Master Academic Collection (40,000+ documentary and entertainment films)
- Feature Films (700 popular films)
- World Cinema (1100 documentaries, miniseries, and international-themed films)
- Archival Films & Newsreels (5100+ news clips, interviews, and documentary series late-1800s to late-1960s)
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