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.

High School Partnership Access

If you are enrolled in the High School Partnership program but do not yet have your L&C username and password, please use the link below to access the college's online databases.

High School Partnership Online Database

 

STREAMING VIDEO

Check out our collection of online streaming videos, including feature films, documentaries and educational videos.

  • Kanopy BASE (10,000 carefully selected educational and feature films spanning all subjects, with more than 55% of the titles exclusive to Kanopy)
  • Master Academic Collection (40,000+ documentary and entertainment films)
  • Feature Films (700 popular films)
  • World Cinema (1100 documentaries, miniseries, and international-themed films)

Databases by Subject

Credo Reference Library; Master Academic Collection of online streaming videos

  • Credo Reference LibraryBlazers Best Bet

    Credo Reference is 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, an ideal place to start any research.

  • 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 spanning the late 1800s to the late 1960s

Academic Search Complete - a good place to start

  • ARTstorBlazers Best Bet

    Nonprofit digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for academic purposes.

  • Saskia Digital Art Collection

    30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture, and architecture, including images from many important collections.

  • Academic Search CompleteBlazers Best Bet

    Resource for scholarly investigation providing access to 5,812 active full-text journals.

  • Art & Architecture Online Streaming Video Collection

    A collection of documentaries and interviews illustrating the history, theory and practice of art, design and architecture.

  • American History Online Streaming Video Collection

    Provides the largest and richest collection of videos available online for the study of American history. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events with over 2,000 hours of video.

  • World History Online Streaming Video Collection 

    A wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow researchers to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century.

  • Business Source PremierBlazers Best Bet

    Access to 1,022 full-text journals related to business.

  • eBook Business Collection

    Thousands of e-books dedicated to the study of business.

  • Regional Business News

    Content for Regional Business News is provided by leading publishers in business news, including The Washington Post, PR Newswire US and more.

  • Small Business Source

    State-specific resources with demographic data and other information to meet the needs of small business owners and entrepreneurs.

  • Academic Search Complete

    Resource for scholarly investigation providing access to 5,812 active full-text journals.

  • American History Online Streaming Video Collection

    Provides the largest and richest collection of videos available online for the study of American history. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events with over 2,000 hours of video.

  • World History Online Streaming Video Collection

    A wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow researchers to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century.

  • LearningExpress
    Includes academic skill-building, test prep and career-related resources.

 

  • Legal Source

    Database for legal research with 960 active full-text law journals.

  • Nexis Uni

    More than 15,000 business, legal, and news sources provide business information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies.

  • Book Collection: Nonfiction

    A cross-curricular database providing abstracts and searchable full text for thousands of popular nonfiction books. 

  • eBook Subscription High School Collection

    Classic literary works, important historical documents and general reference materials

  • eBook Subscription K-5 Collection

    Thousands of juvenile fiction and non-fiction e-books.

  • Salem Press Collection

    eBook collection providing information on major literary authors, themes, and works.

  • Literary Reference Source

    Thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.

  • Literature Resource CenterBlazers Best Bet

    Literary criticism, biographies, bibliographies, articles, compare and contrast pages, full-text author's works, and reading lists.

  • Humanities Source Ultimate Blazers Best Bet

    Collection of 1,787 active full-text humanities journals.

  • MagillOnLiterature PlusBlazers Best Bet

    Contains biographical essays that reflect extended coverage of the 2,500 most studied authors and include up-to-date lists of each author's principal works and current secondary bibliographies.

  • NoveList

    Readers' Advisory database for discovery of popular reading titles by genre, theme, subject, author, award-winners, and more.

  • NoveList K-8

    Subset of NoveList, geared towards younger readers | Readers advisory tool | Book reviews | Teaching tools for classroom use.

  • Academic Search CompleteBlazers Best Bet

    Resource for scholarly investigation providing access to 5,812 active full-text journals.

  • Nexis Uni

    More than 15,000 business, legal, and news sources provide business information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies.

  • Newspaper Source Plus

    Full text for nearly 500 U.S. newspapers.

  • Alt HealthWatch

    Full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

  • CINAHL PlusBlazers Best Bet

    Provides access to 393 active full-text nursing and allied health journals. 

  • Consumer Health Complete

    Database for consumer-oriented health content.

  • Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection

    Full-text books related to consumer health.

  • Nursing Made Incredibly EasyBlazers Best Bet

    A peer-reviewed journal, part of the "Incredibly Easy!" book series for nurses by contributing experienced clinicians.

  • Health Source: Academic Ed.

    Provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses and medical educators with access to full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

  • Health Source: Consumer Ed.

    Provides access to full-text consumer health magazines.

  • Testing & Education Reference Center

    Test prep resource to help users prepare for the NCLEX, ACT, GED and other tests.

  • Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection

    Collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers.

  • Health and Society in Video

    Explores today's latest medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society. This resource includes documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews.

  • MEDLINE UltimateBlazers Best Bet

    Full-text companion to the MEDLINE index, providing medical professionals and researchers unparalleled access to 2,442 active full-text journals, including numerous top biomedical publications.

  • CINAHL PlusBlazers Best Bet

    Provides access to 393 active full-text nursing and allied health journals.

  • Health Source: Academic Ed.Blazers Best Bet

    Provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses and medical educators with access to full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

  • Health Source: Consumer Ed.

    Provides access to full-text consumer health magazines.

  • MEDLINE UltimateBlazers Best Bet

    Full-text companion to the MEDLINE index, providing medical professionals and researchers unparalleled access to 2,442 active full-text journals, including numerous top biomedical publications.

  • Academic Search CompleteBlazers Best Bet

    Resource for scholarly investigation providing access to 5,812 active full-text journals.

  • Cochrane Collection

    Leading journal and database for systematic reviews in health care. CDSR includes Cochrane Reviews (systematic reviews) and protocols for Cochrane Reviews as well as editorials and supplements.

  • OT Seeker

    Database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions.

  • Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)

    Database of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.

  • AOTA

    Website for the American Occupational Therapy Association.

  • NBCOT

    Website for the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.

  • PubMed

    More than 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

  • Best Bets

    Evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature.

  • Nursing Online Streaming Video Collection

    Collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers.

  • Science in ContextBlazers Best Bet

    Science-based full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

  • Science Reference eBook CollectionBlazers Best Bet

    Full-text books related to science.

  • GreenFILE

    Interdisciplinary environmental topics from both scholarly and popular sources. 

  • Environmental Studies in Video

    Environmental Studies in Video will contain 500 hours of film covering all realms of environmental studies, particularly ethics, policy, economics, law, sociology, planning, and environmental science.

  • LearningExpress
    Includes academic skill-building, test prep and career-related resources.