Academic OneFile

Broad collection of scholarly journals across a variety of disciplines.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Get help

GCC’s largest database, this is a great place to find scholarly journal articles on a wide variety of subjects, and also indexes some secondary sources. Not all articles are available in full text.

Biography In Context Get help

Biographies on interesting people from history, as well as contemporary figures.

Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic (EBSCOhost) Get help

Provides access to full text journals that cover clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the pre-clinical sciences.

Boston Globe

Full-text access to the Boston Globe newspaper from 1980-present. Please note that this is a searchable index to the Globe and does not have the same interface as the Boston Globe’s website.

Building Green

A major trade publication for sustainable building. Practical, up-to-date information on a limited range of topics. Please note that this is a single publication, not a database.

Business Insights: Essentials Get help

Online resource for researchers who want to know more than just basic information on any given company, including SWOT analyses on hundreds of global companies. Also contains overviews of whole industries.

Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) Get help

Scholarly articles on business and economics, as well as some newspapers and magazines. Not all articles available in full text

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) Get help

CINAHL Plus (which stands for The Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature) is GCC’s largest nursing database, with scholarly articles from journals in nursing and allied health fields that you won’t find in Google or other search engines.

Contexts

Contexts publishes accessible articles for the general public based on current sociological research. You won’t find original research studies here, but it’s a great place to look for ideas–and you can always check bibliographies for references to the original studies. Please note that this is a single publication, not a database.

Criminal Justice Collection

Scholarly journal articles relevant for those studying to be a lawyer, law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security.

Diversity Studies Collection

Scholarly journals and popular interest periodicals exploring topics of race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, and sexuality in a global context.

Educator’s Reference Complete

Educational research from preschool to college, mostly available in full-text. Every educational specialty can be found here including technology, health and bilingual education, testing, and issues in administration, funding and policy.

Encyclopedia Britannica

This is a digital version of the Encyclopædia Britannica, and contains entries on a wide range of subjects. These can be used as background research on a topic or a starting point when finding a research topic, but most professors will not accept encyclopedia articles as sources in a research paper.

Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

Searchable collection of magazines and academic journals, addressing the field from multiple perspectives, including the scientific community, governmental policy makers, and corporate interests.

ERIC (EBSCOhost) Get help

ERIC is the primary database for K-12 education and child development, and indexes hundreds of peer-reviewed journals. Not all articles are available in full text.

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) Get help

Covers all academic disciplines and provides abstracts and some full text of articles from scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers.

Films on Demand Get help

Streaming video service hosting primarily documentaries, news programs, and other educational video content on a wide variety of topics.

Fine Arts and Music Collection

Periodicals supporting research in fine arts and music.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost)

Encyclopedia containing entries on a wide range of subjects. These can be used as background research on a topic or a starting point when finding a research topic, but most professors will not accept encyclopedia articles as sources in a research paper.

Gardening, Landscape, and Horticulture Collection

Database of magazines and scholarly journals focusing on topics related to landscape design, horticulture, gardening, and farming.

Gender Studies Collection

Periodicals exploring topics of gender in culture and society.

General Business File ASAP (InfoTrac) Get help

Useful for analyzing company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.

General OneFile (InfoTrac) Get help

Database of news and periodical articles aimed at a general, non-scholarly audience, covering a wide variety of topics.

Global Issues In Context Get help

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)

Indexes scholarly articles, government, and trade publications related to sustainability, environmental science, and human impacts on the environment. Not all articles are available in full text.

Health Reference Center Academic (InfoTrac) Get help

Provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus personal health information sources.

Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost) Get help

Provides consumer health information on topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Includes full text for nearly 150 journals.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost) Get help

Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.

Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Collection

Indexes industry journals, travel guides, and magazines about travel-related topics, as well as business and industry information including news, financial information, company comparisons, and SEC filings.

InfoTrac Newsstand Get help

InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to full-text newspapers for current news and searchable archives.

Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning

The peer-reviewed, official journal of the Institute for Outdoor Learning. Please note that this is a single publication, not a database.

JSTOR

Index of scholarly articles, mainly from the social sciences and humanities. All content is available in full-text. Be sure to check the publication date, as some content is very old.

Junior Edition – K12 (InfoTrac)

Designed for students in junior high and middle school, this database provides citations and articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books.

Kanopy Streaming Films

A patron-driven database of both feature and educational films, including many titles from the Media Education Foundation.

Kids InfoBits (InfoTrac) Get help

Designed for grades K-5, this database provides easy access to magazine, reference book, and newspaper citations and articles.

Lexis-Nexis Uni Get help

Vast collection of U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, trade publications, and legal information, as well as some general reference information.

Literature Resource Center Get help

Articles, critical essays, and reviews from  scholarly journals and literary magazines.

Mango Languages

Language learning tool for ESOL students, as well as students studying Spanish, French, and other languages. Students wanting to track their progress will need to create personal accounts.

MAS Ultra – School Edition (EBSCOhost) Get help

Designed for high school students, this database provides full text, reading-level-appropriate periodical and reference articles on a variety of topics. In the upper-right hand side of the screen, you can change the language of the search screen, to help make finding articles in English easier. You can also limit by Lexile Reading Level on the advanced search screen.

MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) Get help

Created by the National Library of Medicine, this primary index for medicine provides citations and abstracts from authoritative medical journals in a variety of medical fields.

Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost) Get help

Provides abstracts and some full text coverage for periodicals pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

New York Times Online

Full-text articles from the New York Times since 1980. Please note that this is a searchable index to the Times and does not have the same interface as the New York Times’ website.

Newsbank

Access to current and historical articles from ten western Massachusetts newspapers, including The Recorder.

Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost) Get help

Provides full text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, news transcripts and more.

Nursing and Allied Health Collection

A collection of periodicals and reference content supporting health care professionals.

onEarth

A digital magazine focused on environmental issues, published by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Archives available back to 2010. Please note that this is a single publication, not a database.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context Get help

Includes a variety of resources including audio and video, organized in a pro-and-con format around controversial topics. Also includes a variety of genres, including reference sources, academic journals, magazines, newspapers, and opinion pieces.

Ovid Nursing Journals

Full-text coverage of eight nursing journals including The American Journal of Nursing (AJN), Nursing, and Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection

Index of scholarly journals and magazines in the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine.

Picture Book Database

Information about picture books, searchable by artistic media and style, character education, literary devices, and literary tie-ins, categories, genres and formats, series and characters, original publisher/title/language (for titles published outside the U.S.), country of origin, and age ranges.

Primary Search (EBSCOhost)

Aimed at elementary school students, this database provides easy-to-read full text articles.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost) Get help

Abstracts and some full text of journal articles in the field of education, as well as educational reports.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost) Get help

The world’s largest full text psychology database, covering topics s in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.

Recorder 

On-campus only. The Greenfield, MA daily newspaper The Recorder, covering news and events in Franklin County and beyond. Please note that full access is not available from off-campus. 

Regional Business News (EBSCOhost) Get help

Coverage of business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCOhost) Get help

Provides full text coverage of world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, political and moral philosophy, and other philosophy topics.

Science In Context Get help

A database containing information at all levels, including primary, secondary, and popular sources as well as audio and video content. This is a good place to start if you’re researching a controversial scientific topic.

Small Business Resource Center Get help

Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.

US History In Context Get help

Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Includes reference content, along with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Vocation and Careers Collection

Articles from 400 magazines and journals, with information on careers and professions as well as job searching and vocational milestones.

World History In Context Get help

Offers students and researchers access to a broad collection of scholarly analysis and award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents.

WorldCat: The World’s Largest Library Catalog

The WorldCat database searches the collections of libraries in the U.S. and around the world. It also contains article citations with links to their full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren’t available to the public. Because WorldCat searches libraries in dozens of countries, resources are available in many languages. Once you find an item you are interested in, request it through interlibrary loan.