Trial Online Resources

The Barber Library frequently tests new online resources to ensure that faculty and students have the best resources available for instruction, learning, and research. Check out the latest offerings and send us your feedback!

Send feedback or your suggestions for online resource suggestions to Cat Finney (cfinney@cocc.edu), Associate College Librarian for Collections and Acquisitions.

Current Trials

Let us know what you think of these resources by using the form on the right or submit your feedback directly to Cat Finney (cfinney@cocc.edu)

Similar to our familiar Academic Search Premier, but with much more full-text content! Full-text content for more than 9,100 journals, including 7,900+ peer-reviewed journals. This database is the leading source of peer-reviewed, full-text for STM research, as well as for the Social Sciences and Humanities. This scholarly collection offers unmatched coverage of information spanning a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more. More information about Academic Search Complete is available at the vendor's website.

Trial ends July 15, 2013.

Historical Archive Databases

Native American Archives & American Revolution Archives

These two valuable archives are accessible in one interface. Choose an archive to search from the drop down menu at the top of the page.

 
Native American Archives provides more than 1.8 million pages of original historical documents pertaining to Native American history and life from the 18th through the 20th century. It also includes ratified treaties that occurred between the U.S. government and American Indian tribes. Also included are related correspondence, a chronological list of the treaties, and indexes by both place and tribe.

American Revolution Archives is a rich resource for those interested in the seminal events leading up to the founding of the new nation and of the people involved in these crucial military and political struggles. The collection contains over 4.7 million pages of original historical documents culled from materials at the National Archives that pertain to the Revolutionary War, chronicle military strategies, and recount the lives of individual soldiers both during and after the War. Includes constitutional papers, Revolutionary War records and documents, and official records of the colonies.

Civil War Primary Source Documents captures various accounts of the Civil War as it was experienced on land and at sea. The collection also provides firsthand perspectives from hospitals and prison camps, and reactions to the War from the home front. Focusing on the War years, it also includes important contextual documents in the crucial years leading up to the War and after the fall of the Confederacy. Documents include letters, diaries, and illustrations.

Trial ends June 15, 2013.

Current Biography Illustrated

Current Biography Illustrated offers the acclaimed content of the printed monthly magazine Current Biography in a searchable, online format. Readers will be able to find relevant biographies—drawing information from newspaper articles, magazine articles and books. Over 25,000 articles and 19,000 images.

Trial ends June 15, 2013.