Subject Databases - Southwestern Illinois College

Select a subject area for a list of databases.

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Art

Library - SD - Arts

Business

 

Library - SB - Business

Controversial Topics

 

 

Education

Library - SB - Education

Environment

Library - SB - Environ

Geography

  • Global Road Warrior – An in-depth look at over 200 countries and addresses 22 categories including demographics, society and culture, travel, business culture, food and recipes, communications, government, language, maps, photos and more.

Library - SB - Geography

Health & Medicine

Library - SB - Health

Library - SB - History

Legal

  • Legal -Cases or Law Reviews – Nexis Uni – Extensive collection of legal resources. Research federal & state cases, landmark cases, state & federal statutes and regulations, Shepard’s citations, law reviews, and search for patents. American Jurisprudence and Ballentine’s Law Dictionary available in LexisNexis Legal. TO ACCESS LEGAL RESOURCES: Click “Search by Subject or Topic” above the red outlined search box.
  • Political Science – Nexis Uni – View selected news, publications and court cases related to Political Science.
  • Criminal Justice – Nexis Uni – Curated news, featured publications and relevant court cases for Criminal Justice.
  • Law and Politics – Opposing Viewpoints – Differing views of today’s most popular legal and political issues are presented through articles, statistics, images, and videos.

Library - SB - Legal

Literature

Library - SB - Literature

Military & Government

Library - SB - Gov

Music

  • IPA Source – contains International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. The goal of IPA source is to promote the comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in art song and opera in order that the singer may imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content. Translations into English from multiple languages.

Political Science

Library - SB - PolSci

Religion

Library - SB - Religion

Science

Library - SB - Tech

Society & Culture

  • Society and Culture – Opposing Viewpoints – Differing views of today’s most popular science, technology and ethical issues are presented through articles, statistics, images, and videos.
  • Arts & Culture – JSTOR Daily – Insight, commentary, and analysis of ideas, research and current events, tapping into the rich library of scholarship on JSTOR.
  • Education & Society – JSTOR Daily – Insight, commentary, and analysis of ideas, research and current events, tapping into the rich library of scholarship on JSTOR.
  • Global Road Warrior – An in-depth look at over 200 countries and addresses 22 categories including demographics, society and culture, travel, business culture, food and recipes, communications, government, language, maps, photos and more.

Library - SB - Society

Technology

Library - SB - Technology

Widget Databases

  • Alexander Street Press – video collections in history, education, criminal justice and more.
  • Credo Reference – collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks.
  • EBSCO Databases – academic journal, magazine, trade publications and newspaper articles.
  • Global Road Warrior – country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history and language worldwide.
  • JSTOR – a digital library of academic journals, books and primary sources.
  • Nexis Uni – Full text documents from over 17,000 credible news, legal and business sources.
  • Opposing Viewpoints – Differing views of today’s most popular issues, presented through articles, statistics, images and videos.
  • Salem Press – online books in history, literature and health.
  • Ebooks – online books in the arts, humanities, social sciences, technology and more.

Library - SB - Widget