Library Catalog and Databases

The Ruska and Swan libraries offer a wide range of electronic information resources to the Becker College community.

Library Catalog

» Becker College Library Catalog

Use the library catalog to search for books, DVDs, reserve materials, etc. that make up the holdings of both Ruska and Swan Libraries. You can search by author, title, keyword, and subject and limit searches to a specific campus or collection (i.e. juvenile books, media, etc.).

» World Cat Library Catalog

If you can’t find what you are looking for in the Becker College Libraries catalog, try searching World Cat, the world’s largest network of library content and services to search the holdings of other libraries near Becker College.

Library Databases

Click on one of the categories below to access databases by subject discipline.  For the broadest searches, try the general databases link, which comprises the databases:  Films on Demand, InfoTrac, Proquest Central, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Global Issues in Context, and Proquest Newspapers.

Databases by Subject

» General Databases

» Animal Science
» Business
» Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
» Education
» English/Literature
» Game Design and Development
» Health Science
» History
» Library Science
» Psychology
» Religion
» Science

Databases by Title

 General Databases

» Britannica Public Library Edition

Search the Encyclopaedia Britannica online, which includes magazine articles, Web sites, videos, a dictionary and thesaurus, atlases, timelines, classical literature, biographies, notable quotations, and world data. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC).

» Britannica Spanish Reference Center

Offers Encyclopaedia Britannica resources in Spanish. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC).

» Britannica World Data Analyst

Includes country snapshots, country comparisons, chronological comparisons and ranked statistics. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC).

» Credo Reference

Useful as a starting point for research, Credo contains hundreds of subject-specific encyclopedias, biographies, chronologies, and dictionaries, as well as images, audio files and videos. Credo allows you to connect to relevant and trusted academic resources to further your research.

» Films On Demand

Video platform that allows educational films to be streamed, emailed, or embedded into Angel. Contains films in the Master Academic Collection (humanities, social science, business and economics, science, and health collections) and the Career & Technical Education Master Collection (family and consumer sciences, guidance and counseling, technical education, and careers and job search collections).

» Gale: InfoTrac

Provides access to more than 50 databases and contains full text of thousands of periodicals covering topics in various disciplines including history, literature, social science, science, health, business, and technology.

» Gale: Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Covers today’s social issues, from offshore drilling to climate change, health care to immigration.  Contains more than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint articles on a broad variety of topics.

» Gale: Global Issues in Context

Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events,  including the social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural  arenas.

» ProQuest: Central

Accesses more than 8,000 full-text articles in multiple subject disciplines such as business, criminal justice, education, social science, medical science, and technology.

» ProQuest: Newspapers

Includes full-text newspaper articles from 14 Massachusetts newspapers such as The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

 Animal Science

» Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2008-

Published by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, articles cover the latest developments in cardiology, neurology, oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, hepatology, immunology, infectious disease, nephrology/urology, nutrition/metabolism, pharmacology, respiratory, theriogenology, epidemiology, and muscle disease relating to large and small animals.  Access full text articles from the past five years.

» ProQuest: Central

Contains full text articles on all aspects of medical science, which includes veterinary science and animal care.

» VETLEARN Website

Use this link to create a free account and receive full access to Compendium and Veterinary Technician, two peer-reviewed, clinical journals for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.  Site also includes client handouts, videos, case studies, news, and practice management.

» VetMed Resource

Online resource designed to support veterinary practitioners, technicians and others working in this field. Includes abstracts from CAB Abstracts, and full text conference papers, journal articles, bulletins, and news articles. Contains CAB Reviews: specially commissioned, peer reviewed review articles written by field experts and The Animal Health and Production Compendium which includes pictures, drug database, glossary, food safety module, parasite identification keys, and detailed coverage of health and production topics.

» NAL Animals & Livestock Website

Links to the National Agricultural Library (NAL) catalog, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Contains citations relating to all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences.  Full text of articles may be available via inter-library loan.

 Business

» Gale: Business Economics & Theory

Contains more than 150 full-text journals articles that focus on business and economic theory.

» ProQuest: Business

Searches across all ProQuest business-related databases, including ABI/INFORM, Hoover’s Company Profiles, and Snapshots (international marketing profiles).

 Criminal Justice and Legal Studies

» Gale: Criminal Justice Collection

Contains more than 150 full-text journals that focus on criminal justice.  Aimed at those preparing for careers as  a lawyer, law enforcement officer, paralegal, or Homeland Security officer.

» ProQuest: Criminal Justice

Focuses on U.S. and international criminal justice journals, and provides research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.

» LEXIS/NEXIS

Provides general news, business and financial information, legal-case law, and medical information.

» Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC)

Comprehensive resource for the study of political violence of all kinds. Core analyses of 3,800 groups that have been known to aid and abet political violence or terrorist organizations. One of the world’s largest databases of terrorist groups, their leaders, locations, and affiliations. Profiles vulnerable regions and cities, contains a live intelligence repository and includes in-depth analyses of seminal terrorism topics.

 Education

» Gale: Educators Reference Complete

Includes more than 450 full-text academic journals that focus on educational principles, child development, child psychology, and best practices in education.

» ProQuest: Education

Includes more than 600 full-text education publications.  Spans the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education as well as special education, home schooling, and adult education.

 English / Literature

» Gale: Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

Contains more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors.  Includes biographical information, listings of principal works, and sources for further study.

» Literary Reference Center (LRC)

Contains plot summaries, synopses, overviews, literary criticism articles and essays, author biographies, book reviews, poems, short stories, and classical texts.

» Gale: Literature Resource Center

Comprises biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.

Game Design and Development

» Games for Health Journal Feb 2012-

Bimonthly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the development and application of game technology for improving physical and mental health and well-being. Intended for anyone interested in the research and design of health games that integrate well-tested, evidence-based behavioral health strategies to help improve health behaviors and to support the delivery of care.  New journal.  First issue published February 2012.

 Health Science

» CINAHL and MEDLINE

Searches both CINAHL and Medline for information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care, clinical services, allied health, and bio-medicine.  Includes CINAHL Plus® with Full Text which contains full-text for more than 770 journals indexed in CINAHL®.  Full text coverage dates back to 1937.

» Gale: Nursing & Allied Health Collection

Covers all aspects of the nursing profession, including direct patient care and health-care administration.

» Nursing Reference Center

Evidence-based nursing database. Includes over 3,000 Quick Lessons & Evidence-Based Care Sheets, 2,200 nursing skills & skill competency checklists, 1,300 continuing education modules, 750 legal cases, and 350 research instruments.

» ProQuest: Health Sciences

Searches across all ProQuest health-science databases, including Pharmaceutical News Index, Family Health, and Health & Medical Complete.

History

» Britannica Annals of American History

Explore the history of the United States through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images and multimedia. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC).

» European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750

Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.

» Gale: U.S. History Collection

Provides coverage of events in U.S. history, as well as current thinking and scholarly work relating to historical events.

» Gale: World History Collection

Provides coverage of events in world history, as well as current thinking and scholarly work relating to world events.

 Library Science

» Gale: Information Science and Library Issues Collection

Contains more than 100 industry journals for information professionals and knowledge workers covering topics such as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, and metadata architectures.

Psychology

» Gale: Psychology Collection

Explores emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time. Contains more than 200 full-text psychology periodicals.

» ProQuest: Psychology

Searches across all ProQuest psychology databases, including PsycARTICLES and ProQuest Psychology Journals.

 Religion

» Gale: Diversity Studies Collection

Explores cultural differences, contributions, and influences in our global community.  Contains more than 150 journals.

» Gale: Religion & Philosophy Collection

Comprises research on different religions, religious philosophies, and the influence of religion on daily life.

 Science

» Gale: General Science Collection

Contains more than 1,000 peer-reviewed scientific journals and covers the latest scientific developments.

» GreenFILE

A freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with information on topics such as global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, alternate fuel sources and more.

» Journal of Visual Experiments (JoVE) General Collection

Peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and physical research in a video format. JoVE uses video technology to capture and visually transmit experimental techniques in life science research.

» Proquest: Science & Technology

Searches across all ProQuest science and technology databases, including ProQuest Science Journals, and ProQuest Biology.

» National Geographic Archives 2005-

Online access to the full text and images of articles published since 2005 in National Geographic.  The lag time from publication to online archives is two months.

» Science 1997-

Online access to the full text of every article published since 1997 in Science, the weekly  journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

» Scientific American 1993-

Online access to the full text of every article published since 1993 in Scientific American.