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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Covering virtually every area of academic study, this multi-disciplinary database offers full text information for nearly 9,000 scholarly journals, periodicals, and news sources.
ACS Publications
Publishes products and services for the practice and advancement of the chemical sciences.
American History in Video
American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 6,005 titles and over 1600 hours of video. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
Choice - Reviews online
Current Reviews is a review of academic books and digital resources of interest to scholars and students in higher education
Historical Statistics of the U.S.
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history.
MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)
Designed for public libraries, this database offers the highest quality collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, videos and other sources covering virtually every subject area. Helping patrons find relevant content has never been easier. MasterFILE Complete also includes: videos from the Associated Press, thousands of full-text primary source documents, full-text biographies, and a vast image collection of photos, maps and flags. It also includes full-text reference books, encyclopedias and monographs and a companion e-book collection containing reference titles from top educational publishers and university presses.
National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994
Recognized for some of the highest-quality photojournalism and cartography in the world, this award-winning and iconic National Geographic is famous for providing unparalleled, in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and the environment. This archive features every page and every photograph of the magazine from its inception in 1888 to the mid-1990s in stunning detail with a fully searchable and intuitive interface.
Nursing Education in Video
Nursing Education in Video is a unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. All of the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS.
Overdrive/ Libby
Collection of ebooks, e-audiobooks, magazines, comic books and manga. Users can access this service from their mobile devices through the Libby app.
Rehabilitation Therapy in Video
Rehabilitation Therapy in Video is the largest and richest streaming video resource ever assembled for the study of occupational therapy, physical/physiotherapy, and speech-language pathology. The collection allows students and faculty to easily find, cite, and share footage of top clinicians and academics explaining the underlying anatomical and neurological issues in specific patient populations, while demonstrating effective techniques and methods for their treatment. All of the video has been thoroughly indexed to allow users to search and filter content by patient details, therapist specialization, treatment method, presenting problem, and more.
Sage Deep Backfiles (SAGE Journals)
SAGE is the world's 5th largest journals publisher. Our portfolio includes more than 700 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than298 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions.
Sage e-Reference Collection (SAGE Knowledge)
SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty. Hosting more than 4,200 titles, it includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, and more.
Salem Press Careers Collection
The Careers series is designed to cater high school and undergraduate college students as well as those searching for a new career, whether in the same field or a completely unrelated one. These titles examine the thriving industries and the exact careers where job seekers can excel and help them make the best decision on which career path or area of study to pursue.
Saskia Art Images Collection
The collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important collections: the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Uffizi, and the Louvre as well as archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Egypt. The images can be displayed and downloaded in high-resolution format. Additionally, the descriptive data about the images includes references to the occurrences of these images in 19 major art history texts, including Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th edition; Understanding Art, 7th edition; Art and Ideas, 10th edition; Discovering Art History, 4th edition.
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video is the most extensive video collection ever assembled in the areas of fitness and health assessment, disease management, injury treatment, nutrition, medical fitness, sport science, work-site wellness, exercise adherence, and much more.
Springer Medicine Collection 1969-2010
Over 8.5 million scientific documents at your fingertips
World History in Video
World History in Video is a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow students and researchers to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century. The video content offered here is truly global in scope, covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
Arts and Humanities
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Covering virtually every area of academic study, this multi-disciplinary database offers full text information for nearly 9,000 scholarly journals, periodicals, and news sources.
Art & Architecture Complete
Art & Architecture Complete provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books. In addition, this database offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books. Art & Architecture Complete also provides selective coverage for 70 additional publications and an Image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others.
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Citations only for items listed in the table of contents of over 12,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
ARTSTOR
The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research.
Digital Theatre +
Digital Theatre+ provides powerful ways to connect ELA and Theatre students with dramatic texts, poetry and performance.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
Citations only. Provides access to a growing collection of journals in a variety of subject areas. Full text for some articles may be available. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Humanities Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
Humanities Source Ultimate presents a rich collection of 1,787 active full-text humanities journals, surpassing any other database of its kind in terms of peer-reviewed content. Encompassing all aspects of the humanities and solidifying its position as the premier database within the EBSCO Humanities Source Family.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a not for profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand five hundred academic journals filled with scholarly articles and content.
Oxford-Grove Music Online
Oxford-Grove Music Online is the gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location, including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
PRISMA (ProQuest)
A comprehensive reference resource providing 165 full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin.
Sage Deep Backfiles (SAGE Journals)
SAGE is the world's 5th largest journals publisher. Our portfolio includes more than 700 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than298 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions.
Saskia Art Images Collection
The collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important collections: the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Uffizi, and the Louvre as well as archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Egypt. The images can be displayed and downloaded in high-resolution format. Additionally, the descriptive data about the images includes references to the occurrences of these images in 19 major art history texts, including Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th edition; Understanding Art, 7th edition; Art and Ideas, 10th edition; Discovering Art History, 4th edition.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This freely available and comprehensive online encyclopedia explores everything philosophy from philosophical topics to philosophers and their ideas.
Business and Economics
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Covering virtually every area of academic study, this multi-disciplinary database offers full text information for nearly 9,000 scholarly journals, periodicals, and news sources.
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Citations only for items listed in the table of contents of over 12,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Provides full text for more than 1,000 active full-text business journals in the fields of: accounting, business communications, economics, finance, information systems, international business, management, marketing, and risk management. Premier also includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 1,991 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.
Hoover's
Provides information about industries, companies, key decision makers, and more.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. Users can search 178 newspapers, magazines and other resources from trusted news sources.
RKMA Market Research Handbook Series
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes handbooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. RKMA ranks as one of the country’s largest market research publishers. The handbooks support MBA, marketing, hospitality management, and sports management curricula.
Chicago Codes
American Legal
Contains links to Chicago's current municipal code, building code, and zoning code.
Zoning and Land Use Map
Department of Planning and Development. Provided by the City of Chicago.
Computers and Technology
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Covering virtually every area of academic study, this multi-disciplinary database offers full text information for nearly 9,000 scholarly journals, periodicals, and news sources.
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Citations only for items listed in the table of contents of over 12,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
rovides full text for more than 1,000 active full-text business journals in the fields of: accounting, business communications, economics, finance, information systems, international business, management, marketing, and risk management. Premier also includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 1,991 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.
Clase and Periodica (FirstSearch)
Index of Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences, science and technology. Contains articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings etc. from journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Conference Proceedings
PapersFirst (FirstSearch)
Citations only for papers presented at conferences worldwide. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
ProceedingsFirst (FirstSearch)
Citations only. Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
E-Books and Online Reference
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Gale's full text electronic reference collection. This database contains a host of keyword-searchable encyclopedias and reliable resources for background information in nearly every discipline.
Auto Repair Source (EBSCO)
Provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.
Choice - Reviews online
Current Reviews is a review of academic books and digital resources of interest to scholars and students in higher education.
Chronicle of Higher Education
A source of news items, articles, discussion forums and job postings pertinent to the field of higher education.
Congressional Digest Online
This resources inspires critical thinking about issues before Congress, the Supreme Court, and international forums with online access to Congressional Digest, Supreme Court Debates, and International Debates covering thousands of pages of legislative, judicial, and international topics. Please note, this resource can only be accessed on campus.
Ebook Central (ProQuest)
Formerly CARLI EBL E-books. From a single interface, researchers can access over 810,000 ebooks and 1,350 imprints from more than 650 publishers. Time-saving tools include note-taking, highlighting, and instant citing. Users can read online or take advantage of offline reading options including DRM free chapter downloads and full book downloads. Support for mobile devices is offered via a responsive web design that optimizes heavily used features such as search and download on tablets and smartphones.
eBook Collection (EBSCO)
Online collection of full-text electronic books in a variety of disciplines and areas of study.
Ebooks (FirstSearch)
Contains all the online electronic books cataloged by OCLC member libraries including all subjects. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
EBSCOHost Databases
This link provides access to the EBSCO Homepage of the EBSCO databases to which the Morton College Library subscribes. From this Homepage you can select one or many databases to search simultaneously.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
Citations only. Provides access to a growing collection of journals in a variety of subject areas. Full text for some articles may be available. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
FirstSearch Databases
This link provides access to the FirstSearch Homepage of the FirstSearch databases to which Morton College Library subscribes. From this Homepage you can search multiple databases simultaneously. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full-text for each record is accessible by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
iStream
iStream is the League for Innovation in Community College's Web-based, multimedia portal where faculty, staff, administration, and students can find videos, articles, publications, and learning programs, along with the best of the League's conferences, services, partnerships, and collaborative community. Through iStream, you can find everything from professional development modules and best practices, to model programs and leadership tools. To access the site's resources, you must create an account using a valid Morton College e-mail address.
MAS Complete
Designed for high school libraries, MAS Complete is a research database that contains full text for hundreds of popular magazines and e-books covering news, politics, science, sports, culture and more. It also includes thousands of full-text primary source documents and videos from the Associated Press.
National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994
Recognized for some of the highest-quality photojournalism and cartography in the world, this award-winning and iconic National Geographic is famous for providing unparalleled, in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and the environment. This archive features every page and every photograph of the magazine from its inception in 1888 to the mid-1990s in stunning detail with a fully searchable and intuitive interface.
Overdrive/ Libby
Collection of ebooks, e-audiobooks, magazines, comic books and manga. Users can access this service from their mobile devices through the Libby app.
Primary Search (EBSCO)
Provides full text for more than 60 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator.
RKMA Market Research Handbook Series
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes handbooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. RKMA ranks as one of the country’s largest market research publishers. The handbooks support MBA, marketing, hospitality management, and sports management curricula.
Sage e-Reference Collection (SAGE Knowledge)
SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty. Hosting more than 4,200 titles, it includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, and more.
Salem Press Health Collection
This collection of health reference e-books from Salem Press contains the series Cancer and Psychology and Mental Health. Both of these collections are authorative and reliable resources of information upon these topics. In addition, all of these titles are full-text searchable and have a companion physical copy located in the library.
Salem Press History Collection
This collection of historical reference e-books from Salem Press contains the titles Encyclopedia of American Immigration, The Fifties in America, The Sixties in America, Great GLBT Events from History, and Musicians and Composers. All of these titles are full-text searchable and have a companion physical copy located in the library.
Salem Press Literature Collection
This collection of literary reference e-books from Salem Press provides an excellent source of information upon several noted authors and profound works of literature. All of these titles are full-text searchable and have a companion physical copy located in the library.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This freely available and comprehensive online encyclopedia explores everything philosophy from philosophical topics to philosophers and their ideas.
World Dissertations (First Search)
A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Education and Childcare
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Citations only for items listed in the table of contents of over 12,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO)
It is a source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Choice - Reviews online
Current Reviews is a review of academic books and digital resources of interest to scholars and students in higher education.
Chronicle of Higher Education
A source of news items, articles, discussion forums and job postings pertinent to the field of higher education.
ERIC (EBSCO)
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education. Has full-text and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. EBSCO provides links to recent ""ED"" documents.
ERIC (FirstSearch)
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
GPOMonthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
Covers all types of U.S. Government documents, including, Congressional reports, hearings, debates and records. Dates covered are from 1976 to present. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Nursing Education in Video
Nursing Education in Video is a unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. All of the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS.
Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
Professional Development Collection is a highly specialized database of full-text electronic information especially for educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
Turn-It-In
A proprietary system that instantly identifies papers containing unoriginal material and acts as a powerful deterrent to stop student plagiarism before it starts.
History and Political Science
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Covering virtually every area of academic study, this multi-disciplinary database offers full text information for nearly 9,000 scholarly journals, periodicals, and news sources.
American History in Video
American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 6,005 titles and over 1600 hours of video. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
Ancestry (ProQuest)
This database is an excellent resource for those researching their family history and ancestry and contains census, birth, marriage, death records and more.
Black Thought and Culture
Black Thought and Culture contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other fugitive material.
Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970)
Maps were originally created to help fire insurance companies determine the risks associated with insuring properties. These large-scale maps were drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. Because the maps were created over a century, they are useful in charting the development of cities and towns over many years. Although this collection contains maps only from Illinois for the time period of 1867 - 1970, the company created fire insurance maps for over 12,000 cities and towns across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Harpweek (Harper's Weekly), 1857-1912
This database provides electronic access to Harper's Weekly, the illustrated 19th century "Journal of Civilization" for a 56-year period: 1857-1912. HarpWeek's electronic database makes it possible for the user to discover the lively news stories, illustrations , cartoons, editorials, biographies, literature, and even advertisements that shaped and reflected public opinion in this era.
Historical Statistics of the U.S.
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history.
The Latino American Experience
ABC-CLIO is an award-winning publisher of reference, contemporary thought, and professional development content, created to help students, educators, librarians, and general readers of all ages wrestle with complex challenges. Throughout our history, we have invested resources in the development of new content genres, giving our diverse customer and reader communities the opportunity to explore deep factual treatments of the topics that matter, and delivering the most current scholarship and perspectives on those topics.
Military and Government Collection
Full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals. Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994
Recognized for some of the highest-quality photojournalism and cartography in the world, this award-winning and iconic National Geographic is famous for providing unparalleled, in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and the environment. This archive features every page and every photograph of the magazine from its inception in 1888 to the mid-1990s in stunning detail with a fully searchable and intuitive interface.
Salem Press History Collection
This collection of historical reference e-books from Salem Press contains the titles Encyclopedia of American Immigration, The Fifties in America, The Sixties in America, Great GLBT Events from History, and Musicians and Composers. All of these titles are full-text searchable and have a companion physical copy located in the library.
Saskia Art Images Collection
The collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important collections: the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Uffizi, and the Louvre as well as archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Egypt. The images can be displayed and downloaded in high-resolution format. Additionally, the descriptive data about the images includes references to the occurrences of these images in 19 major art history texts, including Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th edition; Understanding Art, 7th edition; Art and Ideas, 10th edition; Discovering Art History, 4th edition.
Women and Social Movements in the United States
Women and Social Movements in the United States is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. This collection currently includes 108 document projects and archives with almost 4,300 documents and more than 150,000 pages of additional full-text documents, written by more than 2,200 primary authors. It also includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. Also, included is an online version of Notable American Women or the database on Commissions on the Status of Women.
World History in Video is a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow students and researchers to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century. The video content offered here is truly global in scope, covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
Issues and Debates
Opposing ViewPoints In Context (Gale)
Covers hot social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control. Helps develop critical-thinking and information literacy skills by bringing together a variety of information on social issues. Includes more than 8,700 pro and con articles and is easy to use.
Law and Criminal Justice
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Covering virtually every area of academic study, this multi-disciplinary database offers full text information for nearly 9,000 scholarly journals, periodicals, and news sources.
The Blue Line
Monthly newsletter of police and rescue career opportunities with related news.
Congressional Digest Online
This resources inspires critical thinking about issues before Congress, the Supreme Court, and international forums with online access to Congressional Digest, Supreme Court Debates, and International Debates covering thousands of pages of legislative, judicial, and international topics. Please note, this resource can only be accessed on campus.
GPOMonthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
Covers all types of U.S. Government documents, including, Congressional reports, hearings, debates and records. Dates covered are from 1976 to present. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Legal Source
Legal Source is a database for legal research with 1,076 active full-text law journals. It keeps up to date with current legal issues, studies, thoughts, and trends. It serves as valuable tool for attorneys, educators, business professionals, law librarians, students, paralegals, and all individuals engaged with the intricacies of the law. Legal Source includes 772 active full-text journals not available in any version of Academic Search.
LexisNexis
LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world.
Literature
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Covering virtually every area of academic study, this multi-disciplinary database offers full text information for nearly 9,000 scholarly journals, periodicals, and news sources.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale's full text electronic reference collection. This database contains a host of keyword-searchable encyclopedias and reliable resources for background information in nearly every discipline.
Harpweek (Harper's Weekly), 1857-1912
This database provides electronic access to Harper's Weekly, the illustrated 19th century "Journal of Civilization" for a 56-year period: 1857-1912. HarpWeek's electronic database makes it possible for the user to discover the lively news stories, illustrations , cartoons, editorials, biographies, literature, and even advertisements that shaped and reflected public opinion in this era.
Overdrive/ Libby
Collection of ebooks, e-audiobooks, magazines, comic books and manga. Users can access this service from their mobile devices through the Libby app.
Salem Press Literature Collection
This collection of literary reference e-books from Salem Press provides an excellent source of information upon several noted authors and profound works of literature. All of these titles are full-text searchable and have a companion physical copy located in the library.
Newspapers and Current Events
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune was founded in 1947 and is the top source of news and information in the Chicago area and the largest news organization in the Midwest.
Chronicle of Higher Education
A source of news items, articles, discussion forums and job postings pertinent to the field of higher education.
GPOMonthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
Covers all types of U.S. Government documents, including, Congressional reports, hearings, debates and records. Dates covered are from 1976 to present. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Military and Government Collection (EBSCO)
Full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals. Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers and newswires and offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Opposing ViewPoints In Context (Gale)
Covers hot social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control. Helps develop critical-thinking and information literacy skills by bringing together a variety of information on social issues. Includes more than 8,700 pro and con articles and is easy to use.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. Users can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from trusted news sources.
Sage Deep Backfiles (SAGE Journals)
SAGE is the world's 5th largest journals publisher. Our portfolio includes more than 700 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than298 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions.
Nursing and Health
CINAHL Complete
Comprehensive source of full text for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 560 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those, nearly 400 have cover-to-cover indexing in CINAHL. With more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937, it is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
Consumer Health Complete is the leading database for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to help users gain an overall understanding of key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Health and Society in Video
Health and Society in Video defines and explores today's latest medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society-- with hundreds of premium documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses and medical educators with access to full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
MEDLINE Ultimate (EBSCO)
MEDLINE Ultimate is the largest 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.
Nursing@Ovid
A comprehensive, integrated nursing & allied health portal for practice, education , research, and administration. Important - Select "Your Journals@Ovid" to access full text articles.
Nursing Education in Video
Nursing Education in Video is a unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. All of the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS.
PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes some free links to full text articles and other related resources.
Rehabilitation Therapy in Video
Rehabilitation Therapy in Video is the largest and richest streaming video resource ever assembled for the study of occupational therapy, physical/physiotherapy, and speech-language pathology. The collection allows students and faculty to easily find, cite, and share footage of top clinicians and academics explaining the underlying anatomical and neurological issues in specific patient populations, while demonstrating effective techniques and methods for their treatment. All of the video has been thoroughly indexed to allow users to search and filter content by patient details, therapist specialization, treatment method, presenting problem, and more.
Sage Deep Backfiles (SAGE Journals)
SAGE is the world's 5th largest journals publisher. Our portfolio includes more than 700 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than298 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions.
Salem Press History Collection
This collection of historical reference e-books from Salem Press contains the titles Encyclopedia of American Immigration, The Fifties in America, The Sixties in America, Great GLBT Events from History, and Musicians and Composers. All of these titles are full-text searchable and have a companion physical copy located in the library.
Salem Press Psychology and Mental Health
This collection of health reference e-books from Salem Press contains the series Cancer and Psychology and Mental Health. Both of these collections are authorative and reliable resources of information upon these topics. In addition, all of these titles are full-text searchable and have a companion physical copy located in the library.
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video is the most extensive video collection ever assembled in the areas of fitness and health assessment, disease management, injury treatment, nutrition, medical fitness, sport science, work-site wellness, exercise adherence, and much more.
Springer Medicine Collection 1969-2010
Over 8.5 million scientific documents at your fingertips
Other Library Catalogs
Auto Repair Source (EBSCO)
Provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.
Choice - Reviews online
Current Reviews is a review of academic books and digital resources of interest to scholars and students in higher education.
Illinois Catalog
Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Offers millions of bibliographic records Including records representing 400 languages.
MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)
Designed for public libraries, this database offers the highest quality collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, videos and other sources covering virtually every subject area. Helping patrons find relevant content has never been easier. MasterFILE Complete also includes: videos from the Associated Press, thousands of full-text primary source documents, full-text biographies, and a vast image collection of photos, maps and flags. It also includes full-text reference books, encyclopedias and monographs and a companion e-book collection containing reference titles from top educational publishers and university presses.
National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994
Recognized for some of the highest-quality photojournalism and cartography in the world, this award-winning and iconic National Geographic is famous for providing unparalleled, in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and the environment. This archive features every page and every photograph of the magazine from its inception in 1888 to the mid-1990s in stunning detail with a fully searchable and intuitive interface.
Sage e-Reference Collection (SAGE Knowledge)
SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty. Hosting more than 4,200 titles, it includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, and more.
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
The world's most comprehensive online catalog, with more than 52 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Includes holdings information from libraries across the world. Users are able to find books, periodicals, serials and other non-print media. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Psychology and Sociology
Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO)
It is a source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Clase and Periodica (FirstSearch)
Index of Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences, science and technology. Contains articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings etc. from journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
Health and Society in Video
Health and Society in Video defines and explores today's latest medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society-- with hundreds of premium documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a not for profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand five hundred academic journals filled with scholarly articles and content.
APA PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)
A database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
A comprehensive, full-text database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
Salem Press Psychology and Mental Health
This collection of health reference e-books from Salem Press contains the series Cancer and Psychology and Mental Health. Both of these collections are authorative and reliable resources of information upon these topics. In addition, all of these titles are full-text searchable and have a companion physical copy located in the library.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
Most comprehensive sociology research database with abstracts from 845 core journals from 1895. Also has full text articles from 3500 journals
Science and Engineering
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Covering virtually every area of academic study, this multi-disciplinary database offers full text information for nearly 9,000 scholarly journals, periodicals, and news sources.
ACS Publications
Publishes products and services for the practice and advancement of the chemical sciences.
Auto Repair Source (EBSCO)
Provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.
Clase and Periodica (FirstSearch)
Index of Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences, science and technology. Contains articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings etc. from journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. Can only be accessed while on Morton College campus.
General Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCO)
With full text articles from more than 100 periodicals, this database covers astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, health & medicine, oceanography, physics, zoology and much more.
Health and Society in Video
Health and Society in Video defines and explores today's latest medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society-- with hundreds of premium documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a not for profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand five hundred academic journals filled with scholarly articles and content.
Sage Deep Backfiles (SAGE Journals)
SAGE is the world's 5th largest journals publisher. Our portfolio includes more than 700 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than298 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions.
Videos & Streaming
American History in Video
American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 6,005 titles and over 1600 hours of video. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
Digital Theatre+
Digital Theatre+ provides powerful ways to connect ELA and Theatre students with dramatic texts, poetry and performance.
iStream
iStream is the League for Innovation in Community College's Web-based, multimedia portal where faculty, staff, administration, and students can find videos, articles, publications, and learning programs, along with the best of the League's conferences, services, partnerships, and collaborative community. Through iStream, you can find everything from professional development modules and best practices, to model programs and leadership tools. To access the site's resources, you must create an account using a valid Morton College e-mail address.
Kanopy
Kanopy is a video-streaming platform dedicated to thoughtful and thought-provoking films. With an ideal platform for showcasing independent films that fuels lifelong learning, Kanopy ensures that everyone has access to enriching films that bridge cultural boundaries, spark discussion, and expand worldviews.
Nursing Education in Video
Nursing Education in Video is a unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. All of the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS.
Rehabilitation Therapy in Video
Rehabilitation Therapy in Video is the largest and richest streaming video resource ever assembled for the study of occupational therapy, physical/physiotherapy, and speech-language pathology. The collection allows students and faculty to easily find, cite, and share footage of top clinicians and academics explaining the underlying anatomical and neurological issues in specific patient populations, while demonstrating effective techniques and methods for their treatment. All of the video has been thoroughly indexed to allow users to search and filter content by patient details, therapist specialization, treatment method, presenting problem, and more.
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video is the most extensive video collection ever assembled in the areas of fitness and health assessment, disease management, injury treatment, nutrition, medical fitness, sport science, work-site wellness, exercise adherence, and much more.
World History in Video
World History in Video is a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow students and researchers to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century. The video content offered here is truly global in scope, covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
Writing and Citation
Grammarly@EDU
Grammarly@EDU is your personal grammar tutor. It makes you a better writer by guiding you through the revision of your papers and pinpointing areas for improvement. It's like having a dedicated writing coach always available at your fingertips.
Refworks
Refworks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool -- is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.
Turn-It-In
A proprietary system that instantly identifies papers containing unoriginal material and acts as a powerful deterrent to stop student plagiarism before it starts.