Search for, access, and request materials from CCC libraries, as well as borrow print materials from more than 90 Illinois libraries through our I-Share membership.
General database of academic journals in the sciences and humanities. Includes full text scholarly / peer-reviewed articles. This database is a great starting point for general research.
Formerly called Gale Virtual Reference Library. Multidisciplinary database of full text encyclopedias and reference sources for research and ready reference. Enables one search that covers all sources. Subjects include arts, sciences, medicine, and the humanities.
Covers hottest social issues, such as offshore drilling, climate change, health care, and immigration. Has full text, editor selected articles. Helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of information for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
A comprehensive repository that points to open textbooks by a variety of authors and publishers to be used and adapted at no cost. Open Textbook Library currently offers more than 1600 open textbooks in subject areas that include: Business; Computer Science; Education; Engineering & Technology; Humanities; Journalism, Media Studies & Communication; Law; Mathematics; Medicine; Natural Sciences; Social Sciences; Student Success.
Until June 30, 2025, CCC via its Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) membership will have access to titles in six subject areas: Biology, History, Law, Music, Political Science, and Religion with online publication dates of 2020–March 2025.
Until June 30, 2025, CCC via its Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) membership will have access to online books in all subject areas that have been added to the Wiley Online Library from 2020–June 2025.