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The most frequently-used databases

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The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. First time users: Create a free account with your CCC email address by selecting Sign In > Sign Up.
The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news and jobs for people in higher education. The Chronicle's website features the latest issue, daily news and advice columns, current job listings, an archive of previously published content, discussion forums, and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.

New York Times & New York Times Historical Newspaper

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New York Times: Find breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on Washington, business, sports, movies, travel, books, jobs, education, real estate, and more. The New York Times Historical newspaper includes cover-to-cover full text of the U.S. "newspaper of record," from its first issue - 1851 - with images.

First time user: To access to content, you need to first register for an NYT account.
   1. On campus: Navigate to NYTimes.com Pass
       Off campus: Navigate to Off Campus NYTimes.com Pass
   2. Select Create Account and complete registration fields. Use your CCC email address!
   You will receive a confirmation email. Follow the provided link to verify your email. If you do not receive an email, using your CCC email account, send an email to edu@nytimes.com with the subject line “Academic Pass - no verification email”. They will resend the email to you.
   3. Once registered, you may access NYTimes.com and NYT mobile apps from any location on any web-enabled device. (Registration may take a few minutes to process. If you can’t sign in, wait a few minutes and try again.)

Returning User:
   1. Select the database name linked above.
   2. Select Log In.
   3. Log in with your NYT username and password.

Note: Site passes will expire after 365 days. To renew, you will have to activate a new pass by visiting NYTimes.com/GroupPass while on campus. If you are off campus, visit Off Campus NYTimes.com/GroupPass.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Cambridge Science, Technology and Medicine eBooks

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The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) is "an international trade association organized and run for the benefit of scholarly, scientific, technical, medical and professional publishers." The Cambridge STM eBook collection offers 550+ STM-published titles on the subjects of astronomy, computer science, earth science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, and physics.
See the title list (Google Doc) (last updated June 2021; additional open access titles have been added since then).

Northstar Digital Literacy

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Northstar Digital Literacy (Northstar) is a suite of online, self-paced digital literacy assessments and tutorials. Build knowledge and skills around navigating the Internet, using Microsoft Office, and searching for career and job information. Selecting the link above takes you to CCC Library's Northstar guide, which will lead you through creating a Northstar account and accessing practice assessments and online tutorials.

Oxford Art Online

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Includes over 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures. The gateway to Oxford’s art reference works.

Oxford Music Online

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The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 reference and biographical articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe, Oxford Music Online is the gateway to Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.