Online Databases

Off Campus Access: How to Log In to the Online Databases from Home

The BRCC Library's online databases may be accessed off-campus with your BRCC Library User ID number (Lnumber with a capital L), and your library PIN (6 digit birth date: mmddyy, i.e. 010294).

Faculty, staff, and students should log in to the databases with their campus ID number (Lnumber with a capital L), which is at the top of each person's schedule in LoLA) as their Library user ID and their 6 digit birth date (mmddyy, i.e. 010294) as their PIN. The letter (L, N, H, etc.) in the user ID must be capitalized. The 6-digit birthdate PIN should include numbers only.

If you are unable to access the online databases from home, we may need to update your library account information. To verify the status of your Library privileges, please chat with us, email us at library@mybrcc.edu, come to the library for help, or call (225) 216-8555. A librarian will be happy to assist you. Please include your BRCC ID number in all correspondence with the Library.

Off-campus access: Scroll down and click on the name of the database you would like to use. Then enter your Lnumber user ID and 6-digit birthdate PIN. If you are using a computer on campus, you may go directly to a database by clicking on its title in the list below.

Most Popular Library Databases by Subject Area

• EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete  (All Subjects)
• EDS: EBSCO Discovery Service  (All Subjects: Searches many databases)
• EBSCO eBook Collection  (All Subjects: Online Books)
• CQ Researcher(All Subjects: Reports on Current events)
• Business Source Complete  (Business & Management) Business Research Guide
• Gale Power Search  (English & Literature)
• Art & Architecture Complete  (Fine Arts)
• JSTOR  (History & Humanities)
• NexisUni  (Legal information, News)
• ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health and CINAHL Plus  (Nursing & Allied Health) Nursing & Allied Health Research Guide
• SocINDEX with Full Text  (Social Sciences)
• Environment Complete, and Science & Technology Collection  (STEM)  STEM Research Guide
• Associates Program Source Plus  (Technical Education)

New Library Databases

• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Journal of Faculty Development (through Ingenta Connect)
• Black Life in America from Newsbank

Research Guides

Need help deciding which databases to use? Read these helpful documents for more information:

• Library Research Guide for Business Students
• Library Research Guide for Nursing & Allied Health Students
• Library Research Guide for Science Students

Databases with Cross Searchable Interfaces

These databases search more than one database at a time:

• EBSCO Publication Finder (Used to find journals by title)
• EBSCOhost Databases
• EDS Discovery Service (Searches many databases at once)

Individual Database Access

1. African American Newspapers, 1827 - 1998
2. America's Historical Newspapers - Louisiana State Package
3. CQ Researcher
4. Credo Reference (Literati)
5. Dissertation Abstracts (Proquest)
6. JSTOR
7. LearningExpress 3.0 (Now PrepStep)
8. Nexis Uni (Replaces LexisNexis)
9. Nursing & Allied Health Database (Proquest)
10. Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
11. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art
12. Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy from Salem Press
13. Readex/NewsBank
14. Salem Literature and Science
15. WorldCat (via FirstSearch) - WorldCat (direct)
16. WorldCat Discovery Please Note: WorldCat is primarily used to search other libraries' collections.

eBook Databases

1. Book Collection: NonFiction
2. eBook Academic North American Collection
3. eBook Collection
4. SAGE eBooks

Individual Databases available through Gale Group Databases

1. Biography in Context
2. Gale Power Search
3. Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale eBooks)
4. Literature Resource Center
5. Gale Literary Sources (Gale Literature Criticism)
6. Scribner Writers Series
7. Twayne Author Series
8. Gale Literature

Individual Databases available through EBSCOhost Databases

1. Abstracts in Social Gerontology
2. Academic Search Complete
3. Agricola
4. Alt Health Watch
5. APA PsychINFO
6. Art & Architecture Complete (H.W. Wilson)
7. Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
8. Associates Program Source Plus
9. Biological Abstracts (expires 12/31/23)
10. Book Collection: NonFiction
11. Business Source Complete - [Enhanced Interface (bsi)]
12. CINAHL Plus with Full Text
13. Computer Source
14. Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
15. eBook Academic North American Collection
16. eBook Collection
17. Educational Administration Abstracts
18. Environment Complete
19. ERIC
20. European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
21. Family Studies Abstracts
22. Fuente Académica
23. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
24. GreenFILE
25. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
26. History Reference Center - [Enhanced Interface (hrc)]
27. Hospitality & Tourism Index
28. Human Resources Abstracts
29. Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA)
30. Legal Source
31. Lexi-PALS Drug Guide (AHFS Consumer Medication Information)
32. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text
33. Literary Reference Center Plus - [Enhanced Interface (irc)]
34. MAS Complete
35. MasterFILE Complete
36. MedicLatina
37. MEDLINE
38. Mental Measurements Yearbook
39. Military & Government Collection
40. MLA Directory of Periodicals
41. MLA International Bibliography
42. Newspaper Source Plus
43. Peace Research Abstracts
44. Primary Search
45. Professional Development Collection
46. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
47. Public Administration Abstracts
48. Race Relations Abstracts
49. Regional Business News
50. Religion & Philosophy Collection
51. Science & Technology Collection
52. Serials Directory
53. Shock & Vibration Digest
54. SocINDEX with Full Text
55. Teacher Reference Center
56. Urban Studies Abstracts
57. Vente et Gestion
58. Violence & Abuse Abstracts