Writing & Research

Directories	Search Engines	Databases	Academic Libraries
Internet Public Library Links to web based material chosen by Librarians About.com Most of the results on About.com are their own articles - check the credentials of the authors! Beaucoup Beaucoup is a directory of search engines. Don't search your topic when you go here - Click on the categories appropriate to your topic to find a list of additional search tools.	Google The most popular for a reason, but remember that it ranks based on popularity, not on academic credibility. Google Scholar This ranks based on academic credibility, but the top listed are the most cited, so they are older. Limit by year is helpful. Scirus This is a science focused search engine. If you are researching a scientific or medical topic, this will get you MUCH more focused results than a standard search engine like Google or Teoma. Teoma a less well-known search engine that uses a different ranking algorithm than Google. Worth a look. Gigablast a meta-search engine that clusters its results a bit differently. worth a try. Podscope A search engine that indexes audio and video materials on the web.	email your instructor for database passwords NebraskAccess This gives you access to the WilsonWeb Omnifile database among other resources. If you are on a CCC computer network (including wireless), no password is needed. This is provided to students by the Nebraska Library Commission. EbscoHost This is actually a collection of over a dozen different databases. Once you've logged in, you'll need to pick which ones best fit your topic and research focus. Then you will be taken to the search page. This is provided to current CCC students by Central Community College. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health This is our newest database which, as the name implies, is primarily focused on medical related materials, but don't let that stop you from using it. Almost every issue has some sort of health related connection that may make it show up here. In addition, this database also included videos and other non-print materials that set it apart from the other academic databases. MagPortal This is a database free to the general public that focuses on articles that are available for free on the Internet. There can be a focus on professional and industrial sources, but the results are not usually all that academic. So beware! This free resource does NOT replace using one of the academic databases listed above.	CCC-Grand Island Library Page CCC-GI - Card Catalog CCC-Hastings Card Catalog CCC-Columbus Card Catalog Calvin T. Ryan Library at UNK Love Library at UNL Perkins Library at Hastings College