Research Databases By Title

A union catalog of more than 30 million records representing digital resources from more than 1,500 contributors.

A multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database including subject areas such as: art, applied science & technology, biology & agriculture, education, general science, humanities, social science, & business; contains more than 3,100 publications, many of which are peer reviewed.

OpenThesis is a free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents, coupled with powerful search, organization, and collaboration tools.

Includes the hottest social issues of the day; contains pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, court-case overviews, statistical tables, charts and graphs with more than 300 primary source documents; OVIC contains more than 700 Greenhaven, Gale, Macmillan Reference and Charles Scribner’s Sons full text titles. Updated daily.

OverDrive is a service offered by the SDCC & SCS Library that lets you borrow digital content such as eBooks and audiobooks anytime, anywhere. Every OverDrive collection is slightly different because each library picks and curates the digital content that is provided. You can access eBooks through your web browser or through the OverDrive App available from the Apple Apps Store, Google Play Store or the Windows Store.

All you need to get started with free digital content is an Internet connection and your SDCC or SCS username/password.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.