Subscription Databases

Subscription Databases

Renton Technical College Library offers students, faculty and staff in-library and Internet access to these subscription databases.  If you are accessing these databases from off-campus, you will be asked for the barcode on the back of your Renton Technical College identification number and your last name.

If you are having trouble getting to one of the databases, click here for our tips on solving problems connecting to remote sites.

Auto Repair Reference Center  Review repair procedures, service bulletins, recall information, and wiring diagrams for American and foreign-made cars and trucks.

CultureGrams   Information on the daily life of over 180 world cultures.  Also includes  population statistics, maps, and pictures.

EbscoHost (Journals, magazines, and reference books)          

• Nursing Health Source

• Consumer Health Source

• Clinical Pharmacology databases

eLibrary  Search books, journals, newspaper, and magazine articles and television transcripts.

Gale Encyclopedias  Search Gale medical encyclopedias for information on nursing, psychology, alternative medicines, diseases, and other topics.

• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology

• Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders

• Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery

• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

• Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health

• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

• Nutrition and Wellbeing

Groliers  Four databases, allowing you to search for information on culture or science, or use two different encyclopedias.

• Lands and People - descriptions of countries and the culture of their people.

• New Book of Popular Science -  articles on science and medical topics

• Encyclopedia Americana

• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

NoodleBib  (Help in formatting your APA and MLA bibliographies.)   If you are a Renton Technical College student or staff trying to access this source from off-campus, you will need a password and ID to log into this page. Please call the library ((425) 235-2331) for information.

ProQuest (Journals, magazines, and reference books)

• ABI/Inform Trade & Industry

• Ethnic NewsWatch - magazines and newspapers from ethnic and minority sources. Many bilingual (English/Spanish) titles.

• Alt-Press Watch - titles from the alternative and independent presses.

• Platinum Full-Text Periodicals

• ProQuest Newspapers - including the New York Times and Washington Newsstand

• Reference - almanacs, encyclopedias, and directories

• Teachers Journals                                         

Reference USA   Search for local and national companies in your industry.  Listings include such information as phone numbers, owners names, and size of business.

WOIS  Career, education, training information.  Also practice tests - try the GED, ADVAB, ACT, SAT, and CLEP practice tests. Click on the WOIS link and then click on the "Online Information" link at the top of the page. If you are a Renton Technical College student or staff trying to access this source from off-campus, you will need a password and ID to log into this page. Please call the library ((425) 235-2331) for information.  Test Link.

Free Databases

These databases are available free to anyone with internet access.

Directory of Open Access Journals    Over 2100 free full text scholarly and scientific journals.

FindArticles.com   This free database offers full text of many popular magazines.

HighWire Press  A free database of scientific journal articles, published by Stanford University affiliated HighWire Press.

MedlinePlus   Index to articles and webpages on health. MedlinePlus is published by NLM and NIH.

ThomasNet   Allows you to search for U.S. and Canadian product manufacturers.  Lists thousands of products, ranging from O rings to plastic skeletons.

                                                                              Last updated: 12/29/05