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 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

• For pharmacology information, see Drugs.com or Oxford Online's A-Z of Medicinal Drugs

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

Gale Encyclopedias   Search Gale encyclopedias for information these subjects:

• Nursing

• Medicine

• Biotechnology

• Psychology and Mental Health

• Education

• Law

• Multicultural studies

• Science

• History

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.)

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection   (150 encyclopedias and dictionaries on medicine, art, literature, information technology and many other subjects.)

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.