LRC Database

We invite you to use this page as a starting point for your research. The library has developed several services to assist you as a student taking distance learning courses.

	NC Live NC LIVE North Carolina's electronic library provides access to magazine articles, national and state newspapers, business and professional journals, reference sources and research information -- all electronically. Watch a video tutorial on using NC Live.
	AccessScience AccessScience provides the finest collection of science reference materials—online and fully searchable. It offers easy access to the information you need to make research easy—with access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News^® headlines, biographies, and more. This online encyclopedia is tailored to researchers and students looking for the most relevant, readable, and trusted sources of information available. Access is restricted to Western Piedmont Community College students, faculty, and staff.

	Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. Watch a video tutorial on using Academic OneFile
	Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
	Literature Online Reference (LION) The home of Literary criticism and reference. Literature Online Reference Edition, the essential companion to literary study. The library of specialist full-text journals numbers more than 150 journal titles. In addition, the database contains more than 2,900 author biographies. The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) contains over 836,000 records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. Access is restricted to Western Piedmont Community College students, faculty, and staff.

	Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a dynamic online library of current event topics--the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center organizes thousands of articles, statistics, essays and more by source type so students can reach their own conclusions. A virtual library of resources, designed to aid in the study of today's hottest social issues. Access is restricted to Western Piedmont Community College students, faculty, and staff. Watch a video tutorial on using Opposing Viewpoints

	FAITS - Faulkner Advisory on Info Tech Studies is a computer and reference library designed exclusively for the academic community. Excellent source for articles on the telecommunications industry and new technology trends.
	AHEC Digital Library - full-text books and journals, healthcare databases, & evidence-based medicine resources . *Allied Health Students - the library staff has access to this database. If you are unable to find information to meet your research needs through library publications, NC LIVE and other sources, please contact a library staff member for assistance.

	Mary Ann Liebert Online is a searchable database of authoritative peer-reviewed journals in the most promising areas of biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law. Database content exceeds 28,000 papers from more than fifty-five authoritative journals, all full-text searchable and linked to external bibliographic databases.