Databases



Subscription databases are online collections of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles. Use them to research specific topics, to find scholarly articles, or to find full-text articles we don't have in the library.

Off-campus Access: The database links below are for use on-campus. If you're trying to access the databases from off-campus, log into your MyCNM account, click on the "students" tab, and click on the "Search the Databases" button in the CNM Libraries channel, and choose the database you're trying to access.

We recommend you take a moment to familiarize yourself with the databases under the specific subject areas. If you're doing research in those areas, start with the appropriate databases.

General Research Education
Reference Government and Law
Art and Architecture Health Care
Automotive History
Business Hospitality and Tourism
Careers Landscaping
Communication Literature
Computers News
Controversial Issues Science
Cultural Studies School-Age General Reference

If, on the other hand, you've got a general topic, or a topic that doesn't fall under one of these subject areas, we highly recommend starting with PowerSearch (Gale) and Academic Search Premier (EBSCO).

General Research


PowerSearch (Gale) : A general database which searches across multiple databases simultaneously. [Some full-text]

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) : This multi-disciplinary database provides full-text for nearly 4,500 journals. [Some full-text]

eLibrary Academic (ProQuest) : Over 1,500 full-text journals, newspapers, books, and transcripts, which includes the Albuquerque Journal. [Full-text]

OmniFile Full-Text Select (Wilson) : Over 1,600 full-text journals and magazines included. [Full-text]

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) : Over 2,000 full-text journals and magazines included. [Full-text]

General OneFile (Gale) : A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. [Full-text]

¡Informe! (Gale) : Revistas en Español (Spanish-language magazine database). [Full-text]

Directory of Open Access Journals : An international open access database of over 3,500 free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, intended to cover all subjects and languages. [Full-text]

Associates Programs Source (EBSCO) : This database is designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, and provides comprehensive coverage of the most relevant associates program level content. [Full-text]

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Reference


General Reference Center Gold (Gale) : Broad coverage of general interests. [Some full-text]

Oxford English Dictionary : The definitive dictionary of the English language. [Dictionary]

Biography Reference Bank (Wilson) : Covers over 500,000 people and also includes more than 380,000 related full-text articles. [Some full-text]

Virtual Reference Library (Gale) : Contains select reference resources in electronic form. [Full-text]

Facts on File News Services Databases : Contains World News Digest, World Almanac, and more. [Full-text]

CQ Researcher : In-depth and unbiased analysis on current social issues. [Full-text]

Credo Reference : Its full-text, aggregated content covers a variety of subjects from many publishers. [Full-text]

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Art and Architecture


ARTstor : Approximately 500,000 images covering art, architecture, and archeology. [Images | On-campus registration required]

Grove Art Online : Comprehensive, reliable information on all aspects of world art. [Full-text]

InfoTrac Home Improvement Collection (Gale) : Covers topics on home improvement from varied magazines and journals. [Some full-text]

Rock's Back Pages : The ultimate library of rock music writing and journalism. 12,000 articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day. [Some full-text]

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Automotive


Mitchell 1 OnDemand : Provides automobile repair, diagnostic information, etc. [Diagnostics | On-campus use only]

Motor ALLDATA : Provides automobile repair, diagnostic information, etc. [Diagnostics | On-campus use only]

Small Engine Repair Reference Center (EBSCO) : The definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. [Full-text]

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Business


Business and Company Resource Center (Gale) : Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. [Some full-text]

General Business File ASAP (Gale) : Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Small Business Collection (Gale) : Information and methods from magazines and journals for business students and small businesses. [Some full-text]

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Careers


Ferguson's Career Guidance Center : Career descriptions, outlooks, scholarship and academic resources, etc. [Full-text]

Career and Technical Education (ProQuest) : Provides vocational and career information on a variety of vocational-technical programs. [Full-text]

LearningExpress Library : Practice tests and tutorial courses for major standardized tests. [Practice tests | On-campus registration required]

Coin Career Community : Occupation searches and information; résumé builder, proficiency tests, and resources to help access information for a variety of careers. [Information and practice tests]

Military and Intelligence Database (Gale) : This collection is designed to specifically meet the content needs of libraries serving military personnel. It includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and The World Almanac and Book of Facts. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Vocation, Careers & Technical Education (Gale) : Provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals. [Some full-text]

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Communication


Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) : Information in areas related to communication and mass media plus a Communication Thesaurus. [Some full-text]

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Computers


Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCO) : Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. It contains collected knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and research, and is a resource for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. [Some full-text]

Computer Database (Gale) : Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. [Some full-text]

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Controversial Issues


Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) : Great resource for finding information and articles on controversial topics. [Some full-text]

CQ Researcher : In-depth and unbiased analysis on current social issues. [Full-text]

Facts on File News Services Databases : Contains World News Digest, World Almanac, and more. [Full-text]

Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO) : Essays that present multiple sides of a current issue; provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. [Full-text]

Issues and Controversies (Facts on File) : Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. [Full-text]

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Cultural Studies


InfoTrac GLBT Life and Issues (Gale) : Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues and cultural information. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Diversity Studies (Gale) : Useful for cultural anthropology articles and issues concerning culture and diversity. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Pop Culture Collection (Gale) : Useful for analyzing the social aspects and influences of pop culture. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Psychology Collection (Gale) : Gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops — and diminishes — over time. [Full-text]

InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy (Gale) : Covers religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology. [Full-text]

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Education


Chronicle of Higher Education : News, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administrators. [Full-text | On-campus use only]

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center : Database of education literature, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Professional Collection (Gale) : Contains full text journals of interest to professional educators. [Full-text]

LearningExpress Library : Practice tests and tutorial courses for major standardized tests. [Practice tests | On-campus registration required]

InfoTrac Educators (Gale) : Current and emerging theories on education techniques, funding, and social climates for educators. [Some full-text]

Library, Information Science and Technology Abstract (EBSCO) : LISTA indexes more than 500 core journals, more than 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. [Abstracts | Not full-text]

Education Research Complete (EBSCO) : The definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Professional Collection (Gale) : Full Text Magazines for Education Professionals. [Full-text]

InfoTrac Information Science & Library Issues (Gale) : Over 90 publications related to information science and library issues. [Full-text]

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Government and Law


InfoTrac Insurance & Liability Collection (Gale) : Broad view of the insurance and liability industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac War & Terrorism (Gale) : A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events. Researchers will gain valuable insight to conflicts and their cause as well as their impact and how they are perceived on a global scale. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Criminal Justice (Gale) : Contains over 200 publications related to the field of criminal justice. [Some full-text]

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Health Care


CINAHL Plus (EBSCO) : Definitive tool for finding journal literature for nursing and allied health disciplines. [Some full-text]

Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO) : Covers topics ranging from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. [Some full-text]

FIRSTConsult (Elsevier) : An evidence-based clinical information tool designed for point-of-care use. Includes medical, diagnostic, and medical procedure information; includes full text journal articles from leading medical journals, and citations and abstracts from MEDLINE. [Some full-text | On-campus use only]

Nursing Reference Center (EBSCO) : A comprehensive reference tool designed to provide relevant clinical resources to nurses and other health care professionals. [Full-text]

Nursing Resource Center (Gale) : Designed for nursing students, the Nursing Resource Center brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. [Full-text]

Nursing and Allied Health Collection (Gale) : All aspects of the Nursing profession — from direct patient care to health care administration — are covered in this collection. Useful to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. [Some full-text]

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History


History Reference Center (EBSCO) : Offers full-text from more than 2,400 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction, cover-to-cover full-text for more than 130 leading history periodicals, more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video. [Full-text]

InfoTrac US History (Gale) : This collection of journals provides balanced coverage of both current thought and events in U.S. History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher. [Full-text]

InfoTrac World History (Gale) : Provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher. [Full-text]

American History in Video : Provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of American history. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study American history in ways never before possible.

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Hospitality and Tourism


InfoTrac Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure (Gale) : Provides economic considerations and information on growth, marketing, services, and trends related to tourism, hospitality, and leisure. [Some full-text]

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Landscaping


InfoTrac Garden, Landscape, and Horticulture (Gale) : Information on gardening, landscaping, landscape architecture, and general horticultural information. [Some full-text]

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Literature


Contemporary Literary Criticism (Gale) : Contains critical essays and biographical info on contemporary authors. [Some full-text]

Literary Reference Center (EBSCO) : Information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. [Some full-text]

Literature Online – LION : English and American literature and literary criticism. [Some full-text]

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News


InfoTrac Custom Newspapers (Gale) : Full-text of New York Times and Albuquerque Tribune. [Full-text]

NewsBank : International and local newspapers. [Full-text]

eLibrary Academic (ProQuest) : Over 1,500 full-text journals, newspapers, books, and transcripts. [Full-text]

World News Digest : Brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print. [Full-text]

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School-Age General Reference


Junior Edition (Gale) : For students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. [Full-text]

Student Edition (Gale) : Designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. [Full-text]

Kid's Edition — K12 (Gale) : Designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, from publishers such as Cobblestones and Scholastic and Time, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. [Full-text]

Junior Edition — K12 (Gale) : Designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. [Full-text]

Student Edition — K12 (Gale) : Designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. [Full-text]

Kids InfoBits (Gale) : A database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. [Full-text]

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Science


Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCO) : Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. It contains collected knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and research, and is a resource for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac General Science (Gale) : Information on science, science in education, methodologies, as well as fraud within science. [Some full-text]

Greenfile (EBSCO) : A collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles, including content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. [On trial | Let us know what you think]

Environment Complete (EBSCO) : Coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. [Some full-text]

InfoTrac Environmental Issues & Policy (Gale) : Coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests. [Some full-text]

Today's Science (Facts on File) : Bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today. [Full-text]

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