WELCOME TO RLC GETTING STARTED ACADEMICS CAMPUS LIFE COMMUNITY ONLINE ACCESS SITE INDEX
Rend Lake College Learning Resource Center
LEARNING RESOURCE CTR
About the Library
LRC Home
LRC News
LRC Policy
LRC Services
LRC Staff
Forms
Donations
Interlibrary Loan
Materials Request
Story Time Kit Request(electronic)
Reference Tools
Dictionaries
Encylopedias
Images
Library Guides
Literary Criticism
Maps
Music
Statistics
Web Links Directory

Reference Help
Access Problems
Ask A Question
Citing Sources
Copyright/Fair Use
Evaluating Online Sources
How to Use Databases
Resources

A-Z Electronic Library
Books
Children's Library/Storytime Kits
Electronic Library Electronic Library
Indexes
E-Journals
Magazines & Journals
Newspapers
Video Library Listing (.pdf)

 

Magazines/Journal Indexes

In order to locate magazine or journal articles an index is needed. The LRC has two types of indexes to periodical articles:

Print Indexes:

These indexes include Biography, Business, Education, General Science, and Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. They can be found on the index shelves next to the Reference office.

Electronic Library Electronic Indexes:

The LRC subscribes to two main indexes for online searching, EBSCOhost and FirstSearch. These and other indexes such as those listed below, can be found on the Electronic Library.

Index

About the index

EBSCO Consist of 22 databases covering a wide variety of topics and provides access to a core collection of journals with full-text and images.
FirstSearch FirstSearch is a combination of 14 different databases that provide abstracts and full-text articles covering a wide variety of topics.

Liebert Online

Provides index to 53 titles covering a variety of medical and health science fields. Limited full text.

Serials Solutions(E-Journals)

Allows patrons to see what magazine/journal titles can be found in our electronic databases.