Red Rocks Community College students and staff may access subscription services from outside of the Lakewood and Arvada campuses by using the links and other information given below. Use this page only if you are a Red Rocks student or staff member needing to access Red Rocks subscription services from outside of the Lakewood or Arvada campuses. Access to these services from the Lakewood and Arvada campuses is available at the Online Services Guide.

Only Red Rocks Community College students and staff are authorized to use the usernames, passwords, and links below. Contact the library at 303.914.6740 or library@rrcc.edu with problems or questions about accessing these services.

EBSCOHost
Click on link. No login is required.

Multiple databases containing full-text articles from several thousand scholarly publications, magazines, and newspapers, plus an online encyclopedia. Academic Search Premier is the best single source of articles from peer reviewed journals. (Adobe Reader may be required to view some full text articles in EBSCOHost. EBSCOHost screens will direct you to a source for Adobe Reader.)

CQ Researcher Online
Click on link. No login is required.

Each CQ Researcher issue offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

CQ Weekly Online
Click on link. No login is required.

Comprehensive reporting and analysis on controversial issues in the news addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, debates, and all roll-call votes.

Elibrary
Click on link. No login is required.

Over 7 million newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, book sections, transcripts of radio and TV news and interview programs, and other documents. Also contains several reference books.

ProQuest
Click on link. No login is required.

Full text articles from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and several other Rocky Mountain area newspapers.

AccessScience
Click on link. No login is required. (If prompted, click on Yes on Proceed to accept security certificate.)

The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, yearbooks, Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, science biographies, news stories from Science News, and selected Web resources.

Britannica Online
Click on link. No login is required.

The complete Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus. Also includes the Britannica Elementary, Student, and Concise Encyclopaedias.

FirstSearch
Click on link. Enter authorization (100-113-083) and password (redfox), then click on Start.

Several databases, including ArticleFirst indexing over 12,000 magazines and journals, ECO indexing over 4,800 scholarly journals, and WorldCat listing over 57 million books, videos, and other items held by libraries worldwide.

Authorization: 100-113-083
Password: redfox

GaleGroup Resources
Click on link. Enter Library ID (RedRocks), then click on Proceed.

Includes Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select databases with bio-bibliographic and critical information on over 120,000 authors plus several encyclopedias in the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

LibraryID: RedRocks

Oxford English Dictionary Online (OED)
Click on link. No login is required.

The premier dictionary of the English language listing over half a million words giving meanings, pronunciation, and historical examples of word usage through 2.5 million quotations.

Oxford Reference Online (ORO).
Click on link. No login is required.

Over 140 dictionaries, Oxford Companions, and other reference titles in a variety of subject areas from Oxford University Press. Titles can be searched individually, by subject groups, or all at the same time.

NetLibrary. Click on link. No login is required.

A collection of 14,500 online ebooks. Click on Create a Free Account to choose your own Red Rocks NetLibrary username and password necessary for checking out ebooks. (Adobe Reader or other free viewers may be required to view some NetLibrary ebooks. NetLibrary will direct you to sources for these readers.)

Note: Some broadband internet services such as Comcast with firewalls may block access when linking to the above sites. Temporarily disable the firewall to access the site or contact the broadband provider to inquire about another solution. Or try using your student ID number (students) or Red Rocks library card number (staff) to access these services from the Online Services Guide.