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  • ABI/INFORM
    Business, economic, industry, and trade news from local, regional, and global publications. Scholarly and popular coverage. Proquest
  • Academic Search Complete
    Multidisciplinary coverage. In addition to more than 8500 full text periodicals, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications. Content going back as far as 1887. EBSCOhost
  • ACS Publication
    American Chemical Society journals and access to ACS Legacy Archives.
  • Alt HealthWatch
    Complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. EBSCOhost
  • America: History & Life
    Indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, covering U.S. and Canadian history. Also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. EBSCOhost
  • ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials
    Produced by the American Theological Library Association. EBSCOhost
  • Bepress Digital Commons  
      
    Free database of open access scholarship. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work from hundreds of universities and colleges.
    NOTE: use quotations around phrases for more efficient search.
  • BioOne
    Full text coverage of peer-reviewed publications from the American Institute of Biological Sciences member societies.
  • Business Full Text
    Product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, surveys, book reviews, and more. H.W. Wilson
  • Business Source Complete
    Journals, books, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, and more. EBSCOhost
  • Chem Essentials - Knovel
    Reference information for chemistry research. Knovel, Inc.
  • Choice Reviews  
      
    Source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. To gain off campus access, create an account in this resource on campus.
    When you login, you must click on the GO button in the member log-in box after entering your password. Using the ENTER key on your keyboard will NOT log you in.
  • Chronicle of Higher Education  
      
    Provides links to the content from recent print editions of The Chronicle of Higher Education. It represents a small sampling of all the news, data, commentary, and other content posted on our Web site.
  • CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online
    Publications from university research institutes, NGOs, foundation-funded research, books, journals, and policy briefs. Full text coverage dating from 1991. Columbia University Press
  • The Civil War Antebellum Period to Reconstruction Overview (TRIAL)
    The newspapers in The Civil War include the Charleston Mercury, New York Herald, New York Tribune, and more than 170 others. Essential resources published by the U.S. government include “The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies,” “Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America” and many others. Rich with illustrations, the broadsides and ephemera include song sheets, poems, envelopes and other hard-to-find printed materials that shed new light on the Civil War era.
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete
    Incorporates content of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index with journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. EBSCOhost
  • Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
    Abstracts for more than 1,900 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources. Full text for more than 840 periodicals. EBSCOhost
  • COS Conference Papers Index - life sciences, environmental sciences, aquatic sciences
    Provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science.
  • CQ Researcher
    Reports provide in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are 20-30 pages and focus on U.S. issues. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications.
  • Dissertations and Theses: Full Text
    Official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress. Full text includes 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1.2 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Proquest.
  • Ebooks on Ebscohost
    Access to more than 50,000 digitized books. Search by title, author, keyword, Library of Congress subject heading, publisher, or ISBN. Full-text searching is also available. Ebsco
  • Ecology & Botany Collection
    Full text for 29 journals in JSTOR's Botany & Plant Sciences and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology collections. JSTOR
  • EconLit - Economics Literature
    From the American Economic Association. Economic development, history, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and more. Proquest.
  • Education Full Text
    Full text of articles from hundreds of journals, make this a one-stop source for research. Coverage includes about 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERIC’s CIJE.. H.W. Wilson
  • Education Research Complete
    Journal coverage, as well as indexing for books and conference papers. EBSCOhost
  • Encyclopedia Britannica Online
    Fully-searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, hundreds of articles not found in the print edition, and web links.
  • Environment Complete
    Domestic and international coverage from the 1940s to present. EBSCOhost
  • ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
    Journal articles, books, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials.
  • Essay & General Literature Index
    Citations for essays and chapters contained in books. Click "Library Owns?" icon to find call numbers and availability of books. Coverage in humanities and social sciences. H.W. Wilson
  • European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
    Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. Ebsco.
  • Factiva
    Local, national, and international business and general news coverage. Company and stock information. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive
  • Fuente Académica (Spanish & English)
    Scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain. Interdisciplinary coverage. EBSCOhost
  • General Science Full Text
    Designed for students and non-specialists. Full text, plus graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations. H.W. Wilson
  • GreenFILE
    Scholarly, government, and popular titles. Subjects include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, etc. EBSCOhost
  • HarpWeek: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1857-1877)
    Full-image reproduction of Harper's Weekly, with an index to the magazine. Includes illustrations, cartoons, news, literature, editorials, and advertisements. HarpWeek LLC
  • Health Source: Consumer Edition
    Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. EBSCOhost
  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
    Scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. as well as the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, covering 1,300 generic and 4,700 brand name drug patient education sheets. EBSCOhost
  • Historical Abstracts
    Over 500,000 citations to articles, book reviews, and dissertations, covering world history from 1450 to the present (excludes the US and Canada). EBSCOhost
  • Hospitality & Tourism Complete
    Scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. EBSCOhost
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
    Provides full text to articles from important journals in the humanities and social science from 1907-1984.
  • Humanities Full Text
    Articles, interviews; reviews of books, ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs; biographies, and more. H.W. Wilson
  • Humanities International Complete
    Content from academic journals and other sources, much of which is not found in other databases. EBSCOhost
  • JSTOR
    Archive of academic journals. VWC has access to Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and VII, as well as the Ecology & Botany collection.
  • Legal Collection
    Full-text for more than 250 law journals. EBSCOhost
  • LexisNexis Academic
    Print, broadcast, and online media sources. Worldwide coverage of general interest topics, news, business, economics, and more. Includes Shepard's® Citations for legal research.
  • Literature Resource Center
    Biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses for authors from every age and literary discipline. Resources for critical scholarly materials in literature and the humanities. Gale
  • MasterFILE Premier
    Multidisciplinary coverage. Nearly 500 reference books, over 164,400 primary source documents, an Image Collection of over 460,000 photos, maps & flags. EBSCOhost
  • MathSciNet
    Reviews, abstracts, and citations for mathematical sciences literature. Most are classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification.
  • MEDLINE
    Citations and abstracts for articles, reports, interviews, conference, trials, and more. Proquest Web/National Library of Medicine
  • Mergent Horizon
    Comprehensive coverage for all companies actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies.
  • Mergent Online
    Financial information for U.S. and international companies. SEC filings for NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchange companies. Annual reports, fact sheets, ratios, and prospects.
  • Milestone Documents in American History
    Combines 130 full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.
  • Milestone Documents of American Leaders
    Second set in the Milestone Documents series. Provides primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.
  • Military & Government Collection
    Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, throrough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other pertinent content. EBSCOhost
  • MLA International Bibliography
    Citations to journal articles, books, and dissertations from 1963 to the present. Coverage in language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts. Gale
  • Newspaper Source Plus
    More than 1,530 full-text newspapers and over 684,000 television and radio news transcripts. EBSCOhost
  • Oceanic Abstracts
    Oceanic Abstracts is focused exclusively on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment.The database focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
  • OED Online
    Electronic version of the 2nd edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega
    Multidisciplinary coverage. Popular and scholarly sources, including articles, reviews, books, and more. H.W. Wilson
  • Oral History Online
    English language oral histories. More than 34,000 pages of full-text content. Alexander Street Press
  • Oxford Reference Online
    Offers fully-indexed, linked, and up to date, reference works published by Oxford University Press.
  • PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International
    Journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, and more. International coverage from 1916. Includes PAIS Archive and International. Proquest.
  • Philosopher's Index
    Abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews; contains research published since 1940. Produced by the Philosopher's Information Center. Ebsco interface.
  • PILOTS - Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress
    From the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Proquest
  • Powerspeak Languages
    Provides users with the ability to learn, apply and enjoy a new language quickly and more proficiently
  • Project Muse  
      
    Basic Research Collection. Peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences.
  • PsycARTICLES
    Full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles. Coverage from 1894 to present.
  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
    Over 550 peer-reviewed journals. Nearly every full-text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. EBSCOhost
  • PsycINFO
    Coverage from 1887 to the present. All records published in Psychological Abstracts are now in PsycINFO. American Psychological Association
  • PubMed
    Comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
  • Readers' Guide Full Text
    Citations for over 300 popular publications, with some full-text back to 1994. H.W. Wilson
  • Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
    Comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. H.W. Wilson
  • Regional Business News
    Comprehensive full text coverage for more than 80 regional business publications. EBSCOhost
  • Religion and Philosophy Collection
    Nearly 300 full-text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles. EBSCOhost
  • SciFinder
    Chemical and related scientific literature, including chemical structure, substance data, reaction information, and commercial sources. Citations, with some links to full text, to journal articles and patent literature, from the databases produced by the Chemical Abstracts Service. You must register from a computer on campus to use this database. Click on the separate database SciFinder Registration.
  • Social Science Full Text
    Coverage for both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. H.W. Wilson
  • Social Services Abstracts
    Social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Proquest
  • Sociological Abstracts
    Citations and abstracts for journal articles, book reviews, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Proquest
  • Teacher Reference Center
    Indexing and abstracts for popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines. EBSCOhost
  • Vital Statistics of American Politics Online Edition  
      
    Tool for researching statistical data on politics on the United States. It offers data on elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the military, social and economic, policy, and much more. Years 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 are available.
  • Web of Science
    Science Citation Index Expanded Index (1992 to present). Current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references. Includes MEDLINE. Thomson Reuters
  • Wiley Online Library  
      
    Full-text for journals in subjects ranging across Medicine, Science, Social Science, and the Humanities. Wiley InterScience
  • Women and Social Movements
    Primary source documents covering women's social movements in the United States from 1600 to 2000. Alexander Street Press
  • Women's Studies International
    Core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage spans from 1972 and earlier to present. EBSCOhost
  • WorldCat
    Find materials in hundreds of libraries. Books, computer programs, films, slides, journals, maps, musical scores, newspapers, sound recordings, videotapes, and more. OCLC
  • Zoological Record
    Leading taxonomic reference and oldest continuing database of animal biology. Links to full text if available. Coverage: 1945-present. (Through Web Of Science)

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