| METALIB |
| There is a cross-database search engine called MetaLib. Basically, this service will allow you to search several of our electronic databases simultaneously. It will also provide a searchable database of our collection of electronic resources and provide subject groupings of this collection. Access requires your directory id and password login. Try it! |
| OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS |
| Remote Access - Instructions on accessing VCCS/VIVA databases from off-campus computers |
| BOOKS |
Online Library Catalog -
Books, Periodicals, Videos, Audio, & netLibrary |
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netLibrary -
SWCC Library's collection of electronic books |
Books in Print -
Database of in print books, audio books, & videos |
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Interlibrary Loan -
Resources available from other libraries |
WorldCat (FirstSearch) -
Catalog of materials in libraries worldwide |
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VCCS Broadcast Search -
Search all VCCS library catalogs simultaneously |
| Eldritch Press (full-text public domain books) |
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Safari's business & Information Technology eBook collection |
| Criminal Justice E-Book Collection |
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| PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES / JOURNALS / NEWSPAPERS |
| On-line Journal Locator |
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Databases - by Alphabetical list and by Subject |
OVID -
Full-text resources for nursing students and education |
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Factiva -
Full-text for business publications, Reuters and Dow Jones newswires, and the Wall Street Journal |
FirstSearch -
Journal articles (citations) with several databases in broad-based academic disciplines |
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Periodicals in print (pdf) -
List of Periodicals in print at SWCC Library (Adobe Acrobat) |
Periodicals in print (xls) -
List of Periodicals in print at SWCC Library (Microsoft Excel) |
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Ulrich's Periodical Directory-
Listing of most journals/magazines/periodicals in print |
| EbscoHost Research Databases - offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers |
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) - comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,990 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,030 peer-reviewed journals |
| New York Times Topics - topic pages that collect all the news, reference and archival information, photos, graphics, audio and video files published on topics ranging from Madonna to Myanmar; available without charge on articles going back to 1981. |
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| REFERENCE |
| Internet Public Library - Links to reference materials and full-text books |
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MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) - provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications |
| Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary |
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Oxford English Dictionary |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Virtual Reference Shelf - Compiled by the Library of Congress |
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| BUSINESS / FINANCE / LAW / STATISTICS |
CIS/Lexis-Nexis -
Database of the congressional record, including laws, members, committees, statistical data, etc. |
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EconLit -
Citations for journals, books, and working papers on economics |
Factiva -
Full-text for business publications, Reuters and Dow Jones newswires, and the Wall Street Journal |
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Worldscope GLOBAL -
Basic financial information on public companies worldwide |
PAIS International -
Database chronicling global public policy and social issues |
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FindLaw.com -
Legal sites, cases, codes, forms, law reviews, law schools, bar associations, law firms, experts, etc. |
| Business Source Complete (EBSCO) - scholarly business database |
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Legal Collection (EBSCO) - an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. |
| Mergent Horizon - takes fundamental research to the next level, by mapping companies to their key competitors, suppliers, customers and strategic partners... capabilities for finding, filtering and organizing information about companies and industries. |
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Mergent Online - delivers a comprehensive suite of financial information. Find U.S. and international company histories, annual reports, fact sheets, financial and industry reports, 30 years of stock data, and more. |
| Military and Government Collection (EBSCO)- offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government |
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Regional Business News (EBSCO) - provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications |
| Vente et Gestion (EBSCO)- provides full text coverage for French language business journals serving both the academic and the professional researcher |
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Virginia General Assembly (Legislative Information System) |
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PSYCHOLOGY / SOCIAL SCIENCES |
Highwire -
Full-text - Mental disorders, behavior, developmental psychology, parapsychology, analysis, techniques, psychiatry, etc. |
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Becoming Human.org -
An interactive documentary about human evolution |
| PsycINFO (EBSCO) - from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles in psychology and related disciplines |
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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts -
Includes social sciences & the humanities |
Project Muse -
Full-text journals in the humanities and social sciences |
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Annual Reviews -
Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines |
| PsycARTICLES (EBSCO) - from the American Psychological Association (APA), a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology |
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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO) - covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods |
| Women's Studies International (EBSCO)- covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research |
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| HISTORY / PHILOSOPHY / RELIGION |
America History and Life (EBSCO)-
Full-Text access to articles about American History |
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Arts & Humanities Search -
Arts and Humanities Citation Index |
Essays in History -
Full-text, annual journal sponsored by UVA |
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HarpWeek -
Harper’s Weekly, a 19th century illustrated newspaper |
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)-
History from 1450-present - annotated references |
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Project Muse -
Full-text journals in the humanities, including history |
| Religion & Philosophy Collections (EBSCO) - provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy |
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| MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE |
Access-Science -
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology |
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American Chemical Society -
Resources in chemical and related sciences |
American Mathematical Society -
Full-text in mathematics and science |
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Annual Reviews -
Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines |
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts -
Life sciences, environmental, aquatic, computers, materials science, engineering, & aerospace |
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics |
| EBSCOhost Research Databases |
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Environment Complete (EBSCO) - offers coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more |
GEOBASE -
Literature on geography, geology, and ecology |
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GreenFile (EBSCO) - |
Highwire -
Full-text in science, technology, and medicine |
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Institute of Physics Journal Archives -
Full-text from physics and engineering journals |
MathSciNet -
Citations & abstracts of mathematical reviews and current mathematical publications |
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Nature -
Articles in science, discussion of news and issues concerning science |
| netLibrary (full-text ebooks) |
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Science Magazine -
Abstracts, citations, and full-text including science news and scientific papers |
| Today's Science (Facts on File) |
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| HEALTH / MEDICAL SCIENCES |
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Annual Reviews -
Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines |
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Highwire -
Full-text in science, technology, and medicine |
JAMA -
On-line version, Journal of the American Medical Association, with highlights and some full-text |
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OVID -
Full-text resources for health/medical sciences |
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts -
Biological sciences includes MEDLINE & TOXLINE |
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CINAHL (EBSCO) - resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers |
| Pre-CINAHL (EBSCO) - companion database to CINAHL, intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles |
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Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO)- providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health |
| Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO) - focusing on many medical disciplines; also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names |
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MEDLINE (EBSCO) - provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more |
| Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO) - focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness |
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Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO) designed for the everyday consumer of health care information |
| MedicLatina collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers |
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| LITERATURE / ARTS |
American poetry database -
Poems from 1,288 works, anthologies of American poetry, Colonial period to the early 20th century |
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Arts & Humanities Search -
Arts and Humanities Citation Index |
Literature Resource Center -
Full-text literature reference database with biographical, bibliographical, and critical content |
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Early Modern Literary Studies -
Full-text on English literature, literary culture, and language during the sixteenth and 17th centuries |
English poetry full-text database -
Poems in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the nineteenth century (British Isles) |
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English verse drama -
Masques and short dramatic pieces written primarily in verse |
HarpWeek -
Harper’s Weekly, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper |
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MLA International Bibliography -
Citations in language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts |
Project Muse -
Full-text scholarly electronic journals in the humanities, including literature and criticism |
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Studies in Bibliography -
Scholarly articles on bibliography & textual criticism |
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne -
Links to Full-text |
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Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) - provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world |
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| COMPUTER SCIENCES / ELECTRONICS / ENGINEERING |
Association for Computing Machinery -
Full-text for every article ever published by ACM |
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Computer & Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCO)- covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines |
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts -
Computer science and engineering |
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Access-Science -
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology |
Materials Research Society -
Abstracts of a peer-reviewed, archival journal devoted to the group III - nitride semiconductors |
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Annual Reviews -
Provides citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines |
IEEE Xplore (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
full text access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. Note : See details. |
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ENGnetBase (Engineering Electronic Library) |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics |
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Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) - provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media |
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| EDUCATION |
ERIC(OVID) -
Citations & abstracts in all aspects of the education field with links to ERIC document purchase |
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ERIC(CSA) -
Citations & abstracts in all aspects of the education field |
ERIC(FirstSearch) -
Citations & abstracts in all aspects of the education field with list of holding libraries worldwide |
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Education Research Complete (EBSCO) - 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 |
| ERIC (EBSCO) - Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC |
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| TUTORIALS |
VCCSLinc
Search help for the VCCSLinc catalog |
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FirstSearch -
Introduces searching in the FirstSearch index and abstracts databases available to VCCS users |
LearningExpressAdvantage
LearningExpress provides practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. |
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| RESEARCH ASSISTANCE |
This service enables you and a VCCS reference staff member to chat online in real-time and allows the reference staff to share web pages and other helpful materials to assist you with your research, collaboratively and interactively. |
Homework Assistance -
Online homework help service provided by SWCC Library for both on and off-campus students |
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Library Staff -
Please contact library staff with any questions about any of the library services and/or databases. |
Boolean Logic -
Search strategies |
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Using Search Engines -
Searching the Internet |
MetaLinc -
Cross-database (VCCS/VIVA) search engines. |
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Infomine - Web resources maintained by librarians at University of California |
| Lii.org - Index to the internet maintained by Library of California |
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Scholarly Societies - Index maintained by the University of Waterloo. |
| Student Library Handbook |
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Pathfinders |
VCCSLinc
Search help for the VCCSLinc catalog |
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Web Research Guides -
Designed to highlight Web information resources in various
subject areas |
| NEW! Download a VCCS toolbar to your home computer's browser (Explorer or Foxfire) for QUICK online library services access. |
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| CITATION OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES |
American Psychological Association (APA) -
How to Cite Information From the Internet
and the World Wide Web |
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APA Style Resources
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| Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format |
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Classroom Connect, Inc. -
Citing Internet Resources |
Academic Referencing of Internet-based Resources |
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Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet |
Modern Language Association (MLA) -
MLA Style
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Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format |
Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources.
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Columbia Guide to Online Style: Basic CGOS Style |
| Citing Electronic Information in History Papers |
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Gale databases -
Information about citing in Gale databases including InfoTrac |
netLibrary -
Guidelines for citing eBook content using the APA or MLA format (Use Table of Contents at the left to find guidelines.) |
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