Distance Education

Off-campus access Books Periodicals Reference Business/Law
Psychology/Social Sciences History Mathematics & Science Medical/Health Sciences
Literature/Arts Computer Sciences/Electronics/Engineering Education
Tutorials Research Assistance Citation of Electronic Resources

OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS
Remote Access - Instructions on accessing VCCS/VIVA databases from off-campus computers
BOOKS
Online Library Catalog - Books, Periodicals, Videos, Audio, & netLibrary		netLibrary - SVCC Library's collection of electronic books
Books in Print - Database of in print books, audio books, & videos		Interlibrary Loan - Resources available from other libraries
WorldCat (FirstSearch) - Catalog of materials in libraries worldwide		VCCS Broadcast Search - Search all VCCS library catalogs simultaneously
Eldritch Press (full-text public domain books)
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PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES / JOURNALS
On-line Journal Locator		Databases - by Subject
InfoTrac - News & periodical articles on a wide range of topics		Ulrich's Periodical Directory- Listing of most journals/magazines/periodicals in print
OVID - Full-text resources for nursing students and education		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		Periodicals in print (pdf) - List of Periodicals in print at SVCC Library (Adobe Acrobat)
Periodicals in print (xls) - List of Periodicals in print at SVCC Library (Microsoft Excel)
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REFERENCE
Encyclopædia Britannica		Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary		Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Oxford Reference Online		Internet Public Library - Links to reference materials and full-text books
Virtual Reference Shelf - Compiled by the Library of Congress
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BUSINESS / FINANCE / LAW / STATISTICS
Business and Company Resource Center - Topical business information, company & industry information on global companies		Business Index ASAP - Access to academic and business journals with full text and images
CIS/Lexis-Nexis - Database of the congressional record, including laws, members, committees, statistical data, etc.		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		Worldscope GLOBAL - Basic financial information on public companies worldwide
General BusinessFile - Trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images		PAIS International - Database chronicling global public policy and social issues
STAT-USA - U.S. business, economic, & trade, providing information from the Federal government		FindLaw.com - Legal sites, cases, codes, forms, law reviews, law schools, bar associations, law firms, experts, etc.
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PSYCHOLOGY / SOCIAL SCIENCES
PsycINFO - Citations & abstracts of journal articles, books, dissertations, technical reports, & related disciplines		Health and Wellness Resource Center - Full-text information on health related fields including alcohol & drug abuse
Highwire - Full-text - Mental disorders, behavior, developmental psychology, parapsychology, analysis, techniques, psychiatry, etc.		Becoming Human.org - An interactive documentary about human evolution
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Includes social sciences & the humanities		Project Muse - Full-text journals in the humanities and social sciences
Annual Reviews - Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines
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HISTORY
America History and Life - Full-Text access to articles about American History		Arts & Humanities Search - Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Essays in History - Full-text, annual journal sponsored by UVA		HarpWeek - Harper’s Weekly, a 19th century illustrated newspaper
Historical Abstracts - History from 1450-present - annotated references		Project Muse - Full-text journals in the humanities, including history
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MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE
Access-Science - Encyclopedia of Science and Technology		American Chemical Society - Resources in chemical and related sciences
Annual Reviews - Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines		Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Life sciences, environmental, aquatic, computers, materials science, engineering, & aerospace
GEOBASE - Literature on geography, geology, and ecology		Institute of Physics Journal Archives - Full-text from physics and engineering journals
MathSciNet - Citations & abstracts of mathematical reviews and current mathematical publications		Nature - Articles in science, discussion of news and issues concerning science
Science Magazine - Abstracts, citations, and full-text including science news and scientific papers		Highwire - Full-text in science, technology, and medicine
American Mathematical Society - Full-text in mathematics and science		CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

HEALTH / MEDICAL SCIENCES
Annual Reviews - Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines		Health and Wellness Resource Center - Full-text materials in health & medical sciences fields
Highwire - Full-text in science, technology, and medicine		JAMA - On-line version, Journal of the American Medical Association, with highlights and some full-text
OVID - Full-text resources for health/medical sciences		Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Biological sciences includes MEDLINE & TOXLINE
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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		Arts & Humanities Search - Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Literature Resource Center - Full-text literature reference database with biographical, bibliographical, and critical content		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)		English verse drama - Masques and short dramatic pieces written primarily in verse
HarpWeek - Harper’s Weekly, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper		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		Studies in Bibliography - Scholarly articles on bibliography & textual criticism
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Links to Full-text
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COMPUTER SCIENCES / ELECTRONICS / ENGINEERING
Association for Computing Machinery - Full-text for every article ever published by ACM		Computer Database/ASAP - Full-text in hardware, software, engineering, communications & application of technology
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Computer science and engineering		Access-Science - Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Materials Research Society - Abstracts of a peer-reviewed, archival journal devoted to the group III - nitride semiconductors		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.		ENGnetBase (Engineering Electronic Library)
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
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EDUCATION
ERIC(OVID) - Citations & abstracts in all aspects of the education field with links to ERIC document purchase		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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TUTORIALS
VCCSLinc Search help for the VCCSLinc catalog		FirstSearch - Introduces searching in the FirstSearch index and abstracts databases available to VCCS users
InfoTrac - This tutorial introduces searching in InfoTrac, one of the larger electronic information databases.		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 SVCC Library for both on and off-campus students		Library Staff - Please contact library staff with any questions about any of the library services and/or databases.
Boolean Logic - Search strategies		Using Search Engines - Searching the Internet
MetaLinc - Cross-database (VCCS/VIVA) search engines.		Infomine - Web resources maintained by librarians at University of California
Lii.org - Index to the internet maintained by Library of California		Scholarly Societies - Index maintained by the University of Waterloo.
Student Library Handbook		Pathfinders
VCCSLinc Search help for the VCCSLinc catalog		Web Research Guides - Designed to highlight Web information resources in various subject areas
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CITATION OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
American Psychological Association (APA) - How to Cite Information From the Internet and the World Wide Web		APA Style Resources
Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format		Classroom Connect, Inc. - Citing Internet Resources
Academic Referencing of Internet-based Resources		Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet
Modern Language Association (MLA) - MLA Style		Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources.		Columbia Guide to Online Style: Basic CGOS Style
Citing Electronic Information in History Papers		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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