Distance Education

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

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		netLibrary - SWCC 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)		Safari's business & Information Technology eBook collection
Criminal Justice E-Book Collection
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PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES / JOURNALS
On-line Journal Locator		Databases - by Subject
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 SWCC Library (Adobe Acrobat)
Periodicals in print (xls) - List of Periodicals in print at SWCC Library (Microsoft Excel)		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		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
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REFERENCE
Encyclopædia Britannica		Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary		Internet Public Library - Links to reference materials and full-text books
Oxford Reference Online		Virtual Reference Shelf - Compiled by the Library of Congress
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) - provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications
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BUSINESS / FINANCE / LAW / STATISTICS
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
PAIS International - Database chronicling global public policy and social issues		FindLaw.com - Legal sites, cases, codes, forms, law reviews, law schools, bar associations, law firms, experts, etc.
STAT-USA - U.S. business, economic, & trade, providing information from the Federal government		Business Source Complete (EBSCO) - scholarly business database
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.
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
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
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.		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		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
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO) - from the American Psychological Association (APA), a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology		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		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 (EBSCO)- History from 1450-present - annotated references		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		American Chemical Society - Resources in chemical and related sciences
American Mathematical Society - Full-text in mathematics and science		Annual Reviews - Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Life sciences, environmental, aquatic, computers, materials science, engineering, & aerospace		CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
EBSCOhost Research Databases		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		GreenFile (EBSCO) -
Highwire - Full-text in science, technology, and medicine		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
netLibrary (full-text ebooks)		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
Annual Reviews - Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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
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		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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