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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 loginTry it! 
OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS
Remote Access - Instructions on accessing VCCS/VIVA databases from off-campus computers
BOOKS
Online Library Catalog -
SWCC's collection of Books in print, Periodicals, Videos, Audio, & Electronic books
  Books@OVID - Full-text collection of 12 nursing books published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Bowker's Books in Print -
Database of  in print books, audio books, & videos - includes book reviews
  CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - Full-text - chemical and physical property data, molecular structures, conversion tables, constants, formulas, equations, symbols, and terminology - published since 1913, updated annually
CRCnetBASE - Full-text - CRC Press is one of the world's leading publishers of engineering handbooks. Now available online, CRCnet BASE combines more than 160 top resources into one powerful research tool. Criminal Justice E-book Collection provides access to 16 full-text reference works covering law and public affairs.
eBooks on EBSCOhost - Full-text - Collection of  electronic books formerly netLibrary Eldritch Press (full-text public domain books)
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Full-text - Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research   Interlibrary Loan -
Resources available thru resource sharing with other libraries
Overdrive Digital Downloads is a collection of over 900 digital audiobook, video, and classical music titles you can check out &/or download to your personal computer. Oxford Reference Online Premium contains dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. - Full-text -
PsycBOOKS are full-text books published by APA, classic psychology books from the 19th and 20th centuries, and entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology. Questia Ebooks is an online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles - 5,000+ free full-text titles.
Safari's business & Information Technology eBook collection - full-text   Springer E-books - Biomedical & life science, Computer science, Chemistry, and Earth & environmental science
WorldCat (FirstSearch) - Catalog of materials in libraries worldwide

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PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES / JOURNALS / NEWSPAPERS

All Databases - by Alphabetical list and by Subject - VCCS

On-line Journal Locator - Use this database to find out if a specific magazine or journal is available online. - Requires SIS username and password Periodicals in print (pdf) -
List of Periodicals in print at SWCC Library
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,990 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,030 peer-reviewed journals. Annual Reviews, FULL TEXT journals in the biological and medical sciences, the physical sciences, and the social sciences; Coverage: 1996 to the present
Cambridge Journals Online - over 250 peer-reviewed academic journals, containing the latest research from a broad sweep of subject areas CQResearcher - research reports on today's issues in the news
EBSCOhost Research Databases offer a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers.   Factiva -
Full-text for business publications, Reuters and Dow Jones newswires, and the Wall Street Journal
Facts-on-File - Issues and Controversies Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.   Facts on File - World News Digest brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print.
FirstSearch -
Journal articles (citations) with several databases in broad-based academic disciplines
New York Times Topics are 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.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context provides information on social issues with access topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles   OVID -
Full-text resources for nursing students and education
ProQuest provides access to documents from subjects such as the arts, business, health & medicine, history, literature & language, science & technology, & the social sciences.   Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers and selective full text for more than 410 U.S. newspapers.
SIRS Researcher has online access to full-text articles and Internet resources from SIRS Researcher®, SIRS Government Reporter®, SIRS Renaissance®, SIRS WebSelect™ and SIRS Interactive Citizenship™.   Ulrich's Periodical Directory-
Listing of most journals/magazines/periodicals in print worldwide
Web News -near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe. This collection includes over 5,000 feeds across a range of business and general news topics.   Wiley Online Library is a multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

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REFERENCE
Internet Public Library - Links to reference materials and full-text books Virtual Reference Shelf - Compiled by the Library of Congress
Gale Virtual Reference Library has access to electronic reference titles in topics such as corporate crime, intelligence, genocide, law, terrorism, national security, science, and crime and punishment.   MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online Premium   ProQuest Dissertations & Theses is a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. More than 930,000 are available in PDF format for immediate free download, and an average of 2,000 new PDFs are added to the database each week.
Safari's business & Information Technology  eBook collection   World Almanac - (OCLC) The database covers arts and entertainment, people in the news, information about U.S. cities and states, nations of the world, vital statistics, science and technology, the environment, taxes, national defense, historical anniversaries and more. It is updated annually.
World News Digest - Facts on File - includes World Almanac, Books of Facts, and Encyclopedia.

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BUSINESS / FINANCE / LAW / STATISTICS
Business Source Complete (EBSCO) - scholarly business database CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online - source for theory and research in international affairs
Criminal Justice E-Book Collection Criminal Justice E-journal Collection
EconLit - (ProQuest) 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
GPO Monthly Catalog covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCO) covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.
Legal Collection (EBSCO) is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. FindLaw.com -
Legal sites, cases, codes, forms, law reviews, law schools, bar associations, law firms, experts, etc.
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. National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database (ProQuest) This database covers literature related to research, policy and practice in criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
PAIS International -
Database chronicling global public policy and social issues
  ProQuest Congressional - indexing and abstracting to publications for the U.S. Congress - previously Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe.
Regional Business News (EBSCO) provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.   Safari's business & Information Technology  eBook collection
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

Annual Reviews -
Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines
Becoming Human.org -
An interactive documentary about human evolution
Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale) is a multidisciplinary, full-text database with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries.  CQResearcher provides research reports on today's issues in the news.
Highwire - Full-text - mental disorders, behavior, developmental psychology, parapsychology, analysis, techniques, psychiatry, etc.   Opposing Viewpoints in Context provides information on social issues with access topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
OVID, Journals at has approximately 280 full text medical, nursing, psychological, and scientific journals, including Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Total Access Collection.   PAIS International (ProQuest) provides an index to the literature of public affairs/public policy-issues and actions that affect the world communities, countries, and governments.
PILOTS Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress (ProQuest) sponsored by the U.S. Department of  Veterans Affairs, provides citations and abstracts to the international literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events.   Project Muse -
Full-text journals in the humanities and social sciences
ProQuest includes ProQuest Social Sciences Journals; full-text periodicals covering the social sciences. PsycARTICLES are from the American Psychological Association (APA), a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
PsycBOOKS is a full-text database of books and chapters in the American Psychological Association's array of quality electronic databases. PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles in psychology and related disciplines.
PsycNET, from the American Psychological Association (APA), a definitive source of full-text, provides peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles and books 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.
SIRS Researcher provides online access to full-text articles and Internet resources from SIRS reference databases.   Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest) has current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
Wiley Online Library provides online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities   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
American History in Video provides a large and rich collection of video available online for the study of American history.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources. Essays in History -
Full-text, annual journal sponsored by UVA
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 (EBSCO)   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. SIRS Researcher provides online access to full-text articles and Internet resources from SIRS reference databases.
Wiley Online Library has online resources covering life, health
and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

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MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE
Agricola (ProQuest) consists of citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents,  translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to agriculture and related fields.   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
Biological Sciences (ProQuest)   BioOne provides high-impact bioscience research journals.
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. Biology Encyclopedia in Gale Reference Library
eBooks on EBSCOhost - formerly netLibrary   GreenFile (EBSCO)
Highwire - Full-text in science, technology, and medicine Institute of Physics Journal Archives -
Full-text from physics and engineering journals
MathSciNet provides citations & abstracts of mathematical reviews and current mathematical publications. Nature has articles in science, discussion of news and issues concerning science.
Science Magazine provides abstracts, citations, and full-text including science news and scientific papers. SciVerse ScienceDirect is a full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from peer-reviewed journals and 11,000+ books.
Springer E-books - Behavioral science, Biomedical & life science, Computer science, and Earth & environmental science   Today's Science (Facts on File)
Wiley Online Library provides online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

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HEALTH / MEDICAL SCIENCES
AIDS & Cancer Research Abstracts (ProQuest) bibliographic data from the worldwide scientific literature as related to AIDS, immunology, virology and cancer genetics.   Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO) focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Annual Reviews -
Citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts -
Biological sciences and includes MEDLINE & TOXLINE
CINAHL (EBSCO) is a resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.   Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO) is designed for the everyday consumer of health care information.
Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale) is a multidisciplinary, full-text database with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO) provides 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) - focuses 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. Highwire -
Full-text in science, technology, and medicine
JAMA -
On-line version, Journal of the American Medical Association, with highlights and some full-text
MedicLatina is a collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers.
MEDLINE® (ProQuest) OVID -
Full-text resources for health/medical sciences
ProQuest - provides access to documents from subjects such as the arts, business, health & medicine, history, literature & language, science & technology, & the social sciences. Wiley Online Library provides online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

Women's Studies International (EBSCO). covers the core disciplines in
Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research

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LITERATURE / LANGUAGE / ARTS
African-American Poetry, a collection of over 2,500 poems   American poetry database - Poems from 1,288 works, anthologies of American poetry, Colonial period to the early 20th century
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
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)  provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest)   Literature Resource Center is a full-text literature reference database with biographical, bibliographical, and critical content.
MLA International Bibliography provides citations in language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts. Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford University Press Journals provides online access to134 periodical titles in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.   Project Muse -
Full-text scholarly electronic journals in the humanities, including literature and criticism
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne -
Links to Full-text (pdf)
Scribner Writers Online (Gale) offers biographical and critical essays on authors around the world and are representative of most high school and undergraduate literature curricula.
SIRS Researcher provides online access to full-text articles and Internet resources from SIRS reference databases. Studies in Bibliography -
Scholarly articles on bibliography & textual criticism
Twayne's Author Series (Gale) This online series features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series: Twayne’s United States Authors, Twayne’s English Authors and Twayne’s World Authors.

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COMPUTER SCIENCES / ELECTRONICS / ENGINEERING
Abstracts in New Technology & Engineering (ProQuest)   ACM Digital Library (Assoc. for Computing Machinery), provides full-text access to professional journals and Special Interest Group proceedings.
American Chemical Society provides online FULL TEXT access to article from  30 journals.   Annual Reviews provides citations of resources in 29 scientific disciplines.
Aqualine (ProQuest) has comprehensive focus on trade, technical and scientific literature concerning water resources.   ASFA: Aquatic Science & Fisheries (ProQuest)
Association for Computing Machinery -
Full-text for every article ever published by ACM
  Biotechnology & Bioengineering Abstracts (ProQuest)
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.   Computer and Information Systems Abstracts (ProQuest)
Computer & Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCO) covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines.   CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
CRCnetBase (Engineering Electronic Library) focuses on the disciplines of engineering and chemistry.   Electronics & Communications Abstracts (ProQuest) includes information that ranges from medical, scientific and industrial applications in electronics to new technologies in communications.
Engineering Research Database (ProQuest) Includes  Abstracts in New Technology & Engineering, Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, Civil Engineering Abstracts, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, & Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts   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.
Environmental Impact Statements (ProQuest)   Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ProQuest)
GreenFile (EBSCO) This free research database focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. IEEE Xplore (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) full text access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.  Note : See details.
Institute of Physics provides full text access to 35 IOP journals published since 1996 where available, and perpetual access to IOP's 2004 Historic Archive 1874-1994. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts -LISTA - (EBSCO) Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Materials Research Database (ProQuest)   Oceanic Abstracts (ProQuest)
Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest) surveys and summarizes the worldwide literature in mechanical engineering, engineering management, and production engineering. Oxford Reference Online Premium contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including titles in science and technology
Safari's business & Information Technology  eBook collection Solid State & Superconductivity Abstracts (ProQuest) provides coverage on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state materials and devices - as well as the new high- and low-temperature superconductivity technology.

Springer E-books - Behavioral science, Biomedical & life science, Computer science, and Earth & environmental science

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EDUCATION
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 (ProQuest) -
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
  Physical Education Abstracts (ProQuest) These abstracts feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Health education and physical therapy are also covered.
Teacher Resource Center (EBSCO)

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Controversial Issues, Arguments, Viewpoints
CQResearcher - research reports on today's issues in the news EBSCOhost Research DatabasesPowerful online reference system that offers a variety of full-text databases. Databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases.
Factiva Bulk of the information comes from newswires and newspaper articles. Because regional and local newspapers, such as the Roanoke Times, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Bluefield Daily Telegraph are indexed in Factiva, state, regional, and, oftentimes, local information can be found. Search results may be limited to a geographic area such as Virginia.   Issues and Controversies - Facts on File helps researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring
hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
Issues and Controversies - pdf - provides printable resources sheet for this topic.  

Opposing Viewpoints in Context provides information on social issues with access topic overviews,
statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles

SIRS Researcher - Comprehensive database which provides relevant, credible information, with a focus on social issues. Includes editorially-selected (high quality) full-text articles and Internet resources.

TUTORIALS
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

LRCLive 
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 is a collection of web resources maintained by librarians at University of California.
ipl2.org is an index to the internet maintained by Library of California Scholarly Societies is an index maintained by the University of Waterloo.
Student Library Handbook Pathfinders are resource lists to assist our patrons, students, and faculty/staff with research needs.
Web Research Guides are designed to highlight Web information resources in various subject areas. 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 RESOURCES
American Psychological Association (APA)
How to Cite Information From the Internet
and the World Wide Web
Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format
APA Style Resources Sample APA Research Paper (pdf)

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.
Citing Electronic Information in History Papers
 
EasyBib.com - Free MLA style citation creation
Gale databases -
Information about citing in Gale databases including InfoTrac
ebooks on EBSCO (formerly netLibrary) Instant citations in APA, MLA, and other formats are available in the "Cite" icon to the right of the displayed book (as in other EBSCOhost databases.)
Son of Citation Machine - online tool for creating citations

SourceAid Citation Builder - online tool for creating citations

Note:  Many of the databases provide ready-made citations for you within the articles.  Look for icons or buttons that indicate citations or the word "Cite."  Just be sure to follow any directions for citing your references indicated by your instructor.

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