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Databases & Off-Campus Access |
The
databases below contain full-text
articles in magazines, journals,
newspapers and other resources
that are invaluable to your research.
Although you access databases
online, they are not “Internet
sites” but licensed
subscriptions made available
to students, faculty, and
staff of VVC. For access off-campus,
users must apply for a new User
Name and Password each semester.
Note: Once
you receive a password, use the "Off-Campus
Access" button
below to connect to databases
from home.
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Full-Text
Article Databases |
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Academic
OneFile (*Includes
Expanded Academic ASAP-InfoTrac) combines
a wide variety of magazines and scholarly
journals from most every academic
discipline. The database indexes over
13,000 titles dating from 1980 to present
and updated daily. Full-text articles
are available for over 5,000 titles.
The database also provides searching
by sub-disciplines (Business, Criminal
Justice, Psychology, etc.) under "Change
Databases" at the
top of the screen. Search
options include limiting to journals
only and/or full-text. Selected
titles that are not full-text are available
in the
library
Periodicals Department. |
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NewsBank
Access World News contains
full-text articles from over 1,700 U.S.
and international information sources,
mostly newspapers and
wire services. Chronological coverage
varies among sources but many titles
extend back to the 1990's. Use this
link Special
Reports to access NewsBank's
special reports on topics of current
interest (e.g. Women's History, Terrorism,
World Environment, etc.) |
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LexisNexis
Academic (On-campus
only) contains nearly 5,600
full-text publications on news, financial,
medical, and
legal information. Sources include newspapers,
magazines,
law reviews, wire service, federal
and state court
opinions, federal and state
statutes, federal regulations,
and SEC filings. **LexisNexis
Academic Search Tips** |
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Opposing
Viewpoints In Context provides
a complete one-stop resource for information
on social issues.
Access controversial
viewpoint articles,
topic overviews, statistics, primary documents,
links
to Web sites, and full-text
magazine and newspaper articles. |
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CQ
Researcher is
a weekly online publication that covers current
and controversial issues. Complete
summaries, discussion covering all sides of
the issue, and annotated bibliographies
are
provided for
each topic. Users are able to view the current
issue, search past issues, or browse by topic,
pro/con, and date. |
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CQ
Weekly online
provides information on government,
politics, and public
policy surrounding Congress. Each
issue contains an unbiased, objective
summary of all Capitol Hill activity
from the previous week. Useful search
features include browsing by topic
and article date. |
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New
Search Interface...
Biology
Journals (ProQuest) provides access to a wide range of
biology topics. The database includes
over 285
titles, with more than 250 available in full-text. Biology-related topics
include: Biological chemistry, Biophysics, Botany, Cytology and histology,
Environmental studies, Microbiology, Microscopy, and Zoology. **Tips
for searching scientific articles**
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Literature
Resource Center (Gale) contains
the complete Gale series, Contemporary
Authors and Dictionary
of Literary Biography,
"selected" full-text
critical essays from various
Gale literary criticism series
(Contemporary, 1400-1800,
19th –Century,
20th-Century, Shakespearean, Poetry,
Drama, Short-Story, Children’s
Literature), critical essays and
reviews from over 360 literary journals
and
magazines, and more.
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Gale
Literary Database is
a cross-searchable database, providing full-text
access to three core Gale literary series: Contemporary
Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism
Select, and
the Dictionary
of Literary Biography. The
database provides complete biographical and bibliographical
information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international
authors, over 11,000 critical essays,
and nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays
on literary
figures from all eras and genres. |
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U.S. History
in Context provides
integrated access to materials
covering themes, events, individuals,
and periods in U.S. history
from pre-Colonial times to
the present. Resources include
articles from more than 30
reference titles, over 110
full-text journals and magazines,
and more than a 1,000 historical
(primary) documents. (See
database "List of Sources" for
complete list.) |
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World History
in Context is
a comprehensive collection of references,
articles, images, and maps from over
27 reference titles, more than 110
full-text journals, and over 1,800
primary sources.
Coverage extends from ancient Europe
to Latin America and from the Far
East to the Renaissance. (See database "List
of Sources" for complete list.) |
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Health
Reference Center: Academic was
created specifically for students
and health care professionals.
The database integrates millions
of articles from a
wide range of sources including
2,000 full-text nursing
and allied health journals, magazines, newspapers,
newsletters, as well
as hundreds of multimedia resources. |
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Health & Wellness
Resource Center
is a comprehensive consumer health resource that
provides authoritative information on a full range
of health-related issues. It contains
information from more than 1,000 top medical journals
and periodicals, as well as articles from more
than
2,200 general-interest
publications. The database also contains the complete
text of numerous reference
sources including The
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine and The
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. |
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Full-Text
Subject Databases |
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New
Database...
Britannica
Online-Academic contains
the complete encyclopedia as well as
the Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Content is updated daily and includes
topical entries, maps, photos, illustrations,
magazine and journal articles, videos,
multimedia clips, and yearbooks. Two
useful features are “Research
Tools” (Country Comparisons,
Subject Timelines, This Day in History...)
and “Spotlights” (in-depth
coverage of popular topics including
Notable Women, Black History, and Shakespeare). |
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New
Database...
Encyclopedia
of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) is
an interdisciplinary compendium
of twenty full-text encyclopedias
searchable by keyword or
subject categories. Subject
areas include:
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences;
Biology and Health Sciences;
Tropical Biology and Natural
Resources; Social Sciences
and Humanities; Control Systems,
Robotics, and Automation;
Mathematical Sciences; and
more. Search
results are returned grouped
by subject categories. **Note
for viewing EOLSS** |
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Access
UN (United Nations) contains full-text
UN documents, publications, and more. Separate
indexing is provided
for the UN Treaty Series and six main UN bodies:
General Assembly, Security Council,
Economics and Social Council, Trusteeship Council,
and the Secretariat and International Court of
Justice. Coverage is from 1998 to present. |
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Oxford
Art Online is
a gateway offering users the ability to access
and cross-search four
major art reference resources in one location:
Grove Art Online, Oxford
Companion to Western Art, The
Concise Dictionary of Art Terms,
and
Oxford’s Encyclopedia
of Aesthetics.
The combined content includes over 23,000 subject
entries, 21,000 biographies, and links to more
than 40,000 images on every aspect of the visual
arts from prehistory
to present. World art timelines and thematic
topic guides are also provided. |
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Oxford
Music Online is
a gateway offering users the ability to access
and cross-search
four major music reference resources in one
location: Grove Music Online, The
Oxford Companion to Music, The
Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd edition,
and The
Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th edition. The
Oxford Companion to Music offers
more than 8,000 articles on composers, performers,
conductors, instruments, forms
and genres. The
Encyclopedia of Popular Music is the
authoritative biographical encyclopedia of
rock, pop, and
jazz artists from 1900
to the present. The database also provides
music history timelines and thematic topic
guides. |
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Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (REP)
is the online version of the REP
originally
published in 1998 (located in the library).
Like the print
edition, the online version features over
2,000 original articles across the discipline
of philosophy.
REP is updated quarterly and contains numerous
links between articles and to other philosophy
resources. |
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Routledge
Religion Online
is a single search, full-text database of over
25 major multi- and single-volume works
on the topic of Religion. Titles include: the Encyclopedia
of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals,
the Encyclopedia of African American Religions,
the
Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom, and
many more. |
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CountryWatch is
comprised of four databases: (1) Country
Reviews:
provides 50-100 page reports on 191 countries covering
historic, political, economic, and contemporary
issues; (2) Country Wire: provides country-specific
daily news on each country; (3) Country
Data: allows
cross-sectional data searching by country, time
period, and data series; and (4) Country
Business:
includes information and regulations on investment
and trade from the U.S. Department of State. |
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Books
in Print provides access to
approximately 2 million
titles that are in print, forthcoming, or declared
out-of-print. Records are searchable
by author, title, subject, publisher, ISBN,
and keywords, as well as other criteria.
The database also includes
publisher's information and full-text Book
Reviews from
twelve leading publications. |
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Full-Text
eBook Databases
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EBSCOhost
eBooks provides
access to approximately 2,300 eBook titles
purchased through the California
Community
College Library Consortium.
The titles were hand-selected to support a
wide range of subjects and
are searchable in the library catalog or directly
through
the EBSCOhost
database. In addition to the purchased titles,
the database also provides access to
over 3,400 public domain eBooks from sources
such as Project Gutenberg (ex., Works
of Shakespeare, Canterbury Tales, The Bible...). Note:
Viewing individual eBook titles is limited
to one person at a time
and thus
may
not always be accessible. Once a title is returned,
there is a 15 minute release period before
it can be accessed by the same or another user. |
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Modified: November 3, 2011
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