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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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Expanded
Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) combines
a wide variety of magazines and scholarly
journals from
most every academic discipline. The
database indexes over
4,000 titles dating from 1980 to present
and is updated daily. Over 2,300 titles
are available
in full-text. Search
options allow limiting searches
to journals only. 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 fillings. |
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Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center 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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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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History
Resource Center: U.S. provides
integrated access to materials covering
themes, events, individuals
and periods in U.S. history
from pre-Colonial times to
the present. Resources include more
than 1,000 historical (primary)
documents, over 30,000 reference
articles, and over 100 full-text
journals and magazines. (See database "List of
Sources" for complete list.) |
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New
Database!
Health
Reference Center: Academic was
created specifically for students
and health care professionals
and utilizes the InfoTrac search
interface. The database integrates
millions of articles from a
wide range of sources including
2,000 full-text nursing and
allied heath journals, magazines, newspapers,
newsletters, as well
as hundreds of multimedia resources. |
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New
Database!
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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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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Grove
Art is
the online version of The Grove
Dictionary of Art (located in the library).
It contains over 45,000 articles on every aspect
of the visual
arts--painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture,
decorative arts, and photography--from prehistory
to present day. The database provides over 30,000
links to images searchable by artist, title, date,
and location. |
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Grove
Music
is the online version of The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd
ed. and the New Grove
Dictionary of the Opera (both located
in the library). Besides providing the full-text
of the printed
editions, the database also includes over 3,000
links to related sites, sound archives, and illustrations. |
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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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Religion
Resource (Routledge)
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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Questions,
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Last
Modified: February 10, 2010
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