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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.
Full-Text Article Databases
 
Expanded Academic ASAP article database
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.
NewsBank Access World News
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.)
Lexis-Nexis legal database
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.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
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.
CQ Researcher database
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.
CQ Weekly
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.
Biology Journals
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**
History Resource Center: U.S.
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.)
Heath Reference Center
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.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
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
 
Access United Nations
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.
Grove art database
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.
Grove music database
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.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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.
Routledge Religion Resource
Country Watch database
Book In Print Database
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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