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ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) VCU: Coverage: 1920 - present; The Modern Humanities Research Association's index of critical scholarship on English-language literature. Citations and selected full text.

ABI/INFORM Complete VCU: Coverage: 1971 - present; Abstracts and many full-text articles on business, finance, management topics from business periodicals. Three parts: Global; Dateline; and Trade & Industry. Includes Wall Street Journal.

Academic Search Complete VCU: Coverage: 1887 - present; Comprehensive scholarly multi-disciplinary full-text database. Includes over 5,500 full-text periodicals and indexing/abstracting for over 9,500 journals. Covers science, social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and many other subjects.

AccessAnesthesiology VCU: Search anesthesiology reference tools for practice guidelines, procedure videos, drug information, and quick answers. Includes full-text clinical textbooks for anesthesiology.

AccessEmergencyMedicine VCU: Search for diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of emergency cases. Includes videos, images, and more than a dozen emergency medicine textbooks.

AccessEngineering VCU: World renowned engineering content from McGraw-Hill's engineering handbooks. Complete full text. Supports all levels of scientific and technical research in academic, corporate, industrial and government sectors.

AccessMedicine VCU: Collection of over 60 medical textbooks from McGraw-Hill including Harrison's Online. Also features case files, diagnostic tools, self-assessment questions and patient handouts.

AccessPediatrics VCU: Includes Rudolph's Pediatrics and 10 other full-text books, multimedia, drug information and other resources.

AccessPharmacy VCU: Allows selection by core curriculum topic, browsing by organ system, review of textbooks, or searching across leading pharmacy online references.

AccessScience VCU: Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Includes embedded video and images in the articles which can be downloaded for use in class presentations and demonstrations.

AccessSurgery VCU: Resource for surgical education including textbooks, videos, drug information, and board review questions.

ACLS Humanities E-Book VCU: Coverage: Ancient History - Present; Humanities E-Book (HEB) -- offered by the American Council of Learned Socieites (ACLS) -- is a digital collection of significant scholarship in the Humanities.

ACM Digital Library VCU: Coverage: dates vary by publication; Bibliographic citations and full-text of Association for Computing Machinery articles from journals, magazines, and conference proceedings. Coverage of most journals is from volume 1 to present; Communications of the ACM is 1978 to present.

African American Biographical Database VCU: Coverage: 1790 - 1950; Large collection of biographies with full text access to the primary source material.

African American Music Reference VCU: Coverage: 1600 - 1970; African American Music Reference offers the first comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.

African-American Poetry Database VCU: Coverage: 1760 - 1900; Searchable collection of over 2,500 poems.

AGELINE VCU: Coverage: 1978 - present; Abstracts of the literature of social gerontology. Literature covered is of interest to researchers, health professionals, and consumers. Produced by AARP.

AGRICOLA via ProQuest VCU: Coverage: 1979 - present; The National Agricultural Library's comprehensive source of bibliographic citations covering all aspects of agricultural sciences, botany, ecology and related areas. Combined book and article searching.

AGRICOLA via U.S. Department of Agriculture: Coverage: 1979 - present; The National Agricultural Library's comprehensive database of agricultural sciences, ecology, botany, and related areas. The dates "1979 - present" apply only to journal articles. No information on VCU journal or book holdings.

AIDS & Cancer Research Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - present; Bibliographic data for basic science research and clinical applications related to AIDS, immunology, virology, and cancer genetics.

Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Separates out all the relevant studies in the literature on algae, fungi, protozoa, or lichens and organizes them in one source for easy reference.

Alt HealthWatch VCU: Coverage: 1990 - present; Full-text journals, reports, and pamphlets on complementary, holistic and alternative health care. Book excerpts are also included.

Alternative Press Index VCU: Coverage: 1969 - present; Covers journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 700 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Includes Alt. Press Archive.

Aluka VCU: Coverage: Prehistory - Present; An international initiative to build an online library of full-text scholarly resources from and about Africa, Aluka includes archival documents, books, ecological data, periodicals, reports, maps, and oral histories.

Aluminium Industry Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1972 - present; Abstracts of scientific and technical journal articles, government reports, conference proceedings, dissertations, books, and patents.

AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine VCU: Coverage: 1985 - present; Citations and abstracts to journal articles in complementary medicine, palliative care, occupational therapy, rehabilitation and other professions allied to medicine.

America: History and Life VCU: Coverage: 1963 - present; Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. (Limited coverage 1954 - 1962).

American History in Video VCU: Coverage: 1492 - present; American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles.

American Men and Women of Science VCU: Biographical dictionary of approximately 120,000 North American living scientists in the physical, biological and related sciences.

American Poetry Database VCU: 40,356 poems from 1,288 works by 209 poets.

American State Papers, 1789-1838 VCU: Coverage: 1789-1838; Legislative and executive documents, many originating from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817.

Anatomy.TV VCU: Interactive 3D models of human anatomy. This database works most effectively with Internet Explorer.

Animal Behavior Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Covers significant papers relevant to animal behavior, with subjects ranging from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology, from genetics to applied ethology.

ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering VCU: Coverage: 1993 - present; Coverage includes new technologies such as information technology and computing, electronics, biotechnology, medical technology, as well as engineering (including construction, electrical and chemical engineering) and allied subject areas.

Anthropological Index Online (AIO): Coverage: 1957 - present; Citations to articles found in the periodicals collection of The Anthropology Library at the British Museum.

Anthrosource VCU: Portal to full-text journals of the American Anthropological Association.

AP Images VCU: Coverage: 1840's - present; More than 3.5 million historical and contemporary news photographs with thousands more added daily. In addition, the collection includes over 100,000 graphics, containing logos, graphs, maps, and timelines, as well as audio clips and news stories.

AP Stylebook Online VCU: Guidelines on spelling, grammar, punctuation, and usage. Includes sections on food, social media, business, sports, and an audio pronunciation guide.

Applied Science & Technology Index VCU: Coverage: 1983 - present; Citations to articles of at least one column in length in trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues.

Aqualine VCU: Coverage: 1960 - current; Focuses on trade, technical and scientific literature concerning all aspects of water resources, including water resources and supplies management, water legislation, water quality, and potable water distribution.

Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) VCU: Coverage: 1978 - present; Primary indexing and abstracting service for aquatic literature; sponsored by four United Nations agencies.

Archive Finder VCU: Coverage: Pre-historic to present; Current directory of thousands of repositories and collections of primary source materials housed in the United States and United Kingdom.

Archive of Americana VCU: Coverage: 1639 - 1980; Combined interface for searching Early American Imprints I & II (1639-1819), American State Papers (1789-1838), and the U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1980).

Art Full Text VCU: Coverage: 1984 - present; Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text for articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Includes selected full-text. Abstracts, 1994+; full-text, 1997+.

Art Index Retrospective VCU: Coverage: 1929 - 1984; Electronic version of Art Index, volumes 1-32. Contains all citations found in the print version. Supplements Art Index (1984 - present).

ARTbibliographies Modern VCU: Coverage: 1974 - present; Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art.

ARTFL: A Textual Database VCU: Searchable database of French-language texts from the 12th to the 20th century. Includes classic French literature, Provencal poetry and other verse, non-fiction prose and technical writing.

ArticleFirst VCU: Coverage: 1990 - present; Citations for items listed in the table of contents of more than 12,000 journals in a broad cross-section of disciplines.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index via ISI Web of Science VCU: Coverage: 1975 - present; Database of references cited in articles from 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Search by cited reference, topic, and author.; Web of Science Tutorial

ARTstor VCU: ARTstor is a digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1987 - present; Covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.

Associates Programs Source VCU: Coverage: Content back to 1985; varies by title; 1000 full-text journals and 100 full-text books covering a range of subjects, including substance abuse counseling, forensics, criminal justice, biotechnology, health information technology, robotics, graphic arts, interior design, and others.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials VCU: Coverage: 1949 - present; Premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Includes full-text for over 200,000 articles and book reviews from over 100 journals.

Autism Data: Database of over 17,000 published research papers, books, articles, videos, and other materials on autism and Asperger Syndrome.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals VCU: Coverage: 1930s - present; Citations from the international architecture literature. Also includes archaeology, city planning, interior design and set design.

Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Covers topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, and provides access to far-reaching clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics.

Berg Fashion Library VCU: Coverage: Ancient History - present; Provides cross-searchable access to interdisciplinary text and image content on world dress and fashion. Includes e-books, reference works, images, and more.

Best's Library Center VCU: Full text insurance reports, credit reports, and other in-depth insurance industry information and statistics.

BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art: Coverage: 1973 - present; Covers European and American art from antiquity to the present. Includes RILA and RAA.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index VCU: Indexes more than 15 million biographical sketches from reference books covering individuals, living and deceased, from every field and all areas of the world.

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus VCU: Coverage: 1983 - present; Citations to articles in English-language periodicals; abstracts and full text coverage for selected journals. Periodical coverage includes a wide range of scientific journals, from popular to professional. About 45 % of the focus is on agriculture.

Biological Sciences VCU: Coverage: 1982 - present; Abstracts of a wide variety of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

BioOne Abstracts and Indexes VCU: Coverage: 1998 - current; Indexed and fully-searchable abstracts of articles in journals provided by the BioOne collaborative.

BIOSIS Previews VCU: Coverage: 1926 - present; The foremost reference database in the life sciences; provides abstracts of literature in biological and biomedical areas. Includes Biological Abstracts, Biological Abstracts/RRM, and BioResearch Index.

Biotechnology & Bioengineering Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - present; Bibliographic coverage of research, applications, regulatory developments, and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering.

Biotechnology Research Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1980 - current; Covers research on all aspects of biochemical, medical, and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering, medicine, agriculture and environmental science.

Birds of North America Online VCU: Comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American breeding birds. Includes images and videos of plumage, behaviors, habitat, nest, and eggs. Contains songs and calls.

Bizminer VCU: Industry financial analysis and market trends for thousands of lines of business in national and local markets.

Black Studies Center VCU: Coverage: 25,000 B.C. - present; Black Studies Center is a digital core collection of primary and secondary sources in arts, history, literature, politics, and religion that record and illuminate the Black experience, from ancient Africa through modern times.

Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts: Coverage: 2001 - present; An innovative online literary and arts journal, Blackbird features poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and the arts -- as well as interviews with writers and artists. Sponsored by the VCU Department of English and New Virginia Review, Inc.

BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool): Set of similarity search programs designed to explore all of the available sequence databases regardless of whether the query is protein or DNA.

BNA Tax Management Portfolios: US Income Series VCU: Comprehensive federal tax resource. Includes research, guidance and implementation tools. Provides expert analysis, practice tools, source documents, news and commentary.

Book Review Digest Plus VCU: Coverage: 1983 - present; Citations for more than 1 million reviews of fiction and non-fiction books. Includes more than 200,000 review excerpts and full-text reviews.

Book Review Index Online Plus VCU: Coverage: 1965 - present; Indexes reviews from scholarly and popular journals primarily in the fields of general fiction and non-fiction, the humanities, and the social sciences. Includes citations and full text reviews.

Books In Print with Reviews VCU: Bowker's global database of books currently published or distributed in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Includes TOC's, First Chapters, and author biographies.

Britannica Online VCU: Access to Encyclopaedia Britannica, news, magazines, journals, web sites, research tools, and multimedia.

Business Source Complete VCU: Coverage: 1886 - present; Bibliographic and full text content from scholarly business journals and other sources including peer-reviewed business publications. Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities VCU: Search and select journals most likely to publish your manuscript. Covers business, computer science, education, health administration, nursing, psychology and psychiatry. Includes submission guidelines, circulation, contacts, and acceptance rates.

Calcium & Calcified Tissue Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Covers the literature of calcium research.

Catalog of US Government Publications (CGP): Coverage: 1976 - present; Indexes over 500,000 historic and current government publications. Provides direct links to online publications when applicable.

CCH Tax Research Network VCU: Federal and state tax materials, including Standard Federal Tax Reporter.

CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging OnLine Data for Epidemiologic Research): Easy access to a wide array of public health information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For public health professionals and the public at large.

Ceramic Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1975 - present; Abstracts from the international literature.

CHEMnetBASE VCU: A collection of chemical and chemical related dictionaries. It includes Handbook of Physics and Chemistry. The dictionaries are renowned for quick search for chemical and physical properties of compounds.

Chemoreception Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Covers articles related to the biochemistry, neurobiology, molecular biology, and physiology of smell, taste, internal chemoreception, chemotaxis, and infochemicals such as pheromones.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text VCU: Coverage: 1937 - present; Expanded version of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature with full text for over 600 journals, plus evidence-based care sheets, legal cases, drug records, and more than 200 books.

Civil Engineering Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1966 - current; Covers all aspects of civil engineering and its complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation.

Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective VCU: Coverage: 1860 - 1865; Full-text database of articles from three contemporary newspapers: The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury, and the Richmond Enquirer.

Clase and Periodica VCU: Coverage: 1975 - present; Citations for documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in social sciences and humanities (Clase) and science and technology (Periodica). Clase and Periodica may be searched together or separately.

Classical Music Library VCU: World's largest multi-label database of recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Browse, search, create playlists.

Classical Music Reference Library VCU: Coverage: Middle Ages - Present; From the ancient Greek modes to modern compositions, Classical Music Reference Library offers comprehensive coverage of all classical genres, spanning music from the Medieval period to the 21st century.

Classical Scores Library VCU: Coverage: Middle Ages - Present; Classical Scores Library contains over 400,000 pages of the most important classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material.

ClinicalTrials.gov: Registry of clinical trials in the U.S. and around the world. Provides information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations and contacts for more details.

Cochrane Library VCU: Database of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare. Includes Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Controlled Trials Register, and Review Methodology.; The Cochrane Collaboration

College Blue Book VCU: Information on thousands of 2- and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada, their programs, degrees, and financial aid sources.

CollegeSource Online: Database of profiles and Web links for more than 23,000 colleges. Searches are free. VCU Libraries does not have access to the catalogs.

Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences: Collection One VCU: Collection of e-books of dynamic Research & Development topics written by leading scientists around the world.

Coloribus Advertising Archive VCU: Coverage: 1990-present; Coloribus contains more than 2 million current and historic ads (1990-present) for viewing online and download.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) VCU: A comprehensive source for research and study in international affairs. Includes journals, books, working papers from university research institutes, conference proceedings, and policy briefs.

Communication and Mass Media Complete VCU: Coverage: 1915 - present; Indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected priority coverage of over 100 more, for a combined coverage of over 400 titles in the communication and mass media fields. Includes full text for nearly 200 journals.

Compendex VCU: Coverage: 1970 - present; Comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature; part of Engineering Village. One of the default databases.

Computer & Information Systems Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1981 - present; Abstracts of journal and conference literature.

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete VCU: Coverage: Content back to 1983; Indexing and abstracts for academic journals, professional publications and other reference sources. Full text is available for about 40 percent of the periodicals covered.

Conference Board Research Online Collection VCU: The Conference Board's research online collection

Consumer Health Complete VCU: Coverage: 2000 - present; Patient information covering all areas of health and wellness. Includes full-text books, journals, reports, pamphlets and drug information sheets. Videos, images, diagrams and animations are also included.

Contemporary Authors VCU: Biobibliographical information on modern authors. Part of Literature Resource Center. Can be searched separately or with other LRC resources.

Contemporary Women's Issues VCU: Coverage: 1992 - present; Indexes global information on women. Includes journals, books, media reviews, alternative press, newsletters, government reports and data, personal narratives, and ephemeral literature from research institutes and grass roots organizations.

Copper Technical Reference Library VCU: Coverage: 1965 - present; Citation/abstract database covering copper technology, including smelting, hydrometallurgy, applications, properties, and performance.

Corrosion Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1980 - present; Abstracts in the area of corrosion science and engineering.

COS Conference Papers Index VCU: Coverage: 1982 - present; Citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings. Emphasis since 1995 on life sciences, environmental sciences, and aquatic sciences.

COS Funding Opportunities VCU: Compiled database of information on grants, fellowships and other monies in all disciplines from public and private sponsors worldwide; produced by Community of Science.

COS Papers Invited VCU: Detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals in all disciplines.

COS Pivot VCU: Single platform to search COS Funding Opportunities and COS Scholar Universe.

COS Scholar Universe VCU: Database of over 1 million scholar profiles for published academic faculty, medical researchers and scientific experts around the world; editorially controlled and produced by Community of Science.

COS Workbench 0: Register for a personal account to access COS databases and set up funding alerts. Already registered? Login through this link.

Counseling and Therapy in Video VCU: Hundreds of therapy sessions, case consultations, lectures, and interviews. Features over 175 therapists practicing more than 50 therapeutic approaches. Includes 55 teaching and discussion guides.

CQ Almanac VCU: Coverage: 1945 - present; Reports on the activities of the U.S. Congress during each session back to 1945. Policy Tracker feature traces major issues across several years.

CQ Library VCU: Coverage: 1983 - present; Full-text articles from the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report (1983 - present) and the CQ Researcher (1991 - present).

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics VCU: Latest edition of the venerable reference book of chemical and physical data commonly encountered by physical scientists and engineers.

CRCnetBASE VCU: CRCnetBASE is a collection of over 6,000 electronic books that span over 40 disciplines in 34 separate collections. VCU Libraries does not subscribe to all the collections, but abstracts are available for all entries.

Criminal Justice Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1968 - present; Citations and abstracts of international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice.

CSA Databases: Replaced by ProQuest Databases.

Current Index to Statistics (CISED) VCU: Coverage: 1974 - present; Bibliographic index to more than 200,000 articles on probability and statistics.

Dance Collection Catalog: Search for citations in the New York Public Library's extensive collection of dance materials. To limit your search, select Dance Research Collection, one of the lowermost options, from the drop-down menu.

Dance in Video VCU: Coverage: 1950s-present; Productions and documentaries covering ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance. Includes documentaries about choreographers and videos on dance training.

Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source (DOSS) VCU: Indexing and abstracts for 160 dental journals, most with full-text available. Also includes full-text of 30 books and IADR/AADR Meeting Abstracts.

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) VCU: Coverage: 1973 - present; International index to articles in more than 450 design and craft journals. Also contains data on designers, craftspeople, studios, schools, workshops, and firms.

designinform VCU: Coverage: Late nineteenth and twentieth centuries; Resource for research into the history of modern design and the applied arts. Designinform consists of three linked databases: Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR), Design ProFILES (DP), and ReVIEW.

Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford DNB) VCU: Browsable, searchable, illustrated collection of more than 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past. Living persons are excluded.

Directory of Open Access Journals: Information and links for free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Subject and alphabetical title searches are available.

Directory of Published Proceedings: Coverage: 1994 - present; References to published materials from conferences, congresses, meetings and symposia.

DIRLINE (Directory of Health Organizations): Directory of over 8,500 organizations concerned with health and biomedicine.

Dissertation Abstracts Online VCU: Coverage: 1861 - present; Replaced by Dissertations and Theses Full Text.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest) VCU: Coverage: 1637 - present; Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.

Dissertations from VCU VCU: Coverage: 1996 - present; Search all VCU dissertations/theses submitted to UMI. View 24-page previews; download full-text (PDF format) of those published after 1996.

Documenting the American South: Coverage: 1600-1900; Documenting the American South (DocSouth), a digital publishing initiative sponsored by the UNC Libraries, provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture.

Dow Jones Factiva VCU: Comprehensive, full text up-to-the-minute news and business source from Dow Jones and Reuters. Replaces Dow Jones Interactive.

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 VCU: Coverage: 1639-1800; Virtually all books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints of 17th- and 18th-century America. Covers thousands of subjects in full-text.

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 VCU: Coverage: 1801-1819; Books, pamphlets, broadsides, and other imprints of early 19th-century America. Covers thousands of subjects in full-text.

Earthquake Engineering Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1971 - Present; Covers the literature on earthquake's effects on buildings and other structures, geological formations and how seismic and tsunamic phenomena relate.

eBook Collection from EBSCOhost VCU: A collection of thousands of electronic books from leading university, trade and professional publishers. Formerly NetLibrary.

ebrary: Academic Complete Collection VCU: Over 33,000 recent electronic books from university presses and other scholarly publishers covering all disciplines.

EBSCOhost Research Databases VCU: Databases covering education, health sciences, and social sciences.

Ecology Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - present; Focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms.

EconLit VCU: Coverage: 1969 - present; The American Economics Association's bibliography of economic literature. Coverage includes journals, books, and dissertations.

Economia y Negocios VCU: Coverage: Early 1980s - present; Keywords supplied in Spanish and English. More than 73,000 records provide coverage for more than 320 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere.

Education in Video VCU: Teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. Covers hundreds of special topics and themes.

Education Research Complete VCU: Comprehensive collection of full text education journals covering health education, multilingual education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.

eHRAF World Cultures (Human Relations Area Files) VCU: Primary full-text source material in anthropology, archaeology, and sociology.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online VCU: Coverage: 1700 - 1800; With over 136,000 titles and 26 million pages, ECCO contains every published text of historical significance from Great Britain and Colonial America during the 18th Century.

Electronics & Communications Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1981 - present; Abstracts of both theoretical and applied research for specialists working with scientific, industrial, and engineering applications.

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology VCU: Examines the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers.

Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences VCU: Full text reference guide for those working in quality control, economics, probability and statistics as well as for those applying statistical methods in any discipline. Updated annually, with revisions and new articles added quarterly.

Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry VCU: Authoritative, centralized information on the latest supramolecular advancements and methods.

Engineered Materials Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1986 - present; Abstracts covering the research, manufacturing practices, properties and applications of polymers, ceramics, and composites.

Engineering Research Database VCU: Search multiple databases in engineering.

Engineering Village VCU: Comprehensive source of up to date engineering information and reviewed engineering web sites. Includes Compendex, INSPEC, and NTIS.

English Poetry Database VCU: Coverage: 600 - 1900; 4,450 works by 1,350 poets from the Anglo-Saxon period to the end of the nineteenth century.

English Verse Drama Database VCU: Coverage: 1300 - 1900; Contains more than 1,500 works by 450 named authors, plus approximately 230 anonymous works.

ENGnetBASE VCU: Full-text searchable database of CRC Press Engineering Handbooks. Search or browse individual handbooks, or search multiple handbooks. Texts are in interactive PDF format.

Entomology Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1981 - present; Covers the literature of insects, arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods from the most ancient fossilized forms to newly-discovered species.

Entrez: Home page of the NCBI retrieval system for searching the major databases including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Genome, Taxonomy, BLAST, OMIM, PopSet, and others. Complete list of databases on the home page.

ENVIROnetBASE VCU: Full-text searchable database of more than 150 CRC Press books on a wide range of environmental topics. Search or browse individual books, or search multiple books. Texts are in interactive PDF format.

Environment Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1975 - present; Focuses on all aspects of the impact of people and technology on the environment and the effectiveness of remedial policies and technologies.

Environment Complete VCU: Coverage: Content back to 1940; Subject coverage includes ecosystem, ecology, renewable energy sources, natural resources, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, and social impacts. Full-text available for 40 percent of periodicals covered.

Environmental Engineering Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1990 - present; Covers the world literature on all technological and engineering aspects of air, water and soil quality, environmental safety, sustainability and energy production.

Environmental Impact Statements VCU: Coverage: 1985 - present; Abstracts since 1985 including a description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates. Full text of EIS from 2003 forward.

Environmental Science & Pollution Management VCU: Coverage: 1981 - present; Abstracts of a variety of sources including journals, reports, books, and environmental impact studies.

ERIC via ed.gov VCU: Coverage: 1966 - present; Premier database for education research. Includes journal articles, conference papers, reports, curriculum materials, and more. Use 'Find in a Library' to reach Get it @ VCU.

ERIC via FirstSearch VCU: Coverage: 1966 - present; Premier database for education research. Includes journal articles, conference papers, reports, curriculum materials, and more.

ERIC via ProQuest VCU: Coverage: 1966 - present; Premier database for education research. Includes journal articles, conference papers, reports, curriculum materials, and more.

Essay and General Literature Index VCU: Coverage: 1985 - present; Citations to essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works. Focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.

Ethnic NewsWatch VCU: Full text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, native and minority press.

Ethnographic Video Online VCU: Hundreds of classic and contemporary documentaries on the study of human culture and behavior covering every region of the world.

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 VCU: Coverage: 1493-1750; Comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. Created from European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750.

FAITS (Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies) VCU: Full-text searchable/browsable database of reports covering IT, e.g., infrastructure, telecom, data networking, wireless, security, enterprise systems, Internet, and technology vendors.

FEDRIP (Federal Research in Progress) VCU: Provides access to information about ongoing federally funded projects in the fields of the physical sciences, engineering, and life sciences. Project descriptions are provided by federal agencies and updated monthly.

Fiction Connection VCU: A resource for searching U.S. fiction and selected non-fiction. Find similar titles and authors, or browse by topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe. Includes reviews.

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text: Contains indexing and abstracts, as well as full-text articles and chapters from journals and books relating to the field of film and television.

Filmakers Library Online VCU: Award-winning documentaries and independent films presenting points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world-wide.

FIRSTConsult VCU: Evidence-based primary care information designed to be used at point-of-care. Tools for differential diagnosis, evaluation and management of medical conditions, patient education and procedures skills review.

FirstSearch Databases VCU: About 10 different databases plus the WorldCat listing of library holdings across the country.

FORENSICnetBASE VCU: Full-text searchable database of CRC Press forensic science and criminal justice handbooks and reference books. Search or browse individual books, or search multiple books. Texts are in interactive PDF format.

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online VCU: Coverage: Ancient - Present; More than 9,000 pages of material and 300 audio recordings, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.

Gartner Advisory: Access is via the MyVCU portal. The Gartner link is on the Resources gadget. Full-text of Gartner Group research and advisory services for information technology and business. Provided by VCU Technology Services.

GenderWatch VCU: Coverage: 1980 - present; Database of publications on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women. Includes coverage of GLBT studies; family studies; gender studies, and women's studies with a unique interdisciplinary approach.

Gene: Unified query environment for genes defined by sequence and/or in NCBI's Map Viewer. Integrates gene-specific information independent of the species of origin.

General Science Full Text VCU: Coverage: 1984-present; Coverage of core journals in all areas of science. Easy to use, designed for the non-specialist. Full-text for selected periodicals.

Genetics Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - present; Focuses on the widest possible perspective of genetics as a whole, from microbes to plants to humans, emphasizing molecular genetics.

Genetics Home Reference: National Library of Medicine's Web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes responsible for those conditions.

GeoRef & GeoRef in Process VCU: Coverage: 1785 - present; Abstracts of articles covering the geology of North America from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present.

Global Health on CAB Direct VCU: Coverage: 1910 - present; Citations and abstracts from the international literature of public health. Particularly strong emphasis on medical entomology, human nutrition, vector control, and medicinal plants.

Google Scholar VCU: Scholarly literature crawled by Google.; How to use Google Scholar at VCU

Government Information Resources: VCU Libraries Government Documents home page. Links to Federal, State, and International government information.

Government Printing Office (GPO) Monthly Catalog VCU: Coverage: 1976 - present; Citations for publications of the U.S. government. Includes legislative materials and the vast array of publications from the executive branch agencies.

GreenFILE VCU: Coverage: 1964 - present; References to content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Covers Journal of Ecology (1913- ) and Planning Outlook (1948- ) from volume 1, issue 1.

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) VCU: Coverage: 1990s - present; Covers emerging green technologies, the environment, sustainability, energy systems, agriculture, climate change, population, and more.

Grzimek's Animal Life VCU: Image rich dynamic resource, representing the 17 volume standard print Encyclopedia of Animal Life. More than 4,000 species covering the entire Animal Kingdom. Authoritative peer reviewed content.

HarpWeek: The Civil War Era and Reconstruction I and II VCU: Coverage: 1857 - 1877; Searchable scanned images of all pages of Harper's Weekly, the leading illustrated newspaper of its time. All articles, illustrations, advertisements, and literary offerings are indexed.; Supplemental Web sites from HarpWeek

HCUPnet: HCUPnet contains statistics comparing hospital utilization, access, charges, quality and outcomes for community hospitals in the U.S. Generate tables and graphs for national, regional and state trends.

HEAL (Health Education Assets Library): Digital library of over 22,000 images and multimedia educational materials for the health sciences.

Health & Safety Science Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1981 - present; Covers topics relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene such as aviation and aerospace safety, environmental safety, nuclear safety, medical safety, occupational safety, and ergonomics.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) VCU: Coverage: 1985 - present; Information on measurement instruments (e.g., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, tests, etc.) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.

Health Source: Consumer Edition VCU: Coverage: 1990 - present; Consumer health information from 80 full-text magazines, 130 health reference books and health-related pamphlets. Also includes drug patient education sheets from Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition VCU: Coverage: 1975 - present; Citations and abstracts to articles in more than 800 nursing, allied health and medical journals. Over 500 journals include the full-text articles. In addition, drug patient education sheets are available from the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.

Historical Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1970 - present; Article abstracts and citations of books and dissertations covering world history from 1450 to the present; excludes the United States and Canada. (Limited coverage 1955 - 1969).

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition VCU: Coverage: 18th Century - present; The Millennial Edition of Historical Statistics of the United States enhances coverage of Native Americans, slavery, poverty, race, and ethnicity. Innovative search strategies allow users to focus research across historical periods.

Homeland Security Digital Library: Coverage: 18th Century - present; The HSDL is the nation's most authoritative tool for research in the field of homeland security policy and strategy.

Hoover's VCU: Comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence. In-depth coverage of the world's top businesses. Includes product/brand name listings, subsidiaries, financial data, key people, and more.

Household Products Database: Links over 4,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.

Human Relations Area Files: eHRAF World Cultures VCU: Primary full-text source material in anthropology, archaeology, and sociology.

Humanities Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1984 - present; Citations and abstracts to articles from English-language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines.

Humanities International Complete VCU: Coverage: Ancient - Present; Providing full text of hundreds of journal articles, books and other published resources from around the world, Humanities International Complete (HIC) includes all data from the Humanities International Index.

IBISWorld VCU: Reports for all 723 U.S. industries categorized by NAICS. Includes market size, competitors, forecasting, business valuations, benchmarking. Includes business environment and global industry reports.

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) VCU: Coverage: 1962 - present; Archive of social science data for research and instruction. Includes data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS or SPSS. Topical archives include health, aging, education, criminal justice, and substance abuse.; ICPSR at VCU Libraries (downloading help; search tips)

IEEE Xplore VCU: Coverage: 1988 - present; Full-text articles from over 12,000 publications from IEEE and IEE including journals, magazines, transactions, and proceedings. Select content from 1952-1987.

Immunology Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - present; Covers studies relating to all aspects of immune systems in man and animals, including normal functions and disorders.

Index Islamicus VCU: Coverage: 1906 - present; Covers publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. Includes history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages, and literature.

Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals VCU: Coverage: 1840-1907; Indexes 42 art periodicals published in the United States during the 19th century.

Index to Christian Art VCU: Coverage: 30 CE - 1550 CE; With works ranging from apostolic times to the 16th century, the Index of Christian Art documents art found in a broadly-defined Christian context. This expansive archive contains images and full-text records.

Index to Current Urban Documents (ICUD) VCU: Coverage: Volume 29 - present; Index to and full-text of reports and research generated by various governmental and civic entities in approximately 500 selected cities in the United States and Canada.

IndexCat: Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army: Coverage: 15th Century - 1950; Comprehensive subject catalog of books, pamphlets, dissertations, reports and some journal articles published from the 1400s through 1950 and held by the National Library of Medicine.

Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Covers significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

INSPEC VCU: Coverage: 1898 - present; The premier database for physics, computer science and electrical engineering information. Includes citations, abstracts, and some links to full-text. Part of Engineering Village; one of the default databases.

International Bibliography of Art VCU: Coverage: 2008 - present; International Bibliography of Art, the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), covers European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945.

International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP) VCU: Coverage: 1998 - present; Full abstracting and indexing for about 85 scholarly and popular current periodicals from 1998 forward. Full-text is provided for 24 of these journals. Also included in the database are retrospective citations from about 40 journals.

International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) VCU: Coverage: 1998 - present; Citations and abstracts for information drawn from 200 international performing arts periodicals from 1998 forward. Also included in the database are retrospective citations from about 46 periodicals.

International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) VCU: Leading bibliography of the European Middle Ages (c. 400-1500). Covers articles in journals and miscellany volumes worldwide. Click on "Enter Databases" and then on "Go".

IPA: International Pharmaceutical Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1970 - present; Abstracts of pharmacology research and information. Produced by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

iPOLL VCU: Coverage: 1935-; Contains nearly a half-million questions from surveys conducted since 1935 by over 150 academic, commercial, and media survey organizations such as Gallup, CNN, Pew Research Associates, the Wall Street Journal, and others.

Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance VCU: Portal to resources including a bibliography of citations for books, articles, and essays on all aspects of medieval and Renaissance life. Also includes a directory of scholars, Iter Italicum, a collection of Capito letters, and more.

Jazz Music Library VCU: Comprehensive collection of jazz recordings covering thousands of artists, ensembles, albums, and genres from all over the world from the beginnings of jazz to today.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) - Science Edition VCU: Coverage: 2003; Provides citation data on 5,700+ journals including highest impact journals, most frequently used journals.; JCR Tutorial

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) - Social Sciences Edition VCU: Coverage: 2003; Provides citation data on 1,700+ journals including highest impact journals, most frequently used journals.; JCR Tutorial

JSTOR VCU: Searchable backfiles of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. (Backfiles end 3 - 5 years prior to current date).; JSTOR collections available at VCU

Knovel Library VCU: Reference works on engineering, chemistry, material science, environmental science, microelectronic materials. Utilizes interactive tables and allows customization of data using Interactive Data System similar to common spreadsheet applications.

LactMed: Database containing over 450 drug records with information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, and alternate drugs to consider.

Left Index VCU: Coverage: 1982 - present; Covers the diverse political, economic, social, and cultural literature of the left. Also covers some historically significant early left publications.

Legal Collection VCU: Coverage: 1965 - present; Scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. Legal topics include criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor and human resources, ethics, and the environment.

LexisNexis Academic VCU: Full-text legal, business and news information.

LexisNexis Congressional: LexisNexis Congressional replaced by ProQuest Congressional.

LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index Libraries: LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index replaced by ProQuest Government Periodicals Index.

LexisNexis Statistical VCU: LexisNexis Statistical replaced by ProQuest Statistical Insight.

LGBT Life VCU: Coverage: 1953 - present; Index to the world's literature regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues. Includes full text for over 120 journals, magazines, and newspapers, and over 150 books.

Library Literature & Information Science VCU: Coverage: 1984 - present; Citations to articles and book reviews of key library and information science periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere. Includes books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) VCU: Coverage: 1965 - present; Covers librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. A few pre-1965 entries.

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1973 - present; Covers all aspects of the study of language and the various fields of linguistics.

Literary Index: Master index to every literary series produced by the Gale Group including Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and the literature criticism series.

Literature Online (LION) VCU: Text-rich resource that includes ABELL, full-text humanities journals, full-text English and American literature, and reference resources.

Literature Resource Center VCU: Literature reference database. Includes Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (v. 95 forward), and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online, and other similar materials.

Literature, Arts and Medicine Database: Annotated multimedia list of prose, poetry, film, video and art for teaching and research in medical humanities.

Luminarium: Coverage: 1350 - 1660; Luminarium, featuring extensive background information on authors and selected full texts of their works, transforms the study of early English literature into a multimedia experience. Links to critical essays, art works, and music sound clips.

Map Viewer (NCBI): Supports search and display of genomic information by chromosomal position. Regions of interest can be retrieved by text queries (e.g. gene or marker name) or by sequence alignment (BLAST). Multiple options for viewing and displaying results.

MasterFILE Premier VCU: Coverage: Content back to 1975; varies by title; Full-text for over 1750 periodicals and nearly 500 reference books covering general reference, business, health, education, science. Includes over 293,000 images of photos, maps, and flags and over 86,000 biographies.

Material Connexion VCU: Collection of over 4,500 innovative materials and processes. Resource for designers of all disciplines - industrial, furniture, packaging, graphics, fashion, interior design, landscape architecture, and transportation.

Materials Business File VCU: Coverage: 1985 - present; Citations focusing on industry news, international trade data, government regulations, and management issues related to the metals and materials industries.

Materials Research Database VCU: Search multiple databases in materials science.

MATERIALSnetBASE VCU: Full-text searchable database of more than 50 CRC Press materials science handbooks and reference books. Search or browse individual books, or search multiple books. Texts are in interactive PDF format.

MathSciNet VCU: Coverage: 1940 - present; The American Mathematical Society's comprehensive database of citations to research in all areas of mathematics.; List of sources covered in MathSciNet

MD Consult VCU: A clinical library online; includes reference books, journals, and patient education materials. Includes an option for a personal account.

Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1966 - present; Abstracts of the international literature in mechanical and transportation engineering and their complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, and engineering education.

Medical Letter, The VCU: Coverage: 1988 - present; Searchable database of articles from The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics from 1988 - present. Also includes a drug interactions program, patient education brochures and two electronic handbooks.

MedicLatina VCU: Coverage: 1998 - present; Citations and PDF full text for nearly 120 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.

MEDLINE/PubMed VCU: The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.

MEDLINEplus: Extensive guide to health information resources. Includes common diseases and conditions, dictionaries, organizations, clearinghouses, publications, directories, consumer health libraries, MEDLINE and other medical databases.

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print. VCU: Coverage: 1937 - present; Information about and reviews of standardized tests principally in the fields of education and psychology. Information for each test includes author, scoring information, overview, description, and one or more reviews. Includes Tests in Print.

MEPSnet: MEPS, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage. MEPSnet is a collection of analytical tools to search MEPS data.

Mergent BondViewer VCU: Provides access to bond data including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.

Mergent Horizon VCU: Provides dynamic screening, comparison, and analysis of a company and its sector, customers, suppliers, and products. Underlying classification system maps relationships among companies.

Mergent Online VCU: Detailed business and financial information on US and international public companies. Provides 15 years historic data and financial ratios. Create reports; customize analysis.

METADEX VCU: Coverage: 1966 - present; Abstracts of information on metals and alloys including properties, manufacturing, applications, and development.

MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series Intranet Application VCU: Databases of summaries and detailed monographs for drugs and drug interactions. [NOTE: Not all databases are available.]

Middle English Compendium VCU: Three major Middle English resources: Middle English Dictionary; HyperBibliography (materials cited in the Dictionary); and Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse (Middle English electronic texts).

Mintel VCU: Full-text market research reports covering US and global consumer markets. Reports analyze market share, segmentation, and trends. Upon first login register with your VCU email address.

Mintel Global Market Navigator VCU: Market size, market share, and forecast data for thousands of consumer goods categories worldwide.

MLA International Bibliography VCU: Coverage: 1926 - present; The Modern Language Association of America's index of critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Citations only.; What's my Library ID number?

MMDB (Molecular Modelling Database): Macromolecular 3D Structure database containing experimentally determined biopolymer structures obtained from the Protein Data Bank (PDB). Includes tools for viewing and comparative analysis.

Morningstar Investment Research Center VCU: Analysis on stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Includes market information and a tool to create investment portfolios.

Music Index VCU: Coverage: 1979 - present; Citations to the international literature on all aspects of music. Includes more than one million records from 650 music periodicals. Indexes book reviews, reviews of recordings, tapes, and performances, and notes first performances and obituaries.

Music Online VCU: Coverage: Ancient World - present; Music Online provides the most comprehensive database in streaming audio, video, reference, and scores on the web. Integrated searching by ensemble, genre, historical events and more provides in-depth context for music history.

NASW Find a Social Worker: Search for social workers meeting certain criteria for education and experience.

National Guideline Clearinghouse: Public database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Includes summaries, links to full-text when available, tools for comparison, glossary, and PDA downloads.

Natural Standard VCU: Evidence-based, peer-reviewed information on complementary and alternative medicine treatments. Includes evaluation of therapies for specific conditions, herbs and supplements, and diet therapies.

NCBI Bookshelf VCU: Biomedical books adapted for Web access by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Access to a book page is by direct search or from a link in PubMed.

NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service - via ProQuest VCU

Coverage: 1970's - present

Criminal justice related reports, articles, and audiovisual products from the U.S. and around the world.

Links to full-text documents when available
Get it @ VCU is available
Automatic export into RefWorks citation manager

NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Web Version

Coverage: 1970's - present

Criminal justice related reports, articles, and audiovisual products from the U.S. and around the world.

Links to full-text documents when available
Get it @ VCU is not available

NetAnatomy VCU: Designed to teach basic human anatomy to students of the health professions. Contains images and information in 3 areas: radiographic anatomy, cross-sectional anatomy, and gross anatomy. Provided by the VCU School of Allied Health Professions.

Neurosciences Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Covers all aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate neuroscience, emphasizing basic research but also including such devastating neural diseases as Alzheimer's.

New York Times VCU: Coverage: 1851 - 2006; More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals.

Newspaper Source Plus VCU: Full text for more than 130 national and international newspapers, including New York Times, Washington Post, Times (London). Selective full text for over 335 US newspapers. In addition, full-text radio and television news transcripts are provided.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online VCU: Coverage: 1789 - 1914; Digital archive of primary source collections from the "long" 19th century. Includes monographs, newspapers, manuscripts, diaries, letters, maps, statistics and more. Offers annotation and tagging tools.

NTIS Bibliographic Database VCU: Coverage: 1964 - present; Abstracts of the latest research sponsored by the United States and select foreign governments. In addition to other classifications, searches can be done by corporate source, patent number and CAS registry number. Part of Engineering Village.; More about the NTIS Database

Nucleic Acids Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Covers innovative cloning and sequencing strategies as well as gene regulatory sequences and proteins, RNA processing and transport, RNA editing, DNA biosynthesis, transcription factors and oncoproteins, and other RNA/DNA topics.

Nursing Health Assessment Video Series VCU: Presents the basics of nursing health assessment and techniques of interviewing, performing the physical assessment, and collecting data.

Oceanic Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1981 - present; Abstracts of information pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment.

Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists VCU: Companion website to the print American Board of Medical Specialists Directory with more than 695,000 physician profiles.

OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man): Database cataloging human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the Web by NCBI. The database contains textual information and references.

Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1989 - current; Focuses on the experimental and clinical literature on mechanisms of oncogenes and growth factors, and every aspect of oncogene research into the molecular basis of malignant transformations.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context VCU: Coverage: 1980 - present; Full text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Includes essays, overviews, primary source documents, biographies, articles, tables, charts, graphs, podcasts, and images.

Oral History Online VCU: Index to English language oral histories publicly available on the Web and/or held by repositories and archives around the world. Includes interview level records if possible, and links to multi-media if available.

OTSeeker: Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.

Ovid MEDLINE VCU: Coverage: 1946-present; Interface for searching MEDLINE that offers enhanced features for more powerful and precise search strategies.

Ovid Web Gateway Databases VCU: Databases covering education, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.

Oxford Art Online VCU: Integrated searchable access to Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and more.

Oxford English Dictionary VCU: Searchable, browsable full-text of the 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary. Use Find Word for definitions. Use Advanced Search for etymological searches.

Oxford Music Online VCU: Integrated searchable access to The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and more.

Oxford Reference Online VCU: Provides access to more than 140 dictionaries and reference works published by Oxford University Press. The titles cover virtually all subjects in the humanities, social sciences, business, the sciences, language, and general reference.

PAIS International VCU: Coverage: 1915 - present; Abstracts from the international literature on public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations. Includes PAIS Archive, 1915-1976.

PapersFirst VCU: Coverage: 1993 - present; Citations for papers presented at conferences. Covers published information received by The British Library Document Supply Center.

Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database) VCU: Coverage: 1977 - present; International marketing data and research. Provides statistics and analysis across industries, countries, and consumers. Includes over 18,000 full market reports.

PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database): Database of over 5,500 randomized controlled trials, systemic reviews, and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines relevant to physiotherapy. Abstracts and links to full text are also provided where possible.

Pennsylvania Gazette VCU: Coverage: 1728 - 1800; Full-text database of articles from the Philadelphia newspaper considered to be The New York Times of the 18th century. Includes other important writings of the period, e.g., Common Sense and The Federalist Papers.

Philosopher's Index VCU: Coverage: 1940-present; Indexes scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. Covers journals, books, and book reviews.

Physical Education Index VCU: Coverage: 1970 - present; Includes wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance.

PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress VCU: Coverage: 1871 - current; Includes citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.

Plant Science VCU: Coverage: 1994 - present; Abstracts of information focusing on all aspects of plant science.

Play Index VCU: Coverage: 1949 - present; Citations to over 31,000 plays published from 1949 to the present.

Plunkett Research Online VCU: Analysis and market research for important industry sectors. Includes trend analysis, statistics, organizations, company profiles, information for job-seekers, and ability to create custom reports.

Poets On Screen VCU: Nearly 800 clips of poets reading their own or other poets' works. Requires RealPlayer or Windows MediaPlayer. (Part of Literature Online)

Pollution Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1981 - current; Covers topics of growing concern from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues.

Popline: Coverage: 1970 - present; Abstracts of the international literature on reproductive health, including population, family planning, and related health issues.

Population Index: Coverage: 1986 - present; Abstracts of the international demographic and population literature.; Search Population Index; Browse Population Index

PrivCo VCU: Business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies.

Proceedings VCU: Coverage: 1993 - present; Citations for every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library. Provides a list of papers presented at each conference.

Profiles in Science: Archival collections of twentieth-century leaders in biomedical research and public health.

Project Muse VCU: Portal to electronic collection of about 200 journals from 30 not-for-profit publishers.

ProQuest Congressional VCU: Comprehensive US legislative information from Congressional Information Service (CIS). Varying dates of coverage. CIS Index covers 1970-present.

ProQuest Databases VCU: Databases covering the sciences, health sciences, arts, business, and social sciences.

ProQuest Government Periodicals Index VCU: Coverage: 1988 - present; Citations for articles on a variety of topics published in US Government magazines/newsletters. Some of these are available online through the Government Periodicals on the Web link.

ProQuest Statistical Insight VCU: Coverage: 1973 - present; Abstracts for statistical publications from 1973 forward; full-text of selected publications, 1995+. Power Tables feature searches words appearing in statistical tables.

PsycARTICLES VCU: Coverage: 1894-present; Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly articles from over 60 journals published by the APA and allied organizations. Includes book reviews and letters to the editor.

PsycBOOKS VCU: Coverage: 1600s -; Full-text database of scholarly books published by the APA and others. Includes over 1000 classic, landmark titles. Includes entries from the APA/Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology.

PsycCRITIQUES VCU: Coverage: 1956 - present; Up-to-date reviews of very current books and films in psychology, behavioral sciences, and health.

PsycEXTRA VCU: Gray literature database including newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, consumer brochures, and more.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection VCU: Coverage: 1965 - present; A comprehensive database covering topics related to emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) VCU: Coverage: 1887 - present; APA database of abstracts for psychological literature. Includes journals, dissertations, reports, book chapters, and other scholarly documents. Limited coverage from 1887 - 1926.

PsycTESTS VCU: Access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration.

PsycTHERAPY VCU: Contains over 300 videos featuring therapy demonstrations showing clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families. Covers more than 200 topics.

PubMed Central: PubMed Central is a free digital archive of journals in medicine and life sciences.

PubMed/MEDLINE VCU: The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.

R2 Digital Library VCU: Collection of over 300 full-text books in the health sciences.

Reaxys VCU: Coverage: 1771-present; Incorporating Beilstein & Gmelin, it offers a wealth of experimentally validated information. Presents a new approach to synthetic chemistry with powerful functionality.

RefWorks: Citation management tool for storing and managing references; creating bibliographies. Supports most citation styles. Requires an individual account set up from a VCU Libraries link. Available to VCU and MCVH-VCU email account holders.; Already have an account? Login through this link.

Rehabilitation Reference Center VCU: Evidence-based reference tool for rehabilitation specialists. Contains summaries on rehabilitation topics, exercise images for assisting patients, practice guidelines, drug information and links to full-text articles.

Religion and Philosophy Collection VCU: Coverage: Ancient - present; Nearly 300 full text journals covering topics central to the study of philosophy and world religions, including denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language and history of philosophy.

RIA Checkpoint VCU: Comprehensive tax research and compliance system providing a complete tax library for federal issues and complete information on state and local tax issues for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature VCU: Coverage: 1969 - present; Citations and abstracts to the international music literature. Indexes many foreign-language journals. Includes citations to dissertations and essays in books. Focuses on academic research.

Risk Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1990 - current; Covers risk arising from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources, with an emphasis on assessment and management of risk, and includes concerns from public and environmental health to social issues and psychological aspects.

Royal Society of Chemistry Journals VCU: Portal to full runs of high-impact journals in all areas of the chemical sciences.

Safari Books Online VCU: Books on all aspects of computers, programming and the web from such publishers as O'Reilly, Sams, New Riders and Adobe.

Sanborn Maps (Virginia) VCU: Fire insurance maps of many localities in Virginia. Dates vary, but most are from late 19th century to mid-20th century. Used to trace history, growth, and development of cities and towns.

Science Citation Index VCU: Coverage: 1965 - present; Database of references cited in articles from more than 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines. Search by cited reference, topic, and author.; Web of Science Tutorial

ScienceDirect VCU: Portal to electronic collection of journals published by Elsevier.

SciFinder Scholar VCU: Coverage: 1907 - present; Chemical substances and reactions, research topics, authors, and CA abstract number or patent number from CAplus, CASReact, and Registry databases of Chemical Abstracts Service. Log off when finished. (Not available Sat 6 pm - Sun 8 am).

Scirus VCU: Search engine for scientific information on the web.

Serial Set Maps VCU: The maps published as part of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.

Short Story Index VCU: Coverage: 1984 - present; Index of more than 76,500 stories from over 4,000 collections.

SimplyMap VCU: Coverage: 1980 - present; Allows users to create thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, and marketing data.

Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive VCU: Coverage: 1500 - 1865; Presents the history of slavery alongside efforts and actions to end it, drawing from thousands of documents, some very rare, in a comprehensive, conceptual, and global way.

Social Science Electronic Data Library VCU: Access to over 680 health and social sciences data sets from more than 285 studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

Social Sciences Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1983 - present; Citations and abstracts to articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social sciences journals.

Social Sciences Citation Index VCU: Coverage: 1965 - present; Database of references cited in articles from more than 1,725 major journals across 50 social sciences disciplines. Search by cited reference, topic, and author.; Web of Science Tutorial

Social Services Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1980 - present; Abstracts of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development from more than 1,400 journals.

Social Work Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1977 - present; Abstracts of articles from social work and other related journals on a variety of social work topics. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc.

Sociological Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1963 - present; Abstracts of articles from international sociology journals, conference papers, books, and dissertations. Database includes Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) which focuses on policy issues.

SPIE Digital Library VCU: Most extensive resource in optics and photonics. Comprises conference proceedings and SPIE journals.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text VCU: Coverage: 1830 - present; Abstracts of articles from the international literature on sport and recreation research, with full-text coverage of 530 journals back to 1985. Includes contents of 3 foreign-language databases: Atlantes, Heracles, and Catalogue du Musee Olympique.

Springer Protocols VCU: Coverage: 1980 - present; Access to over 20,000 life sciences and biomedical protocols, many from the classic series "Methods in Molecular Biology."

SpringerImages VCU: Access to nearly 2 million photos, graphs, histograms and tables in science, technology and medicine. Includes content from images.MD, among many other sources.

SpringerLink VCU: Coverage: 1990-present; Collection of world's leading interactive databases of high quality Science, Technology and Medicine journals, book series, books and reference works.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage VCU: Financial and investment database providing information for corporate research and for industry, competitive, and investment analysis. Includes Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, among others.

Standard Rate & Data Service (SRDS) VCU: Media information including advertising rates, dates and contact data for the Digital Media, Consumer Magazine Business Publication, Newspaper, Radio, and TV & Cable markets.

STAT!Ref Electronic Medical Library VCU: Full-text cross-searchable reference books for the health professional. Includes Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment and DSM-IV-TR.

Statistical Abstract of the United States: Up to date figures on many aspects of American life and population.

Stratfor VCU: Coverage: 1995 - present; Provides geopolitical intelligence on political, economic, and military developments around the globe.

STTI Registry of Nursing Research: Searchable database of over 10,000 nursing research studies; from Sigma Theta Tau International, the International Honor Society of Nursing.

Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1995 - present; Abstracts from major international journals and books focusing on major areas of women's studies including education, employment, health, socialization, social policy, social psychology, female culture, literary criticism and historical studies.

Sustainability Science Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1995 - current; Covers all aspects of sustainable development, human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management, and conservation of natural resources.

Synthesis in Engineering and Computer Science Cluster VCU: Synthesis Digital Library organized by numbered collections comprises of engineering and computer science short monographs. Consists of brief introductions to complex topics written by experts in the field. Each one is between 50 and 275 pages long.

Testing & Education Reference Center VCU: Information on colleges, technical schools, financial aid, and scholarships. Includes practice exams, certifications, and professional license exams. Includes Delmar career certifications.

Theatre in Video VCU: Over 250 of the world's most important plays. Includes over 100 documentaries about productions and interviews with authors, directors, and actors.

TOCS-IN 0: Coverage: 1992 - present; TOCS-IN provides tables of contents for select Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion print journals. Covers the archaeology, architecture, art, culture, history, literature, and religion of ancient Greece and Rome. Some pre-1992 content.

Tox Town: Interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances, your health, and the environment. Target audience is students above elementary-school level, educators, and the general public.

Toxicology Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1981 - current; Covers issues from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues, including toxicology studies of industrial/agricultural chemicals, household products and other substances.

TOXLINE VCU: Coverage: 1994 - present; Abstracts of the literature in all areas of toxicology including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens; (does not include information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or IPA).

ToxNet: Integrated system of free Web toxicology and environmental health databases. Includes HSDB, TOXLINE, ChemIDplus, IRIS, TRI, CCRIS, GENE-TOX, and DART/ETIC.; Information about the databases

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) VCU: Provides a range of information about federal enforcement activities; criminal, civil, and administrative, as well as detailed information about federal staffing, funding, and the diverse characteristics of counties, federal districts, and states.

TRIP Database: Using the principles of evidence-based medicine, the TRIP Database is designed to find answers to clinical questions using the best available evidence. Sources include PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and websites focused on clinical information.

Twentieth Century North American Drama VCU: Coverage: 20th century; Full-text of 2,000 plays from the United States and Canada. Includes playbills, posters, and other ephemera.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 VCU: Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes. Includes the American State Papers and maps.

Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry VCU: Details the science and technology in all areas of industrial chemistry, including inorganic and organic chemicals, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, polymers and plastics, metals and alloys, biotechnology and biotechnological products, etc.

Ulrich's International Periodicals VCU: Directory information (address, publisher, frequency, type) for more than 250,000 regularly and irregularly published journals and magazines. Many browse and search features.

Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels VCU: Coverage: 1950 - present; Documents the entire spectrum of underground and independent North American and European comics and graphic novels. Includes over 75,000 pages of original material from the 1950s to today, along with interviews, commentary, theory, and criticism.

UpToDate: Clinical information tool providing reviewed clinical reference material. Includes pharmaceutical information, patient handouts, graphics. Provided by the VCU Health System. New: Access is available from on campus only.

Urban Studies Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1973-present; Covers trends in urbanization, urban affairs, community development, urban history, housing and real estate, and architecture and urban design.

USA Counties: Demographic and economic statistical data for each county in the United States. Files include data published for 1997 population estimates and over 500 items from the 1980 & 1990 Census of Population and Housing, and economic censuses to 1977.

USA Trade Online Cabell: Coverage: 1992 - present; Trade data from the US Department of Commerce, including detailed import and export data by port for 18,000 commodities worldwide.

Value Line VCU: Financial analysis, performance data, and growth projections on stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks.

VAST (Vector Alignment Search Tool): Protein structure neighbors in Entrez are determined by direct comparison of 3-dimensional protein structures with the VAST algorithm. Each of the more than 18,000 domains in MMDB is compared to every other one.

VCU Menorah Review: Coverage: 2003 - present; The VCU Menorah Review, established in 1984, explores a diverse range of issues related to Jewish life, culture, and history. The review features essays on recent scholarship in Judaic studies.

Virginia Business Magazine: Business intelligence for and about Virginia's business community.

Virginia Heritage: Guides to Manuscript & Archival Collections in Virginia: Consolidated database of finding aids to manuscript and archival collections, provides information about historical materials that document Virginia History and culture from 1607 to the present.

Virology and AIDS Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1982 - current; Covers the world literature on every aspect of virology in humans, animals, and plants, with topics ranging from replication cycles to oncology, hepatitis B virus vaccination, viral genetics, interferon, and more.

Vogue Archive VCU: Coverage: 1892 - Present; Image-rich primary source for the study of fashion, gender and modern social history. It presents a portrait of its era through photographs, articles, and advertisements. Contains every page of Vogue Magazine from 1892 to the present.

Voice of the Shuttle: Coverage: Pre-history - present; Voice of the Shuttle, established in 1994, provides a structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources for a wide range of academic disciplines in the humanities -- and points toward the transformation of those disciplines as they interact

Warc VCU: Global advertising and marketing trends, including market intelligence, case studies, conference reports, articles, expenditure data, profiles of major brand owners, and consumer insight.

Water Resources Abstracts VCU: Coverage: 1967 - present; Abstracts of the international literature on water-related topics.

Web of Science VCU: Coverage: 1965 - present; Citation databases including Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index for searches by cited reference, topic, and author.

WGSN (Worth Global Style Network) VCU: Coverage: 1998 - Present; Focusing on the areas and intersections of fashion, style, and commerce, WGSN provides a global view on trends in design. Its archive contains more than 5 million images from the runways, the street, retail outlets, and design sketches.

Wilson Web Databases VCU: Abstract databases covering arts, humanities, social sciences, and science topics.

WISQARS: Interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC.

Women Writers Online VCU: Searchable textbase of approximately 200 works published between 1525-1830. A work in progress; coverage will extend from 1400-1850. Includes Renaissance Women Online, a subset of approximately 100 works.

Women's Studies International VCU: Coverage: 1972-present; Women's Studies and feminist research supporting curriculum development in sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.

World Almanac and Book of Facts VCU: Reference source including four almanacs and Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia.

World Bank Data Catalog VCU: Lists World Bank data sources. Includes databases, pre-formatted tables and reports. Users may select countries, indicators, and years to search. Results may be exported in a variety of formats.

World News Connection VCU: Compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources, covers significant socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events.

WorldCat (via FirstSearch) VCU: Consolidated catalog of items held by libraries worldwide.

WorldCat.org: Over 1 billion items (books, music, video, and articles) in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) Libraries: WRDS is a data management service which enables users to access databases to which VCU subscribes (Compustat). Access limited within the libraries to VCU students, faculty, and staff.

www.health.gov: Portal to the websites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal departments and agencies.

Zoological Record VCU: Coverage: 1985-present; The oldest database of animal biology and leading taxonomic reference. Abstracts and citations only. Some links to full-text.

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