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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.