Databases: W
- 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.
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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.
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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 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.
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WorldCat (via FirstSearch)
VCU
- Consolidated catalog of items held by libraries worldwide.
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WorldCat.org
- Over 1 billion items (books, music, video, and articles) in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts VCU
- Coverage: 1975 - Present
- Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, economics, law, and public administration and policy.
- 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.
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