Databases: Social Sciences: Multidisciplinary

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

eBook Collection from EBSCOhost VCU

A collection of thousands of electronic books from leading university, trade and professional publishers. Formerly NetLibrary.

Google Scholar VCU

Scholarly literature crawled by Google.

How to use Google Scholar at VCU 

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 

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.

Project Muse VCU

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

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Up to date figures on many aspects of American life and population.

WorldCat.org

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