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Alternative Press Index VCU Mobile-enabled
Coverage: 1969 - present
Covers journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 700 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Includes Alt. Press Archive.
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.
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.
Britannica Online VCU
Access to Encyclopaedia Britannica, news, magazines, journals, web sites, research tools, and multimedia.
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.
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.
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.
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 Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)
Coverage: 1966 - present
Premier database for education research. Includes journal articles, conference papers, reports, curriculum materials, and more.
ERIC via ProQuest VCU Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)
Coverage: 1966 - present
Premier database for education research. Includes journal articles, conference papers, reports, curriculum materials, and more.
Ethnic NewsWatch VCU
Full text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, native and minority press.
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.
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.
Left Index VCU Mobile-enabled
Coverage: 1982 - present
Covers the diverse political, economic, social, and cultural literature of the left. Also covers some historically significant early left publications.
LGBT Life VCU Mobile-enabled
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.
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.
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.
PAIS International VCU Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)
Coverage: 1915 - present
Abstracts from the international literature on public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations. Includes PAIS Archive, 1915-1976.
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.
PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) VCU Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)
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.
Social Sciences Abstracts VCU Mobile-enabled
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.
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Sociological Abstracts VCU Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)
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.
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.
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
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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