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Databases & Off-Campus
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The
databases below contain full-text
articles in magazines, journals,
newspapers and other resources
that are invaluable to your research.
Although you access databases
online, they are not “Internet
sites” but licensed subscriptions
made available to students, faculty,
and staff of VVC. For access
off-campus, users must apply
for a new User Name and Password
each semester.
Note:
Once you receive
a password,
use the "Off-Campus
Access" button
below to connect
to databases
from home.
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Academic
Search Premier (Replaces
Academic OneFile) is
a multi-disciplinary database providing
full-text articles
for more
than 4,600 magazines and
scholarly journals,
including full-text for nearly 3,900
peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to
1975 or further are available for
over 100 journals, and searchable
cited references are provided for more
than 1,000 titles.
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MasterFile
Premier is
a multi-disciplinary database
providing
full-text articles for nearly 1,700
general interest periodicals/magazines dating
as far back as 1975. Also contains
full-text for nearly 500
reference books and over 164,400
primary source documents.
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Opposing
Viewpoints In Context provides
a complete one-stop resource for information
on social issues. Access controversial
viewpoint articles, topic
overviews, statistics, primary documents,
links
to Web sites, and full-text magazine
and newspaper articles.
Tip:
Click the “Browse Issues” tab
at the top of the homepage and under "Choose
a Category" select "View All" for
an A-Z list of popular topics. |
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CQ
Researcher is
a weekly online publication that covers current
and controversial issues. Complete
summaries, discussion covering all
sides of the issue, and annotated bibliographies
are provided for each topic. Users
are
able to view the current issue, search
past issues, or browse by topic, pro/con,
and date.
Tip:
Click the “Browse Reports” tab at the
top of the homepage for a list of popular
topics and pro/con issues. |
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Newspaper
Source Plus includes
more than 860 full-text newspapers (including
the New York Times), providing more than
35 million full-text articles. In addition,
the
database features more than 857,000
television
and radio news transcripts from CBS News,
CNN, CNN International, NPR,
etc. |
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LexisNexis
Academic "Newspapers" (On-campus
only) contains full-text
articles from local and major U.S. and
international newspapers including the Washington
Post, The
New York Times,
the San Francisco Chronicle,
and the
Los Angeles Times.
Tip: To limit a search
to only U.S. newspapers, check the box under "Select
Sources" on the main search
screen. To limit a search to only California
newspapers-or a specific newspaper title-, change
"Everywhere" to "Source Title & Location" on
a separate search line
and
enter
"California"
in the search box. |
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Oxford
Art Online is
a gateway offering users the ability
to access and cross-search four major
art reference resources in one location: Grove
Art Online, Oxford
Companion to Western Art, The
Concise Dictionary of Art Terms,
and Oxford’s Encyclopedia
of Aesthetics. The combined
content includes over 23,000 subject
entries, 21,000 biographies, and links
to more than 40,000 images on every
aspect of the visual arts from prehistory
to present. World art timelines and
thematic topic guides are also provided. |
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Oxford
Music Online is
a gateway offering users the ability
to access and cross-search four major
music reference resources in one location: Grove
Music Online, The
Oxford Companion to Music, The
Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd edition,
and The Encyclopedia of
Popular Music, 4th edition. The
Oxford Companion to Music offers
more than 8,000 articles on composers,
performers, conductors, instruments,
forms and genres. The Encyclopedia
of Popular Music is the authoritative
biographical encyclopedia of rock,
pop, and jazz artists from 1900 to
the present. The database also provides
music history timelines and thematic
topic guides. |
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BIR
Entertainment
provides information on about 450,000
music titles and 200,000
DVD/video titles, with more being added
regularly. With BIR, your patrons can
find music or videos featuring a favorite
artist or performer, or a specific
genre. |
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Books
in Print provides
access to approximately 2 million titles
that are in print, forthcoming, or
declared out-of-print. Records are
searchable by author, title, subject,
publisher, ISBN, and keywords, as well
as other criteria. The database also
includes publisher's information and
full-text Book Reviews from
twelve leading publications. |
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Book
Index with Reviews is
a comprehensive database providing
information on over 5 million book
titles, in a wide range of formats.
The database contains almost 800,000
full-text searchable book reviews from
sources such as Library Journal, School
Library Journal, Publishers Weekly,
Booklist and others. BIR also contains
close to 700,000 music, DVD, and video
titles, making it a great resource
for finding multimedia materials. |
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Business
Source Elite provides
full-text coverage for nearly 1,000 business publications
including scholarly journals and company profiles.
Topics
cover accounting, banking, international business,
management, etc. |
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Regional
Business News includes
full-text coverage for nearly 100 regional
U.S. and Canadian business publications. |
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LexisNexis
Academic (On-campus
only) contains nearly
5,600 full-text publications on news,
financial, medical, and legal information.
Sources include newspapers, magazines,
law reviews, wire service, federal
and state court opinions, federal
and state statutes, federal
regulations, and SEC
filings. **LexisNexis
Academic Search Tips** |
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EBSCOhost
eBooks provides
access to approximately 2,300 eBook titles
purchased through the California Community
College Library Consortium.
The titles were hand-selected to support
a wide range of subjects and are searchable
in the library catalog or directly
through the EBSCOhost database. In
addition to the purchased titles, the
database also provides access to over
3,400 public domain eBooks from sources
such as Project Gutenberg (ex.,
Works of Shakespeare, Canterbury Tales,
The Bible...).
Note:
Viewing individual eBook titles is
limited to one person at a time and
thus may not always be accessible.
Once a title is returned, there is
a 15 minute release period before it
can be accessed by the same or another
user. |
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See
below under Science for
access to the following full-text academic
reference
E-Books:
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ERIC (Education
Resource Information Center) is a massive educational
resource containing over 1.4 million records
and links to more than 337,000 full-text documents.
(Accessed through EBSCO Host) |
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Professional
Development Collection is
designed for professional educators,
providing a highly specialized
collection of nearly 520 high quality
education
journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed
titles. This database also contains
more than 200 educational reports. |
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MAS
Ultra - School Edition is
designed specifically for high
school libraries but it may be useful for
college students taking education classes
focusing on secondary grade levels.
The database contains full-text for
nearly 500 popular magazines geared
toward high school students. Also included
are more than 360 full-text reference
books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000
primary source documents. |
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Primary
Search is
designed specifically for elementary
school students but may be useful
for college students taking education
classes focusing on elementary grade
levels. The database provides full-text
for more than 70 popular magazines
suitable for elementary school students.
All full-text articles are assigned
a reading level indicator (Lexiles)
and date back as far as 1990. |
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Britannica
Online-Academic contains
the complete encyclopedia as well as
the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Content is updated daily and includes
topical entries, maps, photos, illustrations,
magazine and journal articles, videos,
multimedia clips, and yearbooks. Two
useful features are “Research
Tools” (Country Comparisons,
Subject Timelines, This Day in History...)
and “Spotlights” (in-depth
coverage of popular topics including
Notable Women, Black History, and Shakespeare). |
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Access
UN (United Nations) contains
full-text UN documents, publications,
and more. Separate indexing is provided
for the UN Treaty Series and six main
UN bodies: General Assembly, Security
Council, Economics and Social Council,
Trusteeship Council, and the Secretariat
and International Court of Justice.
Coverage is from 1998 to present. |
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CQ
Weekly online
provides information on government,
politics, and public policy surrounding
Congress. Each issue contains an unbiased,
objective summary of all Capitol Hill
activity from the previous week. Useful
search features include browsing by
topic and article date. |
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CountryWatch is
comprised of four databases: (1) Country
Reviews: provides 50-100 page reports
on 191 countries covering historic, political,
economic, and contemporary issues; (2) Country
Wire: provides country-specific daily
news on each country; (3) Country Data:
allows cross-sectional data searching by country,
time period, and data series; and (4) Country
Business: includes information and regulations
on investment and trade from the U.S. Department
of State. |
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Military
& Government Collection offers
a collection of periodicals, academic journals,
and other content pertinent to all branches of
the military and government. The collection includes
full-text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals
and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. |
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Health
Source: Nursing Academic Edition provides
nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals
focusing on many medical disciplines.
Also includes the Lexi-PAL
Drug Guide, which covers 1,300
generic drug patient education sheets
with
more than 4,700 brand names |
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Consumer
Health Complete provides
content covering all areas of health
and wellness from mainstream medicine
to the many perspectives of complementary,
holistic and integrated medicines. Includes
access to over 550 health related magazines
and journals, more than 250 health related
books and encyclopedias, thousands of
full-text evidence-based reports,
the Clinical Reference System, the
Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, and more. |
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Health
Source: Consumer Edition provides
information on many health topics
including the medical sciences, food
sciences and nutrition, childcare,
sports medicine and general health.
Includes access to over 80 full-text
consumer health magazines (American
Fitness, Better Nutrition, Prevention,
etc.), nearly 130 health reference
books, and over 9,000 clinical reference
reports. |
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MEDLINE provides
authoritative medical information on medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
the health care system, pre-clinical sciences,
and much more. Created by the National
Library of Medicine, the database searches
citations from over 4,800 current biomedical
journals.
(Accessed through EBSCO Host) |
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U.S.
History in Context provides
integrated access to materials covering
themes, events, individuals, and periods
in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times
to the present. Resources include articles
from more than 30 reference titles,
over 110 full-text journals and magazines,
and more than a 1,000 historical (primary)
documents.
Tip:
Click the “Browse Topics” tab
at the top of the homepage and under "Choose
a Category" select "View
All" for an A-Z list of popular
topics. |
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World
History in Context is
a comprehensive collection of references,
articles, images, and maps from over
27 reference titles, more than 110
full-text journals, and over 1,800
primary sources. Coverage extends from
ancient Europe to Latin America and
from the Far East to the Renaissance.
Tip:
Click the “Browse Topics” tab
at the top of the homepage and under "Choose
a Category" select "View
All" for an A-Z list of popular
topics. |
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America:
History and Life
covers the
history and culture of the United States
and Canada, from prehistory to the
present. The database includes selective
indexing for 1,700 journals from 1955
to present, and
full-text
coverage of more than 200 journals
and nearly 100 books.. |
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European
Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 is
a resource created
from “European
Americana: A Chronological Guide to
Works Printed In Europe Relating to
The Americas, 1493-1750,” the
authoritative bibliography that is
well-known and respected by scholars
worldwide. The database was produced in
cooperation with the John Carter Brown
Library, and contains
more than 32,000 entries from printed
records about the Americas written
in Europe before 1750. |
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LexisNexis
Academic (On-campus
only) contains nearly
5,600 full-text publications on news,
financial, medical, and legal information.
Sources include newspapers, magazines,
law reviews, wire service, federal
and state court opinions, federal
and state statutes, federal
regulations, and SEC
filings. **LexisNexis
Academic Search Tips** |
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Literature
Resource Center (Gale) contains
the complete Gale series, Contemporary
Authors and Dictionary of
Literary Biography, "selected" full-text
critical essays from various Gale literary
criticism series (Contemporary, 1400-1800,
19th –Century, 20th-Century,
Shakespearean, Poetry, Drama, Short-Story,
Children’s Literature), critical
essays and reviews from over 360 literary
journals and magazines, and more. |
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Gale
Literary Database is
a cross-searchable database, providing
full-text access to three core Gale
literary series: Contemporary
Authors, Contemporary Literary
Criticism Select, and the Dictionary
of Literary Biography. The database
provides complete biographical and
bibliographical information on more
than 120,000 U.S. and international
authors, over 11,000 critical essays,
and nearly 10,000 biographical and
critical essays on literary figures
from all eras and genres. |
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Psychology
and Behavioral Sciences Collection is
a comprehensive resource covering
topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics,
psychiatry & psychology, mental processes,
anthropology, and observational & experimental
methods. The database offers full-text coverage
for nearly 400 academic journals. |
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Routledge
Religion Online is a single
search, full-text database of over 25 major
multi- and single-volume works on the topic
of Religion. Titles include: the Encyclopedia
of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals,
the Encyclopedia of African American
Religions, the Encyclopedia of Religious
Freedom, and many more. |
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Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (REP)
is the online version of the REP originally
published in 1998 (located in the library).
Like the print edition, the online
version features over 2,000 original
articles across the discipline of philosophy.
REP is updated quarterly and contains
numerous links between articles and
to other philosophy resources. |
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Religion
and Philosophy Collection provides
extensive coverage of such topics as world
religions, major denominations, biblical
studies, religious history, epistemology,
political philosophy, philosophy of language,
moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Contains more than 300 full-text
academic journals |
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Biology
Journals (ProQuest) provides
access to a wide range of biology topics.
The database includes over 285 titles,
with more than 250 available in full-text.
Biology-related topics include: Biological
chemistry, Biophysics, Botany, Cytology
and histology, Environmental studies,
Microbiology, Microscopy, and Zoology. **Tips
for searching scientific articles** |
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GreenFILE is
a collection of scholarly, government and general-interest
titles that includes content on global warming,
green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture,
renewable energy, recycling, and more. The
database provides indexing and abstracts for
more than 384,000 records, 4,700
full-text. |
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Earth
Science is
the online edition (2012) of an
8-volume academic reference series,
comprised of four,
2-volume subsets (also
available in the library-Ref. QE
26.3 E25 2012).
Articles
are signed by the academics and
other experts who wrote them.
•
Earth's Materials and Resources
An
encyclopedic review of the material world, describing
everything from gold to hazardous waste and placed
in the context of humans' life on earth.
• Earth's
Surface and History
Describes
mountain ranges, the oceans, continental movement,
and a wide variety of features that have influenced
life on earth.
• Earth's
Weather, Water, and Atmosphere
Explores
the fluids on the surface of the
earth and the gases that surround it.
Articles examine the evolution of these
interactions during the earth's history.
• Physics
and Chemistry of the Earth
A
detailed look at the dynamics of
the earth's mass and how its chemistry
produces change. Articles include geothermometry
and geobarometry, glacial events, mass
extinction theories, and more.
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Encyclopedia
of Energy is
the online edition (2013) of the 4-volume
academic reference book (also
available in the library-Ref. TJ
163 .16 E47 2013).
Each volume contains articles on various
aspects of energy and the influence
of energy
on societies around the world. Articles
are signed by the academics and other
experts who wrote them. |
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Encyclopedia
of Environmental Issues is
the online revised edition (2011)
of the 4-volume academic reference
book (also available
in the library-Ref. GE 10 E523 2011).
Each volume contains
information
from numerous fields of knowledge
relevant to the study of environmental
issues, including biology, geology,
anthropology, demographics, genetics,
and engineering. Articles are
signed by the academics and other
experts
who wrote them. |
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Encyclopedia
of Global Resources is
the online edition (2010) of the
4-volume academic reference book (also available
in the library-Ref. HC 85 E49
2010).
The content surveys more than 200
natural resources, along with major
producers
and technologies. Articles also
address the global economic impact
of our natural resources. Articles
are signed by the academics and other
experts who wrote them. |
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Forensic
Science is
the online edition (2009) of
the 3-volume academic reference book
(also available in the library-Ref.
HV 8073
F5837 2009).
Essays range from the role of forensic
science in the American
legal
system, to overviews examining the
misconceptions fostered by the media
and the treatment
of forensic science in television,
literature, and journalism. Articles
are
signed by the academics and other experts who wrote
them. |
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The
Solar System is
the online edition (2010) of the 3-volume
academic reference book (also available
in the library-Ref. QB 501 S627 2010).
The volumes covers all major aspects
of Earth's solar system, from every
feature
of
the major
planets to their satellites, small
bodies and cosmological context. Articles
are signed by the academics and other
experts who wrote them. |
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Encyclopedia
of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) (On-campus
only) is
an interdisciplinary compendium
of twenty full-text encyclopedias searchable
by keyword or subject categories. Subject
areas include: Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences; Biology and Health Sciences;
Tropical Biology and Natural Resources;
Social Sciences and Humanities; Control
Systems, Robotics, and Automation;
Mathematical Sciences; and more. Search
results are returned grouped by subject
categories. **Note
for viewing EOLSS** |
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Auto
Repair Reference Center provides
access to drawings and step-by-step
photographs, technical service bulletins & recalls,
wiring diagrams, specifications & maintenance
schedules, labor time guide & estimator,
videos & diagnostic information. |
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