Databases by Subject

Most of these databases are made available by the Virtual Library of Virginia!.
Also, check out all our Databases A-Z or our Databases by Format.

• EBSCO's General Information Databases  
  — Simultaneously search Academic Search Complete; MasterFILE Premier; and Newspaper Source Plus. Peer-reviewed articles are available!
  
  
• All EBSCO's Databases  
  — You select the databases you'd like to search.
  
  
• Factiva — Newspaper database.
  
  
• Newspapers Available Online — RBC links to newspapers' websites.
  
  
• Oxford English Dictionary
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online — Dictionaries and handbooks in all subject areas.
  
  
• WorldCat — Use this database to see which periodicals are available at other libraries and may be ordered for you via Interlibrary Loan.
  

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• Consumer Health Complete
  
  
• EBSCO's Health, Medicine and Nursing Databases  
  — Simultaneously search Academic Search Complete; Alt HealthWatch; CINAHL; HealthSource: Consumer Edition; and HealthSource: Nursing/Academic Edition.
  
  
• Medline — Abstracts of articles on a variety of health professions.
  
  
• Ovid Journals — Access over 250 medical journals.
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online: Medical Reference — Medical, health, drug and nutrition dictionaries and handbooks.
  
  
• PubMed Central (PMC) — Free database of online medical articles with some full-text.
  
  
• Wiley Online Library — Access medical books, reference works, and journals.
  

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• African-American Poetry — Full-text poetry made available by the University of Virginia.
  
  
• American History in Video — Watch online a wide range of documentaries (like those from The History Channel), newsreels, and other archival footage.
  
  
• American Poetry — Full-text poetry made available by the University of Virginia.
  
  
• Cambridge Journals Online — Includes online literary journals.
  
  
• CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online — Full-text database from Columbia University of international information including books, journals, working papers, country maps and country information.
  
  
• Congressional Universe — Selected full-text access to congressional and legislative information.
  
  
• Duke University Press — Full-text articles published by Duke University Press including the journal American Literature and Theater.
  
  
• EBSCO's History and Government Databases  
  — Simultaneously search Academic Search Complete; America: History and Life; Historical Abstracts; Humanities International Complete; Legal Collection; Military & Government Collection; and Newspaper Source Plus.
  
  
• English Poetry — Full-text poetry made available by the University of Virginia.
  
  
• English Verse Drama — Full-text plays in verse made available by the University of Virginia.
  
  
• Gale Literary Index — Online index of all the Gale literature reference works located in the Ready Reference section. Search by name of author and/or title of work and get volume/page number of where it's located in the major reference sets.
  
  
• HarpWeek — Full-text database of Harper's Weekly articles from 1857 to 1877.
  
  
• Literature Resources from Gale — Full-text literary information including biographies and criticism. Includes MLA International Bibliography.
  
  
• MLA International Bibliography — Literary database with partial full-text.
  
  
• New York Times Features on Authors (registration to New York Times web site is required.)
  
  
• Oxford English Dictionary
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online — Dictionaries and handbooks in all areas of the humanities.
  
  
• Project Muse — Includes online literary journals such as: American Literature;, College Literature; ELH; Shakespeare Quarterly; Southern Literary Journal; Texas Studies in Literature and Language; and The Yale Journal of Criticism.
  
  
• Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)  
  
  
• Salem Literature — Critical insights on authors and works.
  
  
• The Sixties in America — Articles on people, cultural icons, and historical events of the 1960s.
  

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• ACM Digital Library — Full-text database of articles published by the Association for Computing Machinery.
  
  
• ACS Publications — Full-text database of articles published by the American Chemical Society.
  
  
• Annual Reviews  
  — Full-text database of science articles.
  
  
• BioOne — Full-text database of 80+ bioscience research journals.
  
  
• Cambridge Journals Online — Includes online science journals such as: Acta Numerica; Biological Reviews; Combinatorics, Probability and Computing; and Parasitology.
  
  
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics — Full-text handbook of chemisty and physics reference information.
  
  
• EBSCO's Science and Technology Databases  
  — Simultaneously search Academic Search Complete; Associates Programs Source; Computers & Applied Sciences Complete; Environment Complete; GreenFILE; and Newspaper Source Complete.
  
  
• HighWire Press — Full-text access to science journals.
  
  
• Institute of Physics — Full-text journal articles from the Institute of Physics.
  
  
• MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society) — Database covers the world's mathematical literature providing reviews of mathematical research literature.
  
  
• Nature — Full-text access to Nature.
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online — Dictionaries and handbooks in all areas of science and math.
  
  
• Project Muse — Includes online journals such as: Human Biology and Perspectives in Biology and Medicine.
  
  
• ProQuest Abstract Databases — Includes the databases: Biological Sciences, Computer and Information Systems Abstracts, Environmental Sciences, and Plant Science. These databases do not contain full-text of any articles. Use Full-Text Online Journal Locator to find out if we have access to the full-text in another database. If it's not available, request it through Interlibrary Loan using this form.
  
  
• Safari Tech Books — Reference library of online books for programmers and IT professionals. Also includes articles!
  
  
• Science — Full-text access to articles published from 1997-present in Science magazine.
  
  
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory — Find out whether or not a journal is peer-reviewed. Search by title and note whether or not it has the black book icon .
  
  
• Wiley Online Library —Access books, reference works, and journals in all areas of science and mathematics.
  

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• American Journal of Psychiatry — Full-text articles dating back to 1997.
  
  
• APA PsycBooks — Full-text books published by the American Psychological Association.
  
  
• APA PsycINFO — Database of citations and abstracts only. Produced by the American Psychological Association.
  
  
• Contemporary Women's Issues — Full-text database that focuses on critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries.
  
  
• EBSCO's Business Databases  
  — Simultaneously search Academic Search Complete; Associates Programs Source; Business Source Complete; Communication & Mass Media Complete; Hospitality & Tourism Complete; Newspaper Source Plus; and Regional Business News.
  
  
• EBSCO's Education Databases  
  — Simultaneously search Academic Search Complete; Communication & Mass Media Complete; Education Research Complete; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; and Teacher Reference Center.
  
  
• EBSCO's Psychology Databases  
  — Simultaneously search Academic Search Complete; Communication & Mass Media Complete; and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection.
  
  
• EconLit — Abstracts of economics literature from around the world.
  
  
• ERIC — Abstracts of journal articles dealing with issues in education.
  
  
• Journal of Marriage and Family — Access and search full-text articles from the Journal of Marriage and Family from 2000 on.
  
  
• Mergent Online — Company profiles.
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online — Dictionaries and handbooks in economics and business, as well as politics and social sciences.
  
  
• Project Muse — Includes online economics journals such as: American Annals of the Deaf; Brookings-Wharton Papers; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; Labor Studies Journal; Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology; Social Forces; and Southern Cultures.
  
  
• ProQuest Scientific Abstracts — Includes the databases: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; PILOTS Database on post-tramautic stress disorder; Social Services Abstracts; and Sociological Abstracts.
  
  
• Salem Health — Psychology and Mental Health.
  
  
• Wiley Online Library — Access books, reference works, and journals on psychology, social and behavioral sciences, and law/criminology.
  

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• Salud en Español — Spanish version of Consumer Health Complete from EBSCO.
  
  
• EBSCO's Spanish Language Databases  
  — Simultaneously search Economía y Negocios, Fuenta Académica and MedicLatina.
  

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• Find it Virginia — Databases available to patrons of Virginia public libraries. A public library barcode number is needed for access.
  
  
• Full-Text VIVA Online Journal Locator — Directory of journals available online through all VIVA databases. This directory is available both on- and off-campus. Database links within VIVA's online journal directory will only work on-campus. To access actual databases from off-campus, use the appropriate RBC library VIVA database links.
  
  
• JSTOR's Register and Read Program — JSTOR has unlocked many journals in their archive and allows anyone to register with their site and read up to 3 articles every 14 days! You do not have to be affiliated with a college or university to participate in this program.
  
  
• Oxford University Press — Over 100 periodical titles in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. The full text is generally available for the past several years, though abstracts of articles date back additional years.
  
  
• Print Periodicals in the RBC Library
  

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