Databases by Format

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

Articles

• Factiva — Comprehensive full-text newspaper database.
  
  
• Finding Newspapers Online — Links to national, international, and local newspapers. Not all of these websites will have everything in full-text.
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus  
  — Some full-text of major American newspapers, foreign newspapers, and regional US newspapers.
  
  
• Regional Business News  
  — Some full-text of more than 80 business journals, newspapers and newswires.

• All EBSCO's Databases  
  — Search databases on all subjects, including medicine, history, government, religion, philosophy, science, technology, business, education, Spanish-language, and psychology. Great place to start for any research!
  
  
• Literature Resources from Gale — Full-text literary information including biographies and criticism. Includes MLA International Bibliography.
  
  
• 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 literary and science journals.
  
  
• CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online — Full-text database from Columbia University of international information.
  
  
• Contemporary Women's Issues — Full-text database that focuses on critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries.
  
  
• Duke University Press — Full-text articles published by Duke University Press including the journal American Literature and Theater.
  
  
• HarpWeek — Full-text database of Harper's Weekly articles from 1857 to 1877.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Print Periodicals in RBC Library — List of periodicals available in the RBC Library.
  
  
• Project Muse — Includes online literary journals such as: College Literature; ELH; Shakespeare Quarterly; Southern Literary Journal; Texas Studies in Literature and Language; and The Yale Journal of Criticism.
  
  
• ProQuest Abstract Databases — Abstracts of articles. Includes over 30 databases such as Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, ERIC, EconLit, Biological Sciences, and Medline
  
  
• PsycINFO (APA) — Database of citations and abstracts only. Produced by the American Psychological Association.
  
  
• PubMed Central (PMC) — Free database of online medical articles with some full-text.
  

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Books

• Catalog — Search for books found inside the RBC Library. Also contains links to over 60,000 ebooks available online from EBSCO Ebooks and Safari Tech Books.
  
  
• WorldCat — Search for books found in college libraries around the state. Request a copy through InterLibrary Loan.
  
  
• Books in Print (with reviews) — Catalog of all books available for sale in bookstores; also contains reviews of the books.
  
  
• Dissertations and Theses — Doctoral dissertations and master's theses from around the world.
  
  
• Poetry: African-American Poetry — Full-text.
  
  
• Poetry: American Poetry — Full-text.
  
  
• Poetry: English Poetry — Full-text.
  
  
• Poetry: English Verse Drama — Full-text.
  
  
• PsycBooks (APA) — Full-text books published by the American Psychological Association.
  
  
• Safari Tech Books — Reference library of online books for programmers and IT professionals. Also includes articles!
  
  
• Salem Literature — Critical insights on some authors and works.
  
  
• Wiley Online Library — Ebooks in a wide variety of subject areas.
  

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Business Data

• Factiva — Current and historical stock information, industry news, etc.
  
  
• Mergent Online — Company profiles.
  

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Congressional Documents

• Congressional Universe — Selected full-text of Congressional documents, including hearings, reports, testimonies, bills, laws, and regulations.
  

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Reference

• Consumer Health Complete — Full-text reference works on health conditions, procedures, and treatments.
  
  
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics — Full-text handbook of chemisty and physics reference information.
  
  
• ENGnetBASE — Full-text handbooks in civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, also telecommunications.
  
  
• Gale Literary Index — Index of print resources available in the RBC Library such as Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.
  
  
• Oxford English Dictionary
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online — Full-text dictionaries and handbooks in all subject areas.
  
  
• Salem Health — Psychology and mental health.
  
  
• Shakespeare Survey — View table of contents online. This multivolume series is availabe in the STACKS: PR2888 .C33. Use the contents links for each volume.
  
  
• The Sixties in America — Articles on people, cultural icons, and historical events of the 1960s.
  

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Videos

• American History in Video — Streaming online video of documentaries (from History Channel, PBS, A&E, and others), newsreels, and other archival footage.
  
  
• Consumer Health Videos — Streaming online video of health-related issues.
  
  
• Catalog — Search for DVDs/VHS available in the RBC Library.
  
  

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