Access to these databases is limited to WCC students, faculty, and staff. (Off-campus access instructions)
Commonly Used Databases
Academic Search Complete – Scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database
EBSCOhost Research Databases – CINAHL, Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source, MEDLINE, PsycARTICLES, and other academic and general interest databases
Gale's Literature Resource Center – Comprehensive literature resources
FirstSearch – Citations and abstracts to journal articles
OVID – Your Journals@OVID, FULL-TEXT articles in nursing and health sciences
CQ Researcher – Comprehensive reports and analyses on issues in the news
Factiva – from Dow Jones & Reuters -- FULL-TEXT articles from many magazines, journals, newspapers, and newswires
Facts on File – Articles, photographs, historic documents in Facts on File World News Digest plus a live news feed from Reuters. Other databases include Issues and Controversies, Today’s Science, The World Almanac, and The World Almanac Encyclopedia
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center – Access social issues viewpoint articles, primary documents, statistics, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles
Other Resources
Alphabetical list of databases - List of all VIVA/VCCS databases
Subject list of databases - List of all VIVA/VCCS databases
VCCS Electronic Library Resources - locate other VCCS libraries
VIVA - Virtual Library of Virginia
Open Access
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus
- The Chronicle Of Higher Education (from any computer or device on WCC network)
- Your Dictionary
Restricted Access (WCC students, faculty, and staff only)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library – approximately 30 key reference works.
- Gale Literature Resource Center
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection – over 100 dictionaries and reference works published by Oxford University Press covering virtually all subjects.
- Safari Technical & Business Books
- The Chronicle of Higher Education (Employees can access Premium content from computers and devices not on the WCC network by creating a Chronicle account using WCC email.)
- Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
- VCCS Audiobooks (Overdrive)