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Online Databases

All of the databases are available off-campus to registered members of the VMC community. Present a current valid VMC ID card at the Library Circulation Desk to receive the necessary passwords and user codes.

 

ART DATABASES
Artcyclopedia --guide to great art on the Internet.
Art Full Text -- Dates cover: indexing 1984+, abstracting 1994+ and full text 1997+. Topics cover: Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles and Video.
ARTstor - a non-profit digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.
Bibliographyof the History of Art (BHA) - is the world's most comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of western art.
Fine Arts and Music Collection - full-texted magazines and journals. Collection supports research in areas such as drama, music, art history and filmmaking.
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture - Collection  of nearly 50 Journals forcused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture.  Content includes both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.
Grove Music Online -- Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition.
Home Improvement Collection - Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements and more.
Interior Design Magazine - dynamic environment with blogging, RSS and many other features.
WWD.com (Women's Wear Daily) - full-text fashion articles. Past twelve months are available from search date. Search online magazine on campus only.
 BUSINESS DATABASES
Business and Economic Theory - Full-text journals focusing on topics in economics.
Business and Company ASAP --information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
Business and Company Resource Center --Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
Business Source Premier --EBSCOhost-- Full-text journals focusing on topics in business
General Business File ASAP - Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.  Provides access to broker reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images.
Small Business Collection - Full-text periodicals provides insight on business tips, strategies and success stories.
HEALTH SCIENCES AND SCIENCE DATABASES
BioMed Central --over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine
DOAJ -Directory of Open Access Journals --this service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Covers all subjects and languages.
General Science Collection - Full-text academic journals and general acience-focused magazines covering all scientific endeavor, including particle physics, quantum theory, advanced mathematics, and biotechnology.
Health Reference Center Academic - Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, the material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS)--is a review journal and published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. Reviews may be accessed in full-text and PDF versions. 
Nursing and Allied Health Collection - Covers all aspects of the Nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration.
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection - Full-text collection covering treatment techniques, experimental research theses.
PubMed Central --U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DATABASES
Academic OneFile - Full-text peer-reviewed articles covering physcial sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.
Ebscohost--Academic Search Premier -database with full-text coverage in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, medicine and much more.
Expanded Academic ASAP - Full-text and images.  Covers arts and the humanities, social sciences, science and technology and more.
General OneFile - Full-text source for business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology and more.
ProQuest -- search multiple databases with access to thousands of journals, newspapers and magazines. Contains full-text articles from 1986.
NEWSPAPER DATABASES
Custom Newspapers--search a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international.
InfoTrac Newsstand - Full-text coverage by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields.  Research more than 1,000 newspapers.
National Newspaper Index -   provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
New York State Newspapers-- contains ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times, New York Post and The Buffalo News.
ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Britannica Online--Encyclopaedia Britannica via the Web.
SUBJECT DATABASES
Communications and Mass Media Collection - full-text coverage includes, advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and more.
Criminal Justice Collection - Collection covers law, law enforcement, paralegal and Homeland Security.
Diversity Studies Collection - Full-text collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community.
Environmental Studies and Policy - provides information and viewpoints from the scientific community, governmental policy makers and corporate interests.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Collection - covers significant aspect of our culture, covering topics such as, gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects and more.
Information Science and Library Issues Collection - covering topics such as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures and more.
Pop Culture - Full-text coverage and content featuring celebrities, fashion, internet culture, music, sports, technology, television, trends and other aspects of popular culture. Starting with the dawn of the 20th century, this resource is current and includes emerging trends and topics that have become part of our culture.
Psychology Collection - explores topics from childhood to death. Collection provides information in the study of the mind, emotions, and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time.
Religion and Philosophy Collection - Full-text coverage on different religions and philosophies and how they impact our daily lives.
War and Terrorism Collection - full-text periodicals covering the history, social science and current events dealing with terrorism and insights into conflicts: their causes, their impact and how they are perceived on a global scale.
World History Collection - coverage of events in World History.
The Twayne Author Series- Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Library Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.
U.S. History Collection - Full-text journals covering content on U.S. History
Vocations, Careers and Technical Education Collection - full-text journals covering content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.