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
• Factiva – from Dow Jones & Reuters -- FULL-TEXT articles from many magazines, journals, newspapers, and newswires
• 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
• 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)