WILLIAMSBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE
LIBRARY RESEARCH DATABASES
Research Databases
Usernames and passwords may be required to access databases.
Contact library for additional information: 843-355-4172 or 843-355-4131.
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF ALL ELECTRONIC DATABASES
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Over 8,500 articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th edition; Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology; 110,000+ definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms and much more.
Biography Resource Center +
The Complete Marquis Who's Who(r)
This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
Business and
Company Resource Center with PROMT and Newsletters
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing
together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports,
company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Predicast's PROMT and
Newsletter databases are fully integrated in this database. Search this database
to find detailed company and industry news and information.
As the world’s largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 7,800 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,125 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost
CINAHL, is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers This database provides indexing for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 1,000,000 records
Clinical
Pharmacology provides access up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug
monographs for all
Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for more than 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac-Gale)
Full-text articles from over
100
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
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From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
Funk and Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
General
Business File ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and
trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a
combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals
and company directory listings with full text and images available.
General
Reference Center
A
general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one
easy-to-use interface.
Grolier Online offers a complete source of reference material for your needs. From extensive hyperlinking, article updates, bibliographies and kid-safe web links, Grolier Online is an excellent companion for students and teachers.
Health and
Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Use this
Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions,
directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition,
Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse,
Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary
treatments, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites
as well as government
databases. Material contained in this
Health
Reference Center Academic
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
This database provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
InfoTrac contains over 15 million articles from over 5,000 sources for online research of a wide range of current topics. Updated daily.
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Delivers electronic access to peer-reviewed journals in the fields of biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law. Content exceeds 28,000 papers from more than fifty-five authoritative journals, all full-text searchable and linked to external bibliographic databases.
Use this
database to find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law
and bar association journals and legal newspapers. Included are articles on
Federal and State Cases, Laws and Regulations, Legal Practice, and Taxation.
Also included are:
Provides full-text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information.
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 550 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 339 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography is a bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.6 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers.
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology. The journal also publishes news and trends that would be of interest to both scientists and the general public.
NewsBank Database (SC Newspapers: Columbia &
Greenville)
The electronic editions of
record for valuable local, regional, and national
Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals
A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles, and includes a rotating file of limited bibliographic information (no subject searching), which are available to researchers only for the time when these articles are being assigned additional indexing.
Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 700 titles, with over 580 titles in full-text
Psychology and Behavioral
Sciences Collection
This database provides coverage of more than 550 full text journals, including 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
This database
provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers
and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the
Science is a leading international journal that features original scientific research, news, and commentary. In addition to the ability to search full-text issues and articles, the Science Online gateway also offers features such as videos, slide shows, career resources, and more.
Scribner
Writers Series
Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600
authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series.
SIRS Discoverer is an award-winning, general reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. SIRS Discoverer helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills. The database includes carefully selected full-text articles and images from more than 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents
SIRS Knowledge Source
offers access to three databases: SIRS Researcher (General Reference), SIRS
Government Reporter (Information By & About the U.S. Government) , and SIRS
Renaissance (Arts & Humanities) as well as several supplemental databases
including Today's
Formerly SuperTOM, this database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
What Do I Read Next?
What Do I Read Next? includes over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 60,000
plot summaries, and awards information from 562 awards, all to help users
uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover
award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more.
A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners,
upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.
A searchable library of hundreds of respected reference books that offers over 2 million entries, 70,000 images and 30,000 sound files.