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  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
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Large general database of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers on many topics. Covers science, social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and many other subjects. Full-text coverage: 1887-present (EBSCOhost)
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Find over 70,000 online video titles in a broad range of subjects from publishers like PBS, BBC, National Geographic, BroadwayHD, A&E Networks, and more. (ProQuest)
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Explore news, insights, and trends in higher education from the nation’s largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities. Full text coverage: 2015-present (The Chronicle)

Visit Betty Sue Jessup Library to access the print version of The Chronicle.
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
  • VCCS-wide subscription
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CQ Researcher reports offer in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each report is written by a seasoned journalist based on a common structure. Users may browse through articles by topics in alphabetical order, or search for articles using words, dates, or other criteria. Full-text coverage: 1923-present (CQ Press)
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This database provides access to thousands of open access ebooks.
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
  • Available for free via open access
This database covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
  • VCCS-wide subscription
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  • Accessible only to current PVCC students, faculty and staff.
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Choose from multiple databases within the EBSCO platform. These databases cover a wide range of subjects, including history, communications, sociology, religion, biology etc.
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
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Business-focused database offers full-text access to magazines, journals, leading local, national and international newspapers and newswires. Also provides in-depth research on a company, industry or marketplace. Full-text coverage: 1951-present (Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
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Explores and analyzes hundreds of hot topics in politics, business, government, crime, law, energy, education, health, family, science, foreign policy, race, rights, society, and culture. Includes articles, videos, and primary source documents. (Infobase Learning)
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Watch streaming videos from such publishers as the BBC, History Education, HBO, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Frontline, National Geographic and more. Topics range from health and medicine to history to biology and many more. (Infobase)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
  • VCCS-wide subscription
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A set of electronic encyclopedias and reference books covering a wide variety of subjects and disciplines, such as health and medicine, history, and criminal justice. (Gale)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
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Covers today's hottest social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. (Gale)
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Stream a broad selection of thousands of documentaries, feature films, and training videos on all topics from thousands of producers, including Criterion Collection, PBS, HBO, The Great Courses, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, BBC, and many more. (Kanopy)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
  • VIVA-wide subscription
Large database covering many topics, such as general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues, and more. Includes full-text of many reference books, primary source documents, as well as a vast image collection. Full-text coverage: 1921-present (EBSCOhost)
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Covers a broad range of topics, including biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel. (EBSCO)
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  • eBooks and eAudioBooks
We have access to ebooks in the Essential Knowledge series, which offer concise overviews on a variety of topics. (MIT Press)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
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Read the New York Times articles as published on their website. You must register for a free account first. Full-text coverage: 1851-present (New York Times Company)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
  • Accessible only to current PVCC students, faculty and staff.
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Access the archives of the New York Times website. You must register for a free account first. Full-text coverage: 1851-2002 (New York Times Company)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
  • VIVA-wide subscription
Includes many major national and international newspapers, as well as many smaller local papers. Also features many television and radio news transcripts. Full-text coverage: 1994-present (EBSCOhost)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
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Real-time access to top worldwide newswires, such as the Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire. Full-text coverage: Previous 30 days (EBSCOhost)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
  • VIVA-wide subscription
Covers comparative politics, humanitarian issues, international relations, law and legislation, non-governmental organizations and political theory. Full-text coverage: 1922-present (EBSCOhost)
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Access thousands of ebooks on a wide variety of topics. (ProQuest)
  • Accessible only to current PVCC students, faculty and staff.
  • eBooks and eAudioBooks
Access thousands of ebooks on a wide variety of topics. (ProQuest)
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Search our library catalog to find ebooks, articles, physical books, etc. (Ex Libris)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
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Comprehensive coverage for regional business publications from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Full-text coverage: 1990-present (EBSCOhost)
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This database pulls together data and statistics from thousands of sources on many different topics. Download the charts and graphs provided in this database and incorporate them into your presentations. Much of the focus is on demographic data, company data, and market trends. (Statista)
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[LIMITED FULL-TEXT] Access thousands of scholarly ebooks on a wide range of subject areas. Please note we only have access to a select number of ebooks through this database. (Taylor & Francis)
  • Provides access to whole articles, in addition to citations and abstracts.
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Journals and ebooks cover a variety of disciplines, including the fields of arts and humanities, business and economics, engineering, law, medicine, social sciences, sciences, and technology. Full-text coverage: 1977-present (Wiley)
  • Available for free via open access
Online catalog to thousands of the world's libraries. If it's held in a library somewhere around the world, a record of it is in this database. Items include books, films, journals, magazines, manuscripts, musical scores, newspapers, slides, sound recordings, and videos/DVDs. (OCLC)
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