Databases

Popular Databases

1. PubMed/MEDLINE VCU
   The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) foremost biomedical and life sciences database. Includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, life sciences journals, and online books.
2. Academic Search Complete VCU VIVA
   Multi-disciplinary database providing indexing, abstracts, and full-text access for thousands of peer-reviewed journals and periodicals, among other materials. Covers science, social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and many other subjects.
3. Web of Science VCU
   Cross-search multiple databases including the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Book Citation Index, and Conference Proceedings Citation Index, as well as Chemical Indexes.
4. PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) VCU VIVA
   American Psychological Association database of abstracts for psychological literature. Includes journals, dissertations, reports, book chapters, and other scholarly documents.
5. CINAHL Complete VCU
   Comprehensive source of full-text journals and books indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). Also features evidence-based care sheets, legal cases, drug records, and more.
6. Social Work Abstracts VCU
   Indexing and abstracts for journals dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service, and social issues and problems. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
7. JSTOR VCU
   Searchable backfiles of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. (Backfiles end typically 3 - 6 years prior to the current date).
8. Google Scholar
   Open web resource that allows users to search for journal articles, citations, theses, preprints, and book availability on the web.
9. Project Muse VCU VIVA
   Database of peer-reviewed academic journals and electronic books in the humanities and social sciences from university presses and scholarly societies around the world.
10. WorldCat.org
    Open-access version of the WorldCat catalog of books, music, video, articles, and more held by OCLC member libraries worldwide.