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Cabell'sVCU
Search and select journals most likely to publish your manuscript. Covers business, computer science, education, health administration, nursing, psychology and psychiatry. Includes submission guidelines, circulation, contacts, and acceptance rates.

Cahiers d'Art InstituteVCU
Digital catalogue raisonnés, comprehensive and annotated compilations of all known works by an artist. These works also contain videos and digital archives.

Calcium & Calcified Tissue Abstracts VCU VIVA
Calcium research literature abstracts from a broad range of disciplines.

Candid CareerVCU
Video library of career information and career planning help. Contains informational interviews with industry professionals in a wide variety of career areas.

Caribbean SearchVCU
Full text content pertaining to the countries and people of the Caribbean, including extensive data on the current status and history of geographic regions.

Catalog of US Government Publications (CGP)
Indexes historic and current electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. Provides direct links to online publications where applicable.

CCH AnswerConnectVCU
Access to the CCH Federal and State Tax Libraries and materials, including Standard Federal Tax Reporter, as well as full-text access to several CCH tax-related journals.

CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging OnLine Data for Epidemiologic Research)
Easy access to a wide array of public health information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For public health professionals and the public at large.

Center for Research Libraries Catalog - CRLVCU
U.S. and international newspapers, journals, government documents, foreign dissertations, archives and other primary source materials available through interlibrary loan and digital delivery.

Ceramic AbstractsVCU VIVA
A comprehensive database for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties, and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. Abstracts for periodicals, books and other sources.

Checkpoint Edge (Formerly known as RIA Checkpoint)VCU
Tax research database containing federal, state, and some international tax materials. Includes primary source materials such as tax laws, regulations, and court rulings, as well as secondary editorial and analytical materials.

CHEMnetBASEVCU
A collection of chemical and chemical-related dictionaries, including the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Quick search function allows users to perform searches on chemical terms and structures simultaneously across the entire database.

Chemoreception Abstracts VCU VIVA
Covers articles related to the biochemistry, neurobiology, molecular biology, and physiology of smell, taste, internal chemoreception, chemotaxis, and infochemicals such as pheromones.

Chicago Manual of Style OnlineVCU
Online style guide featuring a citation quick guide, Chicago style Q&A, a users forum, video tutorials, and more. Includes contents for the two most recent editions of the Chicago Manual of Style.

Child Development & Adolescent StudiesVCU VIVA
Covers the current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21.

Children's Literature and CultureVCU
Digitized collection of print materials for children from the nineteenth and early 20th centuries. Features rare books, games, ephemera, and artwork published in the Americas, with select European publications.

China, America and the Pacific: Trade and Cultural ExchangeVCU
Correspondences, logbooks, business papers, visual materials, and other primary sources documenting the trading and cultural relationships between China, America and the Pacific region from the 18th to early 20th centuries.

China: Culture and SocietyVCU
Digitized pamphlets from the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia, published between 1750 and 1929, featuring addresses and speeches, essays, journals, meeting minutes, lectures, and reports. Includes scholarly essays and other secondary sources.

China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980VCU
Correspondence, maps, official papers, photographs, illustrations, and other primary source material detailing China's interaction with the West from the earliest English embassy to the Nixon visits in China in 1972-1974.

Church Missionary Society PeriodicalsVCU
Publications from the Church Mission Society spanning the 19th to the 21st century, documenting global missionary history against a backdrop of conflict, colonialism, and globalization.

CINAHL CompleteVCU
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.

Civil Engineering Abstracts VCU VIVA
Covers all aspects of civil engineering and its complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation.

Civil War: A Newspaper PerspectiveVCU
Full-text database of major articles published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865, from three contemporary newspapers: The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury, and the Richmond Inquirer.

Clase and PeriodicaVCU VIVA
Citations for documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in social sciences and humanities (Clase) and science and technology (Periodica). Clase and Periodica may be searched together or separately.

Classical Music LibraryVCU
Multi-label, fully searchable database of music recordings, with a particular focus on contemporary music and women composers. Includes browse, search, and playlist functions and a cross-reference database of supplementary information.

Classical Music Reference LibraryVCU
From the ancient Greek modes to modern compositions, Classical Music Reference Library offers comprehensive coverage of all classical genres, spanning music from the medieval period to the 21st century.

Classical Scores LibraryVCU
Comprehensive database of important scores in classical music, ranging from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Includes traditional composers as well as contemporary artists. Also features manuscripts and previously unpublished material.

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: Reduction of Acid Rain, Urban Air Pollution, and Environmental PolicyVCU
Essential documents dating from 1989 to 1991 covering the promulgation and implementation of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 and other environmental issues including endangered species and protection of American wetlands.

ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry of clinical trials in the U.S. and around the world. Provides information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations and contacts for more details.

Cochrane LibraryVCU
Database of Cochrane Collaboration systematic reviews healthcare evidence. Also includes databases of clinical trials, other systematic reviews, and review methodology. The Cochrane Collaboration

College Blue BookVCU
Information on thousands of 2- and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada, their programs, degrees, and financial aid sources.

CollegeSource Online
Database of institution profiles, financial aid resources, transcript keys, and other critical resources for national and international colleges.

Colloquium Digital Library of Life SciencesVCU
Collection of e-books on various research and development topics in the biomedical/life sciences, written by leading scientists around the world.

Colonial AmericaVCU
Primary source documents from The National Archives UK covering North America from 1606 to 1822. Includes original correspondence between the British government and the governments of the American colonies.

Comic Book Index
A growing, searchable index to the comic book titles held in Cabell Library's Special Collections and Archives.

Communication and Mass Media CompleteVCU VIVA
Communication studies database with full-text, indexing, and abstracts for many top communication journals covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric, and discourse.

CompendexVCU
Comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature; part of Engineering Village.

Comprehensive PhysiologyVCU
This authoritative collection of physiology information includes recently published review articles and an online version of the American Physiology Society's renowned Handbook of Physiology (1977-2008) book series.

Computer & Information Systems AbstractsVCU VIVA
Abstracts of journal and conference literature.

Computers & Applied Sciences CompleteVCU VIVA
Indexing, abstracts, and select full text for academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources pertaining to engineering, computer theory and systems, and new technologies in their social and professional contexts.

Conference Board Research Online CollectionVCU
Full-text management and analytical reports on topics and issues such as business ethics, corporate governance, leadership, outsourcing, and strategic management, published by the Conference Board as well as the Conference Board of Canada.

Conference Proceedings Citation Index - ScienceVCU
Covers published literature from the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, workshops, colloquia, and conventions worldwide, from 1990 - present.

Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Sciences & HumanitiesVCU
Covers published literature from the most significant conferences, seminars, workshops, symposia, colloquia, and conventions worldwide, from 1990 - present.

Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966VCU
Complete volumes of all British Government Confidential Print for Africa, from the Colonial, Dominion, Foreign and War Offices. Diplomatic dispatches, correspondences, minutes, maps, and treaties span the full era of colonization by European powers.

Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969VCU
All British Government Confidential Print volumes relating to the nations of South and Central America. Correspondences, dispatches, minutes, maps, treaties, and other documents address the politics of state-building for the Latin American nations.

Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969VCU
All British Colonial Office and Foreign Office Confidential Print volumes for the Middle East. Reports, dispatches and other materials cover the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Sudan.

Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961VCU
Dispatches, reports, and other Confidential Print documents produced by the British Foreign and Colonial Offices concerning the United States, Canada and the English-speaking Caribbean, with some coverage of Central and South America.

Consumer Health CompleteVCU VIVA
Contains a variety of consumer health and wellness information. Includes full-text reports, books, pamphlets, and magazines. Users can find drug information, medical images, and videos.

Contemporary AuthorsVCU VIVA
Bibliographical information on modern authors. Part of Literature Resource Center. Can be searched separately or with other LRC resources.

Contemporary Women's IssuesVCU
Indexes global information on women. Includes journals, books, media reviews, alternative press, newsletters, government reports and data, personal narratives, and ephemeral literature from research institutes and grassroots organizations.

Copper Technical Reference LibraryVCU VIVA
Citation/abstract database covering copper technology, including smelting, hydrometallurgy, applications, properties, and performance.

Correspondence from German Concentration Camps and PrisonsVCU
Letters written or received by prisoners held in German concentration camps and prisons during and just prior to World War II. Other documents include receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects, paper currency, and realia.

Corrosion AbstractsVCU VIVA
Bibliographic coverage of world literature on corrosion science and engineering, corrosion characteristics, preventive measures, materials construction and performance, and equipment for many industries.

COS PivotVCU
Single platform integrating funding, collaborator discovery, and publishing opportunities, produced by the Community of Science. Combines COS database of scholar profiles with calls for papers, global funding opportunities and other tools.

Counseling and Therapy in VideoVCU
Rich collection of video for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, and psychiatric counseling. Features therapy sessions, case consultations, lectures, and interviews, as well as teaching and discussion guides.

Covidence (Pilot access provided until Dec 2025)
Covidence is a collaborative tool that streamlines systematic review workflows for screening, data extraction, and quality assessment. See instructions for requesting an account.

CQ AlmanacVCU
Reports on the activities of the U.S. Congress during each session back to 1945. Policy Tracker feature traces major issues across several years.

CQ LibraryVCU
Collection of online encyclopedias and guides, periodicals, directories, and databases covering American politics and Congress. Includes CQ Researcher, CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly), CQ Almanac, Guide to Congress, and more.

Criminal Justice AbstractsVCU VIVA
Citations and abstracts of international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice.

Current Chemical ReactionsVCU
Provides access to the latest synthetic methods taken from leading chemistry journals and patents. Includes complete reaction diagrams, critical conditions, bibliographic data, and author abstracts.

Current Contents ConnectVCU
Provides access to tables of contents, abstracts, and bibliographic information from the most recently published issues of leading scholarly journals, as well as thousands of relevant websites.