General Databases
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowcollection of encyclopedias and specialized reference volumes, in ebook format, for multidisciplinary research.
- Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed articles from academic journals in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
- EBSCO Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. I
- ProQuest US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowU.S. Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, U.S. Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal. U.S. Newsstream also offers one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers, and is cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform.
Searching Multiple Databases in One Search
- EBSCOhost (searches multiple databases)EBSCOhost includes all the EBSCO databases available to you from your college library and allows you to select and search across multiple databases for eBooks, magazines, journals, newspaper articles and other media in more than 30 databases all at once.
- Gale Database PowerSearch (searches multiple databases)Gale Databases PowerSearch includes all the databases available to you from your college library and provides you with the ability to select and search across multiple databases for ebooks, magazines, journals, newspapers, articles and other media in more than 30 databases all at once.
Off Campus Access
Access to the online databases (eresources) from off campus requires your username and password. Students may access these databases into the MyVCCCD website and entering their username and password. Click the "Library & Learning Resources" tab and then the "Library Resources" button.
History Dabases
- EBSCO America: History and Life with Full Text This link opens in a new windowThis database indexes over 1,700 journals from 1955 to the present with full text access to more than 200 journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowThis archive provides access to back issues of more than 500 scholarly journals spanning many disciplines. This is not a current issues database; typically there is a gap from 1 to 5 years between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowThis database provides access to an interdisciplinary collection of material, including scholarly journals and open source books, in the area of humanities and social sciences. Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Press.