Electronic Resources
Resources are listed by subject area. View resources alphabetically.
Arts and Antiques -
Auto Repair - Biographies
Books and Literature - Business and Associations
Encyclopedias and Reference Works - Genealogy
and History
General Reference - Government
- Health - Languages
Magazines and Newspapers
- Professional Resources
Religion and Philosophy - Science and Technology
Student Resources
Have your library card number handy if you are searching from work, home, or school or if you are searching Find It Virginia.
Find It Virginia,
a free service from the Library of Virginia and Gale,
includes Power Search, where you can
search up to 10 Gale databases at once!
Go to Power Search's guided tour or
watch the webcast demo (may take a few minutes to load).
Check out our Electronic Resources Bookmarks!
p4a Antiques Database (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Evaluate almost every kind of antique in today's collections with pricing information, text descriptions, color pictures, and extensive background and context information.
Auto Repair Reference Center (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): From the publishers of Chilton's automotive manuals. Find information on most major import and domestic manufacturers from 1954 to 2007, and selected information from 1945 to 1954. Over 100,000 factory drawings with step-by-step photos and more than 60,000 technical service bulletins and recalls, as well as wiring diagrams, specifications and maintenance schedules are included.
Watch tutorial (may take a few minutes to load) or view PowerPoint tutorial
Biography Resource Center (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Contains biographies of 320,000 people from around the world and throughout history. Search for people by name, nationality, occupation, gender, or birth year.
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Literature Criticism Online (Library)
or (Work,
Home, or School):
Literature Criticism Online (LCO) is the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary
available and includes analysis covering scholarly and popular commentary
from sources like encyclopedias, books, and periodicals. Includes all
content from the print sets of Contemporary Literary Criticism and
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, which are available at our Ashland
(CLC) and Atlee (TCLC) branch libraries.
NoveList Plus (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): NoveList Plus helps readers of all ages find interesting books to read. You can find information about fiction and non-fiction, search for similar books, and get recommendations based on your reading interests.
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What Do I Read Next? (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Create a personalized reading profile, customize reading lists using "Keeper List," do a "Find Similar" title search or view the list of similar titles supplied by genre experts. You can also see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and monthly subject-specific title lists.
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Business and Company Resource Center (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Search this database to find detailed information like company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
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Encyclopedias and Reference Works
Child Development (Library) or (Work, Home, or School)
Find information on human development from conception through adolescence, summarizing the latest research on physical, cognitive, social & emotional development, and behavior. Includes topics covering law, medicine, psychiatry, demography, and more.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Search more than 118,000 articles, updated and revised by Encyclopędia Britannica editors and contributors. Contains over 14,000 illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags. Find more than 215,000 definitions, pronunciation guides, and word histories from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Provides access to nineteen award-winning reference titles 24/7, covering the arts and humanities, medicine, social sciences, and more!
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Women in History (Library) or (Work, Home, or School)
Gain a sense of the place and influence of women in the society of their day, and of the ways women conformed to or broke from their expected roles. Features examples of women both famous and unsung, along with a variety of primary source quotations and photographs.
Ancestry Library Edition (Library only): Search U.S. Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more for your genealogical and historical research needs.
HeritageQuest (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Find ancestors and relatives in U.S. Federal Census Records from 1790-1930, information on people and places described in local and family histories, and genealogical information from an index of over 1.6 million articles. You can also search Revolutionary War era pension and bounty-land warrant application files and search for individuals in Freedman's Bank (1865-1874).
Salem History: Salem History includes the complete content of three series of historical reference - Milestone Documents, The Decades, and Great Lives from History.
(Outside of the library? Enter Password: finditnow)
eLibrary (Library) or
(Work, Home, or
School):
Search for magazine articles, newspaper articles, pictures, maps, book
excerpts, and TV or radio transcripts.
Expanded
Academic ASAP (Library) or (Work, Home, or
School): Search scholarly journals, news magazines, and
newspapers on subjects like the arts and humanities, social sciences,
science, and technology.
General Reference Center Gold (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals on the latest current events, pop culture, business and industry, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
General OneFile (Library) or (Work, Home, or
School):
(Formerly InfoTrac Onefile) Search millions of news and
periodical articles for information on business, current events, economics,
education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law,
literature and art, politics, science, sports, technology, and more.
Updated daily. See the Goochland Branch
Library's InfoTrac display.
LegalTrac (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Indexes 1,427 highly regarded legal publications, 123 of which are full text. These include major law reviews, legal newspapers, law specialty publications, bar association journals, and international legal journals.
Military and Intelligence Database (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Search over 7 million articles from more than 500 periodicals hand-selected by Gale editors to meet the needs of military personnel and those who need to find answers to their reference questions.
Health and Wellness Resource Center (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Search for information on fitness, pregnancy, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, substance abuse, prescription drugs, alternative medicine, and more. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites, as well as government databases. This resource is intended for informational purposes only.
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Salem Health: Salem Health provides online access to the bestselling Magill’s Medical Guide. It covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. The Guide provides readers with an authoritative, but easy to use, reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides.
(Outside of the library? Enter Password: finditnow)
Teen Health and Wellness (Library)
or (Work, Home, or School):
Developed with teens' concerns and perspectives in mind, Teen Health &
Wellness provides students with comprehensive curricular support and
self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition,
fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more. All content is
reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition,
guidance, and career counseling.
Mango Languages (Library) or (Work, Home, or School)
Mango is designed to equip you with real, everyday
conversational abilities from the very start in 12 different language
courses. You can create an account or log in anonymously and start
learning Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian,
Greek, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, ESL for Polish speakers, ESL for Spanish
speakers, or ESL for Brazilian Portuguese.
(You will need Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher to view the lessons.
Download the
latest version of Adobe Flash Player.)
eLibrary (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Search for magazine articles, newspaper articles, pictures, maps, book excerpts, and TV or radio transcripts.
General OneFile (Library) or (Work, Home, or
School):
(Formerly InfoTrac OneFile) Search millions of news and
periodical articles for information on business, current events, economics,
education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law,
literature and art, politics, science, sports, technology, and more.
Updated daily.
Richmond Times Dispatch Archives: The Archives from the Richmond Times Dispatch provides full-text articles from the Richmond Times Dispatch back to 1985. (Please have your library card number handy when using from work, home, or school.)
Professional Collection (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Search more than 250 full-text educational periodicals and journals covering arts, psychology, adolescent issues, curriculum, sports, law, technology and more.
WilsonWeb: Designed as a recommendation tool for librarians, the H.W.
Wilson catalogs provide a guide for collection development and selection.
Though not designed for doing research, we are making them available here
for library professionals in our community.
(Outside of the library? Enter Username: AWQ80 and Password:
PUVA090010.)
Religion and Philosophy (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Search more than 250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology. Coverage begins as early as 1980 to 1983.
Computer Database (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Provides current product reviews, industry status reports, company profiles and more.
EB Online for Kids (Library) or (Work, Home, or School):
Elementary and middle school students can search the chosen encyclopedia as well as magazines, web sites, and
videos. Explore age-appropriate features like a dictionary and thesaurus,
atlases, timelines, and more.
InfoTrac Junior Edition (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Students in junior high and middle school can search magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on many subjects. Includes a "Tool Box" to help students find information and write a paper.
Watch K12 webcast demo - may take a few minutes to load
InfoTrac Kid's Edition (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Elementary school students can search full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, pop culture, health, government, history, sports and more. Includes a "Tool Box" to help students find information and write a paper.
InfoTrac Student Edition (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): High school students can search indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, pop culture, health, government, history, sports and more.
Watch K12 webcast demo - may take a few minutes to load
Kids InfoBits (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): This resource for Students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search, and age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazines, newspapers and reference books on a variety of subjects.
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Testing and Education Refrence Center
(Library) or (Work, Home, or
School):
Search thousands of college and graduate school entries, identify
scholarships, take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks, and more! Now featuring the
Postal Worker practice exams, several Real Estate broker, appraisal,
and diagnostic exams, and the new, upgraded Undergraduate College BASIC
SEARCH.
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