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Electronic Resources
Resources are listed by subject area. View resources alphabetically.
Have your library card number handy if you are searching from work, home, or school or if you are searching Find It Virginia.
The Find It Virginia web site has been updated and enhanced to include the new Power Search option that is made available through Gale. The Power Search lets you to search up to 10 of Gale's databases at once!
Notice: As of October 1, SIRS databases (Discoverer and Knowledge Source) will no longer be available from our web site. Please see "Discontinuation of SIRS databases" for more information.
Check out our Electronic Resources Bookmarks!
Arts and Antiques -
Auto Repair - Biographies
Books and Literature - Business and Associations
Encyclopedias and Reference Works - Genealogy
General Reference - Government
- Health
Magazines and Newspapers
- Professional Resources
Religion and Philosophy - Science and Technology
Student Resources
Arts and Antiques
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.
Oxford Music Online (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Provides information on musicians, musical concepts, terminology, and other music related topics.
Auto Repair
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.
Biographies
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.
Books and Literature
Literature Criticism Online (Library)
or (Work,
Home, or School):
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), Atlee (TCLC), and Mechanicsville (CLC & TCLC) branch libraries.
NoveList Plus (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): NoveList helps readers of all ages find interesting books to read. You can find information about each novel, search for similar books, and get recommendations based on your reading interests.
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.
Business and Associations
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.
Encyclopedias and Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Search more than 118,000 articles, updated and revised by Encyclopædia 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!
Genealogy
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).
General Reference
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.
Government
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
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.
Magazines and Newspapers
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 Resources
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
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.
Science and Technology
Computer Database (Library) or (Work, Home, or School): Provides current product reviews, industry status reports, company profiles and more.
Student Resources
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.
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.
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.
Testing and Education 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.
