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Sunday : 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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10
reasons why the Internet is no substitute for a library
The Dabney S. Lancaster Community College LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER provides its college community with one of the larger collections in the VCCS. More than 50,000 items,
including magazines, video cassettes, compact discs, and CD-ROMs, are indexed in the
On-line Public Access Catalog
and are arranged on the shelves for easy access. A wide array of services are also available to
students, community residents and non-profit organizations.
Alphabetical
List of VIVA
Resources -- almost 200
databases,
8,800 full-text
journals,
nearly 10,000
full-text works
of poetry and
drama and
over 300,000
additional
full-text
materials When beginning a search over the WWW, you may be tempted to download the first pieces of
information which supply your needs regardless of the web site you have reached. That process can be very dangerous with academic research, since
there are articles that may be interesting, but not authoritative. There are, however, several articles, pamphlets, etc., which can be of valuable
help in evaluating sites for accuracy and authenticity. As one "surfs the net" for research purposes, it is wise to keep these points in
mind. Fortunately, the VIVA-leased databases have already been evaluated for us.
Other sites may need a more critical eye.
Thinking
Critically
about World
Wide Web
Resources --
from our
colleagues at
UCLA
AccessScience
--the electronic
edition of The McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia of
Science and
Technology
Annual
Reviews (VIVA) Bartlett's
Familiar
Quotations
CQ
Researcher -- Contemporary issues from a variety of sources
The Failure of
Initiative -- Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to
Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Freedom To Tinker -- A blog
about your freedom to "understand, discuss, repair, and modify the technological
devices you own."
(RED) -- If you have questions about the
products in Bono's campaign to eliminate AIDS in Africa through shopping, not
charity, here is the campaign's official web site.
Talking
with Kids about Tough Issues
Subject
List of VIVA
Resources
VIVA Spotlight
-- a brief
feature about
one of VIVA's
resources
LRCLive
Books and Reference Resources
Biomedical
reviews
Physical
Sciences
reviews
Social Sciences
reviews
Click here
to see a
complete list
of Annual Reviews issues
Biography and
Genealogy
Master Index
(VIVA)
Books in Print
(VIVA)
Britannica
Online (VIVA)
Business
2.0 Web Guide -- Annotated guide to best sites for a wide variety of topics
in business and technology.
The
CRC ENGnetBase (VIVA) -- The publisher's collection of engineering handbooks
The CRC
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (VIVA)
The Chadwyck-Healey
African-American
Poetry Database
(VIVA)
The Chadwyck-Healey
American Poetry
Database (VIVA)
The Chadwyck-Healey
English Poetry
Full -Text
Database (VIVA)
The Chadwyck-Healey
English Verse
Drama Full
-Text Database
(VIVA)
Contemporary
Authors (VIVA)
Gale Database of Publications and Broadcast Media (VIVA)
Gale
Virtual Reference Collection -- access to 15 of the Thompson-Gale
databases in one menu and the Oxford Reference Online Collection; view the list and bookmark your best (VCCS login
needed)
LRCLive --
Online
reference chat
service
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Literature
Resource Center (VIVA)
Little
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Merriam -
Webster's
Collegiate
Dictionary
(VIVA)
Oxford English Dictionary (VIVA)
Oxford
Reference Online -- 150 titles from this highly reputable source ; view the
list and bookmark your best (VCCS login needed)
refdesk.com
-- a current compendium of facts and figures
Safari E-book
Library (VIVA) -- our latest collection of e-books; this database
includes 5200 titles in electronic form for computer and IT specialties
ThomasNet -- The ever-popular standard reference work for parts and products; now online instead of multi-volumes on the shelf
Ulrich's International Periodical Directory (VIVA)
Virginia On-line Atlas -- from the Geography Department of Radford Univ., this website has a huge amount of resources
Alphabetical list of Full-Text Journals available through VIVA
EbscoHost, a distributor for several full-text databases, has replaced
most of the ThompsonGale indexes which we have used for several years. Check
below to view what changes we can expect to find:
1. An
Overview of what has changed
2.
Databases
currently available
3. A
Tutorial on using the databases
Cambridge
Scientific
Abstracts
(VIVA)--
indexes and
abstracts to
scientific
research
literature
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (VIVA) --the standard periodical index for nurses
The Electronic Green Journal -- world-wide environmental issues
Gale Group of Reference Works and Databases -- access to all of the Thompson-Gale databases in one menu
LRCLive --
Online
reference chat
service
Opposing Viewpoints series -- collects both sides of an issue and presents them in one site
CINAHL (Cumulative
Index to
Nursing and
Allied Health
Literature)
ERIC
(Resources
in Education
and Current Index
to Journals in
Education)
Thompson Gale Services -- all of the Gale databases in one menu. Start any research project with this menu
| Memeorandum - A daily digest of major news stories from a variety of news and opinion sources | |
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Pathfinder - Time, Money, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly |
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Newspapers & Periodicals -- Library of Congress' Reading Room |
New York Times - a world of information via the world's most respected daily news |
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Gateway-- a selection of several Richmond & Va. media sources |
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Crayon; -- Create Your Own Newspaper |
Facts on File News Service -- The Reference Suite |
Government Information and Statistical Data
|
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 2006
1500+ data items for the United States, states, counties, and
metropolitan areas draw on the 2005 estimated censuses of population
and housing... |
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Martindale-Hubbell Service
WWW Virtual Library
Dictionary of the
History of Ideas -- This digitized version of the out-of-print reference
classic is available through the University of Virginia Library's Electronic
Text Center. Search or browse by subject, author, and alphabet.
Digital Image Databases
-- a variety of source documents, letters, etc., from the state's holdings
Historical
Voices -- A "fully searchable online database of spoken word collections
spanning the 20th century." It also includes research and an educators' forum,
and plans to include guidelines for Best Practices
NYPL
Digital Gallery -- Free access to over 275,000 images digitized from the
collections of the New York Public Library
Picture History -- A "couple of
thousand of the most important photos of the past 150 years," though who did the
selection is not made clear. Search the collection or browse through collections
on African-Americans, the [US] Civil War, the Old West, artifacts and relics,
etc.
Project Gutenberg -- Not a new site;
actually, one of the first established to digitize the classics of
the world. So there's 13,000 individual titles available thus
far in
this virtual library.
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center -- amazing!
VPI & SU Digital Project -- Scholarly Communications
Virginia Tech Image Base -- Over 13,000 images,
retrievable through 19 different fields
Internet Searching Tools
Like everything else, these engines have their own specialties, their own way of searching, and are
just a small list of what's available ; if you don't find what you want with
one, try another
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
| Ask Jeeves -- a site of choice for overall outstanding search service | Jux2 -- an overall winner as the best meta search engine |
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AltaVista -- searches both the Web and Usenet sites |
Librarians' Internet Index -- who better to provide a reliable search engine? |
| Dogpile -- a multi search engine which compounds 20 browsers in groups of 3 | Liszt-- the Web's largest directory of e-mail discussion groups |
| Excite -- look here if you're not sure what terms to search for | Lycos -- a Carnegie-Mellon product, it also includes the first 20 lines of a web page; a huge database |
| Google -- fast searches and a web page ranking system |
Netscape -- a common default search engine |
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Infoseek -- another excellent search engine by PC Computing standards |
Yahoo -- it provides a subject index as well as a search engine; overall winner at Search Engine Watch Awards |
A changeable
menu of sites
you don't want
to miss ...
|
Roanoke.com |
Road Trip! |
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The White
House |
The
BlackWebPortal |
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AutoWeb |
U.S.
Telephone
Directory |
|
.edu |
Thomas |
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The APA
Manual of
Style |
The MLA Style Sheet |
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Bibliographic
Formats for
Citing
Electronic
Information |
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Amazon |
U.S. Yellow
Pages |
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EarthCam |
Discovery
Channel
Online |
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Weather
Report |
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Internet
Public
Library |
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SupportPath.com |
Job-Net |
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CollegeNet
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Home Remodeling Center -- A step by step guide, starting with the Remodeling Checklist. |
Safercar.gov |
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U. S. Library
of Congress |
| Movies, Movies, Movies!! |
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Created June
10, 1996 --
rev.
08/26/2008
