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OFF CAMPUS USERS: For help with off campus access, follow the link for the particular database (following database name).

PLEASE NOTE: If you experience difficulty accessing EBSCO or Gale databases using Firefox (on a Macintosh computer), try switching to Safari or another browser.

Academic Search Premier  EBSCO
Search over 8,500 journals, magazines, newspapers and reference books from 1975. Full Text available.

ArticleFirst  OCLC
Search an index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Citations only - no full text articles.

Britannica Online Academic Edition Encyclopedia Britannica
Search Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, periodicals and many other research tools.

Ebsco eBook Collection   EBSCO
Search over 15,000 eBook titles.

Expanded Academic ASAP  Gale
Search over 4,270 scholarly journals and general interest periodicals. Full text available.

General Science Collection  Gale
Search over 200 journals in scientific fields. Full text available.

MAS Ultra  EBSCO
Search over 500 popular magazines as well as full text biographies, primary source documents and more than 360 reference books. Full text available.

MasterFILE Premier  EBSCO
Search nearly 1,700 full text periodicals, more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags. Full text available.

PapersFirst  OCLC
Search for papers presented at conferences worldwide. Citations only - no full text articles.

ProceedingsFirst  OCLC
Search an index for worldwide conference proceedings. Citations only - no full text articles.

Science Reference Center  EBSCO
Search for articles in hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources as well as for images and videos. Full text available.

WorldCat  OCLC
Search a catalog of over one billion items in more than 10,000 libraries throughout the world, including the CVA Library.

WorldCat Dissertations and Theses  OCLC
Search for dissertations and theses available in libraries worldwide.

EBSCO databases - Type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in the authentication box after clicking on link, click on EBSCOhost and then select the database to search.

Gale databases - Type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in the authentication box after clicking on link and then select the database to search.

Britannica or ProQuest  - Type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in the authentication box after clicking on link.

Oxford Art Online - Type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in the box on left side labelled "Library barcode login" after clicking link.

OCLC databases - Access is via the Electronic Library of Minnesota and may not work for all off campus computers. Click here for more information.

ARTstor - Access is available to registered users. Click here for more information.

If you have trouble getting into any database, please let the library staff know. Email library@cva.edu.