Electronic Periodical Database Help

Learn to search the EBSCOhost family of databases including Academic Search Elite, Masterfile Premier, Business Source Elite, Corporate ResourceNet, Regional Business News, Health Source-Consumer Edition, Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition, MEDLINE, Clinical Pharmacology, ERIC, Knight Ridder Collection, Newspaper Source, Professional Development Collection, Military & Government Collection, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, EBSCO Animals, Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, MAS Ultra-School Edition, Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic, Clinical Reference Systems, Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Basic.

Learn to search various ProQuest electronic databases, including ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, AMA Titles: Abstracts & Indexing, Career and Technical Education, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Periodicals, Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW), National Newspaper Abstracts, ProQuest Newspapers, ProQuest Nursing Journals, Research Library.

Electronic Reference Help

  Click on the Help/FAQs link to learn how to search Bernan's Government Information on the Internet (GII). GII contains nearly 5,000 selected U.S. government, state, local, international, and intergovernmental Web sites.

  Oxford Reference Online Core Collection contains about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Learn to use its fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of books.

  Learn to use Credo Reference, a giant online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, with a variety of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy to technology.

Electronic Books Help:

is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) available to CVTC staff, faculty, and students. This unique assortment of eBooks greatly increases the number of volumes and scope of the CVTC Library collection. Students, faculty and staff can access eBooks online for specified periods of time on campus, from work, at home, or anywhere you have access to the Internet. Learn how to set up an account and search for eBooks.