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Databases A-Z
Reduced local funding and consequent downsizing of the library's budget have forced us to cancel subscriptions to the following databases:
- Access Science
- American National Biographies
- Automobile Reference Center
- Britannica
- Culturegrams
- HeritageQuest
- Historical New York Times
- Home Improvement Reference Center
- New York Times
- Next Reads
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Wall Street Journal
If you require help finding the information you need, please contact us.
If you have concerns about the library's diminished budget, please express your support for library funding to your elected officials. We hope to restore these databases when funding allows.
The following are databases that the Library subscribes to for your research needs. To access them, you will need your 14-digit library barcode or to be in a library branch. Click on the database title to go straight to the database, or click on "More about this database" to read specific information about what the database offers.
To see the databases ordered by category, click here.
To see a PDF that you can save and print out of all the databases, click here.
In-depth coverage of each of the 50 states, as well as essays on the U.S. presidents and Native American tribes.
Comprehensive full-text content of the Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) from 2004; the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1986; and the Washington Post from 1977.
Search for people by name or personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender. Browse lists such as Ancient Greeks & Romans, American Presidents, Notable Women, Nobel Prize Winners.
BNA Online contains image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and more. And each online species account contains recordings of that bird's songs and calls, selected from the extensive collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.
Includes industry news, company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
Product reviews, industry status reports, company profiles and more from the fast changing world of high technology.
In-depth exploration of a hot issue in the news each week. Topics include social and teen issues, environment, health, education, and science and technology.
Biographical/critical introductions, listing of principal works, and sources for further study on contemporary authors.
Content from current magazines and newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV & Radio transcripts. Includes selected articles from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Roanoke Times & World News, Washington Post, Washington Times, and some Spanish-language publications.
In-depth research and worldwide current events for older students and adults.
For research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers, many with full text and images.
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
Quick reference with rich media for middle and high schools.
Articles from health and fitness magazines and scholarly medical journals, medical dictionary and encyclopedias, health organization directory, health news, drug and herb finder, alternative health resources, and health assessment tools.
Articles selected for students in junior high and middle school.
Articles from magazines and news sources, many with images. Updated daily.
Religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology.
Scanned images of archived academic journal articles as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.
Highly visual, guided research tools for students in Kindergarten through Grade 5.
En espanol, Spanish-language articles.
Countries, cultures, and current events. Includes global news, atlas, and almanac.
Articles from major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals, as well as law-related articles from business and general interest titles.
Biographies, lists of authors' works, and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Search by author name, title, genre, literary movement or literary themes.
Poems, stories, essays, plays, and speeches searchable by keyword, author, and subject. Includes KidsKorner.
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like French, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Greek, Italian, Russian, and more.
Selected articles from hundreds of specialized periodicals, many providing links to related sources: reference books, magazine and newswire articles.
Research, data, and analysis to help make sense of the complicated world of investing.
Reference and current events for elementary school and up.
Science and technology, plus science in the news, for middle and high school students.
Full-text journals for educators covering arts, psychology, adolescent issues, curriculum, sports, law, technology and more.
Information on businesses and people for researchers, students and job seekers.
Detailed property and land-use records for Virginia, useful tools for genealogy and historical research.
Curriculum-targeted articles, primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, photographs and illustrations, audio and video clips.
Information on colleges, technical schools and executive programs. Find application forms, identify scholarships. Use test-prep ebooks. Practice Civil Service, EMS, firefighter, military, real estate and many more exams.
Full-text articles from 1977 from The Washington Post newspaper.
Specialists, critics, and librarians recommend internationally known fiction and nonfiction.
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