Virgo, the UVA Library’s primary search tool, contains catalog records for books, print journals, DVDs, CDs, and digitized materials, as well as links to online articles from some of our subscription journals. You can search catalog materials and articles together, or view those results separately, using the facets provided to limit your results by author, format, publication period, and more.
Google Scholar is a good place to find articles, conference proceedings, and book citations. Make sure to link your account to the University of Virginia Library so that you can access materials that are usually behind a paywall. To narrow down your search results, try using the advanced search option.
Worldcat is a catalog of library catalogs across the world. If you're not finding enough material in Virgo or through Google Scholar, search Worldcat to see holdings at other institutions. You can use Interlibrary Loan to borrow materials from other libraries.
Virgo is a powerful search engine that explores millions of objects accessible via the UVA Library. However, some content held in our subscription databases won't always come up in a search. If you can't find what you need in Virgo, try going directly to the database.
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