Subject Guide
Dabases - Finding Articles
- America History & Life (1964-present) This link opens in a new windowCovers the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to present with records from 2,000 English-language journals published worldwide. Includes book reviews.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowOlder issues of scholarly journals, from the start to 3-5 years ago. Use Subject Guides to find newer articles. Periodicals Archive Online has 400 similar journals.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowLarge general database of articles from scholarly journals and a few newspapers on many topics. Also includes reference books (World Almanac, American Heritage Dictionary), biographies, speeches and other primary source documents.
- Dictionary of American Biography This link opens in a new windowPrimary documents, secondary reference sources (Scribner's Dictionary of American History and the Dictionary of American Biography, etc.), and journal articles covering all areas of U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present day.
- Reader’s’ Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-1990) – Ald Ref Room - AI3 .R48This is a complete index of articles in popular magazines, such as Time, US News and World Reports, Life, etc. Available in the Alderman Reference room.
- Proquest (LexisNexis) Statistical InsightProvides access to a variety of statistical publications on crime, government, etc.
- Proquest (LexisNexis) CongressionalA searchable database of all Congressional reports, hearings, and documents. Some of the documents are digitized and available through the database; those that are not are available in print in Alderman Library.
- PAO: Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new windowSearch the full text of nearly 400 international humanities and social sciences journals published from 1770 to the 1990s.
Library Equipment - TEST
The UVA Libraries have a wide variety of equipment and technology available. Some can be used in our buildings, some can be checked out, some require reservations and training to use, and some you just check out for short term use.
- Alderman Library EquipmentAlderman has headphones, chargers, power cords and the like for check out. It also has charging lockers and assistive techology for the sight impaired.
- Robertson Media Center - Clemons Library 3rd floorThe RMC has higher end audio and video equipment to use in place and to reserve and check out. Training is required for the higher end cameras.
- Scholars' Lab EquipmentThe Scholar's Lab has 3D printers, some VR technology, Raspberry Pis and other technology available.