Articles and databases

NOTE: Most items obtained from this page are subscribed to by the library and accessible only to VT students, faculty and staff.

WARNING: The abuse of VT-licensed online resources by such means as systematic downloading violates the university's acceptable use policy, jeopardizes Tech's future access to resources, and is prohibited.

Additionally, some databases and electronic journals require an additional username and password.

Find an article using its Citation

Enter a complete article citation for a direct link to the article when available, or links to find a physical copy via Addison, or a link to request the article via Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) if no access is available. Use this form when you already have a complete citation at hand. Use a database listed below when you are looking for articles on a topic.

Find an article using Addison

Individual articles are not listed in Addison. However, you can find whether the VT Libraries subscribes (in print or online) to the journal in which the article appears. Use the Journal Title search form and enter the title of the journal, magazine or newspaper in which your article appeared. Searching article titles will not work.

Find databases by Title

Find a database Alphabetically

If you know the know the beginning letter name of the database you need, click the alphabetical link for its first letter:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Find a database by Subject

Use the Subject Guide pages to find one or more subjects that match your research topic. Each guide will list relevant databases and other resources.

Find databases by broad subject category

Click the broad subject category for a list of databases.

General interest databases (broad coverage of multiple subjects; good general starting places)
Agricultural, biological & medical sciences
Architecture, art & design
Business
Engineering & physical sciences
Human & social sciences
Humanities & performing arts
Languages & literatures

Find databases by type/format

Click on one of these links for a list of databases containing materials of this type or format.

Academic Search Engines: Broad searching across multiple disciplines and scholarly subscription databases or free web search engines; Broad searching across a family of databases with a common interface (federated searching); Search results not restricted to a particular format
Article searching: Predominantly resources used to locate articles in published periodicals; Emphasis on scholarly research
Catalogs (about publications): Bibliographic tools that give additional information about a resource; Some include analytical tools or reviews about resources
Chemical & Physical Properties: Predominantly covers resources that provide factual information about matter; Includes tables, formulas, chemical compounds & structures, etc.; Information about DNA, genes, and genomic maps
Conference Proceedings, Preprints & Working Papers: Predominantly resources used to locate information not (yet) published in periodicals; "Gray Literature"
Countries & Cultures: Predominantly full text narrative resources with some tabular/statistical information on countries and cultures
Ebook packages: Search for full-text electronic books offered through various collections; Most offer full text searching capabilities, though some limit search terms to the title, author, table of contents & notes fields; Many of the individual e-books will also be listed in Addison
Ejournal packages: Search for full-text journals offered through a publisher's platform; Most offer full text searching capabilities, though some limit results to e-journals included in VT's subscription; Not comprehensive searching on a topic as it only includes journals listed by the publisher in that search interface; Many of the individual e-journals will also be listed in Addison
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Almanacs: Encyclopedias, dictionaries,glossaries, almanacs, and other reference sources used to give researchers a starting point when in an unfamiliar area; Includes general and subject-specific sources
Funding Opportunities: Student and faculty funding (grants, scholarships and research funding)
Governance: Sources, both indexes and full-text, documenting the operations of governments; Census resources are located in the Statistics & Data Sets category
Handbooks & Manuals: Primarily for resources that are "how-to" guides; Subject specific and "library research" tutorials
Multimedia: Predominantly resources where it only searches, or is possible to limit searches, to multimedia format types with a scholarly application; Scanned and electronically produced images of maps go here; GIS data appears in Statistics & Data Sets; Scanned images of music scores appear in Music Recordings & Scores; Audio recordings of speeches, personal narratives and the like will be found in Narratives, Diaries, & Letters
Music Recordings & Scores: Scanned images of scores; Electronically produced scores (images, mp3, MIDI, etc); Streaming music databases
Narratives, Diaries and Letters: Personal narratives, diaries, letters, speeches, memoirs, autobiographies, and other personal correspondences; Indexes and full-text; Includes audio recordings
Newspapers & Magazines: Does not include articles from trade journals; Indexes and full-text; Popular magazine articles
Poetry & Short Stories: Indexes and full-text collections of short format literature
Professional & Trade Literature: Literature for the profession; Gateways to trade journals; Indexes and full-text collections of articles from trade journals
Reports, Standards & Financials: Technical standards; Official or formal record of the activities of a committee or corporate entity, a special investigation, or the proceedings of a governmental body; Publications that are a separately issued record of research results, research in progress, or other technical studies; White papers, technical reports, and periodically published in sources other than journals and magazines; Business assessments by third parties
Reviews & Critiques: Not limited to reviews of books and performances; Scholarly and non-scholarly; Reviews and critiques of books, articles, performances, artistic creations; Product reviews; Reviews of companies and industries will be in the Reports, Standards, and Financials category
Statistics & Data Sets: Compiled statistics and collections of survey instruments and raw data; GIS; Census data; Public opinion polls
Theses & Dissertations: Indexes and collections; Print and electronic; Individual theses and dissertations published at VT will also be listed in Addison

Conference Proceedings

Includes access to full text of conference proceedings from these organizations: ACM, AIP, ASCE, ASAE, IAU, IEEE, ISI, SPIE, USAHA.

Current trials

This page provides you with opportunities to try out new resources the University Libraries is looking at on a trial basis.

Article indexes in print

Print indexes cover older material or material not indexed in electronic databases. They are essential if you are doing comprehensive research on a topic. Print indexes may be located using Addison, the library catalog.

Last updated: 3/27/09 by Robert Sebek