This subject category includes databases are either basic or broad in scope. They include resources that cover multiple subject areas, such as general purpose encyclopedias, large article indexing databases, or newspaper article indexing databases.
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| C-SPAN Video Library |
C-SPAN Video LibraryThe C-SPAN Video Library records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Programs are indexed by subject, speaker names, titles, affiliations, sponsors, committees, categories, formats, policy groups, keywords, and location. The congressional sessions and committee hearings are indexed by person with full-text. 1987-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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| C19: The Nineteenth Century Index from Chadwyck-Healey |
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index from Chadwyck-HealeyC19 is a gateway to primary sources from the Anglo-American world between the French Revolution and the end of World War I. Search in/across records compiled in several authoritative indexes to periodicals, book catalogs, and descriptions of archives and US and British government information. Many of the documents indexed in C19 are available in print or microform in Newman Library. C19 also provides access to portions of American Periodicals and British Periodicals full-text databases. 1770-1919. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000431 |
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| CIA World Fact Book |
CIA World Fact BookThe World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. The Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as flags of the world, a physical map of the world, a political map of the world, and a standard time zones of the world map. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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| COS - Community of Science |
COS - Community of ScienceComponents include: COS Funding Opportunities database of global announcements about grants, fellowships, and awards; COS Funding Alert - weekly e-mail notification with results. You must register for an account; COS Expertise knowledge base of researchers; COS Funding News. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000208 |
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| COS Conference Papers Index from ProQuest |
COS Conference Papers Index from ProQuestConference Papers indexes citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life and environmental sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Links to conference programs are often provided. 1982-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000032 |
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| COS Funding Opportunities from ProQuest |
COS Funding Opportunities from ProQuestCOS Funding Opportunities indexes grants, fellowships, prizes, and other types of funding from around the world in any discipline. Sponsored come from the public and private sector, including local, state and national governments, foundations and societies and corporations. You can limit searches by funding amounts, location, requirements/limitations, funding type, or sponsor. |
Jun 20, 2012 | e1001257 |
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| CQ Press Electronic Library |
CQ Press Electronic LibraryCQ Press Electronic Library allows searching across multiple CQ Press ebooks, periodicals, and analytical reports on all aspects of American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Major document types included are court case summaries, chronologies, floor votes in Congress, election analyses, legislative analyses, maps, and primary sources. Most full-text content is presented as HTML web pages, though tables and PDFs are also included. 1700s-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000207 |
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| CQ Press Political Reference Suite |
CQ Press Political Reference SuiteCQ Press Political Reference Suite allows searching or browsing many reference works from CQ Press on many aspects of the US government: branches of government, public policy, politics, elections, international relations, and American history. Most content is presented as HTML web pages, though tables and PDFs of some documents are also included. 1700s-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000787 |
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| CQ Researcher from CQ Press |
CQ Researcher from CQ PressCQ Researcher publishes single-themed, 12,000-word reports that are researched and written by a seasoned journalist and are noted for their in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports provides researchers with an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. Pre-1996 reports are HTML web pages; newer reports are PDFs. 1991-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000207 |
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| California Digital Library eScholarship Editions ebooks |
California Digital Library eScholarship Editions ebooksThe eScholarship Editions collection includes over 500 freely accessible ebooks from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, humanities, social sciences, science, and literature. (Bibliographic information about 1500 other ebooks us also available; many of these will be available through the Virginia Tech libraries or interlibrary loan.) Ebooks are presented in HTML. 1982-2004. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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| Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
Catalog of Federal Domestic AssistanceCatalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) provides a full listing of all Federal programs available to State and local governments; federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; territories of the United States; domestic public, quasi- public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. Includes a compilation of all types of federal assistance, not just grants. Surplus equipment, training, direct loans and more are also included in this database. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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| Center for Research Libraries |
Center for Research Libraries Catalog (CRL)Catalog of 5 million newspapers, journals, documents, foreign dissertations, archives and other resources for research, which VT users borrow through ILLiad and, in some cases, access online. See also "topic guides." VT does NOT subscribe to all CRL "e-collections." CRL is a consortium of North American research libraries, including Virginia Tech, for preserving and sharing rare or unusual works. |
Jun 15, 2012 |
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| Center for Research Libraries Catalog (CRL) |
Center for Research Libraries Catalog (CRL)Catalog of 5 million newspapers, journals, documents, foreign dissertations, archives and other resources for research, which VT users borrow through ILLiad and, in some cases, access online. See also "topic guides." VT does NOT subscribe to all CRL "e-collections." CRL is a consortium of North American research libraries, including Virginia Tech, for preserving and sharing rare or unusual works. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000845 |
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| Chicago Defender (1910-1975) from ProQuest Historical Newspapers |
Chicago Defender (1910-1975) from ProQuest Historical NewspapersFull page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Individual articles available as PDFs. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000830 |
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| Chicago Tribune from ProQuest |
Chicago Tribune from ProQuest Historical NewspapersFull page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Individual articles available as PDFs. 1849-1986. Other data ranges. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000744 |
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| Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers from the Library of Congress |
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers from the Library of CongressAllows searching and viewing newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and finding information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Full-text newspapers from Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington are currently available. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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| CiteSeerX Scientific Literature Digital Library and Search Engine |
CiteSeerX Scientific Literature Digital Library and Search EngineAutomated scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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| ClasePeriodica from FirstSearch |
ClasePeriodica from FirstSearchClasePeriodica indexes citations to articles, mostly in Spanish, from materials published in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Users have the option to search all the citations in the combined ClasePeriodica database, or to limit their search results to citations from either Clase (humanities and social sciences) or Periodica (sciences and technology). 1975-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000110 |
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| Code of Federal Regulations fromFDSys |
Code of Federal Regulations from FDSysThe Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) annual edition is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. 1996-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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| Concise Oxford English dictionary from Oxford Reference Online |
Oxford English Dictionary from Oxford Reference OnlineThe Concise Oxford English Dictionary is a world-famous bestseller, chosen by thousands of users for its up-to-date and authoritative coverage of the English language. It contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, providing meanings for everyday words including scientific and technical vocabulary, as well as English from around the world. 12th edition. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000118 |
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| Congressional Bills database from FDsys |
Congressional Bills database from FDsysBrowse or search the full text of bills. Updated daily. More recent bills available as digitally signed PDFs. 103rd Congress (1993-1994) forward. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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| Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) from CQ Press |
Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) from CQ PressCRSR allows browsing and full-text searching of Congressional Research Service (of the Library of Congress) reports, which are provided to members of Congress and Congressional committees and could cover any topic. By law, most CRS reports are confidential, so this database is not complete. 1978-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000233 |
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| Congressional Research Service Reports from the UNT Libraries |
Congressional Research Service Reports from the UNT LibrariesThis database provides full-text PDFs of Congressional Research Service reports. CRS does not provide public access to their reports, instead these reports have been collected from members of Congress's website and other sources. This database does not include a compete collection of all CRS reports. 1976-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 |
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