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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Title		Summary	Date	ID	Author(s)
EBL		EBL ebooks EBL provided ebooks in PDF and EPUB formats. EBL ebooks are licensed for use by current Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff, and require authentication through Off Campus Sign In whenever you access full text, even while on campus. Adobe Digital Editions is required to read downloaded EBL ebooks.   Full record	Jun 15, 2012
EBL ebooks		EBL ebooks EBL provided ebooks in PDF and EPUB formats. EBL ebooks are licensed for use by current Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff, and require authentication through Off Campus Sign In whenever you access full text, even while on campus. Adobe Digital Editions is required to read downloaded EBL ebooks.   Full record	Feb 20, 2012	e1001183
ECO - Electronic Collections Online from FirstSearch		ECO - Electronic Collections Online from FirstSearch ECO indexes citations, abstracts, and full-text of journals subscribed to by the Virginia Tech Libraries in all subject areas. Articles are presented in PDF, including original content and images. 1995-Feb 2012. Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000268
EIA Official Energy Statistics from the DOE		EIA Official Energy Statistics from the DOE Provides policy-neutral data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. Includes wide range of information and data products covering energy production, stocks, demand, imports, exports, and prices; and prepares analyses and special reports on topics of current interest. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
ETDs: Electronic Theses and Dissertations from Virginia Tech		ETDs: Electronic Theses and Dissertations from Virginia Tech The ETD database indexes the full text of theses and dissertations written at Virginia Tech, which have been submitted electronically since 1995. It also includes some scanned versions of printed theses and dissertations. You can also browse these documents by author or department. Most documents are freely available, though some documents are restricted to VT users only. 1900s-present. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Early English Books Online from Chadwyck-Healey		Early English Books Online from Chadwick Early English Books Online contains scanned page images (GIF and TIFF) of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700. Coverages includes all subject areas with strong coverage in the humanities, performing arts, and education. Each is full-text searchable. Limited to   simultaneous users.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000275
Ebooks (catalog) from FirstSearch		Ebooks (catalog) from FirstSearch OCLC catalog of online electronic books. Includes freely available ebooks (such as federal publications) and subscription ebooks (such as from netLibrary)--including ebooks that are not part of any VT subscription. If you choose limit availability to items in my library, note: 1) Some URLs will not provide ebooks because the limit also matches the Library's print collection; and 2) Limit will fail to identify ebooks that are not cataloged in Addison (IEEEXplore documents). Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Ebooks on EBSCOhost		Ebooks on EBSCOhost The Virginia Tech Libraries provide nearly 50,000 ebooks on the EBSCOhost platform, of which only 1100 are not downloadable for offline/ereader viewing. These ebooks are full-text searchable, and the contents are also cross-searchable with other EBSCOhost databases.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000610
Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2006, from Gale		Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2007, from Gale The Economist Historical Archive delivers a complete, searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2006. Content emphasizes business and economics, but world politics, science, technology, and culture are also covered. Pages display as JPEGs; use the Save button to generate a PDF of the entire article.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000788
Eighteenth Century Collections Online - ECCO from Gale		Eighteenth Century Collections Online - ECCO from Gale ECCO provides full-text books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides, directories, Bibles, sheet music, sermons and advertisements in HTML and PDF. It delivers every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000735
Encyclopedia Virginia from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities		Encyclopedia Virginia from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Encyclopedia Virginia is a reference work about the Commonwealth; it aggregates in a single resource information on Virginia history, business, politics, and geography, plus the state’s proud heritage in the arts, religion, culture, and folklife. As the Encyclopedia grows, it will also explore areas of science, medicine, education, and technology. The first phase of Encyclopedia Virginia focuses on topics related to Virginia literature, Civil War history, and twentieth century history. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Encyclopedia of Bioethics from Gale Virtual Reference Library		Encyclopedia of Bioethics from Gale Virtual Reference Library The Encyclopedia of Bioethics provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF on the social, medical, business, and humanitarian issues related to bioethics. Selective biographies and codes, oaths, and policies are included.    Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000876
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World from Gale Virtual Reference Library		Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World from Gale Virtual Reference Library The Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF on the social science and humanities aspects of Islam. Photographs, drawings, maps, charts, and a glossary are also provided.     Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000876
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America from Gale Virtual Reference Library		Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America from Gale Virtual Reference Library The Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF on the social science, humanities and performing arts, and economic issues related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender history in the US. Biographies, directories of LGBT libraries, and a chronology are also provided.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000876
Encyclopedia of Russian History from Gale Virtual Reference Library		Encyclopedia of Russian History from Gale Virtual Reference Library The Encyclopedia of Russian History provides full-text reference essays in HTML and PDF on the agriculture, architecture, economic, education, social science, arts, humanities, and literature from Russian history.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000876
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion from Gale Virtual Reference Library		Encyclopedia of Science and Religion from Gale Virtual Reference Library The Encyclopedia of Science and Religion provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF in the areas of science, social science, medicine, and humanities. It include biographies of major figures in the history of science and religion.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000876
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics from Gale Virtual Reference Library		Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics from Gale Virtual Reference Library The Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF on all aspects of science, technology, and ethics. It also provides eight introductory essays on the general topics covered and biographical entries on persons and a few mythical figures of continuing contemporary relevance.  Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000876
Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 from Gale Virtual Reference Library		Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 from Gale Virtual Reference Library The Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF about Western colonialism from the fifteenth-century to the twenty-first-century. It also includes maps, pictures, photographs, charts, tables, and a glossary of terms.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000876
Essay and General Literature Retrospective from EBSCOhost		Essay and General Literature Retrospective from EBSCOhost Essay and General Literature Retrospective indexes citations to English-language essays from periodicals, annuals, and other publications. Subjects covered include economics, humanities, and social sciences. 1900-1984.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1001015
Ethnic NewsWatch from ProQuest		Ethnic NewsWatch from ProQuest Ethnic NewsWatch indexes English- and Spanish-language, full-text articles from newspapers, magazine, and journals from around the U.S. and the world. News coverage is from Asian-American, Jewish, African-American, Native-American, Arab-American, Eastern-European, Appalachian, and multi-ethnic communities. Articles are available in HTML and PDF. 1990-present.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000315
European Patent Office		European Patent Office Espacenet Search for information about published patent applications from over 80 different countries and regions (not just in Europe). Based on the PCT minimum documentation, which is defined by WIPO as the minimum requirement for patent collections used to search for prior-art documents for the purpose of assessing novelty and inventiveness. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
ebrary		ebrary The Virginia Tech Libraries subscribe to both individual ebooks (about 100 titles) and the medical package (over 2400 titles) from ebrary. ebrary ebooks require using an ebrary reader: the QuickView Reader, the ebrary Plug-in Reader and the ebrary Unity Reader. The first works in any browser, the later two require download and installation. This search form retrieves only ebooks in our subscription; all of these ebooks are also cataloged in Addison. Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000681