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OAISter OCLC
Search for digital resources from open archive collections.
Oxford Art Online Oxford University Press
Search Grove Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Full text available.
PapersFirst OCLC
Search for papers presented at conferences worldwide. Citations only - no full text articles.
Points of View Reference Center EBSCO
Search for essays that present multiple sides for more than 270 current topics. Full text available.
ProceedingsFirst OCLC
Search an index for worldwide conference proceedings. Citations only - no full text articles.
Professional Collection Gale
Search 13 databases including the Professional Collection for Educators as well as databases for the K-12 and Spanish-speaking audience. Full text available.
Professional Development Collection EBSCO
Search nearly 730 journals for professional educators, librarians and education researchers. Full text available.
ProQuest Databases ProQuest
Search simultaneously the Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD), Historical Minneapolis Tribune, ProQuest Newsstand, & St. Cloud Times. Full text available.
ProQuest Newsstand ProQuest
Search over 350 U.S. and international newspapers, including the Star Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and the New York Times. Full text available.
Regional Business News EBSCO
Search over 80 regional business publications. Full text available.
Science Reference Center EBSCO
Search for articles in hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources as well as for images and videos. Full text available.
St. Cloud Times ProQuest
Search this regional Minnesota newspaper. Full text available.
Student Resources in Context Gale
Search thousands of periodicals, newsapapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia, including video, audio clips and podcasts. Full text available.
World Almanac/Book of Facts OCLC
Search the Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.
WorldCat OCLC
Search a catalog of over one billion items in more than 10,000 libraries throughout the world, including the CVA Library.
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses OCLC
Search for dissertations and theses available in libraries worldwide.

EBSCO databases - Type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in the authentication box after clicking on link, click on EBSCOhost and then select the database to search.
Gale databases - Type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in the authentication box after clicking on link and then select the database to search.
Britannica or ProQuest - Type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in the authentication box after clicking on link.
Oxford Art Online - Type in your 7-digit CVA Library barcode number in the box on left side labelled "Library barcode login" after clicking link.
OCLC databases - Access is via the Electronic Library of Minnesota and may not work for all off campus computers. Click here for more information.
ARTstor - Access is available to registered users. Click here for more information.
If you have trouble getting into any database, please let the library staff know. Email library@cva.edu.