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OFF CAMPUS USERS: For help with off campus access, follow the link for the particular database (following database name).
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Academic Search Premier EBSCO
Search over 8,500 journals, magazines, newspapers and reference books from 1975. Full Text available.
ArticleFirst OCLC
Search an index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Citations only - no full text articles.
ARTstor Artstor
Search over one million images in the areas of art, architecture, design, photography, the humanities and social sciences.
Ebsco eBook Collection EBSCO
Search over 15,000 eBook titles
Educator's Reference Complete Gale
Search over 450 full text journals and reports focused on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Full text available.
ERIC EBSCO
Search the Education Resources Information Center database for access to education literature and resources. Full text available.
Expanded Academic ASAP Gale
Search over 4,270 scholarly journals and general interest periodicals. Full text available.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts EBSCO
Search more than 560 journals, plus books, research reports and proceedings in library, information, and technology subjects. Full text available.
PapersFirst OCLC
Search for papers presented at conferences worldwide. Citations only - no full text articles.
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.
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.