Site Index

The links below correspond to the links in the right sidebar, however, they provide more detail. To search for a specific topic you can use the search box located in the top left corner of this page underneath the word Connect. This will search all pages on the college website. Alternatively, you can press Control F to search for your topic on this page.

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Library Tour

A video guide (pdf) to the collections and services of Brown Library.

Mission & Policies

College Archives

The college archives includes student newspapers, photographs, college catalogs, yearbooks, newspaper clippings and more.

Books

Use the books link to locate hardcopy books, e-books, and audio books.

Databases

Use the databases to find articles on your topic.

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EBSCO - This is the place to start for general research. This group of databases includes: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, CINAHL, PsycARTCLES, ERIC, and more. Articles may be full-text, abstracts, or citations.

More Databases

CINAHL - This index database covers journals articles back to 1982 from the fields of nursing and allied health. Cinahl itself does not include many full-text articles, but you can click on the Lincit icon to see if articles are available in full-text from other databases such as Cambridge, OVID and Wiley Interscience.
CQ Researcher - CQ Researcher is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.
Factiva - Focus on business and news. Includes newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Roanoke Times. Other sources include newswires, magazines, trade journals, web sites, company reports, and media transcripts.
Issues & Controversies - This full-text database, published by Facts on File, concentrates on controversial issues. Other Facts on File databases include: World News Digest (1940- ), Reuters News, and Today's Science.
JSTOR - Full-text academic journals covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Literature Resource Center - Focus on literary biography and criticism. Includes comprehensive information from the well known print sources; Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Also includes selected text from other Gale publications, such as Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Literature Criticism, Short Story Criticism and many more. Added features include an encyclopedia of literature, a literary timeline, and a research guide.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Focus on social issues. Includes full-text articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers. Also includes chapters from the Opposing Viewpoints series of books, with pro/con articles perfect for writing the argumentative style paper.
Project Muse - Current full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. Includes current issues for many JSTOR titles.
PsycARTICLES - Includes full-text for 63 psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association and other organizations. Coverage is for complete runs of journals going back to the earliest publication date. The earliest journal included goes back to 1894.
PsycINFO- An abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Contains citations, abstracts, and cited references. Not full-text.
VIVA Databases - There are over 200 databases provided by the Virtual Library of Virginia. Some of those databases are listed on this page. For a complete list of databases click here.
Wiley InterScience - Full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. This database is particularly strong in the sciences and in health science.
World News Digest - This full-text database, published by Facts on File, concentrates on events in the news back to 1940. Other Facts on File databases include: Issues & Controversies, Reuters News, and Today's Science.

Periodicals

Use the periodical links to find periodicals by title. For ariticles on your topic, see the database link above.

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Newspapers in Brown Library - Find out which newspapers we subscribe to.
Periodicals in Brown Library - Find out all which periodicals we have in hard copy. They are listed alphabetically by title and also by subject.
VIVA Full-Text - Find out which periodicals are available through our library databases.
Circulating Magazines - We allow selected periodicals to circulate for two weeks. These include popular magazines like People, Newsweek and Time.

Interlibrary Loan

If we do not have the book or periodical you need here at Brown Library, we can order it for you from a library that has it.

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Book Request - Fill in a form to borrow a book.
Article Request - Fill in a form to request a photocopy of an article.

Reserves

Lists of textbooks and other materials on reserve at the circulation desk

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Class Index - search for your textbook by class number.
Subject Index - search by academic discipline.

English 111

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Library Handbook -This is the online version of the library handbook. The print version of this handbook is provided to all English 111 students when they come to Brown Library for their orientation. The handbook corresponds to the library worksheet and provides detailed information on each of the steps on the worksheet. In addition to general information about Brown Library it is a guide to some of the major databases used in research.
Blank Worksheet (doc)
Example Worksheet (pdf)
Library Orientation (pdf) - This is the PDF version of the Power Point Presentation shown during the English 111 orientation.
Orientation Calendar - This calendar shows which classes have scheduled orientations in Brown Library. In addition to English 111 classes, in a typical semester we have classes come in for orientations in literature research, psychology resources & APA style, and engineering. We have also done orientations for nursing, history, information technology, and English 03.
Library of Congress Outline - The books in Brown Library are arranged in Library of Congress order.
Research Topics - Need an idea for your research paper?
Website Evaluation Criteria- A list of questions for determining the reliability of a website. Link to a tutorial on credible sources.

Writing

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APA Style for Electronic Databases - Find out how to cite references from our electronic databases.
MLA Style for Electronic Databases - Cite references...
English 111 Sample Worksheet - Shows you what the worksheet looks like when it is filled out.
Formatting the Works Cited Page in Microsoft Word (MLA) - Shows you how to set the margins, set headers, and do hanging indents.
Formatting the References Page in Microsoft Word (APA) - Set margins, headers, hanging indents..
Using a Style Guide - Information about The Little, Brown Compact Handbook with Exercises (7th ed. 2009), the popular style guide used by classes in English, and the Humanities.
Plagiarism - What is plagiarism and how can you avoid it?
Copyright - Includes guidelines for copying of classroom materials, educational multimedia, fair use of images, posting materials on Blackboard, the Teach Act, and copyrighted music.

Off Campus Access

Use the links below to find out more about how to log in to our library databases from home or work. When you are ready to do research click on the databases link from the sidebar.

Distance Learning Services

Learn more about library services for distance learners.

Research

Topic Guides

Alice in Wonderland
American History - This page was developed for Annette Chamberlin's History 121 class.
Career Resources
Criminal Justice
Engineering
Exercise Science and Personal Training
Government
Health Technology
Herbs - This page was developed for HRT 198: Gardening with Herbs.
Historical Research and Primary Sources: Brown Library
Historical Research and Primary Sources: Online - links to newspapers from the 17th, 18, and 19th centuries; including the Virginia Gazette, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, HarpWeek, and the Richmondd Daily Dispatch.
History of Technology
Information Technology
Libraries
Literature Research
Natural Sciences - includes resources for biology, ecology, botany and horticulture.
Psychology
Small Business
Sociology
Walt Whitman
VCCS Web Research Guides

Encyclopedias

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Library Blog

Please visit our blog for library news, staff biographies, highlights from our collection, and more from the world of literature, libraries, and books.

Faculty Resources

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VCCS Libraries

Links to all libraries within the VCCS system. This can be useful when our own server is down and you need to use a database such as EBSCO.

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