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If you click on any Reynolds Libraries database link (including direct links to specific articles, eBooks and videos) from off-campus, you will be prompted with a Virginia's Community Colleges login screen. Use your My Reynolds username & multifactor authentication (MFA) to access any of the library databases from off-campus.
If you cannot login from off campus, email library@reynolds.edu or call 804.523.5211 - or - 523-5220. ProQuest Central eBooks Note: If you are accessing a ProQuest Central eBook from ON or OFF campus, you will be prompted with a Virginia's Community Colleges login screen. If you are accessing a ProQuest Central eBook from the library catalog, you will also be prompted to select your institution, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. |
1. To search our two most popular databases, go to the library's home page at https://library.reynolds.edu
2. When the library's homepage appears, move your mouse over Quick Links near the top of the screen.
3. When the Quick Links menu appears, click on Academic Search Complete or Opposing Viewpoints.
1. If you are already know the name of the database you want to search, go to the library's home page at https://library.reynolds.edu
2, When the library's home page appears, move your mouse over Research near the top of the screen.
3. When the Research menu appears, click on A-Z Databases.
4. When the next screen appears, click on the letter of the alphabet that the database begins with.
Start with a comprehensive general database such as Academic Search Complete or MasterFILE Premier.
If your instructor or a librarian directed you to a specific course or subject guide from Reynolds Libraries' Research Guides website, try the databases listed in the guide by clicking on the Find Articles tab/page of the guide.
You also can ask a librarian for recommendations on which databases to search for your particular topic.
These are the main databases that may be useful in your historical research:
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database containing journal, magazine and newspaper articles. (Full text)
Archive of journal articles, books and images in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Journal articles published within the last 3-5 years are not included. You can filter your searches to primary source content. (Full text)
Provides access to both scholarly journals and books covering literature, history and the social sciences. Database currently includes over 700 journals from 125 publishers and 70,000 books from more than 140 presses. (Full-text)
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and much more. Provides indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955, over 800,000 records and access to the full text of more than 349 journals and more than 120 books. (Full-text.)
Covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. (Full text)
Comprehensive general database includes journal, magazine, and newspaper articles covering a wide variety of topics. (Full-text)
Access to journal articles & eBooks. Covers a variety of disciplines, including the fields of arts and humanities, business and economics, engineering, law, medicine, social sciences, sciences, and technology. Full-text coverage:1977-present.
Type AND between your keywords to narrow your search. The database or search engine will only retrieve those articles or web pages that contain both words. Using AND will decrease the number or hits or articles or web pages in your result list.
Example: school AND crime
Note: Some databases and search engines (such as Google and Craigslist) allow you to type a plus sign (+) in front of a keyword when doing a basic search. This works the same as AND.
Example: +school +crime
OR Type OR between your keywords to broaden your search. The database or search engine will retrieve those articles or web pages that contain at least one of these words. Using OR will increase the number of articles or web pages in your result list (especially if not used in combination with AND or NOT). Use OR between keywords that are synonyms or have similar meanings. Example: baby OR infant
Type NOT before a keyword to exclude that keyword from your search. Using NOT will decrease the number of articles or web pages in your result list. The best use of NOT is when you are searching for a keyword that may have multiple meanings.
Example: bat NOT baseball
Use parentheses ( ) to keep combination searches in order. In the example below, the database or search engine will retrieve articles or web pages that must contain the word law and at least one of the words in parentheses.
Example: (ecstasy OR mdma) AND law
Truncation, also known as stemming, uses a character such as asterisk (*) or question mark (?) at the end of a word, which allows you to search for a root form of a word and pick up any ending.
Example: typing teen* will find teen, teens, teenage, teenager, teenagers.
Notes:
Wildcard symbols can be typed in place of a letter or letters within a keyword if you are not sure of the spelling or if there are different forms of the root word.
Example: wom?n will find both women and woman.
Note: Again, check the Help or Tips links available on most library databases and Internet search engines to verify the wildcard symbol that should be used - usually an asterisk (*) or question mark (?)
Enter your fairy tale title AND keywords / themes related to the story (see below).
You may also narrow your search by entering the author's last name and/or the keyword, criticism.
Example: "snow white" AND grimm AND stepmother
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Complete the form and we will see if we can find the full-text article through another library. You can also open this request form in a new window to complete it.
The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots: Elizbeth I and Her Greatest Rival
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece
Enter your fairy tale title AND keywords / themes related to the story (see below).
You may also narrow your search by entering the author's last name and/or the keyword, criticism.
Example: "snow white" AND grimm AND stepmother
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Search Reynolds Libraries catalog for books:
Provides access to full-text online books in a wide variety of subject areas. (Full text)
Access to journal articles & eBooks. Covers a variety of disciplines, including the fields of arts and humanities, business and economics, engineering, law, medicine, social sciences, sciences, and technology. Full-text coverage:1977-present.
If we don't have a book at Reynolds, you can search WorldCat to find books in area libraries:
