History
Tutorials
Project Muse teaches you how to get precise results from this database containing academic journals in a wide variety of disciplines.
Factiva teaches you how to use this international news database to retrieve the latest news on your topics.
Remote Access Guide shows the step-by-step process for accessing subscription databases from off campus.
Library Subscription Services
Current PVCC students, faculty and staff have access through computers both on and off campus.
EBSCO (for mobile devices)
EBSCO Historical Abstracts is a reference guide to the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present. There are citations from more than 2,000 journals, but there are no full-text articles.
Project Muse is a database with more than 300 full-text journals covering a wide range of topics, including literature, social science and theatre.
Factiva is a leading provider of news articles and business information.
CQ Researcher contains comprehensive reports on the issues that shape our world.
CWI Contemporary Women's Issues provides a global perspective on critical issues and events that affect women.
Reference Works
American Decades
American History Through Literature 1820-1870
American History Through Literature 1870-1920
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
A Dictionary of World History
Dynasties of the World
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Melton's Encyclopedia American Religions
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
The Oxford Companion to Military History
The Oxford Companion to United States History
The Oxford Companion to World War II
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
Who's Who in Classical World
World Maps
Other Resources
MLA Documentation is a citation guide for PVCC student research papers and reports.
Strunk's Elements of Style provides information for writers on grammar, usage and style.
