The complete list of databases available can be found on our website.

Articles not available in full text can be requested through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Contact the library for help with ILL.

Off-campus access to most online databases requires a username and password. Drop by the library to get this information.

Multidisciplinary databases

• Academic OneFile
• Academic Search Premier
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• General OneFile

Subject databases

• Communications and Mass Media Collection
• Diversity Studies Collection
• InfoTrac Newsstand
• New York State Newspapers
  
  

Check the library's website for a full listing of databases.

Books in the standard collection may be borrowed for three weeks. Books placed on reserve by your professor will have a shorter loan period. Books not available from the library can be borrowed through AcademicSHARE or Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Contact the library for help. To find items held by Villa and other libraries, try WorldCat.

Don't forget your Villa Maria College ID card to check out books!

Find the ebooks you need by searching either the library catalog, Alexandria, or by searching directly in our ebook collection from EBSCO.

• Alexandria
• eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
  

Britannica Online

Citation Machine

Citation generators can make formatting your citations a lot easier. Don't forget: you still need to review your citations for accuracy and formatting!

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Villanova University's Writing Center's guide covers the steps to writing a college paper from getting started to polishing tips.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Citation help for both APA and MLA, research help, general and subject-specific writing as well as ESL are addressed here.

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Writing Resources from Hamilton College

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