General Reference

Arts and Humanities

250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology. Use InfoTrac Religion and Philosophy not only to study theological approaches to social issues, but also to learn about the impact that religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, art, and language.
InfoTrac Religion and Philosophy (Gale)

Business

Includes profiles of over 500,000 companies, both public and private, industry and trade journals, business associations, brand and product information, includes Predicasts reports, and Newsletters ASAP

Business and Company Resource Center (Gale)

Computers

Computer Database offers product reviews, industry status reports, and company profiles. 650 indexed titles (350 full-text) covering not just the computer industry but also electronics and telecommunications as a whole.

Computer Database (Gale)

Government Information

Military and Intelligence combines standard reference sources like the Columbia Encyclopedia and World Almanac Book of Facts with a select list of journals containing 7 million articles (80% full-text), including such prestigious titles as Foreign Affairs, Africa News Service, The Atlantic, and close to 500 more.

Military and Intelligence (Gale); Google US: Search for US federal, state and local information.;
Washington County Public Library:Government Information on the Internet Pathfinder

Health and Wellness

Reference sources such as The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and The Alternative Health Encyclopedia, Drug and Herb Finder, pamphlets, newsletters, and hundreds of full-text journal articles from respected sources like "Lancet." Also includes health news, health assessment resources and links to major health databases like PubMed and CancerNet

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module (Gale) ; Rosen's Teen Health and Wellness Online ; Magill's Health Online

Jobs and Careers

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center provides comprehensive, up-to-date profiles of more than 2,050 of today's most popular jobs in 94 industries. Also includes a searchable archive of articles from Ferguson's Career Opportunity News. Can also be searched by Dictionary of Occupational Title and National Occupation Classification System indexes. Learnatest provides online preparation for a number of occupational licensing exams including Real Estate, Teaching, Firefighter, Postal Worker and others.

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center; LearnaTest (*valid WCPL card number required for login; select password); Internship Virginia

Law

LegalTrac provides indexing for 1427 of the most highly regarded legal publications, 123 of which are full-text. These include major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.

LegalTrac (Gale)

Books and Literature

Authors and their works, biographical and critical information on contemporary authors, for the casual reader ("What should I read next?") or the high school, college or adult researcher.

Reader's Advisory Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism (Gale), What Do I Read Next? (Gale),Book Letters, America's Book Review

People and Places

Biography Resource Center contains more than 400,000 biographies on nearly 300,000 people from all over the world and throughout history. Combining 130 frequently consulted Gale databases containing more than 250 full-text periodicals, this is a good place to begin research on people who have made, or are making, history.

Biography Resource Center; Encyclopedia of Daily Life Online; New Dictionary of Scientific Biography

Students and Testing

Magazines, journals, newspapers, and Reference Books for information on the arts, science, history, government, people and places, popular culture, sports and much, much more. For students of all ages.

Also sample tests in a variety of subjects and sample Academic tests for AP, SAT, GRE, GED, ASVAB and many more.

New!Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Expanded Academic ASAP, InfoTrac Junior Edition, InfoTrac Student Edition, Kids InfoBits (Gale), LearnaTest (*valid WCPL card number required for login; select password)

Professional Development

Professional Collection (Gale)