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Database Name Subjects Years Covered Full Text Abstracts Citations
Washington Post Historical Newspaper (Proquest) full text coverage of the Washington Post newspaper 1877 to 1993 yes yes yes
Water Resources Abstracts Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org) characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources 1967 - present no yes yes
Weldasearch Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org) metallurgy, joining metals, plastics, ceramics 1967- present no yes yes
Wilson Applied Science & Technology *NEW acoustics, aeronautics, neural networks, nuclear engineering, communication and information technology, geology, chemistry, waste management, mathematics, chemistry, space science Index: 1983 - present;
Full Text: 1997 - present
yes yes yes
Wilson Art Full Text *NEW arts, including art history, archaeology, architecture, fashion design, motion pictures, photography, television, and related subjects Index: 1984 - present;
Full Text: 1997 - present
yes yes yes
Wilson Business Full Text *NEW business Index: 1982 - present; Full Text: (some)1995 - present yes yes yes
Wilson Education Full Text education 1983 - present yes yes yes
Wilson General Science Full Text physical, life, and health sciences Index: 1984 - present; Full Text: 1995 - present yes yes yes
Wilson Humanities Full Text *NEW all areas of the humanities Index: 1984 - present;
Full Text: 1995 - present
yes yes yes
Wilson Social Sciences Full Text *NEW addiction studies, anthropology, communication and mass media, criminal justice, economics, environmental, family, gender, and minority studies, geography, law, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and urban studies Index: 1983- present;
Full Text: 1995 - present
yes yes yes
Women's Studies International Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org) women's studies, including sociology, history, politics, economics, international relations, humanities, business and education. dates vary; 1972 - present no yes yes
World Almanac and Book of Facts -- SEE: Facts.com
World Almanac Encyclopedia -- SEE: Facts.com
WorldCat Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org) items owned by libraries around the world updated daily; earliest items B.C. records list library holdings; useful to locate resources at other libraries
WorldCat Dissertations Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org) dissertations, theses and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members; includes all subjects updated daily records cataloged dissertations, theses and published material based on theses and dissertations to the present
Worldscope Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org) company records derived from corporate annual and 10K reports, disclosure statements, newspapers, and wire services current yes yes yes

 

Databases marked with Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org) are available to UMW Libraries through VIVA: the Virtual Library of Virginia.

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