Local Issues

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	Local Issues
	Blue Ridge Community College Houff Library

TIP: Contacting local agencies is almost always effective. They love to talk about their company, services, etc. If you go in person, often they will give you free literature. Try a phone call first and then go in person. It's also an excellent way to get to know your community better and to network. You never know who you meet today might be able to help you get a job in the future.

Books and Print Resources

To find books in the Library, search the BRCC Online Catalog

Resources for locating books from other libraries.

WorldCat 88+ million books worldwide
Augusta County Library
Bridgewater College
Eastern Mennonite University
James Madison University (Click here on info on how to obtain library privileges at this library)
Mary Baldwin College (Click here on info on how to obtain library privileges at this library)
Massanutten Regional Library (the public library in Harrisonburg)
Staunton Public Library
Waynesboro Public Library

If you find a title you would like, use the Library's Interlibrary Loan service. Print, or write out the information and call the Library, come in (our hours) or E-Mail a Librarian.

Online Newspapers

click here for a list of Virginia newspapers online

Periodical Indexes (Magazines, Journals & Newspapers)

Be sure and follow all the steps on our Remote Access Directions page to be able to access these databases
from your home computer.

Academic Search Complete

Full-text articles available
Factiva: (must use Internet Explorer) Provides FULL-TEXT articles from many magazines, journals, newspapers, and newswires. Hint: Use the Free Text box only and change the Date box to the appropriate range of dates. Type in your topic and then the words And and Virginia or Augusta County, Virginia, etc.
Business Source Complete

Full-text articles available
Chronicle of Higher Education - call the Library (453-2247) for login and password
Newspaper Source Plus

Full-text articles available - covers these newspapers from Virginia:

Bristol Herald Courier
Culpeper Star Exponent
Daily Press (Newport News)
Daily Progress (Charlottesville)
Danville Register & Bee
Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg)
Manassas Journal Messenger
News & Advance (Lynchburg)
News Virginian (Waynesboro)
Progress-Index (Petersburg)
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Roanoke Times
Virginia-Pilot (Norfolk)

Regional Business News Full-text articles available

What to do if the article you want isn't full-text in the database where you found it:
1. Look in the Houff Library Periodical Holdings listing. Maybe you can check out the magazine or journal that has your article in it.
2. Not there? Then copy and paste the JOURNAL name in the following links This will tell you if it's full-text in one of our 200+ databases:
VIVA Online Journal Locator
VCCS Online Journal Search
3. Try DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals at http://www.doaj.org/. This has full-text to nearly 91,000 articles.
4. If your journal still isn't full-text in either of these two links, then copy the ARTICLE title and and paste it into a Google search to see if it's on the author's home page or in an online journal.
5. Type the JOURNAL title into Google and see if the journal is free online.
6. If that fails, then use the BRCC Library's free Interlibrary Loan service. Print the article information and bring that into the library or copy and paste the article information into the E-Mail a Librarian link and we will call you when the article arrives.

Local Organizations

Augusta County, Virginia (VA)
Augusta County, Virginia VA, county profile
Rockingham County
www.Rockingham.Info - Rockingham County, VA on the 'Net
BridgewaterVa.com
Daytonva.com
Town of Broadway

Local and State Statistics

VA-Stat
State and County Profiles
US State Fact Sheet

Internet Searching

Web Site Evaluation Information - four questions you should ask yourself before using any website.

4/14/09