VCU Library Catalog
(use quotes " for phrase searching" and * for truncation)

Richmond Public Library Catalog
( location of Richmond Public Library)

Library of Virginia catalog
( location of Library of Virginia)

Journal Articles and News Stories
(VCU eID required for access to these if off-campus)

VCU Libraries Meta-Search for Journal Articles
searches these 11 databases simultaneously
(Use   in this database below to find full-text of articles not
directly provided in these databases)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lexis-Nexis
under "Search the  News" type Richmond Times Dispatch as source title
and then type in search terms, such as transportation, roads, civil war,
baseball, etc along with the location (Richmond or central Virginia)
like this...

Non- VCU News Sources
(no VCU eid required)

Style Weekly  (search window at top right corner to search topics)
http://www.styleweekly.com/ME2/Default.asp

Richmond.com(search window at top right corner)
http://www2.richmond.com/home/

Richmond Magazine  (search window at top left corner)
http://www.richmondmagazine.com/

VCU Libraries Resources

Cabell Library Special Collections
http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/
    Richmond, Virginia History Internet Resources
       http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/richmond.html
    Online Exhibits (Monroe Park, etc)
       http://www.library.vcu.edu/exhibits/
    Digital Collections(Carver, Jackson Ward neighborhood histories, etc)
       http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/collections.php
    Richmond History in Postcards
       http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_postcard.php?CISOROOT=/postcard
    Archives of the New Dominion
       http://www.library.vcu.edu/newdominion/

Tompkins-McCaw Library Special Collections
http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/speccoll/

     MCV Campus History
     http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/speccoll/mcvhistory/

Web Resources

Virginia Historical Society
http://www.vahistorical.org/index.htm
Encyclopedia Virginia
http://encyclopediavirginia.org/
    Richmond During the Civil War
    http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Richmond_During_the_Civil_War
City of Richmond official web site
http://www.richmondgov.com/
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce
http://www.grcc.com/
Richmond Tourism Web Site
http://www2.richmond.com/visit-richmond/
Richmond Media
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org/links_cat.asp?cat=
Richmond%20Media%20and%20Community
Major Richmond Performing Venues
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org/links_cat.asp?cat=
Major%20Richmond%20Area%20Performing%20Venues
Richmond, Virginia in Wikipedia (see references at end of article)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia

"Richmond Virginia" in Google
(add second topic after the words "Richmond Virginia")

"Richmond Virginia" in Google News
(add second topic after the words "Richmond Virginia")

"Richmond Virginia" in Google Books
(add second topic after the words "Richmond Virginia")

Compiled By Dan Ream
dream@vcu.edu
November, 2011