Virtual Library

Electronic Library and Research Resources

The University of Fairfax maintains a virtual library that provides access to a variety of resources. Through an online internet portal within the eCollege platform, these resources are available to students and faculty for conducting secondary research 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This portal provides access to:

ACM Digital Library
Directory of Open Access Journals
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Government Enterprise Vendor Research Library
IBM Corporation Research & Development Journals
IEEE Publications
ISACA Information Systems Control Journal
Library and Information Resources Network (LIRN)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Virtual Library
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)

Library Tutorials and Webinars (LIBTUTOR)

The Online Librarians conduct tutorials using ClassLive Pro within the eCollege platform in the LIBTUTOR course shell. The following is a list of tutorials which are held on a regularly scheduled basis:

Orientation to the Library Portal
Boolean Search Techniques
Orientation to TurnItIn.com
Searching IEEE Periodicals
Searching ACM Databases
Using Resources in LIRN