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ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) - 1920 to present - Full Text
Contains over 750,000 records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations. ABELL now includes links to the full text of 61 journals.
ABSEES Online. SEE American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies)
Abstracts in Anthropology Online - 2003 to present
Provides abstracting for journals in the fields of cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. Also selectively abstracts articles related to anthropology from journals in other disciplines.
Academic OneFile - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, etc. Also includes New York Times full-text, 1995+.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - 1965 to present - Full Text
Full-text and indexing for over 4,500 scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and more.
Access UN - 1944 to present - Full Text
Index to United Nations documents including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and the UN Treaty Series citations. Also included is the full-text of several thousand UN documents.
AccessScience - Full Text
Over 7100 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology.
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - 1840 to present - Full Text - Help
Current year's photos from the Associated Press photo library and over 750,000 photos dating from the 1840s. Separate databases include graphics, maps, illustrations, and logos dating back to the 1920s with AP captions.
ACLS Humanities E-Book - Full Text
Full-text e-books in the humanities, offered by the the American Council of Learned Societies in collaboration with various learned societies and academic publishers.
AfricaBib.org
Consists of three subsets: Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database; African Women's Bibliographic Database; and Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa 1763-2003: A Comprehensive English Language Bibliography.
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century (parts I-VI) - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
The complete text of articles from The Christian Recorder, The Colored American/Weekly Advocate, Frederick Douglass Paper, Freedom's Journal, The National Era, The North Star, and Provincial Freeman.
African American Song
Contains a diverse range of genres - jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, narratives, sacred music, etc. Currently contains tracks up to the 1950s.
Agricola - 1979 to present
Indexes more than 2,000 serial titles as well as books, conference proceedings, research reports, government documents, theses, patents, software, audiovisual content, and microforms pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.
AllAfrica - 1996 to present - Full Text - Help
More than one million news articles about all countries on the African continent. Approx. 75% are in English; the rest are in French.
Alternative Press Index - 1991 to present
Indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
Alternative Press Watch - 1995 to present - Full Text
Alt-PressWatch is a full text database of over 130 newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses.
Aluka - Trial ends June 30, 2008 - Full Text
Scholarly materials on Africa - articles, books, site reports, archival material, maps, photos, drawings, etc. Divided into three sections: African Cultural Heritage Sites & Landscapes; African Plants; Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.
America's Historical Newspapers - 1690 - 1922 - Full Text
Cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers, based largely on Brigham's History and Bibliography of American Newspapers and its successors.
America: History & Life - 1953 to present
Indexes 1,700 journals, books, and dissertations for material pertaining to American and Canadian history. Other subjects covered include popular culture, anthropology, sociology, economics, education, and politics.
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) - 1956 to present
Covers North American scholarship on East-Central Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Contains records for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, online resources, and selected government publications.
American Broadsides and Ephemera - 1760 - 1900 - Full Text
Facsimiles of 18th and 19th century broadsides & ephemera, including accounts of the Civil War, government proclamations, town meeting reports, trade cards, theater & music programs, menus, and invitations documenting civic & private events.
American Factfinder
Population, housing, economic and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau, including quick tables and search capabilities for all available tables from 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses, the latest Economic Census, and reference maps.
American Humanities Index
SEE Humanities International Index
American National Biography - Full Text
Reliable scholarly biographies of major figures in American history.
American Periodical Series (APS) - 1740 - 1900 - Full Text
More than 1,000 titles including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal.
Année Philologique, L' SEE L'Année Philologique
Anthropology Plus - late 19th century to present
Indexes journal articles, reports, and edited works in anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, etc. Combines Anthropological Literature (Harvard University) and Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute).
AnthroSource - current issues - Full Text
Includes 11 of the American Anthropological Association's journals (including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Ethos, Medical Anthropology Quarterly) plus an electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003.
APA Style Guide to Electronic References - Full Text
Archives USA - Help
Lists primary source manuscript materials held in over 5,400 U.S. repositories.
Art Abstracts - 1984 to present - Full Text
Covers all aspects of the visual arts, indexing articles, reviews, and images in over 300 periodicals published throughout the world. Updated monthly, abstracts are provided for records added after 1994.
Art Index Retrospective - 1929 - 1983
Cumulates citations from volumes 1 to 32 (1929 - August 1984) of Art Index. Includes articles, reviews, reproductions from more than 420 periodicals. Provides international coverage for all aspects of the visual arts.
ARTbibliographies Modern - 1974 to present
Covers information about late 19th- and 20-century fine arts, decorative arts, design, and photography in periodicals, dissertations, exhibition catalogs, and books published throughout the world. Updated quarterly, abstracts for all records.
ARTFL, Research on the Treasury of the French Language - Full Text
Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) at the University of Chicago. Includes 2000 texts covering literature, philosophy, arts, and sciences from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Includes dictionaries.
ArticleFirst - 1990 to present
Lists articles from the table of contents of over 12,000 journals covering: business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture.
Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present
Indexes 1,300 journals covering all arts and humanities disciplines. The database of almost 2.1 million records includes materials published from 1980 to the present as well as older material cited in these publications. Updated weekly.
ARTstor - Help
A library of 700,000+ digital images covering art, architecture, and archaeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods, with strengths in European, American and Asian cultures.
Asian American Drama - Full Text
Plans to include more than 250 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information, beginning with the late nineteenth century up to contemporary playwrights.
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts - 1987 to present - Full Text
Indexes and abstracts journals in the fields of social services, health, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Also includes links to websites.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library
Contains thousands of bibliographic references and full-text journal articles and other publications published by the ACM.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - 1949 to present - Full Text
Covers religious and theological scholarship in 1,400 international journals and 14,000 multi-author works. Includes citations and some full text from Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR).
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - 1930s to present
International coverage of architecture, architectural sculpture, city planning, and landscape architecture. Provides regular access to 1,000 periodicals. Selective coverage back to the 1860s.

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Beilstein - Full Text - Smith Libraries Only
Available only in Young Library, and only to Smith users; ask at the reference desk for username and password
Berkshire Eagle - 2005 to present. MLIN - Full Text
BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art - 1973 to present
Indexes literature on post-classical western art in 2,500 periodicals, books, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and collected works. Incorporates RILA (1975-1989) and RAA (1973 to 1989). Abstracts for most records, updated quarterly.
Bibliography of Asian Studies - 1971 to present
References western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia
Bibliography of British and Irish History - 1901 to present
Produced by the Royal Historical Society, this consolidates over 50 existing bibliographies (including the Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History) listing books and articles. Also includes many records from before 1901.
BioDigest - 1989 to present
Abstracts written in a non-technical style from over 370 life-science sources covering: botany, medicine, health, zoology, and environmental science.
Biography Index - 1984 to present
Indexes articles, books, and autobiographies for biographical subjects from antiquity to the present. Includes individual and collective biographies from all fields and nationalities. Sources include over 2,700 periodicals and 1,800 books.
Biography Resource Center - MLIN - Full Text
Draws from a variety of biographical dictionaries and encyclopedias as well as magazines.
Biological Abstracts - 1987 to present
Indexes articles in the life sciences and biomedical fields, including biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, zoology, agriculture, etc.
BioOne - Full Text
Indexes and provides over 50 full-text research and high-impact journals in the fields of biology, ecology, and the environmental sciences.
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online - Full Text
Updated regularly. Entries range from short definitions to extended entries on major topics, covering both classical sociology and contemporary developments in the field.
Blackwell Reference Online - Full Text
Includes almost 300 titles in the humanities and social sciences, including the Blackwell companions and handbooks. Strengths are psychology, sociology, history, literature, philosophy, and religion.
Book Review Digest - 1983 to present
Reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books from periodicals published in the U. S., Canada, and Great Britain. Includes only reviews that have appeared within 18 months of the book's publication.
Book Review Digest Retrospective - 1905-1982
Provides excerpts from, and citations to, reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction.
Books in Print - 1979 to present
Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present.
Boston Globe - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text of all staff-written news stories, features, columns, and editorials. Includes national and international news, and local politics, business, science, technology, real estate, the arts, entertainment, and sports.
Boston Herald - 1991 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Britannica Online - Full Text
Full content including over 80,000 in-depth articles, detailed maps, multimedia, and research tools.
British Periodicals Collection - 1680s to 1930s - Full Text
Searchable full text of hundreds of British periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century.
Brown University Women's Writers Project

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Cambridge Collections Online - Full Text
Online version of the Cambridge Companions; offers introductions to major writers, artists, topics and periods within the fields of literature, classics, philosophy, religion and culture.
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index - 1981 to present
Covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle. Includes articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, plus Papal documents, church promulgations, and books authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.
Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance - Full Text
Information on 20,000 Renaissance works of art documenting 10,000 antique monuments illustrated by 30,000 photographs. Links Renaissance sources with the antique works they document, their locations, dates, names, and modern bibliographical citations
Chicago Defender Historical - 1905 - 1975 - Full Text
Complete archive of digitized articles, editorial cartoons, photographs, advertisements, etc. from this nationally significant African-American newspaper.
Chicago Manual of Style - Full Text
Completely searchable, providing quick answers to style, editing, and citation format questions.
China Academic Journals - 1994 to present - Full Text
On the CNKI USA home page, select "CAJ Full-text" from the pull-down menu and click "search". The CAJ database is divided into 9 series databases and sub-divided 126 subject databases. Use Internet Explorer.
Chronicle of Higher Education - 1989 to present - Full Text
News reports and editorials on all facets of higher education in the United States, Canada, and abroad, with reference lists of relevant research, books, seminars, workshops, fellowships, and grants.
Civil War (Collection) - 1860 - 1865 - Full Text
Major articles from The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury, and The Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865.
Classical Music Library
Streaming audio; includes Arabesque, Forlane, Hyperion, Newport Classic, Vox labels. PCs: MS Windows 98 and up, IE 5.5+, Macromedia Flash Player 6+, & MS Windows Media Player 7+. Macs: OS 9+, IE 5.2+, & Macromedia Flash 6+.
Cochrane Library - Full Text
A valuable source to identify research in evidence-based practice. Browse or search for disorders to find abstracts and texts through the Cochrane Reviews of medical, health and mental health treatments.
Columbia Earthscape
A comprehensive aggregation of resources in the Earth and Environmental Sciences, with specific sections geared towards teachers, students, scientists, or decision-makers.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) - 1991 to present - Full Text
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs including working papers, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Communication & Mass Media Complete - Full Text
Offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.
Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database
The most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography [Gale] - Full Text
Full-text biographical articles on scientists, from classical antiquity to modern times.
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete - coverage varies - Full Text
Covers all aspectes of the applied sciences, including engineering, computer theory & systems, new technologies, and social & professional context.
Congressional Universe
SEE LexisNexis Congressional
Contemporary Authors (Biography Resource Center) - MLIN - Full Text
See Biography Resource Center. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select - MLIN - Full Text
Critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
Contemporary Women's Issues - 1992 to present - Full Text
Provides full-text access to global information on women in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets.
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science - Full Text
Aimed at "the community at large," covers psychology and the behavioral sciences with an international flavor.
CountryWatch - 1993 to present - Full Text
Up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world including political, economic, and business information, daily news and data in the form of Country ReviewsTM, the Country WireTM, CountryWatch Data and CountryWatch Business Services.
CQ Almanac - 1945 - 2006 - Full Text
Provides summary & analysis of major legislation considered by the U.S. Congress. Includes tables, graphs & charts. Browse by subject, decade, or year; use Policy Tracker to explore a specific policy topic.
CQ Electronic Library
Includes the CQ Researcher Plus Archive and some content from CQ Weekly, with these Collections: Congress, Supreme Court, Public Affairs, and Voting & Elections.
CQ Press Political Reference Suite - Full Text
Integrates several reference titles: Congress and the Nation, Historic Documents, Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America, Supreme Court Yearbook, Washington Information Directory, etc.
CUFTS Journal Listing System (Simon Fraser University) - Help
Includes journal title search with different display format for the indexes, also another librarian-useful tool to compare full text journal coverage across databases.

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Daily Hampshire Gazette - Full Text
Covers local news, sports, and classifieds for Northampton and surrounding towns. Username/password required; ask at Reference Desk.
Design and Applied Arts Index - 1973 to present
Annotated references to 130,000 articles, reviews, & illustrations in 500 design and craft periodicals. International scope, covers graphic, industrial, interior, fashion, textile, theater, and multimedia design, architecture, and design management.
Dictionary of National Biography - Full Text
The second edition of the renowned dictionary, with an illustrated collection of 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography [Gale] - Full Text
Full-text biographical articles on scientists, from classical antiquity to modern times.
Disclosure - 1986 to present - Full Text
Information on companies publicly traded on U.S. exchanges including filings, annual reports, company summaries, and shareholder reports. Daily updates of stock trading reports. Displays full text of documents.
Dissertation Abstracts Online - 1861 to present
Covers over 1,560,000 masters theses and dissertations from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Europe. Abstracts since 1980. Abstracts provided beginning in 1988.
DRAM
Streaming audio (CD-quality, 192kbps/MP4), plus complete liner notes and essays, from New World Records, Composers Recordings, Inc., and other important labels.
DYABOLA: RealKatalog DAI Rom (WWW version) - 1956 to present
Subject catalog of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome. Covers literature about classical art and archaeology in 1,100 journals and other serials, books, and essays in collected works published throughout the world. Updated annually.

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Early American Imprints (Evans Digital) - 1639 - 1800 - Full Text
Will contain over 36,000 items listed in Charles Evans' American Bibliography and Roger Bristol's supplement to the bibliography. Covers early American publishing, including agriculture, foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, and religion.
Early American Imprints (Shaw-Shoemaker) - 1801 - 1819 - Full Text
Will contain the 36,000 primary source items listed in Shaw & Shoemaker's continuation of Evans' American Bibliography, including books, pamphlets, and broadsides. Covers every aspect of American life during the first 19 years of the 19th century.
Early American Newspapers Digital - 1690 - 1922 - Full Text
See America's Historical Newspapers.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) - 1475 - 1700 - Full Text
Contains over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661).
Eastview Universal Databases - 1980 to present - Full Text
Full text Russian-language newspapers, both central and regional, plus Russian-language social sciences and humanities journals.
Ebrary - Full Text - Help
Collection of over 14,000 documents, including books and maps, covering all academic disciplines. Many published within the last 3 years.
EBSCO Academic Search Premier - Full Text
SEE Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
EconLit with Full Text - 1969 to present - Full Text
Contains all indexing from EconLit, plus full text for 400+ journals. Covers capital markets, country studies, econometrics, forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics, etc.
Education Abstracts - 1983 to present. Abstracts from 1994
Provides citations for articles from over 550 English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the U.S. and elsewhere. Covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) - 1701 - 1800 - Full Text
Includes every significant English- and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - Full Text
Full content including over 80,000 in-depth articles, detailed maps, multimedia, and research tools.
Encyclopaedia Judaica [Gale] - Full Text
2nd edition, with entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.
Encyclopedia of Evolution [Oxford] - Full Text
Encyclopedia of Global Change [Oxford] - Full Text
Encyclopedia of Philosophy [Gale] - Full Text
This standard scholarly encyclopedia in philosophy contains hundreds of scholarly articles on all aspects of philosophy. Edited by Donald M. Borchert this second edition was published in 2006.
Encyclopedia of Religion [Gale] - Full Text
The second edition of Eliade’s definitive work, this resource includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries, many heavily updated, as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles, including illustrations and visual essays.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment [Oxford] - Full Text
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages [Oxford] - Full Text
Engineering Village 2 - 1970 to present
Provides extensive access to the world's engineering literature. Indexes and abstracts over 5,000 journals, conference papers, patents, and technical reports. Links to quality Web sites.
English Short Title Catalog - 1473 - 1800
Lists books published in Britain and North America. For selected full-text of items published pre-1700 in Britain, see Early English Books Online; for selected full-text of items published pre-1800 in America, see Early American Imprints.
Environment Abstracts (on