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ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Below is a list of online databases and other electronic resources, arranged by type, available to the Harvard-Westlake community.  Scroll down to view the entire list.

NEWSPAPERS SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, MAGAZINES  GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, CURRENT EVENTS, STATISTICS EBOOKS, DIGITAL REFERENCE, ART IMAGES

Databases can be accessed from campus, or remotely with appropriate passwords.  Obtain passwords from any librarian.  

NEWSPAPERS

The New York Times
Full Text and Images
1851 - 2004
The Los Angeles Times
Full Text and Images
1985 - current
Full Text and Images
Primary source newspaper content from urban and rural newspapers of the 19th century. Emphasis on the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration, and Antebellum-era life.
The Times of London
Full Text and Images
1785 - 1985
Newspapers (including historical newspapers), magazines,
periodicals.
Daily newspaper, in Spanish, from Madrid.
Digital reproduction of printed edition.
Daily newspaper, in French, from Paris.
Digital reproduction of printed edition.


SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES


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JStor
Over 600 scholarly journals in many disciplines.
Full text and images.
Newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals, including scholarly journals.
Nature
Online Archive 1997 - current issue
Scientific American
Online Archive 1993 - current issue


GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, CURRENT EVENTS, STATISTICS

Congressional Quarterly Press
Historic documents from 1972 to present
Up-to-date coverage of the US Congress
Columbia International Affairs Online
Theory and research in international affairs from 1991 onward: country data, working papers, proceedings from conferences, policy briefs, etc.

Columbia Earthscape
Resources in the Earth and Environmental Sciences
SIRS Knowledge Source
Historic and government documents, including Supreme Court decisions. Information about current events. Excerpts from The World Almanac and Book of Facts.
Historical Statistics of the United States
A standard source for quantitative facts of American history

REFERENCE SOURCES, DIGITAL TEXTS, IMAGE DATABASES

Encyclopedia Britannica
Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
Full text and images.
Oxford English Dictionary
Material covered in the 20-volume 2nd Edition of the OED.
 
ACLS Humanities eBook
Searchable full-text collection of over 1,500 books in humanities disciplines.
Annals of American History
Primary source documents related to topics in American History.
ARTstor
Image database containing over 500,000 art images and descriptive information.
Grove Dictionary of Art
Full text of The Dictionary of Art (34 volumes) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art.
Grove Dictionary of Music
Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
Full text of over 190,000 poems.

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