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NEWSPAPERS



Newspapers -- including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and hundreds of others.

The New York Times - Historical
Full Text and Images
1851 - 2007
  19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Full Text and Images
Newspaper content from urban and rural newspapers of the 19th century. Coverage includes the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration, and Antebellum-era life.
The Times  (London) Digital Archive
Full Text and Images
1785 - 1985

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES

 

JSTOR
Over 1,500 academic journals in many disciplines dating as far back as the early 1800's.
Full text and images.

To create your own account, follow this link and register. To re-authenticate your existing account, follow this link and login. This must be done through a computer on-campus. Once authenticated, you may login from anywhere. Your access will be valid for the school year.

 

Newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals, including scholarly journals.
 

Science
The world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
Science Online 1997 - current
Science Classic 1880 - 1996

Scientific American
The world's premiere magazine of scientific discovery and technological innovation.
1910 - current
  SPORTDiscus
550 full-text sports and sports medicine journals.
1985 - current

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, CURRENT EVENTS, STATISTICS

CQ Press Electronic Library

Historic Documents
Series (primary sources from 1972 to 2010)
International Military Alliances 1648-2008 (e-book)
Columbia International Affairs Online
Theory and research in international affairs from 1991 onward: country data, working papers, proceedings from conferences, policy briefs, etc.
SIRS Knowledge Source
Historic and government documents, including Supreme Court decisions, information about current events, excerpts from The World Almanac and Book of Facts and country information.
Historical Statistics of the United States
An invaluable source for quantitative facts of American history.

REFERENCE SOURCES,  E-BOOKS,  VIDEO,  IMAGES

  The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University. This link is to their Chicago Manual of Style research and citation guide.
 
NoodleTools
 
An online tool to assist in building outlines, bibliographic citations, and more.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
Full text and images, including recommended website links.
  Encyclopedia Britannica
Image Quest
Access to more than a million rights-cleared images.
Oxford English Dictionary
Material covered in the 20-volume 2nd Edition of the OED.
  Annals of American History
Primary source documents related to topics in American History.
  ABC-CLIO (e-books)
Searchable full-text of reference books (history, film, sports) found in the H-W Library's print collection.
 

ACLS Humanities E-Book
Searchable full-text collection of over 2,700 books in humanities disciplines, available electronically in seconds.
  Facts on File (e-books)
Searchable full-text collection of 52 books on world and United States history and politics.
  Gale Virtual Reference Library (e-books)
Over 60 searchable full-text reference books in various disciplines, including History and Social Science.
 

Salem History (e-books)
A robust database of content from Salem's printed reference books including Decades, Great Events from History, Great Lives from History, and Milestone Documents.
ARTstor
Digital library of images and descriptive information in art, architecture, humanities, and social science. Initial login must be from campus, and accounts should be reactivated from campus every 120 days.
Oxford Art Online
Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art.
Oxford Music Online
Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music.

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
Full text of over 250,000 poems in English and other languages. Includes biographies, commentaries, history and criticism, and audio readings.

Theatre in Video
More than 300 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with over 100 film documentaries in streaming online video. Includes complete access to BBC's Shakespeare Collection.

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