All Databases
- A P Multimedia Archive
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What is it? Current and historical archive from the Associated Press. Includes over 1 million primary source photos, 24,000 maps, logos, and graphics, and more than 4,500 hours of audio files dating from the 1920's.
Why use it? To find photographs; maps, sound bites.
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What is it? Encyclopedia for the sciences; electronic equivalent of the 8th edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology with added content.
Why use it? Read overviews of topics in the sciences. Look up definitions of general scientific terms. Find brief biographies of major scientists.
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- ACM Digital Library
- (1954-Present)
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What is it? Electronic archive for all journals, magazines, transactions, and proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) since 1954.
Why use it? Search computer science literature published by ACM. Browse tables of contents for ACM publications. Retrieve the full-text of ACM published materials.
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- Adams Historical Society
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What is it? Website of Adams Historical Society which is committed to "to discover and collect any material which may help to establish or illustrate the history of our area; its exploration, settlement, development, and activities in peace and in war". Includes slide shows of historical images and contact information for students of local history of Northern Berkshire.
Why use it? To access images, photographs, and other information relating to the local history of Adams, North Adams, and Northern Berkshire County
Access: Open Access
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- Administration on Aging - Statistics on the Aging Population
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What is it? Profile and compilation of statistics on people 65 and older in the United States. Data include breakdowns by race and ethnicity, wellness and disabilities.
Why use it? Find statistics on people 65 and older.
Access: Open Access
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- Agricola
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What is it? Bibliographic database of citations, compiled by the National Agricultural Library, that indexes agricultural literature. Includes two sections: "Books, etc." for books, videos, serial publications and "Articles, etc." for citations to journal articles, book chapters, reports, etc.
Why use it? Find materials on agriculture and related disciplines, including entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture, farming, agricultural economics, nutrition, and environmental sciences
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- Alternative Press Archive
- (1969-1990)
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What is it? Database indexing articles published in about 250 alternative, radical and left publications. Created by the Alternative Press Center.
Why use it? Find articles in alternative news sources not indexed in Expanded Academic Index or Web of Science. Gain another angle on your topic. Research topics that may not be well covered in the mainstream press.
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- Alternative Press Index
- (1991-Present)
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What is it? Database indexing articles published in about 250 alternative, radical and left publications. Created by the Alternative Press Center.
Why use it? Find articles in alternative news sources not indexed in Expanded Academic Index or Web of Science. Gain another angle on your topic. Research topics that may not be well covered in the mainstream press.
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- America: History and Life
- (1964-Present )
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What is it? An index to scholarly articles, dissertations, and book reviews on the history and culture of North America (United States and Canada) from prehistory to the present. Covers approximately 1,800 journals.
Why use it? Research the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Find reviews of books written by historians.
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- American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
- (1990-Present)
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What is it? An index to North American scholarship on Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union that includes journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications published in the United States and Canada.
Why use it? Research Russian, Soviet, and East European history, culture and literature. Find reviews of books written by historians.
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- American Presidency Project
- (1789 - present)
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What is it? Over 75,000 records, including oral and written address, executive orders, proclamations, signing statements, press conferences, radio and TV broadcasts; also includes some data and analysis.
Why use it? To search for and access comparative historical and political information about United States Presidents through their public communications; includes the Public Papers of the Presidents and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents for recent Presidents.
Access: Open Access
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- Année Philologique
- (1969-Present)
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What is it? Bibliography covering all aspects of classical studies including authors and texts, literature, history, law, philosophy, and archaeology. Covers historical time periods from prehistory to the Middle Ages. Print version also available in Sawyer Reference PA3017.9 .A6.
Why use it? Find articles, sections from collected books on issues related to Classics and Antiquity.
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- Annual Reviews
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What is it? Digitized archives of scholarly journals in the Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Biomedical Sciences.
Why use it? Search a full-text archive of multi-disciplinary scholarly journals.
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- Anthropological Index Online
- (1957-Present)
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What is it? Index to journals housed in the Anthropology Library at the The British Museum (formerly Museum of Mankind). Journals cover all branches of anthropology and come from academic institutions and publishers around the world.
Why use it? To find research articles and essays in the fields of cultural, physical anthropology and archaeology.
Access: Open Access
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- Anthropological Literature
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What is it? Index to the anthropology journals housed in the Tozzer library at Harvard. Covers anthropology, archeology and related disciplines such as art history, economics, psychology, religion and ethnic studies. Includes book reviews.
Why use it? To find research articles and essays in the fields of cultural, physical anthropology and archaeology.
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- AnthroSource
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What is it? Archive of scholarly journals, newsletters, and bulletins published by the American Anthropological Association, including access to 15 current AAA publications. Links are provided to articles in JSTOR.
Why use it? To find research articles and essays in the fields of cultural, physical anthropology and archaeology.
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- Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
- (1983-Present)
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What is it? Abstracts for scientific periodicals, trade publications, and conference proceedings in the areas of applied, engineered, pure or interdisciplinary sciences.
Why use it? Find articles on how scientific ideas are applied in everyday life. Research cross disciplinary scientific topics.
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- ArchiveGrid
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What is it? Index to major museum and archive collections in the United States and throughout the world. Contact information for accessing the collection is included.
Why use it? Locate historical documents, family documents, and personal papers collected in the world's archives and museums
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- ArchivesUSA
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What is it? Directory of 5,400 repositories and 132,000 manuscript collections of primary source materials. Repository entries contain contact information for the custodians of the collections.
Why use it? Find primary source collections on a particular topic or to obtain contact information for an archival collection.
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- Arden Shakespeare
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What is it? A collection of Shakespeare’s works accompanied by selected commentaries, analyses, bibliographies and glossaries.
Why use it? Find any Shakespeare play, sonnet or poem. Find analyses and commentaries about Shakespeare’s works. View facsimiles of early printings of Shakespeare’s works.
Access: Database available only in Sawyer Library on public computers 7-16
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- Art Abstracts
- (1984-Present)
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What is it? Index to scholarly articles in art and related disciplines (anthropology, architecture, design, video art). Emphasis on Western art. For articles in pre-1984 publications see Art Index Retrospective.
Why use it? Survey scholarly articles and other literature on an art topic. Research an artist or movement. Find books reviews and biographical articles.
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- Art Index Retrospective
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What is it? Companion to Art Abstracts. Index to scholarly art journals and other materials published before 1984. Emphasis on Western art.
Why use it? Search for scholarly articles in pre-1984 art journals. Gain an historical perspective on a topic. Find published reproductions of artworks.
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- Art Sales Catalogues online
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What is it? 27,656 art sales catalogs from 1600 to present.
Why use it? Research sales of art work.
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- Art Sales Catalogues online
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What is it? 27,656 art sales catalogs from 1600 to present.
Why use it? Research sales of art work.
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- ARTBibliographies Modern
- (1979-Present)
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What is it? Index to scholarly articles focusing on contemporary (20th and 21st century) art.
Why use it? Find articles about contemporary artists and artistic movements. Search for biographical information, performance or exhibit reviews.
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- ARTFL
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What is it? Database of full-text French texts. Genre include:novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include: literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.
Why use it? Locate the full-text version of classic French texts. Research French literature and language.
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- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- (1975-Present)
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What is it? One of three databases included in Web of Science. It indexes scholarly journal articles in the arts and humanities.
Why use it? Find authors that cited a particular paper. Track research by moving backward and forward in time through a specified discipline. Search Tutorial
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- ARTstor
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What is it? Digital archive of images from museum collections. Focuses on art, architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts and design. Also includes images in the field of archeology, anthropology and social history.
Why use it? Find images from art, architecture and archeology. Search for master works of art from America, Asia and Europe. Research representations of visual and material culture across cultures and time periods.
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- Ask A Librarian
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What is it? The Williams College Libraries service for reference assistance.
Why use it? Get help with your research or the Williams collections from a librarian.
Access: Open Access
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- AskART
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What is it? AskArt contains a collection of resources on artists and their works. These resources include biographical information, information about Museums and art associations, a database of auction information, etc.
Why use it? Find current Art for sale; find an artist or museum; find biographical information about an artist
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- Associations Unlimited
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What is it? Directory information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields.
Why use it? Find the contact information for nonprofit organization. Determine what a nonprofit does.
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- Atlanta Journal and Constitution
- (1989-Present)
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What is it? Digitized version of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, can be searched by topics or browsed by sections of the paper. Paid advertisements are excluded.
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- Atlanta Journal and Constitution Historical
- (1868 - 1939)
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What is it? Digitized version of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, can be searched by topics or browsed by sections of the paper.
Why use it? Find articles, advertisements, etc. from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution
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- Atlas of North American English
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What is it? Atlas of North American English is a multi-decade project that charts dialect shifts in American English. It includes the fulltext of the Atlas, maps, and speech samples.
Why use it? Trace sound shifts in American English dialects.
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- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
- (1930-Present )
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What is it? Index to articles in the fields of architecture and design, archaeology, landscape architecture, urban planning, interior design, and historic preservation.
Why use it? Find articles on architecture and related disciplines (art, art history, archaeology, design). Search for biographical information on architects.
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- Beige Book
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What is it? The Beige Book is released two weeks prior to each FOMC meeting eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its district through reports from bank and branch directors and interviews with key businessmen, economists, market experts, Statistics are embedded in the summaries.
Why use it? Find regional overviews of the US economy as provied by the twelve federal reserve banks.
Access: Open Access
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- Berkshire Eagle
- (2005-Present)
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What is it? Digitized version of the Berkshire Eagle, can be searched by topics or browsed by sections of the paper. Paid advertisements are excluded.
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- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- (1971-Present)
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What is it? Index to scholarly articles, books and book chapters in Asian history and culture. Includes citations to all articles from the 100 most-used journals in Asian studies. See also print index (Sawyer REF DS5 .B52) covering materials published from 1941 to 1970.
Why use it? Research Asian history, art, culture and literature.
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- Bibliography of the History of Art
- (1973-Present)
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What is it? Index to journal articles, books, essays, conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogs in the field of art history. Covers Western art from late Antiquity to the present.
Why use it? Search for scholarly articles and books on art history topics. Research exhibitions. Search for information about artists. Learn about art in a specific century or historical period.
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- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
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What is it? Index to biographies in reference sources including biographical dictionaries, Who's Whos and subject encyclopedias.
Why use it? Gather biographical information in standard biographical reference sources in one search.
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- Biography Index
- (1984-Present)
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What is it? An index to biographical articles and essays published in periodicals and in collective or individual biographies. Also indexes incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books. Subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities.
Why use it? Gather biographical information. Search through biographical dictionaries and Who's Who.
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- Biography Resource Center
- (1960-Present)
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What is it? A database of biographical information. Covers all periods of history around the world. Indexes biographical reference sources as well as articles from periodicals.
Why use it? Read quick summary or description of personal information on a particular individual. Find an in-depth overview of the subject's life and accomplishments. Research the place of a subject in history or society, a particular field of endeavor, or the news.
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- Biological & Agricultural Index
- (1983-Present )
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What is it? Bibliographic database covering topics in agriculture and related fields.
Why use it? Search a variety of popular and professional scientific journals. Research interdisciplinary biological topics.
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- Biosis
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What is it? Database providing access to the electronic version of Biological Abstracts. Index to literature in all areas of life sciences.
Why use it? Search the database that provides the most comprehensive coverage of biological literature. Find citations to abstracts of scholarly journal articles.
Access: Database available only by appointment with librarian.
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- Black Literature Index
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What is it? Electronic index to the Black Literature microfiche collection. Includes over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827 and 1940.
Why use it? To research black literature
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- Black Studies Center
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What is it? Black Studies Center comprises three resources: the Chicago Defender 1935-present (a highly influential African American newspaper) , the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience (containing video, commissioned essays, timelines and supported materials, and images), and the International Index to Black Periodicals (indexing the major Black journals, magazines, and newsletters in the Americas; fulltext for many articles from 1988+).
Why use it? Find articles, video, manuscripts examining the Black experience in the Americas.
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- Book Review Digest
- (1983-Present )
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What is it? Index to book reviews of English-language fiction and non-fiction books published in leading magazines and scholarly journals from the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Includes excerpts of reviews and an abstract of each book.
Why use it? Find reviews about a particular book. Compile a list of reviews written by an author. Assess the significance of a book in a given time period.
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- Books in Print
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What is it? List of titles that are in print, forthcoming, or declared out-of-print or out-of-stock. Many records contain excerpts from reviews.
Why use it? Find out if a book is available for purchase. Get a list of books by an given author or on a given subject. Access brief book reviews (for more recent titles).
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- BOPCRIS (The British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service)
- (1688-1995)
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What is it? Web-based bibliographic database of British Official Publications. Contains references to key 18th century House of Commons Journals from the period 1688-1800, key 19th and 20th century documents from the Ford Select Lists and Breviates (bibliographies of British documents), selected documents from the Hansard's Catalogue and Breviate of Parliamentary Papers for 1801-1832, and selected documents from 1983-1995.
Why use it? Search and browse information from British Official Publications.
Access: Open Access
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- Boston Globe (Via Newsstand)
- (1980-Present)
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What is it? Digitized version of the Boston Globe, can be searched by topics or browsed by sections of the paper. Paid advertisements are excluded.
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- Boston Globe (Via Proquest)
- (1980-Present)
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What is it? Digitized version of the Boston Globe, can be searched by topics or browsed by sections of the paper. Paid advertisements are excluded.
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- Bureau of Justice Statistics
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What is it? The US Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics collects vast amount of information on crime and law enforcement in the United States. You can use this site to gain "At a Glance" statistics as well as more in-depth time-series data.
Why use it? Find in-depth statistics on crime, law enforcement, prisons and jails.
Access: Open Access
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- Bureau of Labor Statistics
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What is it? Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles data on the U.S. labor force. Data include employment, wages, productivity, inflation, etc. BLS also includes several "At a Glance" tables that provide overviews of labor statistics.
Why use it? Find U.S. statistics on labor and employment.
Access: Open Access
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- caa.reviews
- (September 1, 1998 - present)
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What is it? Critical reviews of books, exhibitions, and projects in all areas and periods of art history and visual studies. Published by the College Art Association.
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- CAMIO. Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
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What is it? Digital collection of about 90,000 works of art plus audio, video and mixed media. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths. Scope ranges from 3000 BC to the present.
Why use it? To search image of works of art from museums around the world. Includes photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths. Scope ranges from 3000 BC to the present.
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- Catalog of Government Publications
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What is it? The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications issued through the Government Printing Office (GPO); includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.
Why use it? Access official government publications made available through the United States Government Printing Office.
Access: Open Access
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- Cetedoc
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What is it? Collection of Christian Latin texts spanning the late second century to the fifteenth century. Text and most search terms are in Latin; Help menu provides assistance in English.
Why use it? Find the texts of early and medieval Christian Latin scholars and other figures. Learn about the uses of Christian Latin texts through history; search for Christian Latin texts based on author/religious figure, work, era, genre or discourse/quotation.
Access: Database available only in Sawyer Library
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- Chicago Defender
- (1921-1975)
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What is it? Digitized version of the Chicago Defender/ Daily Defender. The Chicago Defender is one of the most influencial African-American newspapers in the country.
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- Chicago Manual of Style 15th edition (Online edition)
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What is it? Guide to writing research paper, citing, formulating footnotes, creating bibliographies in Chicago 15th edition format.
Why use it? Find definitive answers to using the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition.
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- Chicago Tribune
- (1985-Present)
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What is it? Digitized versions of recent articles from the Chicago Tribune. Does not include graphics, photos, advertisement or classifieds.
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- Chicago Tribune Historical
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What is it? Digitized version of the Chicago Tribune, can be searched by topics or browsed by sections of the paper.
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- Chicano Database
- (1960s-Present)
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What is it? Index to all types of material for information about Mexican-American and Chicano topics; selective coverage back to 1900. Since 1992 covers the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.
Why use it? Research all aspects of the Mexican-American, Chicano and Latino experience, including art, literature, law, education, economics, politics, music, film, religion, health, psychology, sociology.
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- Christian Science Monitor
- (1988-Present)
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What is it? Full-text of articles that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor.
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- Christian Science Monitor Historical
- (1908 - 1994)
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What is it? Full-text of articles that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor.
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- Chronicle of Higher Education
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What is it? Digital version of the Chronicle of Higher Education. Includes access to job classifieds and ability to subscribe to Academe Today, a daily e-mail report which summarizes the latest news in higher education. Academe Today Set up instructions
Why use it? To research issues relating to higher education. To consult job classifieds for academic positions.
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- Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
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What is it? Entries in the Gazetteer include basic information on many of the following: demography; physical geography; political boundaries; industry, trade, and service activities; agriculture; cultural, historical, and archeological points of interest; transportation lines; longitude, latitude, and elevations; distance to relevant places; pronunciations; official local government place-names and changed or variant names and spellings.Their length varies from a brief notation on a small village to an essay on a country or region
Why use it? Look up Geographical information; check the spelling of a place name; gather basic socio-demographic information about cities, towns, regions worldwide.
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- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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What is it? Official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Why use it? Find information about Massachusetts laws, policies, citizen information, links to localities and more.
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- Congressional Publications
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What is it? Index to Congressional prints, hearings, reports, legislative histories. Full-text of Serial Set documents produced from 1789 to present. Index to Congressional Record from 1985 - present.
Why use it? Search for United States Congressional documents produced from 1789 to current. Search Congressional Record from 1985- present.
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- Consumer Product Safety Commission
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What is it? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
Why use it? To get current and historical information about product safety recalls and records
Access: Open Access
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- Consumer Sentinel
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What is it? Secure investigative cybertool and complaint database, on a separate restricted-access secure web site, that provides hundreds of law enforcement agencies immediate access to Internet cons, telemarketing scams and other consumer fraud-related complaints. It gives consumers a way to voice their complaints about fraud to law enforcement officials worldwide.
Why use it? Get the facts on consumer frauds from Internet cons, prize promotions, work-at-home schemes, and telemarketing scams to identity theft. Report your fraud complaints so they can be shared with law enforcement officials across the U.S. and around the world.
Access: Open Access
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- Contemporary Authors
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What is it? Database providing biographical and bibliographical information for mostly 20th century U.S. and international authors. Note: Contemporary Authors is included in the database Biography Resources Center.
Why use it? Search for biographical information about an author.
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- Contemporary Fashion
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What is it? A reference book covering individual designers and fashion houses that have been active throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Informative essays mirror the many facets of the fashion world.
Why use it? To locate information about fashion and fashion designers from the 20th and 21st century.
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- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
- (1959-Present)
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What is it? Superceded by Literature Criticism Online.
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- Contemporary Women's Issues
- (1992-Present)
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What is it? Database of materials about women's issues worldwide. Includes references to journal articles, primary sources in archival collections, pamphlets, unpublished scholarship, and small press publications.
Why use it? Research women's issues by country or geographical area. Search for articles, pamphlets and newsletters.
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- Corpus Montaigne
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What is it? Full-text of the titles published while Montaigne was alive; Titles published posthumously by his daughter in law, Madame de Gourmay; The most famous editions published between 1603 and 1942 with notes; The best editions of the complete works in English, German, Spanish, Italian in modern spelling; Facsimile of all the Essais published while Montaigne was alive including the famous 1588 "edition de Bordeaux".
Why use it? Search online full-text collection of Montaigne's works. Contains: Les Essais; La Teologie naturelle de Raymond Sebon (Translated by Montaigne).
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- Council of Europe
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What is it? Founded in 1949, the Council of Europe seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals.
Why use it? To find centralized information about human rights, democracy and the rule of law; the CoE is the European forum for discussion and promotion of these ideals.
Access: Open Access
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- Country Profiles / Area Handbooks
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What is it? This series of profiles of foreign nations is part of the Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program. The profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security. In addition to being featured in the front matter of published Country Studies, they are now being prepared as stand-alone reference aides for all countries in the series, as well as for a number of additional countries of interest. The profiles offer reasonably current country information independent of the existence of a recently published Country Study and will be updated annually or more frequently as events warrant. Note: The month and year in which each profile was created or most recently updated appear after each country name.
Why use it? To get summarized current information about the countries profiled.
Access: Open Access
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- CQ Weekly
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What is it? Weekly journal covers the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, political liaisons and lobbyists.
Why use it? To research Congressional activity - votes, political maneuvering, influence and more.
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- Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus)
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What is it? Collection of electronic editions of reference dictionaries and handbooks.
Why use it? Find overviews of topics in nearly all disciplines. Search for definitions. Find biographical information. Search for quotations. Check the meaning or spelling of a foreign language term.
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