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All of the subscription databases may be accessed from home by using the remote access passwords available from the handout in the library or online through the Stamper Library classroom page on jbNet.
JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand academic journals and other scholarly content.
ARTstor: ARTstor consists of a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data; the tools to actively use those images; and a restricted-usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content users.
Oxford Art Online : The complete contents of Grove Art Online, as well as content from the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Dictionary of Art Terms, and Oxford's Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.
Oxford Music Online : The complete contents of the Grove Music Online, along with the Oxford Dictionary of Music, the Oxford Companion to Music, and the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
American National Biography: The landmark American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men & women from all eras and walks of life whose lives have shaped the nation.
Dictionary of National Biography: An illustrated collection of more than 57,000 specially written biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped all aspects of Britain's past.
Salem History: this site includes the full text for the Salem Great Lives in History and Great Events in History, as well as for Milestone Documents of American History and of American Leaders.
Business and Company Profiles ASAP: Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
SIRS Issue Researcher: valuable information on current social issues, business, politics, global issues, scientific developments, health, history, government, culture, the arts and humanities
Issues and controversies: Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep.
Issues and Controversies in American History: With Issues and Controversies in American History, history comes to life not as a mere recitation of names and dates, but as a series of turning points where the future hung in the balance and opinions raged on all sides. This database builds a deeper understanding of how historical events have shaped our nation by exploring the key players and the battles they fought.
CQ Researcher: CQ Researcher is noted for its in- depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press
CQ Global Researcher: Modeled after the award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher provides students with definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports that make use of such popular sections as "current situation," "pro-con," and a new feature called "voices from abroad."
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context: This database contains the full content of many of the Gale's print publications about controversial issues, such as the Opposing Viewpoints series, Current Controversies, and more. It also includes articles from reference books, periodical articles and websites.
GreenFILE : GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
CQ Global Researcher: Modeled after the award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher provides students with definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports that make use of such popular sections as "current situation," "pro-con," and a new feature called "voices from abroad." By exposing students to a wide range of viewpoints CQ Global Researcher provides a comprehensive snapshot of today's most pressing issues.
Gale Science in Context: Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Bilingual Dictionaries: Use this site to search 18 different foreign language dictionaries
MIT links to foreign language newspapers: links to newspapers in French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese
National Atlas: Find and make maps that capture and depict the patterns, conditions,and trends of American life. Maps that supplement interesting articles. Maps that cover all of the United States or just your area of interest. Maps that are accurate and reliable from more than 20 Federal organizations. Maps about America's people, heritage, and resources.
Britannica World Atlas: Search thousands of maps, flags, articles and statistics in this interactive atlas and choose from political, physical, and othe rmaps as you drill down from continents to countries, states and cities.
Britannica World Data Analyst: Comprehensive database of statistics on every nation of the world. Perform statistical comparisons between countries or explore changes over time. Results can be placed in a graph or chart or easily exported to a spreadsheet.
Britannica Country Comparison: Unique geography tool that gives you quick facts and statistices as well as flags, maps, recent events and related web sites on any two ountries side by side.
Culturegrams: Reports, profiles and statistics for countries, provinces and US states.
Newsbank Reference Maps Clickable collection of maps, available in color, black & white, and topographic versions.
Maps 101: web-based interactive database of teacher lesson plans, geography tools, online learning games, dynamic interactive map modules and over 4,000 viewable and printable history, thematic, reference, outline, current events and animated maps.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. The fully searchable and downloadable electronic edition (a single one-time purchase!) will permit users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.
FedStats: the Government web portal for official statistics. Access to agencies and government
CQ Researcher: CQ Researcher is noted for its in- depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press.
Thomas -- US Congress on the Internet: Legislative information from the Library of Congress
Congressional Directory: Presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers. It also lists officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C. government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio, and television galleries.
Electoral College Information: A wealth of information about the Electoral College and the Electoral process from the National Archives
USA.Gov: As the U.S. government's official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web. USA.gov also serves as the catalyst for a growing electronic government.
GPO Access A - Z Resources: GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.
Sources in U.S. History Online: The American Revolution: this series of archival digital collections contains nearly 500 significant documents of the time--official correspondence, personal letters, collected writings of key figures, political speeches, memoirs and narratives of soldiers and civilians, histories, biographies, contemporary reference works, and other kinds of documents--enabling students, faculty and patrons to study one of the key events in American history.
Salem History: This site includes the full text for the Salem Great Lives in History and Great Events in History, Milestone Documents of American History and of American Leaders, and Weapons & Warfare.
African American Studies Center: The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes: Africana, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895. Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present, Black Women in America, and African American National Biography
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
Oxford Reference Online: The Premium Collection offers a huge range of fully-indexed, extensively linked, up to date, and cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions series.
SIRS Decades: A fabulous collection of 20th century primary sources
World History in Context: an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Artstor: Create a personal account to build collections and add your own material
Britannica Image Quest: Search more than 2 million images that have been cleared for educational use, create a lightbox to manage images
Britannica Online: Do a search, then click on "multimedia" to see just images and video
Oxford African American Studies Center: Use the image and multimedia search for multimedia about African American history
SIRS Decades: A fabulous collection of 20th century images that includes advertisements and posters as well as photographs
One Click Digital (see librarians for login information): world's largest independent publisher and distributor of unabridged audiobooks
Britannica Online Video: Encyclopedia Britannica Online provides a number of short and extended play videos on a range of educational topics
Curriculum Video on Demand: Featuring unlimited access to more than 5,000 educational programs that can be viewed in class, at the library, or from home.
NBC Learn: unique collections of video resources, primary sources, historic footage, images, mini-documentaries and text resources
Gale Discovering Collection: Comprehensive coverage of core classroom subject areas
EbscoHost Suite: To do a comprehensive search of the Ebsco databases that include literary criticism, choose Academic Search Elite, Masterfile and eBooks collection.
JSTOR : is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand academic journals and other scholarly content.
Teaching Books.net: TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. Our online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.
Access World News: This site from Newsbank provides The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. Paid ads are excluded.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-2000: Find news articles covering topics in government, politics, social issues, culture, literature discoveries, inventions and more from hundreds of primary sources . Search using either the timeline or topic search to easily find news and eyewitness accounts and pro/con articles of events, issues and daily life in the colonies or during the Revolutionary War, westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, industrialization, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression, Vietnam War, World War II, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, globalization and other eras. Also included are illustrations, advertisements, classifieds, birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, stories about historic people and other articles exactly as they appeared in print .
Historical Newspapers: ProQuest Historical Newspapers delivers the complete run of several newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times. It offers an unparalleled online resource for the study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, and more. Every issue is reproduced in cover-to-cover full-page image from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertisements. Our title coverage spans from 1851 to 2001. Students can search using keyword, Boolean, or natural language queries as well as limit searches by date, author, article type, and more.
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Searchable collection of articles from 1988 - present
Wall Street Journal: password from librarians
Eric: ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 317,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.
Professional Development Collection: full text for nearly 520 high-quality education journals.
Science Reference Center: a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources. Topics covered include biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Salem Science: This site includes the full text for the Salem Encyclopedia of Global Resources.
MEDLINE: authoritative medical citations on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
Consumer Health Complete A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
CQ Global Researcher: Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues which make use of such popular sections as "current situation," "pro-con," and a new feature called "voices from abroad." By exposing students to a wide range of viewpoints CQ Global Researcher provides a comprehensive snapshot of today's most pressing issues.
Issues and controversies: Helps researchers understand today's crucial issues by exploring hot topics in politics, government, business, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with a 13-year backfile, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates.
EbscoHost Suite - use this link to search multiple Ebsco databases at once
Newsbank Suite - use this link to search multiple Newsbank databases at once.
MasterFILE Premier: contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
Discovering Collection: Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, primary sources, creative works and multimedia elements make it easy for students to research papers and class assignments in five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context: A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites
JSTOR: A not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand academic journals and other scholarly content.
Academic Search Elite: A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals, more than 5,000 journals in full-text and access to major Gale reference sets.
Oxford English Dictionary: The definitive record of the English language
Oxford English Dictionaries and Thesauri: Search 10 sources at once
Oxford Foreign Language Dictionaries: Search 18 non-English Dictionaries
Oxford Quotations: Search 5 Quotation Sources
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Britannica Online: the searchable Encyclopaedia Britannica, combined with web sites, periodical articles, images, video and more.
Oxford African American Studies Center: The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes: Africana, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present, Black Women in America, African American National Biography, and many articles from other reference sources.
Atomic Learning: Atomic Learning's online training resources teach through a library of thousands of short, easy-to-understand tutorial movies and training that can be used as an integral part of a professional development program and a valuable curriculum supplement.
Learning Expess Library: This is a set of sample tests of all kinds. You must create a FREE account to use
NoodleTools: This is a tool that helps with bibliographies. Users should create a personal ID.