A-Z Databases & Resources

EBSCO partners with American Antiquarian Society (AAS), the premier library documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to provide digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Subject areas include: advertising, agriculture, health, women's issues, science, medicine, the history of slavery, industry and professions, religious issues, culture and the arts, entertainment, and more.
Series 1 (1684-1820) ; Series 2 (1821-1837) ; Series 3 (1838-1852) ; Series 4 (1853-1865) ; Series 5 (1866-1877).

American Periodicals Series includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the twentieth century. Titles range from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository; popular magazines such as Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal; regional and niche publications; and groundbreaking journals like The Dial, Puck, and McClure's.

Coverage of all presidential and many regional political campaigns from the Early National Era through Reconstruction (1790s-1870s). Provides detailed primary-source documentation of the issues, arguments and opposing viewpoints that shaped 19th-century U.S. political history.

Ancestry Library Edition is a new genealogy research tool created for the library market and provides patrons instant access to a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. With more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more! These collections are continuously expanding, with new content added every business day.

The Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) provides access to more than 3,500 French texts ranging from the 12th to 20th centuries in the main ARTFL-FRANTEXT database, as well as several other restricted reference works and text collections. It is a cooperative enterprise of the Laboratoire ATILF (Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Division of the Humanities, and Electronic Text Services (ETS) of the University of Chicago.

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Includes multidisciplinary coverage of historical local, regional, and national news.

Bridgeman Education is a complete visual resource offering over 1,000,000 digital images of art, history and culture from global museums, galleries, private collections and contemporary artists all copyright cleared for educational use. ***Pro-tip: Create a private slideshow and Bridgeman will email the link to you for safe-keeping. Private slideshows can only be shared or deleted by the associated email holder. Public slideshows can be deleted by any Bridgeman user.***

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Includes multidisciplinary coverage of historical local, regional, and national news.

*** This database is only accessible from within Greenwood Library. ***
FamilySearch is a free resource that contains scanned, searchable copies of primary source documents for all U.S. states, plus many international locations. This online genealogy and family history guide also lists websites, provides research strategies, and suggests records and resources to help find ancestors from all over the world.
*** All patrons visiting FamilySearch.org receive a prompt to register for a free FamilySearch Account. ***

Flipster is a next-generation digital magazine solution that makes it easy for you to read your favorite magazines on your computer or mobile device.

The Gerritsen curators gathered more than 4,700 publications from continental Europe, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand, dating from 1543-1945. In the late 1800's, Dutch physician and feminist Aletta Jacobs and her husband C.V. Gerritsen began collecting books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the revolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights. By the time their successors finished their work in 1945, the Gerritsen Collection was the greatest single source for the study of women's history in the world, with materials spanning four centuries and 15 languages. The anti-feminist case is presented as well as the pro-feminist; many other titles present a record of the condition of women at a given time. The scope of the collection allows scholars to trace the evolution of feminism within a single country, as well as the impact of one country's movement on those of the others. In many cases, it also provides easy access to primary sources otherwise available only in a few rare book rooms.

*** Faculty: To embed a video into your Canvas course, you must change [ http ] to [ https ]. ***
Kanopy provides a collection with over 26,000 films from 800 producers, including Criterion Collection, New Day Films, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, PBS, First Run Features, Media Education Foundation, The Great Courses, and many more.

Fully searchable library of ancient Greek and Latin literature: epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; founders of the Christian Church who made reference to pagan culture. Has up-to-date texts and accurate English translations. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available. Readers can create individual user profiles to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content.

Consisting of the Paston Family Papers, a collection that has long been a subject of both literary and historical interest, Medieval Family Life enables access to Britain’s first surviving records of private correspondence, describing everyday life in East Anglia during the Wars of the Roses. This resource contains full colour images of the original medieval manuscripts that comprise these family letter collections along with full text searchable transcripts from the printed editions, where they are available. The original images and the transcriptions can be viewed side by side.

Along with the letter collections themselves there are many additional features useful for teaching and research. These include: A chronology, a visual sources gallery, an interactive map, a glossary, family trees and links to other scholarly free to access digital resources useful for researching the medieval period.

This project provides direct access to a widely scattered collection of original medieval manuscripts that describe travel - real and imaginary - in the Middle Ages. Material provides an insight into the attitudes and preconceptions of people across Europe in the medieval period, shedding light on issues of race, economics, trade, militarism, politics, literature and science.

Unlimited access to the NYTimes.com web site and NYT apps. Also includes New York Times' archives for articles from 1851- present , with limited access to articles from 1923-1980. Must be logged in to your NYTimes.com account. Register for a free account.
You only need to register one time at accessnyt.com. This will provide direct access to nytimes.com.
Once registered, your online access will remain active for 52 weeks (364 days).

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Includes multidisciplinary coverage of historical local, regional, and national news.

Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents. Previously called Lexis Nexis Academic.

With OverDrive, you can borrow and enjoy free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from your library or school's digital collection. All you need to get started is an internet connection, a library card or student ID, and these three steps:
1. Find your library
Find and open your library or school's digital collection using one of the following:
* OverDrive.com (for any user on a Windows or Mac computer)
* The original OverDrive app (for all library or school users on Android, Chromebook, iOS, Kindle Fire, or Windows 8/10 devices)
* Our new Libby app (recommended for public library users on Android, iOS, or Windows 10 devices)
2. Borrow
Borrow a title from your library or school's digital collection. You'll need a valid library card or student ID to complete this step.
3. Enjoy
You can enjoy many titles immediately online, download them for offline use, or send borrowed eBooks to a Kindle device for the duration of your lending period.
You can also transfer titles from your computer to compatible eReaders or MP3 players.

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Includes multidisciplinary coverage of historical local, regional, and national news.

SciFinder, produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), is the most comprehensive database for the chemical literature, indexing journal articles and patent records (and other document types), as well as chemical substances and reactions. You can search by topic, author, and substances by name or CAS Registry Number, OR use the editor to draw chemical structures, substructures, or reactions. It's a core research tool for chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physics, environmental science and other science and engineering disciplines.

Delivering a core list of key headings, together with patterns and examples to guide the cataloger in creating further headings as required, Sears List of Subject Headings has been the standard thesaurus of subject terminology for small and medium-sized libraries since 1923.This new edition of Sears List of Subject Headings keeps pace by including hundreds of new subject terms, all organized using language that makes the most sense to the modern library researcher. This essential resource features: •Arranged in an easy-to-use thesaurus-like format, with an emphasis on subject terms that makes sense to average researchers •Entries provide helpful guidance on which subject term to use for thousands of categories of information. •Entries also include helpful notes utlining USE FOR, SEE ALSO, BROADER TERM, NARROWER TERM, RELATED TERM and FORMER HEADING •Agreement with the Dewey Decimal Classification system to ensure that subject headings conform with library standards. •Many new and revised headings include Scope Notes to clarify the specialized use of a term or to distinguish between terms that might be confused. •Accompanying list of canceled and replacement headings, and legends within the list that identify earlier forms of headings.

Delivering a core list of key headings, together with patterns and examples to guide the cataloger in creating further headings as required, Sears List of Subject Headings has been the standard thesaurus of subject terminology for small and medium-sized libraries since 1923.This new edition of Sears List of Subject Headings keeps pace by including hundreds of new subject terms, all organized using language that makes the most sense to the modern library researcher. This essential resource features: •Arranged in an easy-to-use thesaurus-like format, with an emphasis on subject terms that makes sense to average researchers •Entries provide helpful guidance on which subject term to use for thousands of categories of information. •Entries also include helpful notes utlining USE FOR, SEE ALSO, BROADER TERM, NARROWER TERM, RELATED TERM and FORMER HEADING •Agreement with the Dewey Decimal Classification system to ensure that subject headings conform with library standards. •Many new and revised headings include Scope Notes to clarify the specialized use of a term or to distinguish between terms that might be confused. •Accompanying list of canceled and replacement headings, and legends within the list that identify earlier forms of headings.

Social Explorer is a demographic research tool that includes over 220 years of data and enables the creation of customizable, interactive maps.

Social Explorer, allows you to: *Access the most current and comprehensive demographic information with over 40 billion data elements and 220 years of data, including the entire US Census from 1790 to the present ; * Visualize data with customizable, user-friendly maps, allowing unparalleled exploration of demographic and social change, revealing the patterns buried in raw numbers; *Create interactive, easily navigable maps, making it easy to explore the vast array of available demographic information; *Develop professional-looking reports, presentations, and graphics - save and automatically export reports to Excel and a variety of statistical packages ; *Save time and eliminate errors - reports automatically calculate aggregates, percentages, and medians. Also, full source documentation is available for all reports and every variable links directly to information about where the data originated and how it was computed.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the world’s most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for 550 journals indexed in SPORTDiscusOf those, 393 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index - with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature.

Statista is a statistics portal that provides data on over 80,000 topics from more than 10,000 different sources. The content is purely aggregated statistics, and it is geared towards business and marketing statistical needs, with a focus on current awareness, not historical statistics. Easy to use infographics and tables are created on a regular basis, and all graphics are available for download as images to insert into presentations.

While the texts of plays can serve as lasting documents, the productions are ephemeral; a live performance is gone when the curtain falls. And yet the collaborative elements of theatre in performance—the work of the actors, directors, and designers—have tremendous scholarly and educational value long after a production closes. Now, faculty, scholars, and patrons of the performing arts will be able to revisit great performances again and again, and these landmark events can become a permanent part of the curriculum.

Theatre in Performance combines the most important video content types used in theatre education (filmed stage performances, master classes, documentaries, and training material) with top-of-the-line teaching tools (playlists, video clips, on-screen transcripts).

This fully searchable collection of historical newspapers contains more than 40 nineteenth- and twentieth-century African newspapers. It features titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.