Online Databases

This full-text searchable, facsimile-image database provides access to primary source newspaper content from the nineteenth century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire nineteenth century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects.

Acceda Noticias provides Web-based access to the complete electronic editions of more than twenty Spanish-language newspapers published in major U.S. cities from Florida to California. It also includes the complete electronic editions of newspapers and tens of thousands of current and archived full-text articles from other news sources across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Spain. All news and information content is written in Spanish, rather than translated from other languages.

An updated database of the world’s leading science encyclopedia. Includes full search capabilities of the ninth edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, biographies of scientists, late-breaking science, 1,000s of illustrations, technology news, and links to related websites. This is an excellent source for scientific definitions.

Expertly curated primary and secondary sources illustrate diverse threads of African American social, political, and cultural history. Searchable by time period, topic, or keyword.

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 keyword search to find news and eyewitness accounts 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.

American National Biography offers portraits of more than 18,700 men and women — from all eras and walks of life — whose lives have shaped the nation. The online edition of the ANB, published by Oxford University Press, features over 2,700 illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search and browse capabilities. The ANB Online is updated semi-annually, with new entries and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency.

Primary sources created during the American Revolutionary War, from 1763 to 1783. Consisting of 450 titles totaling 94,000 pages of text, this digital collection documents the revolution and war that created the United States of America, from the earliest protests in 1765 through the peace treaty of 1783. The collection examines the political, social, and intellectual upheaval of the age, as well as the actual war for American independence through its eight long years of conflict.

The AP Newsroom collection is a collection of the Associated Press's current year's photo report and a selection of images from their negative and print library. The archive contains over one million photos dating back to 1826 and grows daily as new photos are entered. In addition to photographs there are graphics, audio files and newspaper stories.

Artstor contains over 400,000 digital images including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, and many other forms of visual culture.  To access from off-campus and/or to save images you need to have created an Artstor Account while on campus: Click on "Register" in the upper right corner, then complete the form using your WFS email address  (for example joe_student@woodberry.org). On future visits, you will only need to click "Log in" and enter your credentials.

"The Athletic has every major league covered with award-winning talent, spanning the NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, NWSL, PGA, NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball (Men’s & Women’s), EPL, Champions League, International Football and much more."

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This primary source collection "explores the experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today...Nearly 800 Suggested Searches, organized by historical eras, themes, topical areas and events, provide direct links to useful content.  Examples of curated Suggested Searches include "Emancipation Proclamation," "Brown v. Board of Education," "Southern Manifesto," and "Black Lives Matter." Advanced Search options are also available for customized research."

This subscription includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica (over 120,000 articles), thousands of images and videos and a guide to the Web's best sites. Included is the Merriam-Webster Dictionary with more than 75,000 definitions.

Britannica Original Sources is a compilation of more than 420,000 primary source documents, complete books, and authentic images.  Searchable by topic as well as keyword(s).   Always check author and date for primary source confirmation.

Completely searchable and easy to use, the Chicago Manual of Style Online provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. Offering the full contents of the seventeenth and sixteenth editions, it is the must-have reference for everyone who works with words. Includes Chicago Style Q&A, Tools, and the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs.

CIAO also includes original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features. All sections of CIAO are updated monthly.

Primary sources created during the American Civil War, from 1861-1865.  Consisting of nearly 500 titles totaling about 90,000 pages of text, this digital collection documents the war that transformed America and examines the war in all its complexity; its battles and campaigns, its political and religious aspects, the experiences of its leaders and common soldiers, the home front and the military campground, from its causes to its consequences.

This is the definitive source for locating a poem in an anthology. You can search by keyword, by author, title, or first line. Biographical information about authors is also easy to access. Over 154,000 poems are searchable in full text.

The CQ Researcher is the complete source for in-depth analysis reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day in health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. It is based on the weekly issues of the journal and covers a wide range of social, economic, political, and environmental issues with backfile data going back to 1991.

History Reference Center is the “world's most comprehensive history database.” This database features cover-to-cover full text for more than 300 leading history periodicals and selected full text history articles for thousands more journals and newspapers. It also features full text reference books and encyclopedias and 58,000 historical primary documents, 43,000 biographies and more than 12,000 historical photos and maps.

Our IP-based access to the Economist online features all articles from the Economist print edition and a searchable online archive that dates back to June 1997. Also included is a selection of web-only content, including blogs, debates, and audio/video programs. You do not need to log in or register for access on the campus network. To access from off-campus you need to create an account: Click on "Menu", "Sign in," and "Register now" then complete the form using your WFS email address  (for example joe_student@woodberry.org). A verification email will be sent. On future visits, you will only need to click "Sign in" and enter your credentials.

This eCollection contains 450+ topic pages that provide introductions to popular topics of interest and organize the reference book articles, images, videos, radio news, magazine, newspaper, primary sources, and scholarly journal articles included in the database around those topics. Browse Topics of Interest or complete an Advanced Search for topics of your choosing.

This eCollection contains topic pages connecting students to resources that broaden their understanding of the literature they are studying and organizes the primary sources, biographies, plot summaries, images, videos, news, magazines, interactive infographics, and literature criticism included in the database around those topics. Browse Topics of Interest or complete an Advanced Search for topics of your choosing.

The largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available, this database provides access to text back to volume one of Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), Drama Criticism (DC), Poetry Criticism (PC), Shakespearean Criticism (SC), and Short Story Criticism (SSC). Page images are duplicated in PDF format to match the look of the print original. You may search by topic, by work, by author, or by keyword

Coverage includes the Atlanta Constitution since 1868, the Boston Globe since 1872, the Chicago Defender since 1905, the Chicago Tribune since 1890, the Christian Science Monitor since 1908, Los Angeles Times since 1881, the New York Times since 1864, the Wall Street Journal since 1889, and the Washington Post since 1877.

Issues & Controversies in History places students at the center of the great debates and conflicts in U.S. and world history, exploring the issues as the key players saw them, or, in some cases, as historians have interpreted them.  It delivers concise and balanced coverage of a broad range of topics, from slavery, empire, and revolution to race, gender, economy, and disease, all over the globe. Articles in Issues & Controversies in History are divided thematically into four broad sections—American History Eras, World History Eras, History Regions, and History Subjects. Primary sources include speeches, editorials, newspaper articles, letters, and diaries, as well as graphic works and physical objects, such as editorial cartoons, paintings, coins, statues, pottery, and ancient monuments.

“The scholarly journal archive.” This database serves as a complete archive of important scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s. Note: this is not a current issues database but has a "moving wall" of coverage dates.

Full-text of Liberty Magazine, a weekly illustrated magazine from the U.S. published between 1924 and 1950. Searchable and browseable, this collection is a unique and permanent perspective on a nation's daily life, interests, and values during a most vital and extraordinary period.

Literature Online (LION) is a database of full text works of English and American poetry, prose, and drama. Also include are a collection of 344,000 poems, English poetry from the eighth century to the present, and American, African American, and Canadian poetry from 1603 to the present, audio-clips of authors reading others or their own works, and activated links to over 3,580 websites, including JSTOR. Search by keyword, criticism, primary texts, author pages, reference works, and more!

Searchable and browseable full-text of the London Times (The Times), 1785-2014.

A Web-based comprehensive and accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking offered to all current Woodberry students with access from any networked computer on campus.

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is an illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000. In addition to the contents of the sixty print volumes, it includes more than 10,000 images.

The online version of the world's leading authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150. An unsurpassed guide to the history, meaning, and pronunciation of over a half a million words and phrases with their use illustrated by quotation evidence showing word usage in context, from the first recorded occurrence to the present day. OED Online allows you to search the equivalent of over twenty volumes of information with at least 1,000 new and revised entries each quarter.

An integrated music resource including full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. With over 3,000 links to related sites, including sound archives and illustrations, the database remains the most up-to-date music reference work online.

This database searches articles from over 8,000 publications, 2,200 full-text periodicals, major national and international newspapers as well as a full-text collection of reference books. Our subscription to this database also contains historical coverage of nine newspapers. These can be accessed from here or from the Historical Newspapers link.

Project MUSE® As one of the academic community's primary electronic periodical resources, Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. The complete content of every issue is online including charts and images.  Be sure to filter your results using the left menu bar to "Only content I have access to".  Create a MyMUSE account to store and cite your results: To access from off-campus Click on "log in" in the upper right corner, scroll down to "Sign up for a MyMUSE Account", then create a MyMUSE account using your WFS email address  (for example joe_student@woodberry.org) for full WFS access. On future visits, you will only need to log in.

This database provides access to thousands of carefully selected articles, graphics, and documents. Materials are selected from more than 1,500 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and U.S. government publications. Search by Trending Topics, Leading Issues, or your own keywords.

Primary sources concerning slavery and abolition in the U.S., created during 1600 to 1800. A digital collection of over 600 documents in 75,000 pages this project documents key aspects of the history of slavery in America from its origins in Africa to its abolition, including materials on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, pro-slavery and anti-slavery arguments, the religious views on slavery, and much more.

A full-text (including all images), browseable and searchable collection of Smithsonian Magazine (1970–present) and Air & Space Magazine (1970–2010).

Sora by Overdrive is our digital lending library, online with 24/7 access to eBooks. Now you can enjoy eBooks on your computer, phone, tablet, or iPad. Sign in with your student ID. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period (21 days). As with a physical book, if all copies of the title you are interested in are currently checked out you may put the title on a "wait list" and be alerted when it is available. The "Account" feature allows you to manage your waitlist items as well as the items currently checked out to you. Additional information here.

The Supreme Court Collection offers an analysis of the Supreme Court and its decisions, blending historical perspective with timely updates and commentary. Summaries and discussions of major decisions are covered. Included are biographies of every justice and statistics data of institutions, opinion polls, and political alignments data. Searchable fields are by case, cases-in-context, justices, images of justices and by subject. There are also links to hundreds of primary sources related to the Supreme Court and more than 100 constitutions from different countries.

Launched by Oxford University Press in 1995, Very Short Introductions (VSI) offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subjects.  All titles provide intelligent and serious introductions, written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable.  The full text of each book is available to read online as well as to search by keyword(s).  Our account provides access to all 5 VSI subjects: "VSI: Art & Humanities", "VSI: Medicine & Health", "VSI: Law", "VSI: Science & Mathematics", and "VSI: Social Science".

This resource covers human history in all corners of the globe —from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance — with a collection of online reference entries, primary sources, interactive lessons, study tools, and librarian and teacher support features. Also included are interactive timelines and biographies of notable figures such as Alexander the Great.

This database covers a broad range of topics in depth — the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation. It provides access to authoritative information for research purposes, over 7,300 primary resources, in both a chronological and thematic organization.

The first database covering the religions of the world, this resource features over fifty religion overviews, covering such topics as agnosticism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, and many more. The interactive features allow users to compare religion statistics from across countries as well as have access to regularly updated content that looks at the role of religion in history and current events.