Faraway Places

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This guide provides links to resources you can use for your research project.

Here are the slides we looked at in the beginning of our session.

    • Reference Universe
      Searchable index of the library's entire reference collection, both print and electronic.
    • Discover: Start here for books, articles & more
      Simultaneously search research databases plus the Five Colleges Libraries Catalog to find full-text articles, books and more.
    • Academic Search Premier (date coverage varies)
      Full-text articles from over 3,600 journals in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and sciences.
    • Ethnic NewsWatch (1959 to present)
      News and analysis from ethnic popular and scholarly publications.
    • GenderWatch (1970 to present)
      Full text of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
    • Anthropology Plus (early 19th century to present)
      Index covering anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research, compiled from Harvard's Anthropological Literature and the Royal Anthropological Society's Anthropological Index.
    • Historical Abstracts with Full Text (1955 to present)
      Scholarly literature about world history since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada).
    • PAIS Index (1972 to present)
      Coverage of articles, selected books, government documents, research reports, etc., from a wide range of social sciences.
    CURRENT NEWS
    • Newsstand (ProQuest)
      Full text for over 1,300 local, regional and national newspapers, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, and more
    • Access World News (Newsbank) (date coverage varies)
      Electronic editions of over 2,600 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as 1,500 international sources. Fully searchable and browsable by map
    • Newsstand (ProQuest)  Full text for over 1,300 local, regional and national newspapers, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, and more
    HISTORICAL NEWS DATABASES
    • Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
      Combined search of the historic Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chinese Newspaper Collection, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, Times of India, and Washington Post
    • Ethnic NewsWatch (1959 to present)
      News and analysis from ethnic popular and scholarly publications.
    • America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1980)  Searchable archive of American newspapers including Early American Newspapers (1690-1922) and Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980).