Library

List of 3 items.

• Databases

  • Annals of American History Primary Source material. From home, username and password are available from the library.
  • Britannica Online
    From home use this link. Username and password are available from the library.
  • Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
    Includes the full text of 150,000 poems and is searchable by author, title, first line, last line, subject, and words in poem. From home use username and password, available from the library.
  • Columbia International Affairs Online
    A "comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs."
    From home use username and password, available from the library.
  • EBSCO Includes professional resources for librarians.
  • Facts on File Reference Database Center
    Includes full access to a number of sources: Science Online, Health Reference, World History, American History, Ancient History & Culture, American Women’s History, African American History & Culture, and American Indian History & Culture as well as a World Atlas. At home connect with this link. User name and password are available from the library.
  • Gale Group Databases
    Databases offering general and specialized full-text articles and primary documents. Includes Biography Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, General Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, US History in Context, World History in Context, Global Issues in Context. From home use the password available from the library.
  • JSTOR Academic and scholarly journals; no current coverage for the last 3-5 years. Access is via the Boston Public Library, with a BPL card (free to everyone in Massachusetts). If you do not already have a BPL card, you can register for one here.
  • ProQuest Direct
    Features the full-text of thousands of magazines and newspapers including The New York Times back to 1851, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Also includes CultureGrams, History Study Center, and more. Use this link at home.
  • World Book Online
    From home use username and password, available from the library.

• Noodle Tools

  Noodlebib takes you through the steps of creating your bibliography. It is very easy to use, and allows you to create your own folders. From home use username and password, available from the library.

• Subject Guides to the Web

  • Internet Public Library
    "A public service organization and a learning/teaching environment" from the University of Michigan School of Information.
  • Best of the Web
    A private organization in which editors evaluate sites according to specified criteria.
  • Librarians' Internet Index: Websites You Can Trust
    One of the first and most trusted used search directories.
  • Awesome Library
    Designed for students in all grades.
  • Digital Librarian: a Librarian's Choice of the Best of the Web
  • Intute
    A British directory that, "allows access to both subject-specific and cross-subject resources, all of which have been evaluated for their quality and relevance."
  • Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites from the Library of Congress
  • The WWW Virtual Library
    Started by the guy who invented the World Wide Web, this "is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert."

  Also try using college and university library sites, which often include subject directories. Click on your subject and look for free websites (as opposed to their own subscription-only databases). Here are just a couple of good ones to start with:

  • Columbia University Libraries Subject Guides
  • Rutgers University Libraries Subject Research Guides

  Copyright-friendly Resources