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Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a collection of more than 8,000 journals with full manual indexing, a robust backfile and coverage of a variety of academic disciplines -- from science, technology and medicine to the humanities, as well as major newspapers. Content is provided in both HTML and PDF formats. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. More database info.
A (largely) full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

ACM Digital Library
Access to full-text articles from Association for Computing Machinery newsletters, periodicals and conference proceedings, plus the ACM Guide to Computing Literature (a bibliographic database to computing literature worldwide), with the ability to create saved folders to be shared with other users. More database info.
A full-text database. On-campus access only. More access info.

AGRICOLA
Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

AHSearch
Arts and Humanities Citation Index. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Alternative Press Index
In-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences, indexing nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. 1991-present. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Alternative Press Index Archive
Indexes alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines published from 1969-1990. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

America: History & Life
Indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to the present covering history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. The database also includes citations, links to book reviews, and links to full text articles in JStor. For world history, see Historical Abstracts.
Limited full-text. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Annals of American History Online
Explore the rich and varied history of the U.S. through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images, and multimedia.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Art Index
A bibliographic database that indexes articles from periodicals published throughout the world. In addition to articles, this database indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Coverage from 1984.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Art Index Retrospective
Cumulates citations to Art Index (volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929-1984). Indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. More database info.
Via Bard. Password required for all access. More access info.

The ARTFL Project
The Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language. More database info.
On-campus access only. More access info.

Article First
OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals. More database info.
Limited full-text. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

ArtStor (image database)
ARTstor is an image database of over 500,000 images and art reproductions. It includes architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture. Faculty may contact Library staff for additional features of this database, which include collation of images into slideshows. NOTE: Requires JAVA, Flash Player, and your browser must have cookies enabled. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.
Off-campus use of offline viewer component requires free pre-registration from on campus. Instructions.

Bard College Library Catalog
The online catalog of the Bard College Library system.
Open access from anywhere.

Bard College Library Remote Databases
Provides access to a list of databases subscribed to by Bard. Those available to the Simon’s Rock community are indicated by the symbol “SR”.
Via Bard. Password required for all access. More access info.

Berkshire Eagle
Berkshire County's daily newspaper. Off-campus access with barcode. More access info.

Bio Digest
Life-science information written in a non-technical style. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Biography Resource Center
Biographies from Gale Group sources and full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Includes Contemporary Authors, The Complete Marquis Who's Who, and many other biographical resources. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

BioONE
An aggregation of research journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number, user name, & password. More access info.

Boston Globe
Full-text access.
Off-campus access with Library barcode. More access info.

Clase and Periódica
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. More database info.
Limited full-text. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)
An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors, including a listing of principal works and sources for further study. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)
Provides access to global information on women in over 150 countries. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Disclosure
Directory information on companies publicly traded on U.S. Exchanges. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Dissertations see WorldCat Dissertations and Theses

EBSCO Academic Search Premier see Academic Search Premier

EconLit
Journals, books, and working papers on economics. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
The full-text online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

ERIC
Journal articles and reports in education. More database info.
Limited full-text. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

EssayFinder see LitFinder

Expanded Academic ASAP
Meets research needs across all academic disciplines, from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research in Art, Science, and the Social Sciences. A growing e-book collection, each entry is able to be translated into 6 languages.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

GEOBASE
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Google Scholar
The ever-ambitious Google’s attempt to index “scholarly” information on the web. Not exhaustive or entirely reliable (the project is still in development), but worth a try if you’ve drawn a blank everywhere else. Note that many of the articles indexed require payment for viewing (though you can usually obtain the article citation for free). More database info.
Limited full-text. Open access from anywhere.

GPO Monthly Catalog
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Grove Art Online see Oxford Art Online

Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada -- for those, see America: History & Life.) from 1450 to the present, including world history, women's history, history of education, and more. More than 1,700 academic historical journals published since 1955 in over 40 languages are indexed, with links to full-text articles in JStor.
Limited full-text. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

History E-Book Project
A fully searchable collection of high-quality books in history, recommended and reviewed by historians. More database info.
A full-text database. On-campus access only. More access info.

Info Trac Databases
Includes Expanded Academic ASAP, Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), Biography Resource Center, General Business File ASAP, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Health Reference Center Academic, Massachusetts History Online and the New York Times.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

JSTOR
A collection of full-text scholarly journals. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Literary Reference Center [LRC]
A comprehensive literary reference database providing reference information on authors from antiquity to the present day. LRC Combines information from books, encyclopedias, reference works, literary journals, and additional unique sources.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

LitFinder
Full text of classic and contemporary essays, plays, poems, speeches, and stories.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Massachusetts Newspapers
Search the full text of 12 regional newspapers in Massachusetts, including the Berkshire Eagle and Boston Globe.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

MathSciNet
A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. More database info.
On-campus access only. More access info.

MEDLINE
Covers all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. More database info.
Limited full-text. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

NetLibrary
Offers libraries and organizations around the world a collection of electronic books (eBooks), making it possible to access a wide range of research, reference, and reading materials online.
A full-text database. Off-campus access requires free pre-registration from on campus. Instructions.

Oxford Art Online
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary)
Covers the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Oxford Music Online
Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. NOTE: allows access to one Simon's Rock user at a time; if you can't log in, try waiting a little while. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Oxford Reference Online
Brings together 100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books, plus an encyclopedia, into a single cross-searchable web database. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Papers First
OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Periodical Abstracts
Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

PlayFinder see LitFinder

PoemFinder see LitFinder

Poole’s Nineteenth Century Masterfile
An index to articles appearing in 19th Century periodicals.
On-campus access only. More access info.

Proceedings First
An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Project Muse
Provides access to the full text of more than 350 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

PsycARTICLES
Current issues in psychology, containing more than 134,000 articles from 63 journals - 50 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 13 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 52 journals. Coverage spans from 1985 to the present. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

PsycINFO
Contains over 2.4 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,200 periodicals in more than 27 languages. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Scientific American Archive Online
The Scientific American Archive Online presents developments that have taken place in every field of science. It contains the entire editorial content and all special issues of Scientific American from January 1993 through to the present -- updated monthly. The Archive ALSO includes the monthly title: Scientific American Mind. The issues are presented as PDFs (Portable Document Format files) and include all the graphics.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Simon’s Rock Full Text Journals
A searchable database of all the journals, magazines, and newspapers available to the Simon's Rock Community, both in print and online.
Works best from on-campus. More access info.

SIRS Researcher
Social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

SpeechFinder see LitFinder

StoryFinder see LitFinder

Wilson Select Plus
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. Includes US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

World Almanac
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

World Data Analyst Online
Provides detailed & ranked statistics for 200+ countries with the ability to create tables & graphs comparing many different statistics of different countries. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

WorldCat Dissertations and Theses
A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

WorldScope
Basic financial information on public companies worldwide. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.