ABI/INFORM: Trade & Industry: Business journals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus; industry news, product and competitive information, and marketing trends.
Academic Universe (LexisNexis): National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news (Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), medical news, business news, company financial information and law briefs and journals
African-American Newspapers, 1827-1998
African Newspapers, 1800-1922: More than 40 fully searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Featuring English- and foreign-language titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
AgeLine: Abstracts of social gerontology and aging-related articles, books, and reports.
Agricola: Agriculture, forestry, and animal research 1970-
AllAfrica: African news and information 1997-
Alternative Press Index (API): International and interdisciplinary, includes popular and scholarly periodicals. Coverage includes African-American studies, anarchism, ecology, ethnic studies, feminism, gay-lesbian studies, indigenous peoples, international studies, labor, Marxism, national liberation, radical democracy, and socialism. 1991-
Alternative Press Index (API) Archives: Archive for the API 1969-1990
Alt-Press Watch: Specializes in coverage of the alternative and independent press 1995-
Aluka (Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa): At present, the collection consists of more than 18,000 pages of documents and images, including periodicals, nationalist publications, records of colonial government commissions, local newspaper reports, correspondence, UN documents, out-of-print and other particularly relevant books, oral testimonies, life histories, and speeches.
America: History and Life: History and culture of the United States and Canada 1955-
American Broadsides and Ephemera: Broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900.
American Chemical Society (ACS): Current issues and archives of all publications of the American Chemical Society 1879-
American Memory: provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.
American Periodical Series: American Periodicals Series Online contains over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children’s and women’s magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals. 1740-1900
America's Historical Newspapers
AnthroPlus: Anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies 19th Century–
Anthrosource: The premier online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online to scholars and the public.
ArchiveGrid: ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. Finding aids only.
ARTFL: Nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. Coverage is primarily eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts and some medieval and Renaissance texts 1225-1964
Article First: An index of journal articles from over 11,000 journals in all subject areas 1990-
Art Index: Art; architecture, art history, computer graphics, interior design, photography, sculpture, and film 1984-
Art Index Retrospective: Art; architecture, art history, computer graphics, interior design, photography, sculpture, and film 1929-1984
Arts & Humanities Citation Index: Current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in arts & humanities journals 1980–
ARTstor: Digital images for Art, History, Illustrations, Architecture & other Liberal Arts disciplines
ATLA Religion: Religious and theological literature 1946-
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS): References western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia for materials in arts, communication, education, history, humanities, religion, science & the social sciences 1971-
Bibliothèque nationale de France: Main catalog of the National Library of France
BioOne: Biology and related disciplines 1998-
Brill's New Pauly: The NEW PAULY is a Reallexikon or encyclopaedia of the ancient world. It is intended as an aid for the study of Greek and Roman culture and its multifaceted presence in all periods of European and, since the Early Modern period, world history.
Britannica Online: Authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, articles not yet in the print Britannica, Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, etc. Also provides links to related Internet resources.
Cambridge Histories Online: This unique historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. With access to the most up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Cambridge Histories Online is an invaluable resource, for undergraduates, graduates, lecturers and researchers alike.
CAMIO: Online collection documenting works of art from around the world.
CCFr - Catalogue collectif de la France: Union Catalog of France
ClasePeriodica: Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities 1975-
College Source Online: College catalogs and profiles for 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO): Source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes citations and selected full-text to books, journal articles, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO), foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, policy briefs, case studies, and course packs of background readings for history and political science classes. 1991-
CQ Researcher: Controversial topics covered in depth 1991-
CQ Weekly: Legislative news, political analysis and current events 1983-
Dictionnaire historique et critique de Pierre Bayle (17th century): Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire historique et critique stands as the supreme achievement of one of the seventeenth century's most prominent men of letters. Originally conceived as a response to the errors in Louis Moréri's Grand dictionnaire historique, his Dictionnaire grew to be an exemplary work of critical methodology. The ARTFL Project offers here a facsimile version of the 1740 edition.
Dictionnaires d'autrefois: Simultaneously query Jean Nicot's Thresor de la langue française (1606), Jean-François Féraud's Dictionaire critique de la langue française (Marseille, Mossy 1787-1788), Émile Littré's Dictionnaire de la langue française (1872-1877) and the Dictionnaire de L'Académie française 1st (1694), 4th (1762), 5th (1798), 6th (1835), and 8th (1932-5) editions.
Dissertation Abstracts: Index of dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe. (Dissertations and theses are not available in the Penrose Library and only on a limited case by case basis through Interlibrary Loan.) 1861-
EconLIT: Economics and related disciplines 1969-
Educational Research Information Clearinghouse (ERIC): Education, teacher education, test, measurement, and evaluation 1966-
e-Duke Scholarly Books Collection: The e-Duke Scholarly Collection includes online access to 100 titles published by Duke in the humanities and social sciences.
EEBO: Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online: Use Eighteenth Century Collections Online to access the digital images of every page of books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more
eMolecules: Draw chemical structures, search unique chemical suppliers and search results from sources such as DrugBank, National Cancer Institute, NIST WebBook, PubChem, EPA and more.
Encyclopaedia Judaica: Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures, Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition is important to scholars, general readers and student
Encyclopedia Britannica see Britannica Online
Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics: Covers astronomy and astrophysics and includes reference articles and links to primary literature
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences: Spans the entire spectrum of life sciences. Topics range from biochemistry to virology.
Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (18th century)
English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC): Index to items published in English between 1473 and 1800 in Britain and North America
Ethnic NewsWatch: Specializes in coverage of the ethnic, minority, and native press 1990-
Gallica: Digital Library provided by the National Library of France. This collection includes prestigious publications, dictionaries and periodicals. It covers many disciplines such as history, literature, science, philosophy, law, economics and political science.
GeoRef: Geology and earth sciences U.S. geology 1785– ; international geology 1933–
Google Books: Google's collection of digitized books. For French e-resources, set language to "return pages written in French."
Google Scholar: Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations
Government Information: Find local, national and international government information and statistics
Grand dictionnaire terminologique: The Grand dictionnaire terminologique (GDT) is an online terminological database containing nearly 3 million French, English and Latin technical terms in 200 industrial, scientific and commercial fields.
GreenFILE: Focuses on environmental concerns and the relationship between human beings and the environment.
Grove Music Online: Includes biographies of composers and performers and coverage of all types of music, from earliest times to the 21st century
Handbook of Latin American Studies: Selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America in the social sciences and humanities
Hispanic-American Newspapers, 1808-1980
Hispanic American Periodical Index (HAPI): Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States 1970-
Historical Abstracts: Journal literature covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 on 1955-
Historical Newspapers in Washington from the Washington Secretary of State: Full text of the Columbian, Pioneer and Democrat, Seattle Gazette, Spokane Falls Review, Walla Walla Statesman, Washington Gazette and Washington Pioneer 1850's-1880's
Historical Statistics of the United States: Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context. Allows users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets. 1774- census 2000
Index Islamicus: Islamic and Middle East studies 1906-
International Medieval Bibliography (IMB): Medieval studies 450-1500 on European continent, extends to Middle East and North Africa for the period before the Muslim conquest and parts of those areas subsequently controlled by Christian powers; the Crusader States, the Armenian kingdoms and non-European parts of the Byzantine Empire
IRIS: Search the IRIS Database for funding opportunities in every field from agriculture to zoology, or view upcoming deadlines in 25 subject areas. Look to see if you are at a subscribing institution.
Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry: This bibliography is a work in progress that aims eventually to provide descriptions of all the volumes of verse in English that were published from 1770 to 1835.
Joconde: Catalogue des collections des musees de France: Catalog of museum collections of France.
JSTOR: Seven collections from JSTOR, a full-text scholarly journal service encompassing a variety of disciplines. JSTOR employs a "moving wall" policy which does not include the current 2 to 5 years. Check the Penrose Library Catalog for current issues.
Keesing's World News Archive: Since 1931 Keesing’s has collected news reports on a daily basis from all over the world in a wide range of languages. Their editorial team, based in Cambridge, UK, takes this huge mass of raw data and refines and processes it into a series of articles. 1931 -
LexisNexis see Academic Universe or Congressional Universe
Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (LISTA): Library and Information Science topics
Library Literature & Information Science: Information science; information literacy, technology, censorship, government funding & copyright legislation 1984-
Los Angeles Times: Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue from 1881-1985. For articles after 1985 use Find a Journal at Penrose Library
Making of America: a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
MathSciNet: Math and physics literature 1940-
Middle English Compendium: three major Middle English electronic resources: Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography: Literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, drama and film 1963-
Music Online: With Music Online, Alexander Street Press aims to provide the most comprehensive database in streaming audio, video, reference, and scores on the web. Music Online allows users cross search all of the music databases published by Alexander Street Press. Whitman currently subscribes to: African American Song, American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Smithsonian Global Sound.
National Criminal Justice Reference Services (NCJRS): Criminal justice information from federal, state, and local government and other published and unpublished research
New York Times: Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue providing access to every page from 1851-2001. For articles after 2001 use Find a Journal at Penrose Library
Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA): Finding aids for archival and manuscript collections housed in archives in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and the Whitman College and Northwest Archives
OAIster: Union catalog of digital resources
Oxford Classical Dictionary: provides coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Biographies of people from around the world who are connected to and shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance: Covers the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe, includes coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: Dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions. Covers ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, New York, Paris and around the globe.
Oxford Reference Online- Art & Architecture: Collection contains reference works covering American Art and Artists, Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art and Artists, Art Terms, Modern Design, Photography, Twentieth-Century Art, and Western Art.
Oxford Reference Online- Biological Sciences: Collection contains reference works covering Animal Behaviour, Biology, the Body, Ecology, Underwater Life, Genetics, Birds, Plant Sciences, Scientists, and Zoology.
Oxford Reference Online- Classics: Collection contains reference works covering Classical Civilization, Classical Literature, the Classical World and Latin.
Oxford Reference Online- Earth & Environmental Sciences: Collection contains reference works covering Earth Sciences, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Geography, the Sea, and Weather.
Oxford Reference Online- Economics & Business: Collection contains reference works covering accounting, business and management, economics, finance and banking, human resource management, international finance and statistics.
Oxford Reference Online- History: Collection contains reference works covering American History, Archaeology, British History, Canadian History, Contemporary World History, Countries of the World, and more.
Oxford Reference Online- Literature: Collection contains reference works covering African American Literature, American Literature, English Literature, Literary Terms, Phrase and Fable, Science Fiction, Shakespeare, Poetry and Writers.
Oxford Reference Online- Mythology & Folklore: Collection contains reference works covering African Mythology, Asian Mythology, Celtic Mythology, English Folklore, Phrase and Fable, Superstitions, and World Mythology.
Oxford Reference Online- Performing Arts: Collection contains reference works covering American Theatre, Dance, Music, Opera, Shakespeare, Theatre and Performance.
Oxford Reference Online- Physical Sciences & Mathematics: Collection contains reference works covering Astronomy, Chemistry, Cosmology, Mathematics, Physics, Scientists, Space Exploration, Statistics, Weights, Measures, and Units.
Oxford Reference Online - Politics and Social Sciences: Collection contains reference works covering Countries of the World, Law, the Mind, Political Biography, Politics of the World, Psychology, Science, Technology, and Society, Sociology, and the United States Government.
Oxford Reference Online- Religion & Philosophy: Collection contains reference works covering the Bible, Buddhism, the Christian Church, Islam, the Jewish Religion, Philosophy, Popes, Saints, and World Religions.
Penrose Library Catalog: Search for material in the Penrose Library, renew items and check the status of Summit requests.
Philosopher's Index: Philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, aesthetics 1940-
Project Muse: Recent issues of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses
ProQuest Newspapers: Full-text access to major and national newspaper including major Washington newspapers from Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Vancouver, and selected coverage of other regional sources 1984-
ProQuest Research Library: Coverage of a broad range of subjects; art, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests
PsycINFO: Citations, abstracts, bibliographies, tests and evaluations from professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines 1887-
PubChem: “provides information on the biological activities of small molecules,” and allows searching of chemical structures, compounds, and bioassays in a linked database.
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS): Early to mid-twentieth century public and social policies, international relations 1915-
PubMed: Abstracted articles from medical journals 1966-
RAMBI - The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies: A selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel.
Readers Guide Retrospective 1890-1982: Get detailed accounts of U.S. culture and history in the popular press from Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature. Subjects Covered: Aeronautics, African-Americans, Aging, Archeology, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biographies, Business, Children, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Gardening, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Literature, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Popular Culture, Radio, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel. 1890-1982
SciFinder Scholar: A username and password are required for use of SciFinder Scholar. Please contact Chemistry Faculty to set-up an account.
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project: Demonstrates the multiracial history of civil rights activism in the Pacific Northwest and explores the relationship between civil rights and labor struggles throughout the 20th century, features articles, photographs, documents, digitized newspaper collections, and video oral histories
Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System: Article Linker does not work with this database. Use the Penrose Library Catalog to find journal and full-text information.
Social Explorer: Social Explorer provides easy access to demographic information about the United States, from 1790 to present.
Sociological Abstracts: Social structure, inequality, social change, social problems, sociology and related disciplines 1952-
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Summit: Summit is a library catalog that combines over 27 million items from Oregon and Washington academic libraries. Requested items arrive within 2 to 3 business days. Journal articles are not available through Summit.
Theatre in Video: Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG): Digital versions of most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era.
TLF: Trésor de la Langue Française: etymological and historical dictionary of the French language.
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory: Find information about journals, magazines, newspapers and newsletters. Includes publisher, price, review process and indexing information
Ultralingua: Translate words or webpages for English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish. Includes conjugation and grammar references plus country and travel information.
Washington State Newsstand: Full-text coverage of major Washington newspapers including the daily newspapers from Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Vancouver, plus selected coverage of other regional sources.
Web of Science (Science Citation Index): Allows searching the journal literature in all branches of the sciences not only by subject or author, but also by cited author or article. 1955-
Women Working: Historical, manuscript, and image resources that explore women's roles in the US economy from the Open Collections Program, Harvard University 1870-1930
Women Writers Online: The Brown University Women Writers Project is a long-term research project devoted to early modern women's writing and electronic text encoding. Our goal is to bring texts by pre-Victorian women writers out of the archive and make them accessible to a wide audience of teachers, students, scholars, and the general reader. We support research on women's writing, text encoding, and the role of electronic texts in teaching and scholarship.
WorldCat: Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts: Political science, politics, international relations, government, public policy 1975-
