Penrose Library-Whitman College

Electronic Resources

Citation & Full-text Databases and e-Reference Material

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ARTstor: Digital images for Art, History, Illustrations, Architecture & other Liberal Arts disciplines

Books In Print

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.

College Source Online: College catalogs and profiles for 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools

CQ Researcher: Controversial topics covered in depth 1991-

CQ Weekly: Legislative news, political analysis and current events 1983-

Handbook of Latin American Studies: Selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America in the social sciences and humanities

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

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 -

National Criminal Justice Reference Services (NCJRS): Criminal justice information from federal, state, and local government and other published and unpublished research

Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford Reference Online

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.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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.