Academics: Library & Archive

Electronic Resources

Databases	Ebooks
	Net Library A collection of electronic books on various subjects. These books are searchable by author, title, keyword, and subject.

Grolier Online: Encyclopedia Americana Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus The American Heritage Dictionary and several others The New Book of Knowledge Grolier Online Passport Atlas	Oxford English Dictionary The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cook books.

JSTOR Full text access to scholarly journals in history, science, philosophy, economics, language and literature, ecology and many other fields. Some titles have backfiles from the 19th century to the present. Click here for use on campus. Click here for use off campus.	Magill’s Medical Guide. Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. Click here for off campus access.

History Reference Center Full text for more than 1,600 books and 150 history periodicals, 57,000 historical documents, biographies of historical figures, over 113,000 historical photos and maps, and over 80 hours of historical videos. Off campus use requires a login and password.

Google Scholar A free Web search engine that searches for scholarly articles, many in full text, in a broad spectrum of online resources.	Milestone Documents in American History. 133 full-text documents important in the history of the United States, from the Revolution to the 21st century. They cover issues in economics, politics, science, race relations, gender equality, foreign policy, and religious liberty. Along with each document there is accompanying material to help to understand the document, its significance, and the context in which it was written. Click here for off campus access.

Historical Newspapers (New York Times) Full text of the New York Times from 1851 to 2006. (See Custom Newspapers and New York State Newspapers below for access to the New York Times from 1995 to the present.)	Oxford Reference Online This site, which is updated every 3 months, contains over 100 titles from Oxford University Press, grouped for ready reference. Titles cover all subjects, including literature, art, abbreviations, biology, Buddhism, chemistry, the Classical world, dance, ecology, food, languages, history, medicine, geography, physics, proverbs, quotations, Shakespeare, statistics, U.S. government, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, etc. For answers to quick questions, from biography to definitions, from identification to short explanations, this is an excellent source.

Oxford African American Studies Center This resource contains the content from several reference encyclopedias, plus key primary source documents, links to Internet resources, bibliographies, timelines and maps, thematic photo essays and image collections.	Encyclopedia of Global Change A guide to the full range of issues concerning natural and human-induced changes in the Earth's environment.

Science Full Text Select A database of articles from both scholarly and popular science periodicals. Subjects included (among many) are: Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Environment, Food, Genetics, Health, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Nutrition, Oceanography, Physics, Physiology, and Zoology.	Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on Europe and Christendom, the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam and people of other cultures with whom Europeans came into contact.

GreenFile A database of information about environmental issues.	Oxford Companion to Architecture Covers all aspects of architecture, from architects, building types, and movements and styles to materials, aspects of design, and definitions and includes illustrations to illuminate the text.

Scirus A free Web search engine that searches science-specific Web pages.

The Economist A highly respected news weekly covering world politics, global business, finance and economics, science and technology, and the arts. For login and password, see the librarians or the library intranet site.

Empire Link to EBSCO A search resource for children including Searchasaurus/Kid’s Search interface; The Encyclopedia of Animals; The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary; Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia; and Primary Search which provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. There is a Spanish version of Primary Search, Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia and EBSCO Animals. Off campus access requires a login and password.

Gale Databases Off campus use requires a login and password. Business and Company Resource Center Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. The Twayne Author Series: Twayne's World, English and American Authors full text of Twayne Literary Masters books on individual authors Custom Newspapers a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international, including The New York Times from 1995 to the present. New York State Newspapers 10 newspapers from New York State including the New York Times and the New York Post. National Newspaper Index (1977-present) Quick access to the indexing (not full text) of 5 newspapers in a single search: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. Business and Company ASAP information on companies, markets and industries. Access business and trade journals, newspapers, and company directory profiles with full text and images. Academic OneFile Over 12,000 journals and reference sources, many of which are full text and peer-reviewed. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, the social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and more. General OneFile Over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, over half of which are full text with a backfile of nearly 30 years. Health Reference Center Academic Includes over 2800 journals and magazines, many in full text including nursing and allied health journals, medical journals, newsletters, and consumer health magazines. Gale Virtual Reference Library A group of reference titles, including many primary sources:. Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources , 2006 Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy , 2nd ed., 3v, 2002 Encyclopedia of Modern Asia , 6v, 2003 Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa , 2nd ed., 4v, 2004 Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources , 2006 Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources , 2007 Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History , 2v, 1999 Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources , 2006 Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources , 2007 Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia , 2nd ed., 17v, 2003 Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources , 2007 Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources , 2007 Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources , 2006 Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources , 2007 Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources , 2006 Water: Science and Issues , 4v, 2003 World Eras , Vol. 1 : European Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600, 2001 World Eras , Vol. 2 : Rise and Spread of Islam, 622-1500, 2002 World Eras , Vol. 3 : Roman Republic and Empire, 264 B.C.E.- 476 C.E., 2001 World Eras , Vol. 4 : Medieval Europe, 814-1350, 2002 World Eras , Vol. 5 : Ancient Egypt, 2615 - 332 B.C.E., 2002 World Eras , Vol. 6 : Classical Greek Civilization, 800-323 B.C.E, 2001 World Eras , Vol. 7 : Imperial China, 617-1644, 2003 World Eras , Vol. 8 : Ancient Mesopotamia, 3300-331 B.C.E., 2005 World Eras , Vol. 9 : Industrial Revolution in Europe, 1750-1914, 2003 World Eras , Vol. 10 : West African Kingdoms, 500-1590, 2004 World of Forensic Science , 2v, 2005 World of Microbiology and Immunology , 2v, 2003 Alternative Energy Antebellum Era: Primary Documents Basics of Chemistry Chemical Composition of Everyday Products Civil War: Primary Documents Contemporary Middle East: A Documentary History Defining Moments: The Great Depression and The New Deal The Early Republic: Primary Documents The Progressive Era: Primary Documents States’ Rights and American Federalism: A Documentary History The Great Depression and the New Deal Global Issues in Context Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source, and statistical information. Rich multimedia—including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs—enhance each portal.

Helpful Links to the World Wide Web

Librarians’ Index to the Internet
A grouping of selected sites, grouped together by category. These sites are selected for the quality of the information they contain. This is an excellent place to begin your research in any topic. From the main menu you will want to choose Language or Literature to answer these questions.

Bartelby.com
An Internet publisher of "literature, reference, and verse;" a treasure trove of information and sources for the English student.

Your Dictionary.com
Dictionaries for every language and subject area (e.g. law, business) imaginable.

Citation Guides

Guide to Grammar and Writing
A site that covers not only citation guidelines (for both MLA and APA), but also "everything you always wanted to know about grammar and writing," applicable to all of the writing we do. To find the citation guides, select Essay and Research Paper Level, then select Research Papers (MLA style) or Research Papers (APA).

Electronic Sources: MLA Style
The citation guidelines that are used by the English department at Emma Willard School.

APA (American Psychological Association Guidelines)
These guidelines are used by the Science Division at Emma Willard School.

Emma Willard students score on average 150 points higher than the national average for girls on the verbal section of the SAT, and 110 points higher on the math section.

Academics: Library & Archive

Electronic Resources

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Ebooks

Helpful Links to the World Wide Web

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