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Center for Research Libraries
CRL holds over four million newspapers, journals, doctoral dissertations, archives, government publications and other traditional and digital research collections. The Center has special strength in publications and archives from many countries. Find out about what is available to borrow or to access digitally at  exlibris.colgate.edu/help/guides/center-for-res-lib.html
Note: Access to catalog is available to all. Access to online collections may be restricted to Colgate University users. Borrowing materials is restricted to CU users - use ConnectNY or ILL to request items.

Instruments for Science 1800-1914
This presentation of scientific instrument catalogs is part of a larger effort by the Smithsonian Libraries to publicize and disseminate a vast collection of trade literature. The catalogs are browseable by type of instrument or company name. Each booklet can be read in an html file or a pdf for easier printing.

Articles

Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.

Masterfile Premier
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 164,424 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps & flags.

LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: varies, generally 1980s-- . A multi-disciplinary database, with especially strong news, business and legal material.

Periodicals Archive Online
Coverage: 1770-1990. A database of millions of articles published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.

Web of Knowledge
Coverage: 1989-present. Consists of databases containing information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. It includes the Science Citation and Social Sciences Citation Indexes.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Coverage: 1951-present. An online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. For book reviews, search title of book and REVIEW in Publication Type.

PAIS International
Coverage: 1972-present. Covers all aspects of public affairs including political science, sociology, health, etc. with an international view. Coverage includes foreign language materials and some U.S. congressional documents. Older materials are contained in the PAIS Archive.

PAIS Archive
Coverage: 1915-1976. Covers all aspects of public affairs including political science, sociology, health, etc with an international view. Coverage includes foreign language materials and some U.S. congressional documents. Current materials are in PAIS International.

JSTOR
Coverage: varies. Over 800 core scholarly journals. Current issues are unavailable for a varying number of years (frequently 2 to 5 years).

Project Muse
Coverage: 1995-present. Provides access to humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from a number of scholarly publishers.

Humanities & Social Science Index Retrospective
Coverage: 1907-1984. Allows search of a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences.

Readers` Guide Abstracts
Coverage: 1983-present. Contains indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada.

Readers` Guide Abstracts & RG Retrospective
Coverage: 1890-present. Extends coverage of Readers` Guide Abstracts to reflect the history of 20th century America.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Coverage: 1989-present. Articles and other materials on archaeology, architecture, art, Asian studies, classics, dance, film, TV & radio, folklore, history, language & linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, theater, theology & religious studies. PART OF WEB OF SCIENCE, click on `Change Limits` to select Arts & Humanities only.

19th Century Masterfile (Poole`s Plus)
This database indexes books, newspapers, patents, and government documents published during the 19th and 1920-1924.

Alternative Press Index
Coverage: 1991-present. Subject index to alternative and radical left periodicals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.

Alternative Press Index Archive
Coverage: 1969-1990. Subject index to "alternative" and radical left periodicals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.

Communication & Mass Media Complete
Coverage: varies. Enables research in areas related to communication and mass media, incorporating the content of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.

CQ Researcher
Coverage: 1991-present. Comprehensive reports on current social, economic, political, and environmental issues in the news. Each report presents an extensive overview and then discusses pros and cons to critical questions. Most have substantial bibliographies for further investigation.

ECO
Coverage: varies. Electronic Collections Online is an OCLC collection of scholarly journals.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Coverage: 1960-present. A database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.

HUD USER Bibliographic Database
Coverage: varies. A bibliographic database dedicated to housing and community development issues such as housing policy, building technology, economic development, and urban planning.

Infotrac Junior Edition - K12
Coverage: varies. Periodical database designed for students in junior high and middle school to find information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Note: Part of NOVEL

Ingenta
Coverage: varies. Hosts scholarly books and journals from a range of different publishers.

MAS Ultra - School Edition
Coverage: 1975-present. Designed for high school libraries, this database contains full text for many popular, high school magazines as well as reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and images.

Nation Digital Archive
Coverage: 1865- 1 month ago. Contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of The Nation, is America’s oldest weekly magazine and one of its premier journals of opinion.

Netlibrary
Coverage: varies. Provides access to a variety of eBooks, eJournals, and eAudiobooks to which Colgate subscribes.

Oxford Journals
Coverage: varies. Provides access to journals published by Oxford University Press from science, technical, professional, medical, humanities, arts and social science disciplines.

PapersFirst
Coverage: 1993-present. An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.

Proceedings
Coverage: 1993-present. An index of worldwide conference proceedings.

Google Scholar
Coverage: varies. A way to broadly search for scholarly literature.

Minerals Information
Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.

Encyclopedias

Cambridge Histories Online
Currently the collection contains more than 258 digitized volumes  from the esteemed Cambridge Histories series covering 15 subject areas. Useful for locating background information in almost any subject in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.

Encyclopedia of Time : science, philosophy, theology and culture
2009 ed. Surveying the major facts, concepts, theories, and speculations that infuse our present comprehension of time, this encyclopedia explores the contributions of scientists, philosophers, theologians, and creative artists from ancient times to the present.

Gun Control : a Documentary and Reference Guide
2009 ed.  This is the one-stop valuable reference source for students and general readers searching for historical and current information on the ever-ongoing gun debate in the United States.

National Guard and Reserves : a Reference Handbook
2009 ed.  This reference handbook takes a close look at the important roles citizen-soldiers have played in America from colonial times through the war in Iraq.

Britannica Online
Coverage: current. This web version of the Encyclopedia Britannica includes links to websites, a subject guide to the Internet, and special features.

Europa World Plus
Coverage: current. the online version of the Europa World Year Book, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
2005 ed. Surveys clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress. Also presents information on representative costumes from a wide variety of historical eras.

Encyclopedia of Communication & Information
2001 ed. Explores the full spectrum of communication, from careers to information technologies, in an interdisciplinary fashion, with emphasis on both historical and current issues, topics, and people.

Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology
2000 ed. Covers recent and historical phenomena, topics, concepts, cults, personalities, organizations, and publications associated with the fields of occultism and parapsychology.

Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
2004 ed. Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs.

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
2003 ed. Contains essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section.

Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual & Unexplained
2003 ed. Information on topics relating to magic, witchcraft, the supernatural, and other mysterious phenomena, including the history, people, and practices related to each topic, as well as popular literature, television programs, and movies related to the subject.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death & Dying
2002 ed. Comprehensive exploration of the place of death in contemporary life.

New Slavery: a Reference Handbook
2005 ed. (2nd ed.) A shocking account of how slavery continues to afflict millions around the world today.

World Press Encyclopedia
2002 ed (2nd ed.) This survey of press and electronic media covers over 200 countries and their systems.

Forensic Science : an encyclopedia of history, methods, and techniques
2006 ed. Contains 300+ A–Z entries covering all aspects of forensic science, including crime scene investigation, evidence identification, and the historical development of forensics.

Grolier Online
Grolier Online includes several encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
Note: Provided as part of the NYS NOVEL databases

Newspapers

Mondo Times
2001 on. This service is unique in providing a single point of access to all kinds of mass media (newspapers, magazines, radio, TV and news agencies) all over the world.

LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: varies, generally 1980s-- . A multi-disciplinary database, with especially strong news, business and legal material.

National Newspaper Index (Gale Group)
Coverage: 1977-present. Provides access to the indexing of America\'s top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

America`s Newspapers
Coverage: 1980-present. Includes the Syracuse Post Standard, Observer Dispatch (Utica), Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and other regional newspapers

Newspapers -- Historical

New York Times -Proquest Historical Newspapers
1851 - 3 years ago. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for New York Times dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.

Times Digital Archive
Coverage: 1785-1985. Search the full-text of the Times (London) Digital Archive. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.

Newspapers -- International

LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: varies, generally 1980s-- . A multi-disciplinary database, with especially strong news, business and legal material.

Access World News - International Edition
Coverage: varies by title. Access World News provides full-text information and perspectives from over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This title does not include U.S. news.

Times Digital Archive
Coverage: 1785-1985. Search the full-text of the Times (London) Digital Archive. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.

Data/Statistics

NationMaster.com
Coverage: current. Allows users to generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the CIA World Factbook and other sources.

World Development Indicators
Coverage: 1960-present. WDI includes more than 900 development indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global.

Citation Style Guide

Chicago Manual of Style Online
15th ed. The complete contents of the Chicago Manual of Style.

Primary Sources

WorldCat
Coverage varies. A catalog of materials held by libraries worldwide including books, serials, media, and electronic resources.

Opinion Polls

Gallup Brain
1930-present.  The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of more than 70 years of public opinion. Inside, you\\\'ll find answers to hundreds of thousands of questions, and responses from millions of people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.

Polling the Nations
Coverage: 1986- present. A compilation of surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries.

Government Information

LexisNexis Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection
covers: 1787-1997.  Includes the full text of the Congressional Record and its three predecessors. These four titles, the Congressional Record (1873-to date), the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873) provide researchers with a unique perspective on American history, and are considered key primary resources for research in American history, public policy, business and economics, politics, international relations, and the law.

Images

AP Images
Coverage: 1840-present. The photo archive for the Associated Press has over 500, 000 images dating from 1844 to the present and covering a wide range of events and locations.

Video

Vanderbilt Television News Archive
The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world`s most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968. The core of the collection consists of regularly scheduled newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News. Content from CNN (1995- )and NBC News (Aug. 5th 1968- ) are available as streaming video. No current material will be made available until at least 72 hours after it was originally broadcast. Compilations of other media are expensive to obtain, but may be requested by faculty and Colgate students completing a senior thesis.

Biographical Information

American National Biography
Coverage: 900-present. This is the authoritative biographical source for Americans who died prior to 1996.

Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.

Marquis Who`s Who on the Web
1985+ Features comprehensive profiles on over 1.4 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. Includes most of the Marquis Who`s Who titles such as Who`s who in America, Who`s who in the world, Who was who in America, and many other titles.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004 ed. with updates. Biographies of people who have shaped the British Isles and beyond, from earliest times to 2001.

Reviews

Book Review Index Online
Coverage: 1965-present. Indexes reviews in journals, general interest magazines, and scholarly journals.

Dissertations

Dissertation Abstracts Online
Coverage: 1861-present. Dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe.