Databases & E-Reference Materials

Indigenous Newspapers of North America offers a diverse collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada. Resources include national periodicals as well as local community news and student publications. This collection is also bi-lingual and features editions in Indigenous-languages, such as Hawaiian, Cherokee and Navajo. Subjects covered include the self-determination era and American Indian Movement (AIM), education, language revitalization, environmentalism, tribal laws, public health and welfare, and rights and cultural representation from an Indigenous perspective. This resource has been developed with the permission and contribution of the newspaper publishers and Tribal Councils concerned and was formerly known as American Indian Newspapers. 

Indigenous Peoples of North America Part I provides access to diverse information sources to enhance research and increase understanding of the historical experiences, traditions, innovations, and political status of Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada. Resources include manuscripts, books, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, and artwork.

Newly released in 2022, Indigenous Peoples of North America Part II: The Indian Rights Association 1882-1986 provides a record of the first organization to address Native American interests and rights. Resources include correspondence, pamphlets, draft legislation, administrative files, the papers of Indian Rights Association founder Herbert Welsh, photographs, manuscripts, and research notes.

With nearly 3,900 titles and more than 2.3 million total pages dedicated to indigenous American life and law, this library includes an expansive archive of treaties, federal statutes and regulations, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, and jurisprudence. This library also features rare compilations edited by Felix S. Cohen. This database was formerly known as American Indian Law Collection.

The Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online (IEDO) reconstructs the lexicon for the most important languages and language branches of Indo-European. Dictionaries can be cross-searched, with an advance search for each individual dictionary enabling the user to perform more complex research queries. Each entry is accompanied by grammatical info, meaning(s), etymological commentary, reconstructions, cognates, and often extensive bibliographical information.

This reference work covers current industry standards regarding the handling, use, transportation, storage, and disposal of chemicals and drugs. The guide covers chemicals by key classes, such as solvents, pesticides, and metals, and by key industries, such as drugs, food additives, plastics, cosmetics, detergents, and soaps.

Multidisciplinary database of more than 11 million citations from over 20,000 journals. Some full text is available.

INSPIRE is a database covering high energy physics which indexes articles, conferences, institutions, journals, researchers, experiments, jobs, and data.

Provides access to a large collection of Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) databases covering a wide range of topics. Includes archives of mass media, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, with reference information. Full text is available.

NOTE: You do not have to register a personal login name to use this database, but if you choose to, you will be able to keep your saved settings, queries, and document collection between sessions.

The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5 explores all revisions to the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual and shows clinicians how they can best apply the strong points and shortcomings of psychiatry's most contentious resource. This resource sifts through the many public controversies and clinical debates surrounding the drafting of the manual and shows how they inform a modern understanding of psychiatric illness, diagnosis, and treatment.

The International Bibliography of Art (IBA) covers European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present. This database provides access to scholarship from over 500 core journals, in addition to detailed coverage of monographs, essay collections, conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogs. Covers subjects such as fine arts from all media, museum studies, folk art, classical studies, material culture, antiques, and architectural history.