Databases & E-Reference Materials

Covers a broad range of subjects relevant to sociology and its related disciplines including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, social and cultural structure and more. Some full text is available.

Something About the Author examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. This series spotlights more than 12,000 individuals in entries that typically cover personal life, career, writings, adaptations, and additional sources.

SORA is an open access ornithological publications archive providing access to an extensive library of ornithological literature of international scope, and detailed material documenting the history of ornithology in North America over the last 120 years.

Growing open access collection of historical and contemporary primary sources in the arts, humanities, and social sciences from and about South Asia. Resources include books, journals, newspapers, census data, magazines, and documents, with particular focus on social & economic history, literature, women & gender, and caste & social structure. This collection is built through a collaborative initiative involving US research libraries and partners from South Asia.

Features English, Gujarati, and Bengali language newspapers published in India, in the regions of the Subcontinent that now comprise Pakistan, and in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). South Asian Newspapers offers extensive coverage of the people, issues, culture, politics, and events that shaped the Indian Subcontinent during 19th and 20th centuries.

Included in the World Newspaper Archive database, this collection provides access to ten different nineteenth and twentieth century South Asian newspapers written in Bengali, Gujarati, and English. 

The Southeast Asian Newspapers collection chronicles the changes and challenges that took place throughout the region during the 19th and 20th centuries. Covering several countries from the region, including Myanmar (formerly Burma), Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, and featuring multiple languages such as Dutch, English, French, Javanese, Spanish, and Vietnamese, the Southeast Asian Newspapers collection incorporates a wealth of coverage and perspectives on major regional and global events of the time period.

The Soviet-Era Ukrainian Newspapers collection includes five Ukrainian and Russian language newspapers from three different Ukrainian cities, Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Lviv. This collection covers the early 20th century, a tumultuous time for Ukraine, and documents the Ukrainian War for Independence, the Holodomor, and the establishment of the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Provides access to SPIE eBooks, as well as technical papers from SPIE journals and conference proceedings. Full text is available.

International index that covers all aspects of sports, sports medicine, fitness, consumer health, nutrition, and related fields. Materials indexed include journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, audiovisual materials, and websites related to all aspects of sports and fitness. Provides access to over 500 full text journals.