Databases & E-Reference Materials

Research tool connecting primary texts with journal articles and book chapters on JSTOR. It includes key works of British literature, the King James Bible, and all Shakespeare plays and sonnets.

Juris Arbitration Law provides full-text access to 11 leading arbitration journals, as well as more than 200 proprietary treatises, practice manuals, and monographs. The database also includes World Arbitration Reporter, which contains proprietary commentary and analysis, and awards and court decisions that cannot be found elsewhere. Documents are available in their original publication form (PDF). Juris Arbitration Law covers virtually all aspects of international and domestic (US) arbitration.

Provides access to streaming video supporting classes in the arts, business, health, media/communication, science, humanities and education. 

NOTE: Kanopy video access is mediated. This means that any video not currently licensed for use will require the user to request access. Access is being enabled for class use with instructor approval.

The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology provides a wide scope of articles on chemical substances—including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field. Environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology are also addressed.

Features tables of properties for commonly used chemical compounds in the physical properties tables. Tables in KCT include Basic Physical Properties of Inorganic Compounds, Basic Physical Properties of Organic Compounds, Critical Properties and Acentric Factor, Enthalpy of Formation, Enthalpy of Vaporization, Entropy of Formation, Entropy of Gas, Gibbs Energy of Formation, Heat Capacity of Gas, Helmholtz Energy of Formation, Internal Energy of Formation, Basic Physical Properties of Common Solvents, and Safety Properties of Common Solvents.

Provides reference books, data sets, and information in the fields of chemistry, the life sciences, and materials science and engineering. Full text is available.

A digitized version of the print edition of Kokushi Daijiten, one of the largest encyclopedias of Japanese history published in the Yoshikawa Kobunkan. It encompasses every aspect of Japan's history and includes entries in fields such as archaeology, folklore, religion, art, the Japanese language, and Japanese literature.

Koseisha zasshi kijisakuin shusei contains journal citation indices for Japanese journals from the Meiji period to the present.

Provides invaluable perspective on the late Qing and Republican era in China. The press of more than twenty cities is represented, spanning the Chinese mainland and the entire half century. The collection provides a comprehensive perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics throughout the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the years of provisional government and civil war, and the birth of the People's Republic. Open Access to this collection is made possible through the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions.

Included in the World Newspaper Archive, this collection provides access to more than 35 nineteenth and twentieth century Latin American newspapers. Features titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere. Full text is available and new content is being added regularly.