Database Descriptions
- AccessScience
- • American History in Video
- • American Periodical Series
- • ARTstor
- • Biography Resource
- • Britannica Online
- • CQ Researcher
- • EBSCOhost
- • Historical Newspaper Collection
- • JSTOR
- • LIFE Photo Archive
- • London Times
- • Newsbank
- • Oxford Art
- • Oxford English Dictionary
- • Oxford Islamic Studies
- • Oxford Music
- • ProQuest Periodicals
- • Salem History
For off-grounds access to the databases while you are away from SPS please visit: vpn.sps.edu to log in as an SPS user.
- AccessScience: reference, full-text
- The world's leading science encyclopedia: The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Back
- American History in Video: newsreels, documentaries, transcripts
- Newsreels from 1929-1967: Documentaries including Ken Burns, PBS and the History Channel. Complete transcript accompanies each video. Upon completion database will contain over 5,000 titles. Back
- American Periodical Series: magazines, journals, newspapers, pamphlets, full-text
- Contains the full-text of over 1,000 U.S. periodicals dating from 1740-1940. Back
- ARTstor: images
- ARTstor contains over 1,000,000 images from a variety of art mediums, time periods, cultures and geographic locations. Images may be used in presentations for educational use but cannot be published on websites. Back
- Biography Resource: reference, full-text
- Over 435,000 biographies compiled from a variety of reference texts. Back
- Britannica Online: reference, full-text
- Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Back
- CQ Researcher: reports, full-text
- Analytical reports from 1923 to the present. Reports are written by journalists and focus on current domestic and international issues of public concern including: economics, politics, technology, health and the environment. Back
- EBSCOHost: magazines, journals, newspapers, reports, primarily full-text, some abstract only
- A suite of online databases providing access to current academic, general, business, education and health periodicals. Date of coverage varies by title, but is largely from the '80s, '90s, & 2000s. Back
- Use the search box below to start using the EBSCOhost database:
- Historical Newspaper Collection: newspapers, full-text, potential primary source
- Full-text of the New York Times (1851-2004), Christian Science Monitor (1877-1991), Washington Post (1889-1990), Los Angeles Times (1908-1994), Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), The Chicago Defender (1909-1975), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993). Back
- JSTOR: journals, full-text
- Full-text coverage of hundreds of journals. Disciplines include: art, social science, science, law, linguistics, mathematics and philosophy. Date of coverage varies by title & may include articles from the 19th, 20th & 21st centuries. Back
- LIFE Photo Archive: images
- Millions of Life magazine photos from 1750 forward. Searchable by keyword or browse by time or topic. Back
- London Times: newspaper, full-text
- Full-text of the London Times, 1785-1985. Back
- Newsbank: newspapers, full-text
- Full-text of the Concord Monitor (2002-current) and the New Hampshire Union Leader (1989-current). Also includes text of 27 popular magazines such as: Essence, People Weekly, Time, Fortune, and Real Simple. Back
- Oxford Art Online: reference, full-text
- Online version of The Grove Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Back
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online: reference, full-text
- Full online version of the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language. Back
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online: reference, full-text, Islamic studies
- Contains key English language articles from Islam-focused reference sets, including: Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Islamic World: Past and Present, and The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Also includes translations of the Qur'an as well as Hanna Kassis' Concordance of the Qur'an. A timeline of Islamic events and a date converter for Christian and Islamic calendars are incorporated. Back
- Oxford Music Online: reference, full-text
- Online version of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music. Also includes archived content from The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Back
- ProQuest Periodicals: magazines, journals, newspapers, reports, primarily full-text, some abstract only
- Provides access to over 2000 current academic, general, business, education and health periodicals. Date of coverage varies by title, but is largely from the '80s, '90s, & 2000s. Back
- Salem History: primary sources, reference
- 133 primary source documents key to U.S. history. Also included is a history of each primary source, its impact and information about the creator(s). Also, visit the library’s reference room to use the print version of this set, located at: REF 973 F495M. Back