This is the complete list of databases available through the OWHL. You can search or filter the databases by subject, type, or vendor. If you use these options and would like to start over again, click "Clear Filters/Browse All Databases."
This unique collection documents American History from the earliest settlers to the mid-twentieth century. It is sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the finest archives available for the study of American History.
It is an authoritative eBook resource that features important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design. Discover important art and architectural history scholarship from some of the world's finest publishers and museums in an innovative new way. Peer-reviewed born-digital content is also published on the A&AePortal.
All records in this database are also searchable via the Evergreen Catalog.
This news database offers comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day, sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications. It is an easy-to-use online resource.
This comprehensive collection of primary and reference sources provides direct insight into the social history of societies ranging from the Australian Aborigines all the way to 21st-century China.
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The Asian American Experience The American Mosaic
This new database provides critical lens to the study of U.S. history, exploring the social, political, and economic forces that have shaped the experiences of Asian Americans in distinct historical eras through a rich and diverse variety of primary sources, perspective essays from leading Asian American studies scholars, and search and citation tools for streamlined academic research.
Berg Fashion Library is the leading resource for students and researchers of fashion. Interdisciplinary in nature, with great visual and integrated content, it is invaluable for researchers in the areas of fashion, museum studies, cultural studies, anthropology, and more. Additionally, there is a Fairchild Books Library, where you can browse book chapters by topic.
Offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces: Enciclopedia Moderna for high school and college students and Britannica Escolar for elementary and middle school students.
This database provides access to more than 2,000 primary sources plus 700 multimedia elements from all aspects of American history from 1493-2009.
It includes speeches, memoirs, poems, historical accounts, and more.
The industry’s most used business research database, it provides the full text for more than 2,300 popular and scholarly journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
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This comprehensive source for theory and research on international affairs includes working papers, special reports, policy briefs, journal articles, country data, and more. Note, if you have any problems with accessing to this database, please try it with username/pswd: phillipsacademy/patriot.
Translated sources and analysis from around the world providing comprehensive coverage of the conflict that drove global politics from the end of World War II to the early 1990s.
In-depth reports written by award-winning journalists on controversial and important topics of the day, from 1923 to the present. Professionally fact-checked, topics include economics, social issues, international affairs, politics, civil rights, public policy, and more.
Gives teachers instant access to thousands of easily reproduced handouts to supplement text and lesson plans used in middle school, high school, and junior college classrooms.
The Digital Theatre+ platform gives you 24/7 access to award-winning productions and a wealth of engaging educational materials. Please use your PA credential to sign in.
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ERIC: Education Reference Information Center
This database provides scholarly and secondary source articles on all aspects of education with coverage from 1966 to the present. It is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education
This research database provides scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments.
This database provides scholarly and popular press articles aimed at consumers, and covers many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing.
This database provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
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Professional Development Collection
Provides full text for more than 500 high-quality education journals including Booklist, Education, Education Week, Journal of Education, School Library Journal, and many others.
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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the Atlantic Monthly, The Atlantic Magazine
The Atlantic Magazine Archive, 1857-2014, covers events and political issues through literary and cultural commentary. It includes more than 1,800 issues providing a broad view of 19th, 20th and early 21st-Century American thought.
Established July 6, 1865, The Nation offers a 135-year archive of reporting opinion and criticism. It is an immensely important clearinghouse of primary source material covering the history of politics, culture, books and the arts – in America and around the world.
This database provides the complete full text of The New Republic, a popular press publication that covers topics such as politics, foreign policy, culture, current events, and the arts, from 1914 to the present.
The Time Magazine Archive presents an extensive collection of the prominent weekly news magazine dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
To access The Economist, please complete the following easy steps: 1. Register on the Economist website:https://myaccount.economist.com/s/login/SelfRegister using your Andover email. 2. You will receive a verification email titled "You've been given an Economist subscription" from no-reply@economist.com, where you can verify your email address. 3) You will be returned to econmist.com and will have full access to enjoy the subscribed The Economist online magazine.
One of the world’s leading global business publications, the Financial Times has been providing economic news on a daily basis since 1888.
To access to FT.com
1. Create a personal account using your name@andover.edu email, or login to your existing account.
2. For off campus access, please start with authenticating with your PA credentials (ID number & PIN).
This database provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources, including Nature, The Economist and Classical Studies. In addition, it contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC.
This multidisciplinary database provides access to over 5,000 periodicals, with coverage from 1980 to the present. Ideal for smaller academic libraries.
Books & Authors is designed for readers who want to dig deeper into contemporary popular fiction or nonfiction. Discover author biographies, excerpts from book reviews, and suggestions as to what to read next.
This database provides detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports, as well as thousands of company histories and industry essays.
Provides a quick access to a set of Gale databases that integrates a variety of sources like reference books, magazines, newspapers, and trade publications etc. on various subjects.
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources – newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, and hobbies.
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Health & Wellness Resource Center
This database provides access to full-text medical journals, magazines, and reference works covering all aspects of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
This database provides biographical reference articles on more than 650,000 international figures from all times periods and areas of study. It will also link you to relevant popular and scholarly press articles.
This cross-curricular research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes, and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more.
This database provides the full text for nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, covering disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice.
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Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
A digital resource that answers inquiries about environmental concerns with coverage of more than 5.4 million articles from more than 300 journals and reference books.
Search across 19th Century US Newspapers, Liberty Magazine Historical Archives (1924-50), Smithsonian Collections, The Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003) and The Times Digital Archive (1785-2009).
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Smithsonian Collections Online and Magazines: 1970-2010
This resource combines rare nineteenth and twentieth century archival materials on such topics as World’s Fairs and trade literature and is paired with modern Smithsonian Magazine and Air & Space Magazine backfiles to present unique and comprehensive insight into history, science, nature, the arts, innovation, technology, and world culture.
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Sources in US History: Slavery in America, Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in America
This digital archive of primary sources provides access to a wide variety of documents, from personal narratives, pamphlets, addresses, political speeches, monographs, and sermons to plays, songs, poetic and fictional works published between the 17th and late 19th centuries.
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Sources in US History: American Revolution, Introduction to U.S. History: The American Revolution
This digital archive of primary sources documents the revolution and war that created the United States of America, from the earliest protests in 1765 through the peace treaty of 1783.
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Sources in US History: Civil War, Introduction to U.S. History: The Civil War
This digital archive of primary sources documents the war that transformed America, ending slavery and unifying the nation around the principles of freedom.
Essential primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. This expansive collection offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the men’s movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.
Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration in the mid-to-late 20th century.
From historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. With newspapers representing a huge variety in publisher, audience and era, discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities.
This source features thousands of reference articles, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years. Some primary sources may also be found here.
This source features thousands of reference articles on American political, military, social, and cultural history over the past 500 years. Some primary sources may also be found here.
This source provides reference articles on over 15,000 years of Native American culture and history, and includes biographies, legends, treaties, and more. Some primary sources are included.
This database presents reference articles on the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.
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Classroom Video on Demand: Master Collection
Provides unlimited access to thousands of full-length videos and clips on core-curriculum topics producers such as National Geographic, TED, the BBC, and more.
This is a database that features thousands of articles on debates and conflicts in society. It helps its users understand today’s issues by exploring hundreds of topics in politics, government, business society, education, and popular culture.
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Issues & Controversies in History
This database use primary sources to analyze great conflicts in U.S. and World along with in-depth secondary source articles on historical events. It also provides each issue with its background information and its pro/con arguments.
This reference database covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history from the mid 15th century to the present. Some primary sources may also be found here.
This reference database presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, videos, diagrams, definitions, biographies, and experiments.
IPA Source was developed to benefit singers and teachers in the correct and knowledgeable performance of vocal literature. The database provides over 15,000 titles of classical art songs and operatic arias with translations and pronunciation guides from source texts in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Latin and English. IPA Source provides IPA transcriptions and literal translations in English for immediate download.
Hong Kong, 1962: move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite--until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them.
Oscar-winner for Best Picture, MOONLIGHT is a moving and transcendent look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to adulthood, as a shy outsider dealing with difficult circumstances, is guided by support, empathy and love from the most unexpected places.
Discover how Rene Perez, AKA RESIDENTE, evolved from struggling art student into the founder of Latin America’s most influential rap group, Calle 13, and became one of Latin America’s most outspoken critics of injustice and corruption.
Compare the three main methods of dealing with the 700,000 tons of solid waste generated every day in the U.S.: landfill, incineration, and recycling. For Kiran Bhardwaj's PHR531: Ethics and the Environment in May'23.
Provides a wide spectrum coverage of news and commentary, produced by Latin Americans, for Latin Americans via sources from over one hundred newspapers and magazines with the exception of July, Thanksgiving break and December.
This link will take you to Le Monde in French and English, the most trusted French newspaper. The paper has established a greater distinction between fact and opinion in recent years.
AccessScience provides in-depth reference articles for all major scientific disciplines, and includes biographies and briefings on contemporary topics in science and technology.
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions.
NML is the world's largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 34,800 CDs with more than 495,400 tracks. On average, 500 new CDs are added to the library every month.
Full text coverage: 1851 to present.
1. First time user: Create a New York Times personal account using your name@andover.edu email address.
2. You will need to reauthenticate your account annually to keep your subscription current
This comprehensive collection of scholarship focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. It includes reference articles, biographies, and primary sources.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History
Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History combines the speed and flexibility of digital with the rigorous standards of academic publishing.
Widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, the OED is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
This reference database spans 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions, and Encyclopedias.
Includes over 300 Very Short Introductions in the Arts and Humanities. These titles cover a range of subject areas, across History, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, and more. Whether you want to read about The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Indian Cinema, Modern Drama, Sikhism, Philosophy, or Classics, you’ll find it here.
This database provides today's news from over 7000 titles publications (newspapers and magazines) across the globe from 120+ countries in 60+ languages.
This database provides access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals, including Mexican Studies, US Latino & Oral History.
This database contains over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children’s and women’s magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals.
This online text collection brings together more than 250 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information. It begins with the works in the late 19th century and progresses to the writings of contemporary playwrights.
This database provides access to the complete print edition of the Boston Globe from 1980 to the present. Note that some articles are exclusive to the Globe's online edition and are not available here.
A single search for the following databases: Biology; Canadian Newsstream; Computing; Education; International Newsstream; Psychology; Religion; Research Library; Science; Social Science; and US Newsstream.
This database provides full text access to scholarly and peer-reviewed journals that cover all aspects of computer science and information techonology research.
A vast collection of eBooks on all academic topics from scholarly publishers. All books available in eBook Central can also be found through the OWHL's catalog.
This database is published by the American Economic Association and provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature. An expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) indexes of journals, books and dissertations, EconLit covers both economic theory and application. Also included are full-text of book reviews published in the Journal of Economic Literature since 1993.
This database provides access to over 900 top educational publications, with topic coverage ranging from primary, secondary and higher education to special education, home schooling, and adult education.
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El Pais, El País - Madrid in Spanish
El País (Jul 28, 2008 - present) is the most read newspaper in Spanish online and one of the Madrid dailies considered to be a national newspaper of record for Spain.
It is a current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. The database now also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
Search and read full text articles from 28 historical newspapers listed below [click "more..." to view list"]:
• The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1984)
• Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
• The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)
• The Baltimore Sun (1837-1987)
• The Boston Globe (1872-1984)
• Chicago Defender (1909-1975)
• Chicago Tribune (1849-1992)
• The Christian Science Monitor (1908-2003)
• Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991)
• Detroit Free Press (1831-1922)
• The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)
• Hartford Courant (1764-1990)
• Indianapolis Star (1903-1922)
• The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2015)
• Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
• Los Angeles Times (1881-1989)
• New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
• New York Times (1851-2014)
• New York Tribune (1841-1922)
• Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003)
• Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001)
• Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
• San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
• The Scotsman (1817-1950)
• The St. Louis Post Dispatch (1874-1922)
• The Times of India (1838-2007)
• The Wall Street Journal (1889-1999)
• The Washington Post (1877-1999)
Provides content from more than 660 of the world’s top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
Le Monde is the most trusted French newspaper. The paper has established a greater distinction between fact and opinion in recent years. This access offers full text coverage Jan 1, 2001 - present and Citation/Abstract coverage Jan 1, 2001 - present.
This database provides access to scholarly journals covering topics ranging from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, to personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.
This database provides a wide range of primarily full-text periodicals and other sources for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies and commentary on topics of general interest from the perspectives of many worldwide religions.
This database provides access to scholarly and popular press articles covering a wide range of topics, including business, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women’s interests.
This database provides full text periodicals in the sciences, with coverage from 1986 to the present on topics like aerospace, engineering, computers, physics, telecommunications, the military, and many more.
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Social Science Database and Journals
This database offers the full text of hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
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The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal
This database provides access to the complete print edition of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present. Note that some articles are exclusive to the Post's online edition and are not available here.
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The Washington Post, Washington Post
This database provides access to the complete print edition of the Washington Post from 1987 to the present. Note that some articles are exclusive to the Post's online edition and are not available here.
This database enables users to search over 900 of the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites.
An archival database with the full backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines, including Better Homes & Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and more. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005.
Reference Universe searches the indices of reference works at the Garver Room. It provides researchers with the most reliable introductions to your research topic, simplifying the process of finding just the right book or journal article.
A collection of online reference books on literature, U.S. history including American Decades and world history, as well as forensic science and health published by the Salem Press, the Reference Shelf Series, and Grey House Publishing.
This database contains over 25% of the world’s science, technology and medicine peer-reviewed journals, articles, book chapters, and open-access content.
The Stalin Digital Archive (SDA) provides unprecedented access to historically significant content and robust online capabilities for research and teaching. The SDA provides access to primary source materials from Stalin's personal papers and insightful monographs from his personal library along with the 30 volumes from YUP's Annals of Communism series.
This is the online edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. The History Department at PA requires all papers to be in Chicago style, so you can find the proper format for your assignments and citations here.
An expanding global literary reference work written by over 2000 specialists from universities around the world, and currently provides more than 5100 authoritative profiles of authors, works and literary and historical topics.
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New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Written by leading figures in the field including many Nobel prize winners, this is the definitive scholarly reference work for a new generation of economists.
Articles published by Pravda during the Cold War and the years immediately following, from 1959 to 1996, collected and translated into English by the CIA.
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Propaganda and the Chinese Press
An archive of articles published by Xinhua or New China News, the major communist Chinese newspapers, from 1946 to 1996, collected and translated into English by the CIA.
This database provides access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals, including Mexican Studies, US Latino & Oral History.
A vast collection of eBooks on all academic topics from scholarly publishers. All books available in eBook Central can also be found through the OWHL's catalog.
Search and read full text articles from 28 historical newspapers listed below [click "more..." to view list"]:
• The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1984)
• Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
• The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)
• The Baltimore Sun (1837-1987)
• The Boston Globe (1872-1984)
• Chicago Defender (1909-1975)
• Chicago Tribune (1849-1992)
• The Christian Science Monitor (1908-2003)
• Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991)
• Detroit Free Press (1831-1922)
• The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)
• Hartford Courant (1764-1990)
• Indianapolis Star (1903-1922)
• The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2015)
• Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
• Los Angeles Times (1881-1989)
• New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
• New York Times (1851-2014)
• New York Tribune (1841-1922)
• Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003)
• Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001)
• Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
• San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
• The Scotsman (1817-1950)
• The St. Louis Post Dispatch (1874-1922)
• The Times of India (1838-2007)
• The Wall Street Journal (1889-1999)
• The Washington Post (1877-1999)