Books: Use the Library Catalog

Journals/Magazines

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Academic OneFile

1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited.  Shortcuts:  go/onefile (on campus),  http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).

FirstSearch

FirstSearch supports research in a wide range of subject areas with well-known bibliographic databases. Link to a guide to FirstSearch.

Google Scholar

Searches for many types of primarily scholarly sources including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other organizations. Some documents will be available for free while others require a subscription or a one-time access fee.

Tips:

• To link directly to Middlebury collections, including our online subscriptions, from your Google Scholar results:
  1. Click on "Scholar Preferences"
  2. In the "Library Links" section, search for "Middlebury," and
  3. Select "Middlebury College" and then "Save Preferences."
• Enclose phrases in quotes " "

IngentaConnect

Ingenta is an interdisciplinary database with indexing and tables of contents for approximately 25,000 journals and magazines, mainly 1990-current.

JSTOR

Full-text archive of over 700 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/jstor (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/jstor (off-campus).

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Academic Universe provides access to the full text of national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, and more. It also includes business, financial, and legal information, including laws, regulations, cases, and EU law. The non-English language news link includes news in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Go shortcut = go/lexis (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/lexis (off-campus)

Opposing Viewpoints

Opposing Viewpoints covers current controversies and hot topics. It features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

Periodicals Index Online (PIO)

A database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years, from their first issues to 1995 with some to 2000.  Includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages--with links to full text, when available. Formerly PCI.

Project Muse

Offers full-text of over 100 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics from the 1990s to present. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.  Shortcuts: go/muse (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/muse (off-campus).

Scirus

Searches for science-related and primarily scholarly sources including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other organizations. Some documents will be available for free while others require a subscription or a one-time access fee.

Tips:

• To link directly to Middlebury collections, including our online subscriptions, from your Scirus results:
  1) Click on "Search Preferences," 2) For Library Partner Links, click "Enable," 3) Click "M" and then select "Middlebury College" from the drop-down list, and 4) Click "Save Preferences."
• Enclose phrases in quotes " "
• Use an asterisk * to replace multiple characters anywhere in a word

Vermont Online Library

The Vermont Online Library provides access to over a dozen different databases ranging from business, health, computer, and newspaper databases to K-12 resources. Both academic and popular materials are included as well as some full-text. See individual database descriptions for details.

Images

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ARTStor (brief description)

"A digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences."

Journals/Magazines of the Period

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International Index to Periodicals

1920 - 1965.  Later title: Social Sciences & Humanities Index (no holdings) then split into the separate Social Sciences Index (no holdings) and Humanities Index (have 1974-1980).  Use to locate articles in English-language journals and magazines on U.S. and international subjects.  For 1907 - 1919, see the earlier title: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement (same call number). For articles after 1980, see Academic Onefile.
Main Library Reference AI3 .S6 1920 - 1965

Statistics/Data

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Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe

Statistical Universe searches statistical publications and tables by keywords, subjects, and categories. Find a Table searches full-text. Find a Publication searches summaries of statistical publications, some with links to full-text. If  full-text isn't available, check Midcat or google the publication name.

Congressional Information

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Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe

Index and with some full-text for Congressional hearings, committee prints, reports and documents.

Laws and Cases, U.S.

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Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Academic Universe provides access to the full text of national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, and more. It also includes business, financial, and legal information, including laws, regulations, cases, and EU law. The non-English language news link includes news in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Go shortcut = go/lexis (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/lexis (off-campus)