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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Etc.

Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary [Oxford University Press]
- Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary [Merriam-Webster, Inc.]
Encyclopedias
- Gale Virtual Reference [Gale] - Scholarly encyclopedias in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online [Encyclopedia Britannica Online]
- Sage eReference [Sage] - Scholarly encyclopedias in the social sciences.
Other Resources
- CIAO [Columbia University] - International affairs database of working papers, research reports and policy briefs from university research institutes, NGOs, and think tanks as well as proceedings from conferences, books, and journals. Also includes Economist Intelligence Unit reports on economic and political conditions of individual countries.
- Literature Resource Center [Gale Cengage Learning]
- Oxford Art Online [Oxford University Press] - Scholarly art encyclopedias and a dictionary of art terms.

Art Images

ARTstor [ARTstor] - digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
Saskia Art Images [Saskia] - more than 32,000 art images from over one hundred museums worldwide.
CAMIO [OCLC] - more than 95,000 art images from prominent museums around the world.

Locate Books

Start with PrinCat to search for Principia College library materials.
Use I-Share to expand your search to include other academic libraries in Illinois. Requested materials usually arrive within 3-5 days.
Use ebrary to find over 50,000 academic eBooks.
Use WorldCat if you need to expand your search beyond I-Share. WorldCat materials are available through interlibrary loan. They usually arrive within 7-14 days.

Full Text Journal Article Databases

Some have only selected full-text

JSTOR [JSTOR] - academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Academic Search Premier [EBSCOHost] - more than 4,600 scholarly, popular, and trade journals from multiple disciplines.
Project Muse [Johns Hopkins University Press] - select collection of academic journals in the humanities and social sciences.
CQ Library [[CQ]- two publications: CQ Weekly which provides timely coverage of events on Capitol Hill and CQ Researcher which contains unbiased research on important policy issues.
Harper's Weekly 1857-1912 [Alexander Street Press] - a leading American 19th century illustrated newspaper.
Military & Government Collection [EBSCOHost] - current news from periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to all branches of the United States military.
European Views of America : 1493 to 1750 [EBSCOHost] - a guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
For additional resources, see the Find Articles page.

Full Text & Statistics Resources

Black Thought and Culture [Alexander Street Press] - Over 1,000 leading African Americans' non-fiction published works.
Women and Social Movements 1600-2000 [Alexander Street Press] - Primary source documents pertaining to the history of women in social movements in the United States.
Historical Statistics of the United States [Cambridge University Press] - a source for the quantitative facts of American history through the year 2000.

Newspapers and Other News Sources

Historical Newspapers - New York Times (1851-2007), Christian Science Monitor (1908-1997) [ProQuest]
LexisNexis Academic [LexisNexis] - International, national and local news sources including the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times.
For additional news sources, see the News Sources page.

Conference Papers and Proceedings

ArticleFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of articles from table of contents in academic and popular journals.
PapersFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
ProceedingsFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of conference proceedings worldwide.