Be sure to search the General Databases as additional resources for finding articles on your subject.

AP Images (1820's to current)
The AP Images provides a sensory journey of Associated Press photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history. Contents maybe used for research projects and other educational applications without seeking additional permission.

Alexander Street Press - Art & Architecture
Art and Architecture Video Online will grow to be the largest streaming video resource of its kind. The collection includes biographies, profiles of contemporary artists and architects, interviews, surveys of art history, aesthetics, theory, and criticism.

Alexander Street Press - Humanities
Humanities Video Online provides a multidisciplinary collection of films with a broad range of titles in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Alexander Street Press - World Languages & Literature
World Languages and Literature in Video provides a growing collection of documentary films and adaptations covering the leading figures in world literature. Selections cover studies of languages, cultures, and literary traditions— including French, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and Latin America. Through interviews, biographies, and surveys of regional literatures and literary periods, the database offers researchers and students a comprehensive resource for study of literature through time and around the globe.

ARTstor- Ancient to modern times
Is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. The Digital Library serves users both within the arts and in disciplines outside of the arts. This includes historians of art and architecture and others engaged in the visual arts, as well as individuals in fields as diverse as American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Literary Studies, Medieval Studies, Music, Religious Studies, and Renaissance Studies, all of whom find the images in ARTstor to be relevant to their teaching and research.

A to Z Maps Online
is the worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: historical maps, political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.

CREDO Reference
Is on online reference database that contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles. This is good way of obtaining background information on your topic or issue before starting on your real research.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full-text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990. Full-text articles in English or Spanish from 271 ethnic news publications (Hispanic, Navajo, Jewish, Arabic, e.g.) which give unique cultural and ethnic perspectives on current news topics.

Films on Demand - Art & Architecture - A collection of educational documentary streaming videos on a variety of art and architectural subjects.

Films on Demand - Communications
A collection of educational documentary streaming videos on interpersonal, group and mass communication.

Films on Demand - English & Language Arts
A collection of streaming videos on subjects such as literature, drama, theatre, elemnts of language and communication.

Films on Demand - World Languages
A collection of streaming videos about various world languages covering languages, culture and history, and literature and drama.

Global Road Warrior
Is the most comprehensive business travel, telecommunications and business culture online reference available in the world. The Global Road Warrior covers 175 countries. Business travelers, travel planners, international communicators and business people who need extensive coverage of these topics will find the most up-to-date information available in a highly organized and consistent format.

History Reference Center
Offers full text from more than 2,300 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 130 leading history periodicals, more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

JSTOR
A high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.

Literature Resource Center- LRC
Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

PowerSpeak
With Powerspeak Languages, language learners get more out of the language they study. More fluency through immersion, more appreciation of a people and their culture, and more ways to engage with the language. From students to business travelers to people who simply want to experience the cognitive benefits of learning a new language, Powerspeak Languages is one of the best language learning programs and offers a fun, proven, and powerful way to gain quick proficiency.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social and historical issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles

Salem Press - History
Salem Press published the critically acclaimed The Sixties in America (60s) in 1999. The Fifties in America (50s), The Seventies in America (70s), and The Eighties in America (80s) all very favorably reviewed, followed. In February, 2009 The Nineties in America (90s) became the latest titles in the Decades series to be available online through Salem History. Salem Press is also providing Great Events in History: Modern Scandals.

SocINDEX with Full Text
Is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. SocINDEX offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.

Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World. - Peter Bogucki and Pam J. Crabtree, Eds. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 1,144 pp.
This encyclopedia explores the many peoples of early European civilizations responsible for such accomplishments as the rise of farming in the Neolithic era and the building of Stonehenge. Coverage expands from prehistoric origins through the early Middle Ages (8000 BC to AD 1000) when tribal movements helped define the end of ancient culture and the rise of the modern European world.

Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook
Provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Includes examination of such motifs as Bewitching, Chance and Fate, Choice of Roads, Death or Departure of the Gods, the Double, Ghosts and Other Revenants, the Hero Cycle, Journey to the Otherworld, Magic Invulnerability, Soothsayer, Transformation, Tricksters, and more.

Encyclopedia of American Religions - J. Gordon Melton, ed. 7thed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 1408 pp.
Comprehensive coverage of more than 2,300 North American religious groups in the U.S. and Canada -- from Adventists to Zen Buddhists. Information is presented in two distinct sections, essays and directory listings describing the historical development of religious families and providing factual information about each group within those families. Includes, when available, rubrics for membership figures, educational facilities and periodicals.

Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security - K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, eds. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 1319 pp. 3 vols.
Comprehensive guide to the history, uses, related scientific principles, and technology of espionage and intelligence, written by experts in the field. Topics range from the historical use of espionage to the emerging use of technology in modern espionage and counterintelligence.

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
This encyclopedia spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large. It traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators and heroes, and explains international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity.

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America- Jeffrey Lehman, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 1,974 pp. 3 vols.
Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section.

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
Designed to answer such key questions as: How has the U.S. Constitution shaped the economy of the United States? What were the consequences of Prohibition on consumers behavior? This title presents 1,000 entries, era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.

The Gale Library of Daily Life: Slavery and America
This 2-volume set illuminates daily life in slave society in America from colonial times to the end of the Civil War. Approximately 240 articles, organized topically for easy browsability, provide in-depth reference and historical information on the business and regulation of slavery, the plantation way of life, work, family and community, culture and leisure, health and medicine, religion, resistance and rebellion, and slavery and freedom in the North. Primary source documents in the form of first-person accounts, slave narratives, newspapers, and literature bring to life the social, economic, political, and cultural context of slavery and the slaves, slave owners, abolitionists, and others involved in the slave

The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections
Covers tales that are the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, and popular culture and are fundamental to daily life.

Homelessness Handbook (2007)
Designed to support the efforts of everyone who wants to end homelessness. Explains who the homeless are, why they are homeless, what it means to be homeless, and what the rest of us can do to alleviate the suffering of the homeless.

Shakespeare for Students: Critical Interpretations of Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry
Collection of essays by Shakespeare scholars that have been selected for students at the high school or undergraduate college level. Each entry includes an introduction; a plot synopsis; a character list; a discussion of the work's principal themes; information about the style and literary devices used; a conversation about the work's historical context; and a critical overview.

U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Entry topics include gods and goddesses; heroes and other key characters; motifs and global themes; major myths; and national or cultural mythologies. Coverage spans a diversity of cultures, including standard Greek/Roman entries as well as Native North and South American traditions, Norse mythology, Asian Pacific mythology, Judeo-Christian tradition, and Islamic and Hindu mythologies.

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations - 11th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 3613 pp. 6 vols.
Presents easy-to-understand information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.

World Religions Reference Library - Julie L. Carnagie and et.al., eds. Detroit: UXL, 2007. 1144 pp. 6 vols. A thorough, objective resource covering the history, traditions and worldviews of dominant and less prominent religions and their sects and offshoots.

Arts & Humanities - Web Sites

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Sponsored jointly by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), this site provides select digital access to American newspapers from 1880 to 1910 and from mainly ten states. Additionally, access to an invaluable directory of newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present is available. The directory can be browsed by title or searched by state, county and city, date, keyword, frequency, language, or type of newspaper. The directory usually offers comprehensive information, such as titles, alternative titles, publication places, geographic coverage, persistent links, publishers, dates of publication, descriptions, frequencies, languages, subjects, general notes, LCCN, OCLC numbers, succeeding titles, and links to holdings.

Gale's Literary Index
This database indexes all the literature criticism and biography series published by GALE. Use it to find information about a specific author, or a book, play, poem, or short story.