Databases

Academic Search Premier is a peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary database with full-text access from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 17,000 journals, including full text for nearly 10,000 peer-reviewed titles. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

ACLS Humanities E-Book Project is an online collection of over 5,000 seminal books in the humanities. These titles are offered by the ACLS in collaboration with twenty learned societies, over 100 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office. No off campus access available.

American Decades is a cross-disciplinary source for students and teachers, public librarians and general researchers who need a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

American Periodicals Series Online (APS) includes over 1,500 digitized American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the beginning of the 20th century. Off campus access available. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

America's Historical Newspapers contains hundreds of U.S. newspapers published from 1690 through the 20th century, including titles from all 50 U.S. states. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus. 

Ancestry Classroom is a collection of primary source documents, including census records, birth, marriage, and death records, military records, immigration and travel records. Provides full-text searching as well as access to content through Fold3, Newspapers.com, and the U.S. Census. No off campus access available.

Archive of Americana provides online access to the printed record of early America, featuring books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers and government publications. The Archive of Americana contains these collections: American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I, Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, and Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

ARTstor provides over two million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Its community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Biography Reference Bank contains over 700,000 in-depth and original biography profiles plus the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Biography Reference Center offers a comprehensive collection of more than 430,000 full text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of unique narrative biographies. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

 Black Freedom Struggle in the United States contains over 3,000   primary source documents focused on six different phases of Black   Freedom. Browse primary sources by subject. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Black Life in America contains coverage of the African American experience from earliest times to today. Sourced from nearly 20,000 American and global newspapers from 1704 to the present, including over 400 African American newspapers. Provides full-text searching as well as access to content by Topic, Event, and Eras in African American History. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus. 

Britannica Academic Edition is a general encyclopedia with high quality comprehensive information. The articles are written by scholars and experts in a given field. Articles contain images and links to additional electronic material. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

The Chicago Tribune provides full-text coverage from 1985 to the  present. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders  and individuals located in Connecticut.

Connecticut Digital Collections is a database of four digital collections: Connecticut History Online, Connecticut State Library’s Digital Collections, Newspapers of Connecticut, and Treasures of Connecticut Libraries. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Credo Reference is a reference database with over 875 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauri. Credo also contains over 200,000 images and audio files and nearly 100 videos. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Digital Theatre+ contains over 600 theatre productions and related educational resources. The productions are from over 50 of the world’s leading arts organizations. Additional resources include: production interviews, essays, documentaries, study guides, theatre history, technical theatre-making process guides, and theatrical techniques. List of plays and productions included in Digital Theatre+.

Ebsco Discovery Service (EDS) searches a majority of the Brush Library resources and databases, including PeliCAT, simultaneously in a single interface, and displays results in one unified list. Users have the ability to limit their search to books, eBooks, academic journals, and other resource types Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Ebsco eBook Academic Collection is a full-text eBook database containing material from scholarly presses and other leading publishers. This multidisciplinary database contains more than 170,000 eBooks, including titles from leading university presses. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Empire Online brings together manuscript, printed, and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries and are accompanied by a host of secondary learning resources including scholarly essays, maps, and an interactive chronology. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Encyclopedia Americana is a general encyclopedia that features articles from leading scholars in the field. This database includes a searchable, international current events database, online newspapers from around the world, and biographies No off campus access available.

ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.The database contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Financial Times is a British daily newspaper with a focus on international business, financial news, and current events. Create an account to access full-text content using your loomis.org email address. 

The Guardian and The Observer are British newspapers and provide full-text coverage from 1791-2003. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

The Hartford Courant provides full-text coverage from 1992 to the present. In ProQuest Historical Newspaper, The Hartford Courant is available 1764-1992. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to full-text consumer health magazines, reference books, and current health pamphlets. Health Source covers a wide variety of subjects, including information on specific diseases, fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women's health, children's health and more. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Hispanic Life in America contains coverage of the Hispanic American experience from earliest times to today. Sourced from nearly 17,500 American and global newspapers, including almost 450 Hispanic American newspapers. Provides full-text searching as well as access to content by Topic, Event, and Eras in Hispanic American History. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus. 

Historical Statistics of the United States provides a standard source for the quantitative facts of American History. Updated from the 1975 edition, this database provides topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America place in historical context. No off campus access available.

History Reference Center features full-text for more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. The database also includes full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

JSTOR provides access to archival and current issues of more than 2,600 scholarly journals across more than 60 academic disciplines. JSTOR includes scholarly journals, conference proceedings, and primary source materials. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Legal Information Reference Center provides online full-text access for many of the top consumer legal reference books, more than 580 full-text publications and reference books. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 600 core journals, books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Remote access available via public library card or as a resident of Connecticut.

Los Angeles Times provides full-text coverage from 1985 to the present. In ProQuest Historical Newspaper, the Los Angeles Times is available 1881 to 1994. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

MagillOnLiterature Plus contains biographical essays  of the 2,500 most studied authors. More than 8,500 writers of fiction, poetry, drama, and essays are featured. More than 400 comprehensive essays on specific literary genres, themes and settings round out the collection. Includes a cross-referenced glossary of 1,800 literary words and phrases. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

MainFile is a multi-disciplinary database providing full-text access to 5,400 periodicals, 400 newspapers, and 2,800 reference books. Coverage encompasses all aspects of academic study and general interest subject areas. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

MasterFILE Premier contains full text for general reference magazines and publications covering a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues. The collection includes 1,600 full-text periodicals, reference books, 73,000 primary source documents, and 1.6 million photos. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut

MAS Ultra—School Edition contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra—School Edition also provides more than 340 full text reference books, 109,000 biographies, and over 73,000 primary source documents. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies contains The New York Times 1980-present (including The New York Times Book Review and The New York Times Magazine), Wall Street Journal 1984-present, Washington Post 1987-present, Los Angeles Times 1985-present, and Chicago Tribune 1996-present. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 1,200 full-text newspapers, providing more than 77 million full-text articles. In addition, Newspaper Source Plus features more than 1.8 million television and radio news transcripts. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

New York Times provides school-wide access to nytimes.com. In the New York Times TimeMachine, the New York Times is available full-text from 1851 to 2002. Access is provided on and off campus, including using the New York Times app. To gain access follow the instructions as a returning user or creating a new account.

New York Times TimeMachine provides full-text coverage from 1851 to 2002. However, there is a minimum of 5 articles per day, per user between the years 1923 to 1980. Users must create an account to access TimeMachine. Directions on creating a New York Times account.

NoodleTools NoodleTools generates, edits, and publishes an MLA/Turabian/APA bibliography. NoodleBib takes care of punctuation, alphabetization and formatting, producing a polished source list. Noodletools also creates digital notecards. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context contains 20,000 pro/con viewpoints, approximately 19,000 reference articles, interactive maps, and infographics, including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. No off campus access available.

Professional Development Collection designed for professional educators, providing a highly specialized collection of over 450 high quality full-text education journals, including more than 300 peer-reviewed titles. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Project Muse contains complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world's leading university presses with over 650 journal titles, which focus on the humanities and social sciences. Muse also contains over 11,500 ebooks with a focus on ecology, evolution, global studies, history, literature, philosophy, and religion. No off campus access available.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers are a collection of newspapers that includes The New York Tribune (1841-1922), The Chicago Defender (1909-1975), The Washington Post (1877-2004), Wall Street Journal (1889-2003), The Los Angeles Times (1881-1996), The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1984), The Boston Globe (1872-1989), The Hartford Courant (1764-1995), and the British publications The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003). Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Referencia Latina is a general reference resource for Spanish speakers covering issues of particular relevance for Latin America, Spain, and the United States. Referencia Latina includes 150 multidisciplinary reference books, 50 general interest magazines, 2,500 health reports, and over 1 million images with captions in Spanish. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Salem History is a collection of Salem Press reference books including: The 1910s in America, The Twenties in America, The Thirties in America, The Forties in America, The Fifties in America, The Sixties in America, The Seventies in America, The Eighties in America, The Nineties in America, The 2000s in America, and The Reference Shelf Series. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. It contains over a thousand science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

ScienceDirect contains 2,500 full-text journals in four subject areas: Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences and Humanities. All the journal content is scholarly and peer-reviewed. In the search results, full-text articles are marked in green next to each result. Off campus access available. Ask librarian to create off campus account.

Scribner Writers Series contains more than 2,000 original, scholar-signed bio-critical entries average 15-20 pages each. They include a concise overview, hyperlinks for cross-referencing and information that places the author's work in personal or historical context. Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Small Business Reference Center offers readers a collection of state-specific resources supported with demographic data and other local information. Business videos include interviews, "lessons learned" features, lectures and how-to videos to help foster success in all aspects of managing a business.Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

Statista focuses on market and consumer data. The database contains more than 1,000,000 statistics on more than 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources and 170 different industries. The content is geared towards business and marketing statistical needs, with a focus on current (not historical) statistics.Off campus access available. Click here for instructions on accessing databases from off campus.

Teacher Reference Center provides article indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals. Topics include: assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, and curriculum development. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

TOPICsearch is a current events database on social, political, and economic issues, including controversial opinions and viewpoints. It contains full-text for over 150,000 articles from 475 diverse sources. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

The Wall Street Journal provides full-text coverage from 1984 to the present. In ProQuest Historical Newspaper, The Wall Street Journal is available full-text from 1889 to 2000. The library also provides school-wide access to wsj.com. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut. Click here for instructions on accessing wsj.com.

The Washington Post provides full-text coverage from 1987 to the present. In ProQuest Historical Newspaper, The Washington Post is available full-text from 1877 to 2001. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.

WorldCat is a global network of libraries that unite their collections in one master catalog. WorldCat is searchable using simple keywords, just like you do at your favorite Web search site. An advanced search helps you limit results to specific authors, subjects, formats, and dates.