Library Online Resources A-Z
Kanopy BASE Streaming Videos
The Kanopy BASE subscription provides unlimited access to nearly 10,000 film titles. Around 50% of the titles come with public performance rights (PPR), and you can screen films with PPR as part of any group programming that doesn't charge admission. This resource is multidisciplinary, supporting the arts and humanities as well as STEM disciplines. Titles are accessed through Kanopy's platform, and nearly all the titles come with closed captioning.
Two new NAIS databases now available
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From Alexander Street/ProQuest: North American Indian Drama (Second Edition)
"North American Indian Drama contains 244 plays by 48 playwrights representing the stories and creative energies of American Indian and First Nation playwrights of the twentieth century. More than half of the works are previously unpublished and hard to find, representing groups such as Cherokee, Métis, Creek, Choctaw, Pembina Chippewa, Ojibway, Lenape, Comanche, Cree, Navajo, Rappahannock, Hawaiian/Samoan, and others." (description from publisher)
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From Readex: Native American Indians, 1645-1819
"Every major book printed in North America about Native Peoples. More than 1,600 publications about the relationship between Native Americans and European settlers, featuring text exploration tools, author biographies, and suggested search paths for easy browsing and discovery." (description from publisher).
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Databases available to alums
Library Online Resources
A B C D E F G H I-J K L M N O P R S-T U-W
- Academic Video Online (AVON) (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
- African American Music Reference (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- African American Newspapers 1827-1998 (Readex)
- AllAfrica
- America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
- America's News Magazines (Readex)
- American Music (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- Annual Review of Anthropology 1996-current
- Anthropology Plus
- AnthroSource
- AP Images
- Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) (ProQuest/Clarivate)
- ArchiveGrid (OCLC)
- Art Abstracts
- Art and Architecture Source (EBSCO)
- ARTstor - now part of JSTOR.org. Search images and collections. (JSTOR)
- arXiv.org
- ATLA Religion (EBSCO)
A B C D E F G H I-J L K M N O P R S-T U-W
- Bibliography of the History of Art (Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA)
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institute)
- Biography In Context (Gale)
- The Boston Globe 1980 to present (ProQuest/Clarivate)
A B C D E F G H I-J K L M N O P R S-T U-W
- Cambridge Histories Online
- Center for Research Libraries Collection at Hampshire
- Chicago Manual of Style Online
- Chinamaxx Digital Library of Chinese E-Books
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Classical Music Library (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- Classical Music Reference Library (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- Contemporary World Music (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- Conversations on the Green (COG)
- Country Studies
- Criminal Justice Collection (Gale)
- Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest)
- Culinary Arts Collection (Gale)
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- Dance (RILM)
- Dance In Video
- Discover Search Searches the Five College library catalog and most of our research databases at one time. Includes books, articles, media, and more!
- Division III Archive
- Docuseek2: Streaming Video
- DRAM Online
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- Education Database (ProQuest)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica
- Encyclopedia of the Jazz Age
- Encyclopedia of Religion
- Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
- ERIC: Education Resources Information Center (via EBSCO) 1966 to present
- European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
- Expanded Academic 1980 to present
A...F G H I-J K L M N O P R S-T U-W
- Feminism in Literature
- Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text
- Five College digitized Archives and Manuscript collections (FYI, digitized collections can also be found in Discover!)
- Five College art museums catalog
A...G H I-J K L M N O P R S-T U-W
- Gale Primary Sources
- Gale Reference eBooks
- Gardening, Landscape, and Horticulture Collection (Gale)
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
- Gender Studies (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Global Environmental Justice Documentaries Collection
- Global Issues in Context
- GreenFILE
A...H I-J K L M N O P R S-T U-W
- HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Health and Wellness (Gale)
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text
- Historical Statistics of the United States-Millennial Online Edition
- Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection
- Humanities International Complete
A...I-J K L M N O P R S-T U-W
- Independent Voices (Reveal Digital on JSTOR)
- Index Islamicus
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Stream
- Jazz Music Library (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- JSTOR
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- Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
- Linguistics Database
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
- Literature Resource Center
- LLMC-Digital
A...M N O P R S-T U-W
- MathSciNet
- MEDLINE
- Middle East History
- MLA Bibliography 1963-present
- MLA Literary Research Guide
- Music (RILM)
- Music Online : Listening (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- Music Online: Reference
A...N O P R S-T U-W
- The National Academies Press
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
- Native American Indians, 1645-1819 (Readex)
- Newspapers: Western Massachusetts
- New York Times, 1985+ (Gale)
- New York Times, 1851+
You must use your @hampshire.edu email address to register for access to NYT. First-time use - instruction guide
- Our academic subscription includes full text access to current issues and a complete archive. The Games and Cooking sections are available as personal subscriptions, and educational users receive a 50% discount on the annual price.
- Faculty members: there is curricular content available for you to use at https://nytimesineducation.com. Note: this site also requires a separate account creation using your @hampshire.edu email.
- Nineteenth Century US Newspapers Digital Archive
- North American Indian Drama (Second Edition)(Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection
A...O P R S-T U-W
- OntheBoards.tv
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
NOTE: Oxford upgraded OED in July 2023, causing unplanned access issues. Remote users may hit a paywall - click on the "sign in through your institution" button. - Oxford Art Online
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
- Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
- Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
- Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
- Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
- Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art
- Oxford Companion to Western Art
- Oxford Music Online
- Oxford Companion to the Book
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
- Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
- Oxford Scholarship Online: Middle East History
A...P R S-T U-W
- PAIS Index
- Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (Gale)
- PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress
- Policy File Index
- Political Science Database (ProQuest)
- Project Muse Most coverage: 1996 to present. This database is available to alums with an active HampNet ID and password.
- ProQuest Ebook Central (ProQuest/Clarivate)
- PsycINFO 1887 to present
- PsycArticles 1887 to present
- PubMed 1960 to present
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A...S-TU-W
- SAGE Premier This database is available to alums with an active HampNet ID and password.
- Science
- Science In Context (Gale)
- ScienceDirect College Edition
- Slavery And Anti-Slavery:A Transnational Archive (Gale Primary Sources)
- Smithsonian Global Sound
- Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest/Clarivate)
- SpringerLink This database is available to alums with an active HampNet ID and password.
- Times (London) Digital Archive: 1785-2014 (Gale Primary Sources)
A...U-W
- Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels (Alexander Street/Clarivate)
- U.S. History In Context (Gale)
- Women's Studies International, 1972 to present (EBSCO)
- World History In Context (Gale)
- WorldCat.org
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest/Clarivate)
Databases available to alums
Available to alums with an active HampNet ID and password. For more information on alumni access to library resources, see Circulation Policies.
- Project Muse Most coverage: 1996 to present
- SAGE Premier
- SpringerLink