Xavier University Library: Database Guides: Images

Access Medicine (updated daily; all full-text; XLinks; Citation help) provides students, clinicians, and researchers with instant answers to clinical questions from the most trusted textbooks: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas, Williams' Obstetrics, Hurst's The Heart, Goodman & Gillman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Adams & Victor's Principles of Neurology, Williams' Hematology, and Principles of Critical Care. It provides information necessary for completing evaluations, diagnoses, case management decisions, conducting research, and medical education. It features A to Z access to over 800 disorders and excellent drug information. Users can search for images, videos and audio by keyword. It includes LANGE Basic and Clinical Science Series for on-going study, review and reference, as well as the USMLEasy tool for self-assessment and board review practice. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by McGraw-Hill.

ACCUNET Multimedia Archive/AP Images (1840-present; updated daily; full-text captions) contains over 750,000 of the Associated Press' best photographs, over 380,000 audio files (requiring RealPlayer) and links to 800,000 full-text articles. About 800 photos are added daily and about 200 photos from the historical collection are added monthly. It includes maps, graphs, charts, logos, flags and illustrations, including 2,000 graphics using Spanish instead of English. Audio files, images and other graphics may be downloaded and used for educational purposes. Educators may search by state and grade level for images applicable to a specific state curriculum standard. It is produced by the Associated Press and the user interface is provided by Accuweather, Inc.

AdCritic.com (images and video; much full-text) delivers the latest news and information about the advertising and commercial production industries and offers a growing database of the best creative work. It covers latest spots, breaking news, opinion, AdCritic top 20, anniversary top 50, music, events (Super Bowl, Cannes Festival), no-spot film festival, production preview, who did that spot, images & footage, location scout, and features from the editorial staff of Creativity Magazine published by Advertising Age Group. It is produced by Advertising Age Group's network of sites. Please contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 for user name and password information. This subscription is limited to only 1 user at a time.

Adforum (images, audio and video; all full-text) provides information on over 18,000 agencies and 50,000 ads from around the world. Users can view TV, radio, cinema, Internet, print and outdoor ad campaigns from their desktops. Users can search for ads by keyword, media type, product, brand name, business sector, agency, country, celebrity or award. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by

AdForum.com. Ads with and without a shopping cart can be viewed. To view an ad you must enter the Xavier user name and password. Contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 for this information. This subscription is limited to 3 simultaneous users.

African American Experience (African-American origins to the present; all full-text) is a cross-searchable collection of African-American history and culture. It covers the arts, biography, business, civil rights, education, folklore, history, literature, music, politics, pop culture, science, slavery, sports, and technology. This collection includes the African-American Greenwood encyclopedias, other references books, and 67 Negro University Press texts from the late 1700s to the early 1970s. Primary sources include 4,000 interviews wtih former slaves (the WPA slave narratives), as well as manuscripts, speeches, court cases, quotations, advertisements, and statistics. Special features include a timeline dating from the 1400s to the present, In their Own Voices audio clips of slave interviews and music, lesson plans, and hundreds of photographs, maps and images. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Greenwood Publishing Group.

American Film Scripts (1903-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains 497 scripts by 605 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. When complete, the collection will include more than 1,000 scripts and over 100,000 scenes of life as portrayed in the movies. Users can search by writers, scripts, years, characters, people, and subjects. The showcase provides sample page images from selected scripts. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

American Heritage Dictionary (all full-text) is the online version of the 4th edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. It contains 90,000 entries featuring 10,000 new words, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 illustrations, language notes, and word-root appendixes. It is produced by Houghton Mifflin Company and the user interface is provided by Bartleby.com.

American National Biography (updated quarterly; all full-text; XLinks) is the online version of American National Biography published in 1999 in 24 volumes. It offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped American history. It contains thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and Oxford Companion to United States History. Special features include biography of the day, a teacher's guide, 12 jumpstart your research topics, and special collections (Black History, Women's History, Asian Pacific American Heritage, Hispanic Heritage, and American Indian Heritage). It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.

American Periodicals Series (APS) (1740-1900; updated quarterly; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) covers the development of American culture, politics and society across 150 years. It is arranged in three series: 1740 to 1800, the period of transition from British colony to emerging nation; 1800 to 1850, pre-Civil War and the era of debate over slavery; and 1850 to 1900, Civil War and Reconstruction. It covers 1,100 historic American journals including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, Independent Reflector, Medical Repository, Liberator, North American Review, Harper's Bazar, Vanity Fair, and Ladies Home Journal. Magazines of these periods cover the literature, science, religion, arts, and history of the time. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.

Annals of American History (all full-text; XLinks) is an encyclopedia that covers the arts, business, democracy, discrimination, diversity, education, expansion, family, government, imperialism, labor, law, leisure, peace, religion,and war. It provides 2,000 primary documents in American history, including speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, editorials and cultural criticism. Multimedia files include over 500 pictures, hundreds of video clips, and audio files of famous speeches. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Art and Architecture Digital Media (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center and contains digital images of art and architecture worldwide as well as collections found in local Ohio museums and universities. Entires include a stable URL for linking to individual records. It includes the collections listed below. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Art and Architecture from the University of Cincinnati (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center: Art and Architecture Digital Media. It contains 102 digital images of paintings, prints, sculptures and architecture photographs located at the University of Cincinnati. Each entry includes the title, creator, creation date, object type, measurements, context, owner, contributor and a stable link to the item. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

ART Collection (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center: Art and Architecture Digital Media. It contains 52,855 digital images of works of art from museums around the world. It highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covers the complete range of expressive forms. Images include a broad range of works of the following genres: painting, sculpture, photography, print, drawing, ceramic, textiles, metalwork, furniture, books and scrolls, architecture, and archeological finds. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works. This collection was formerly organized by The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO), a consortium of museums and libraries, but is now licensed directly from individual museums. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Asian American Drama (1891-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. About half of the plays have never been published before. It includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. The plays themselves have been selected using leading bibliographies. Users can search by authors, characters, productions, companies, years, plays, theaters, subjects and related resources. The showcase includes images of brochures, playbills, fliers, etc. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

Biography Reference Bank (all full-text; XLinks) combines Wilson's Biographies Plus Illustrated and Biography Index. It includes biographical profiles, recent and feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews and criticisms, speeches, and obituaries. It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images. Entries include a list of books by and about the individual. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by H. W. Wilson.

Biography Resource Center (all full-text; XLinks) contains over 330,000 biographies on nearly 220,000 people from nearly 80 sources, such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Contemporary Black Biography and Religious Leaders of America. It provides quick reference information on 900,00 people in the Complete Marquis Who's Who^®. It covers people throughout history, around the world and across all disciplines and subject areas. It includes full-text articles from more than 250 magazines and 20,000 images. Search for people by birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Gale Group. This subscription is limited to 2 simultaneous users.

Black Drama (1850-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains approximately 1200 plays by 201 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs, author biographies and other ephemera related to the plays. Some 440 of the plays are published here for the first time, including a number by major authors. Users can search by author, characters, productions, companies, years, plays, theaters, and scenes. The plays have been selected using leading bibliographies and with the editorial advice of James V. Hatch, co-author with Errol G. Hill of A History of African American Theatre and a leading expert in this area. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

Black Thought & Culture (1700-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains 795 sources with 434 authors which includes the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles, letters and other fugitive material. Users can search by author, sources, years, historical events, personal events, questions (interviews), and subject. The showcase features full-page images of the Black Panther Party Newspaper from 1968 to 1980. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

Britannica Online Academic Edition (all full-text; XLinks) is the online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica that contains more than 118,000 articles, updated and revised by Encyclopædia Britannica editors and contributors; over 14,000 illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags; and more than 215,000 word entries, including definitions, pronunciation guides, and word histories. It includes an Internet directory that provides more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Britannica Online Japan (all full-text; XLinks) is a comprehensive reference source in the Japanese language for students and researchers. It contains over 155,000 articles from the complete Britannica International Encyclopedia, as well as 8,500 images, illustrations and maps. It maintains its currency with articles from the Britannica International Yearbook and regularly updated homepage features. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Britannica Online Korea (all full-text; XLinks) is an authoritative Korean-language reference source that includes more than 110,000 articles from the Korean version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Korean Britannica Book of the Year, Yonsei University's Korean Dictionary, and a world atlas. It includes more than 19,300 photos, graphics, animations, videos, and audio clips. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Accessible only through the general Global Reference Center link. Scroll down the page to the specific resource.

Britannica Online School Edition (all full-text; XLinks) includes Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Compton's by Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, journals and magazines, websites, and videos. It also contains learning materials for the language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics as well as teacher's resources. The Britannica Learning Zone is an audio-guided, colorful, and interactive user interface for pre-K2 children. In this special feature a dog named Newton prompts children to explore the world, play, learn fun words, or make a drawing. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Britannica Pocket Encyclopedia (Chinese) (all full-text; XLinks) provides 14,000 articles in Simplified Chinese with 1,600 images and 200 maps. Primary subject areas include life sciences, natural science, social science, engineering, technology, history, geography, philosophy, religion, humanities, arts, sports, and recreation. Article titles are provided in both English and Simplified Chinese. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Accessible only through the general Global Reference Center link. Scroll down the page to the specific resource.

British & Irish Women's Letters & Diaries (1500-1950; all full-text; XLinks) contains the letters and diaries of about 500 British and Irish women as revealed in over 100,000 pages of diaries and letters spanning more than 300 years. Each source has been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies. It includes biographies and an annotated bibliography of sources. Users can search by authors, sources, years, places, personal events, and historical events. The showcase provides page images of selected diaries. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) (1991-present; updated monthly and weekly; much full-text; XLinks) indexes books, journals, working papers, occasional papers, case studies, and conference proceedings. It covers theory and research in international affairs and includes policy briefs, economic indicators, research projects, links to Internet resources, schedule of events, maps, and country data. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Columbia University Press.

Classical Music Library (XLinks) is a streaming classical music service for libraries that enables listening and learning. Browse alphabetical lists of composers, artists, conductors, ensemble, instrument, genre, period and label. Genres include orchestral, chamber, instrumental, stage & screen, vocal & choral, and opera & operetta. It includes images and biographies of artists and conductors, a glossary and definitions of historical music periods. Users can register to create personal playlist folders. Faculty can arrange to have course folders of music selections created for students in their classes. Faculty should contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 or askus@xavier.edu to make these arrangements. It is produced by Classical International, Inc. and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press. This subscription is limited to 8 simultaneous users.

Consumer Health Complete (much full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) is designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. It provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can browse or search diseases, conditions, injuries or procedures as well as general topics, such as children's health, men's health, pregnancy, substance abuse, or women's health. It also includes searchable, browseable evidence-based reports, fact sheets and pamphlets, encyclopedias and reference books, drug and herb information, alternative sources, images and diagrams, and videos and animations. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

CQ Researcher (1991-present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) is the online version of the CQ Researcher print publication. It provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Each issue discussed includes an abstract, overview, background, current situation, outlook, special focus, chronology, pro/con, bibliography, next step, contacts, and footnotes. Controversial topics are addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. It is published by and the user interface is provided by CQ Press, a Division of Congressional Quarterly, Inc. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Credo Reference (all full-text; list of titles; XLinks; user guide; search tips), formerly Xreferplus, provides hundreds of electronic reference books covering a broad range of subjects, including art, bilinguals, biography, business, dictionaries, encyclopedias, food, geography, history, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, quotations, religion, science, social sciences, and technology. It features over 65,000 images (art, diagrams, maps and photos) and over 93,000 audio pronunciation files accessible in the advanced search. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Xrefer. Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog.

CultureGrams (all full-text; XLinks) includes a world, children and states editions. It contains a photo gallery, recipe collection, famous people, data tables and definitions. Select from an A-Z list of countries/regions/states or select an area on a map. Each country includes a detailed map, flag, national anthem, current time, currency converter, recipe collection, facts and statistics as well as sections on history, climate, the people, customs, courtesies, lifestyle and society. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Brigham Young University.

Dolphin Embryo Digitized Slides (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center. It contains scanned images of histological sections captured using a digital camera connected to a microscope. The collection consists of many sections per single embryo. Each embryo is identified by a name, such as LACM 94674. A section number follows the name, e.g. LACM 94674-100 is section 100. The specimens are examples of Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) and were made available by the Los Angeles County Museum. It is produced by the Digital Library of Dolphin Development at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (1534-1860; all full-text; XLinks) includes about 1,000 primary sources describing North American peoples, cultures and environment that appear in key bibliographies for this academic discipline. It permits searches by author, year, source, place, environment, encounter, fauna, flora, peoples, images, personal event or cultural event. It includes the letters, diaries and memoirs of more than 1,440 authors. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

ebrary (all full-text; XLinks) contains about 32,300 electronic books in business, marketing, economics, computers, information technology, health, biomedical sciences, clinical sciences, engineering, technology, life sciences, physical sciences, education, history, humanities, law, international relations, public policy, social sciences, and behavioral sciences. It includes books in the Vault Career Library. Users can search for words in the subject, title or full-text of books in this collection. Content can be easily copied and pasted into a word processing document. Books in this collection are protected by copyright laws and there are limitations on the number of pages that can be printed and copied. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by ebrary.

Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog. The ebrary Reader is required to view, copy and print pages in a book. Click the ebrary Reader icon or link to download the reader. The reader will install and display your ebook. Monthly system maintenance is performed the first Tuesday of each month from 8-10pm (Pacific Time) during which ebrary may be unavailable.

EBSCO Animals (all full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Each entry includes the animal's kingdom, class, order, genus, species and geographical locale as well as a detailed description. Many entries include colorful images. It is produced by Encyclopedia of Animals and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Eighteenth Century Fiction (1700-1780; all full-text; XLinks) contains 96 works of English prose fiction, written by writers from the British Isles. It includes all of the most widely-studied texts and others long neglected or unavailable. First editions have been used unless considered unreliable. Some original images are included (title pages and illustrations). It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Encyclopaedia Universalis (French) (all full-text; XLinks) is the most comprehensive encyclopedia in the French Language. It provides access to more than 33,000 articles; 17,000 media items; a world atlas with over 700 maps; an integrated dictionary with 120,000 entries; and a guide to selected websites. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Accessible only through the general Global Reference Center link. Scroll down the page to the specific resource.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (continuously updated; all full-text; XLinks) is a reference work in the biological sciences for both students and professionals. It contains 3,000 articles written by 5,000 contributing scientists which are categorized as introductory, advanced or keynote. It includes links to related articles and subject portals, a glossary and excellent graphics that can be printed separately. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Wiley InterScience.

Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online (updated regularly; all full-text; XLinks) is an online version of Routledge's 10-volume 1998 print philosophy encyclopedia. It features 2,000 original entries from a team of over 1,300 of the world's most respected scholars and philosophers. It contains 25,000 hot-linked cross-references between articles. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Routledge.

English Prose Drama (1600-1900; all full-text; XLinks) is based on plays listed in the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature that were written or intended for the stage and wholly or primarily in prose. It contains over 1,800 plays by about 400 authors from the renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century. The full text of each drama is included with any accompanying text written by the author and forming an integral part of the work. Selected images are directly accessible from the relevant points in the text. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also American Drama and English Verse Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.

Forestry Image Collection (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center. It contains a collection of forestry photos dating back to the early 20th century. Images portray trees, cultivation, care, and the effects of human activity. The photographs were taken in Ohio but other states and countries are also represented. It is produced by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at the Ohio State University. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Geology Digital Photographs (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center. It contains a collection of photos depicting natural features and the human impact on environments around the world. It is produced by the Department of Geology, Oberlin College. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Global Reference Center (all full-text; XLinks) contains comprehensive online content in a variety of global languages: Spanish Reference Center, Britannica Online Japan, Britannica Online Korea, Britannica Pocket Encyclopedia (in Simplified Chinese), Encyclopaedia Universalis (in French). It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Greek and Latin Inscriptions (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center. It contains a collection of digitized squeezes (accurate paper impressions) of Greek and Latin inscriptions from Greece, Italy and Macedonia. The purpose of this collection is to foster the study of inscriptions and manuscripts and promote research opportunities for those interested in these primary sources of information for the ancient and mediaeval world. It is produced by the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at The Ohio State University. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Historic Maps of Akron and Summit County (XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center and contains maps of Akron and Summit County, Ohio. This resource provides page images of three atlases, totalling 514 views. It includes the Atlas and Industrial Geography of Summit County (1910) by Rectigraph Abstract & Title Company; Combination Atlas Map of Summit County, Ohio (1874) by Tackabury, Mead & Moffett, publishers; and Illustrated Summit County, Ohio 1891 by Akron Map & Atlas Co. It was contributed by the University of Akron Libraries and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

History Resource Center (much full-text; podcasts; XLinks) provides integrated access to over 1,000 historical (primary) documents, more than 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals, and periods in U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present. It includes access to citations for over 180 additional history journals. This database includes podcasts (audio files). To listen follow the on-screen insrtructions. Be patient while the podcast downloads. It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.

Images from the Akron Art Museum (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center: Art and Architecture Digital Media. It contains 102 digital images of prints, paintings, photographs and sculptures located at the Akron Art Museum. Each entry includes the title, creator, creation date, object type, measurements, materials, context, owner, owner credit, accession number, contributor and a stable link to the item. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

images.MD (FAQs about educational use of images) compiles over 50,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal medicine and derived from Current Medicine's series of illustrated atlases. Each image is accompanied by detailed and informative text written by over 2,000 contributing experts. images.MD is updated as new atlases are published or existing atlas series are revised. Register to start your own image library, create PowerPoint® presentations of images in your library, edit figure titles and legends, and create customized CD-ROMs of your favorite slides. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Current Medicine.

In the First Person (1550-present; all full-text; XLinks) is an in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. Users can keyword search more than 650,000 pages of full-text by more than 15,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to some 3,500 audio and video files and 30,000 bibliographic records. The index contains approximately 20,500 months of diary entries, 63,000 letter entries, and 17,000 oral history entires. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago. Although this database is free, it links to other subscription-only Alexander Street databases, many of which have been purchased by Xavier's library.

Kid's Search (much full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides elementary school students in kindergarten through 5th grade with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing search interface for databases such as American Heritage Dictionary, BookSource NonFiction, EBSCO Animals, Image Collection, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, History Reference Center, Historical Video Collection, Marshall Cavendish Science Reference Center, Marshall Cavendish Wildlife Reference Center, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, Primary Search, and TOPICsearch. Teacher resources search databases such as Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, Advanced Placement Source, ERIC and the Professional Development Collection. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the EBSCO Publishing.

Lake Erie's Yesterdays (XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center and contains a collection of historic photographs of northwestern Ohio, documenting the local history of the Erie islands and Lake Erie's western basin. These 1,087 black and white images were produced by Sandusky, Ohio, commerical photographer Ernst Niebergall between 1909 and 1915. From ice harvesting and railroads to early aviation and island leisure activities, the Niebergall photographs richly depict the everyday lives and activities of Lake Erie's southern shoreline residents. The photographs provide a record of communities in transition as old methods gave way to advances in industry and technology. The original photos were part of the Charles E. Frohman Collection at the Manuscripts Division of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

LANDSAT 7 Satellite Images (updated every 16 days) is part of OhioLINK's digital Media Center and makes Ohio-based satellite data available for download or web viewing. Several views are available, including infrared and true color composite. Urban growth, natural resource loss, and crop health are a few of the environmental issues that may be monitored with this type of satellite data. It is produced by the U.S. Geological Survey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Latino American Experience (pre-Columbian to the present; all full-text) is a cross-searchable collection of Latino American history and culture. It covers the arts, business, civil rights, customs, education, folklore, history, icons, immigration, labor, law, literature, medicine, music, politics, religion, science, sports, and women. This collection includes over 150 titles from Greenwood, Praeger, Arte Publico, and Columbia University Press. Special features include Spanish language content, a timeline, an origins section, lesson plans, hundreds of primary documents, over 1,500 images, and En mi Opinion, a blog of essays and podcasts focusing on the latest issues facing US Latinos. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Greenwood Publishing Group.

Literary Reference Center (all full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a comprehensive literary reference database that provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals. Search results can be limited to literary criticism or Masterplots. Users can browse most studied authors and works and view book highlights and the author in focus. Features include a glossary and historical timeline. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Literature Resource Center (all full-text; XLinks) provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. It includes online versions of Gale's Contemporay Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography, as well as selections from Gale's other Literature Criticism and For Students Series, such as Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism and Short Stories for Students. It permits searches by author name, title, genre, literary movement or literary themes. It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.

Manuscriptorium (some full-text) provides bibliographic information about old printed books and manuscripts with links to digital copies of a subset of these catalogued items. Users can search by settlement (town or city where the item is held), repository (institution responsible for the administration of the item) or query (keyword). Results can be restricted to items that have a full digital document or a digital map. To view digital content, click the title of an item. Then click Display existing digital copy in top, left corner of the item's description. Thumbnail images of each page can be enlarged by clicking them. It is produced by the National Library of the Czech Republic under the auspices of the 1992 UNESCO Memory of the World project. The user interface is provided by AiP Beroun.

MAS Ultra - School Edition (1984-present; updated daily; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for 554 magazines and full-text for 490 magazines. It covers general reference, health, science, and other areas. It also includes the full-text for over 3,000 charts and tables, 5,000 Magill Book Reviews, 149 Macmillan books, over 540 health and science-related pamphlets, the CIA World Factbook, and Essential Documents in American History. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

MasterFILE Premier (1975-present; updated daily; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for over 2,510 journals and full-text for 1,900 journals. It covers general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural topics. It also includes full-text for 200 reference and travel books; 88,000 biographies; 60,000 primary source documents; and 91,000 photos, maps, and flags. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Mayan Archaeology Digital Photographs (XLinks) s part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center. This collection shows Mayan architecture and scenery from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. As a resource for the exploration of the various and complex interrelationships within Mayan society, the Mayan archaeology collection serves as basic image resource which the creators hope will be augmented by other scholars in the field. It is produced by theDepartment of Anthropology, Oberlin College. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Middle Search Plus (1984-present; updated daily; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts from 1984-present for over 170 magazines and full-text from 1990-present for 140 magazines. It covers general reference, health, and science topics. It includes full-text for 2,000 charts and tables, 52 reference books, hundreds of pamphlets. It also includes 5,000 Magill Book Reviews, Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, CIA World Factbook, Essential Documents in American History and The Encyclopedia of Animals. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Digital Images (XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center and contains digital documents related to slavery, abolition, and emancipation. The collection includes abolitionist broadsheets, photographs by Matthew Brady, letters and speeches of President Lincoln and other presidents, and other historic letters, documents, and pictures. The original documents are found in the Gilder Lehrman Collection of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The digital images were made available through the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Naxos Music Library (XLinks) contains the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of over 165,000 tracks, including classical music, Jazz World and chinese music. It includes biographical information on composers or artists included in the database. Users can select works by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre. Playlists can be casily created for educational assignments or for hours of personal enjoyment. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Naxo Music Library. This resource is limited to 5 simultaneous users and requires Media Player 9/10.

Naxos Music Library Jazz (XLinks) contains close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,900 albums by more than 500 jazz artists. It comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. Naxos Jazz, along with Prophone and Proprius, provides the world of international Jazz, covering Sweden and Scandinavian jazz artists. US-based Fantasy Jazz has a deep jazz catalogue and offers the best in blues and R&B. Users can select works by artist, title and catalogue number. Playlists can be easily created for educational assignments or for hours of personal enjoyment. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Naxo Music Library. This resource is limited to 5 simultaneous users and requires Media Player 9/10.

New York Times Historical Database (1851-within four years of the present; all full-text; updated annually; RefWorks help; XLinks) contains full-page and article images of every page of every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF. It includes ads, comics, cartoons, photos, maps and other graphics. It is produced by the New York Times and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries & Oral Histories (1800-1950; all full-text; XLinks) contains 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information providing a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, the series provides a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines. The collection is particularly useful to researchers, because much of the original material is difficult to find, poorly indexed, and unpublished; most bibliographies of the immigrant focus on secondary research; and few oral histories have been published. In selected cases, users will be able to hear the actual audio voices of the immigrants. The showcase provides a selection of cartoons from Puck Magazine and the images of a diary by Rose Qwong. Users can search by author, source, year, place, nationality & heritage, personal event, resource and subject. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

North American Women's Letters & Diaries (Colonial -1950; all full-text; XLinks) includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Materials have been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies, supplemented by more than 7,000 pages of previously unpublished material. The collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the database. Users can search by authors, source, year, place, historical event and personal event. The showcase provides page images of selected diaries and letters. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

Oxford Art Online (prehistory-1990's; updated monthly; all full-text; temporary off-campus link; XLinks) is the online version of the 1996 edition of Dictionary of Art and the 2001 edition of the Oxford Companion to Western Art. It also contains Grove Art Online, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and direct links from articles in Oxford Art Online to ARTstor and Art Resources. It contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts, photography) and contains biographical information on over 20,000 artists, patrons, collectors, and dealers with bibliographic citations at the end of each article. It also contains many embedded images and links to external images. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (4th century BC-2001; updated regularly; all full-text; images; XLinks) is based on the print version of the dictionary in 60 volumes. It contains 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles by 10,000 contributers. It includes 10,000 images and references. It features Today's life... and themes such as Political Refugees in Britain and Ask a Woman. It is produced in association with the British Academy and the National Portrait Gallery, London. The user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Music Online (updated quarterly and annually; all full-text; temporary off-campus link; XLinks) is the online version of New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition in 29 volumes). It also contains Grove Music Online, New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes), New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition; 3 volumes), Oxford Dictionary of Music (2nd ed.), and the Oxford Companion to Music. It contains more than 25 million words and 29,000 articles by 6,000 contributors. It provides an integrated music resource that covers all aspects of music. It contains sophisticated search capabilities; cross-referencing; links from articles in Oxford Music Online to RLIM, DRAM and Classical Music Library sites (click the Related Content tab). It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Oxford Reference Online, Maps and Illustrations (all full-text; XLinks) is a cross-searchable database of 3 reference works covering flags and maps as well as a visual English dictionary. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Primary Search (1984-present; updated weekly; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides idexing and abstracts from 1984-present for 80 magazines appropriate for elementary school children and full-text from 1990-present for 50 magazines. It includes World Almanac of the U.S.A, World Almanac for Kids, Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, and more than 100 pamphlets. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Reproductive Physiology Animations (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center. It contains a collection of learning modules on human reproduction. Some of the animated modules are accompanied by sound. To view the modules in the sequence, Browse by Title. These animations are played via Macromedia Flash Player, which is pre-installed on most web browsers. Users may download files to insert into a PowerPoint presentation or a Blackboard course. You may select and rearrange modules to fit your need. It is produced by the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Saskia Art History Images (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center: Art and Architecture Digital Media. It contains 1,009 digital images of paintings and sculptures located in museums worldwide. It also contains digital images of photographs of architectural structures located throughout the world. Each entry includes the title, creator, creation date, object type, measurements, materials, style/period, owner, accession number, contributor and a stable link to the item. This collection emphasizes the core images required for teaching the history of Western art and is based on Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Stokstad's History of Art and Hartt's History of Italian Renaissance Art. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Science Online (all full-text; XLinks) is an online encyclopedia and NOT the journal, Science. It offers a comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines including biology and life sciences, chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, forensic science, mathematics, physics, space and astronomy, and weather and climate. Content is organized by subject area and type of resource, as well as by national and state science education standards. It contains over 6,800 printable diagrams, illustrations and images; hundreds of videos and flash animations; over 1,000 science experiments and activities indexed by grade and time required; thousands of biographies of key scientists; thousands of definitions; a searchable timeline of science history; and national and state science education standards. Special features include Editor's Selection of the Month and Focus On. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Facts on File.

Scripps Papers (1868-1926; XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center and contains a growing collection of letters and photos from the Scripps Manuscript Collection at Ohio University. Edward Willis Scripps (1854-1926) was a businessman and journalist associated with the founding of the Scripps Howard chain of newspapers and the United Press International independent news gathering company. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Searchasaurus provides a child-friendly search interface for EBSCO databases for children: Middle Search Plus, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, EBSCO Animals, American Heritage Children's Dictionary, and Primary Search, as well as Pictures, and Fun Facts. It is produced by and the user interface is by EBSCO Publishing.

Spanish Reference Center (all full-text; XLinks) is the most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Spanish language. It includes PlanetaSaber and Enciclopedia Juvenil. PlanetaSaber contains over 145,000 articles, more than 9,100 images, maps, timelines, an atlas, a dictionary, and tables. It is a Spanish language reference resource for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish. Enciclopedia Juvenil provides a Spanish language encyclopedia, images, videos, and learning materials specifically designed or younger learners. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Student Research Center (much full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides students in grades 6 through 12 an easy-to-use search interface for databases such as Columbia Encyclopedia, Health Source: Consumer, MAS Ultra, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, Topic Search, and Vocational and Career Collection. Teacher resources search databases such as Academic Search Premier, ERIC and the Professional Development Collection. Students can easily determine which content sources (magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, or film & video) will be included with their search. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the EBSCO Publishing.

Times (London) Digital Archive (1785-1985; all full-text; XLinks) permits users to search using keywords or hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos. It is produced by The Times and the user interface is provided by Thomson/Gale's InfoTrac. This subscription is limited to 2 simultaneous users.

TOPICsearch (all full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) contains over 64,000 articles from over 3,000 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's periodical collection, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Useful for all grade levels, each article is associated with a main topic or current event. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Women and Social Movements (1600-2000; all full-text; XLinks) contains 79 document projects consisting of 2,400 documents from 1,700 primary authors. It includes local, state, and federal Commissions on the Status of Women from 1963 to the present. Publications include reports, pamphlets, posters, reviews, teaching tools and ephemeral materials. Users can browse by sources, authors, documents, images, document projects, teaching tools, social movements, subjects and bibliography. This database will eventually include the complete 5 volumes of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

World Book Web (all full-text; XLinks) includes World Book Dictionary, World Book Atlas, World Book Advanced, World Book Kids, and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos. This suite of online research tools delivers encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, tabular data, research guides, maps, audio and video, as well as encyclopedia articles, special reports, back-in-time articles, periodical articles and related Web sites. Special features include Explore Ohio, Feature of the Month, Behind the Headlines, Surf the Ages, Today in History, and Media Showcase. Educator's Tools includes Ohio Content Standards, Lesson Plan Links, and Professional Links. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by World Book, Inc.

World News Digest (1940-present; updated daily; all full-text; XLinks) allows users to search the top international news stories and overviews of historical events from 1940 to the present. It also provides editorial cartoons, country profiles, anniversaries of the month, newsmaker profiles, obituaries from 1980-2005, presidential elections highlights from 1940-2004, newspaper editorials, issues in the news, historical documents and heads of state and governmental leaders. Special features include What Happened That Day, maps and photographs. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Facts on File.

WPA Prints by Cleveland Artists (Case Western Reserve University) (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center: Art and Architecture Digital Media. It contains 259 digital images of prints by Cleveland artists contributed by Case Western Reserve University. Each entry includes the title, creator, creation date, object type, measurements, context, owne, contributor and stable link to the item. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Wright Brothers Digital Photographs (XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center and contains a collection of photographs documenting the invention of the airplane, the lives of the Wright Family, and the Wright brothers' flying exhibitions in Europe and the United States. The collection provides thorough coverage of the Wright brothers' early inventive period documenting their early gliders and flight testing in both North Carolina and Ohio. Much of it should show that Orville and Wilbur Wright were technically excellent photographers who painstakingly documented their process of invention. The content posted to date also provides a valuable record of their home life, camp life, and the flora and fauna of the Outer Banks 100 year ago. These photos are from The Wright Brothers Collection housed in Special Collections and Archives at the Wright State University Libraries, one of the most complete collections of Wright material in the world. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

XU Digital Newspaper (1915-1 year from present; all full-text; general copyright information) contains the entire content in digital format of Xavier University's student newspaper, The Newswire. The student newspaper reports on key historical events and gives students' reflections and viewpoints on events of national and local importance, such as the death of President Kennedy and the nation at war in the 1940s. The voice of change throughout Xavier's history, the newspaper documents the merger of EdgeCliff College, the effects of coeducation, and the introduction of computers on campus. Most importantly the newspaper chronicles everyday life and general activities, from athletic achievements on the field to Xavier's Centennial celebration. The newspaper collection was scanned in 2007 from microfilm copies. The digital version is provided in searchable PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format). Users can browse individual issues and years or search the full-text content. The microfilm version is housed in the library's archives. XU Digital Newspaper is published by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the user interface is provided by CONTENTdm.

XU Digital Photographs (general copyright information; how to cite and fair use handout;) is a pilot project featuring digital images from the university archives of participating AJCU (Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities) institutions. University archives typically serve as the chief historical resource for materials about a university, its people, programs and culture. Xavier University's contributions to the pilot AJCU collection include 11 historical photographs depicting alumni activities, a historical campus view, general science classes, Bellarmine Chapel dedication, the journey of St. Francis Xavier mural, and the Union Building cafeteria. Each digital image includes a title, repository, original and copyright dates, description, thumbnail and larger images, subjects and contributor. The XU Digital Photographs are published by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the user interface is provided by CONTENTdm.

XU Digital Yearbooks (1924-2005; all full-text; general copyright information) contains the full-text of Xavier University's student yearbook. Named after the University's mascot, the Musketeer, the yearbook was published from 1924 to 2005 with several gaps in publication: no yearbooks were published from 1943-1946 due to World War II and yearbooks were not published in 1972-1973 or 1988-1989. The yearbook ceased publication in 2005 due to a lack of student interest and poor sales. The yearbooks chronicle every academic year with text and pictures of students, faculty, and events, with occasional sections on world events. The yearbooks constitute a pictorial history of the Xavier University campus, its students, administrators and faculty. It is an especially rich source for understanding student life and activities, including academics, honor societies, clubs, student government, performances, publications, debates & oratoricals, contests & awards, proms & balls, homecomings, intramural sports and athletics. The yearbook collection was scanned in 2006 from original print copies housed in the Xavier University Library. The digital version is provided in searchable PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format). Users can browse and/or search all volumes, individual years or the full-text content. The print version of the yearbook is available in the library's reference and special collections; the microfilm version is housed in the library's archives. XU Digital Yearbooks is published by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the user interface is provided by CONTENTdm.