Xavier University: Library: Database Guides: Primary Sources

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.

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 with 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.

African American Poetry Collection (1760-1900; all full-text; XLinks; title list) contains almost 3,000 poems written by African-American poets. The poetry explores topics such as abolition, children, civil rights, dreams, education, fugitive slave law, Indian raids, liberty, political issues, prejudice and slavery. It includes allegories, broadsides, children's poems, elegiac poems, epics, hymns, odes, patriotic poems and sonnets. The poets are among those included in the William French et al. bibliography, Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975. It is produced by Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also 20th Century African American Poetry (1900-2000), or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.

American Drama (1714-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains more than 700 plays from over 300 dramatists. It will eventually contain more than 2,000 plays. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also English Prose Drama and English Verse Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints (RefWorks help; XLinks) contains more than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays; 5,000 topic overviews; 300 primary source documents; 300 biographies of social activists and reformers; 775 court case overviews; 5 million journal articles; 6,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs; podcasts, presidential addresses and premier NPR programs; and national and state curriculum standards. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Gale Cengage Learning.

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.

American Poetry Collection (1600-1900; all full-text; XLinks) is a collection of 1,200 books and anthologies of early American poetry and contains the works of all major American poets, including many that are less familiar.It includes over 40,000 poems by over 200 writers. Any accompanying text written by the original author and forming an integral part of the work, such as notes, dedications, and prefaces to individual poems, is also included. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also Twentieth Century American Poetry (1900-2000), or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.

American Song is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past.The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. It includes 7,141 albums inclding content nt from African American Music. Users can create playlists if they create an account. It is compiled and produced by Alexander Street Press.

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.

ArchiveGrid: Open the Door to History (continuously updated) provides online access to nearly a million descriptions of archival collections owned by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide. ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching for historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

Art and Architecture (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons and includes the collections listed below. All entires include a stable URL for linking to individual records. Much of the conntent was created by individuals and institutions in the State of Ohio and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Akron Art Museum
Daphne Dare Collection (The Ohio State University)
WPA Prints by Cleveland Artists (Case Western Reserve University)

Art and Architecture from the University of Cincinnati (XLinks) 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 Resource Commons and 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.

Athenaeum (1912-1919; all full-text) is a searchable electronic archive of the Athenaeum, a publication featuring original poetry, short stories, essays, text of orations, editorials, news, reports, and graphic artwork by students from St. Xavier College in Cincinnati, Ohio. Intended both as a news and literary publication, this work covering over 1700 pages is of historical significance in reporting the early years of St. Xavier College at the Avondale location. It was scanned in 2010 from microfilm copies. Users can browse individual issues and years or search the full-text content. The microfilm version is housed in the library’s archives. The digital Athenaeum is published by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the user interface is provided by CONTENTdm. Collection specific URL.

Bibliography of Native North Americans (16th century-present; some full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life and will appeal to anyone interested in exploring the contributions, struggles, and issues surrounding North America's indigenous peoples. It also covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. It contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. The database is an essential research tool for anthropologists, educators, historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal and medical researchers, linguists, theologians, ethnobotanists, and policy makers. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Business Insights: Global (Formerly Business & Company Resource Center; All full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides full case studies; industry research reports for specific industries within specific countries; interactive and customized charts for economic and business indicators; comparisons of countries, companies and industries; and company and country overviews.This database includes Business Insights: Essentials. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Gale Group.

CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images) (XLinks) provides high-quality art images from around the world contributed and described by leading museums, all rights-cleared for educational use. Every work in CAMIO is represented by at least one high-resolution image and a description. Many have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial notes. It covers antiquity to the present, and includes photographs, prints, sculptures, paintings decorative arts, posters, utilitarian objects, and jewelry. This database supports not only art history, studio art and design programs but also provides a rich context for history, religion and other humanities disciplines. CAMIO fills the gap left by the end of operations of the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO). It is produced by AMICO and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

Capital IQ (on-campus only database on the Trading Floor of Smith Hall, Williams College of Business) provides information on public and private companies worldwide, company financials, M&A/financing transactions, public offerings, corporate executives' and board of directors' compensation, news, filings, screening tools, chart builder, real-time market data, relationship tree, macroeconomic data, industry analyses, and investment research. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Standard & Poor's.

Classical Music Library enables listening and learning at library and home computers. It includes around 15,000 recordings, along with program notes, composer biographies, and images cross-referenced to the recordings. It is produced by Classical International, Inc. and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press.

Demographics Now (all full-text; data) allows users to analyze the demographic and market potential of any geographic area in the U.S. It creates summary, comparison, ranking and radius-based reports by geographic area. Summary reports contain multiple user-defined variables for a single geographic area; comparison reports offer side-by-side comparisons of up to 16 geographic areas; ranking reports rank multiple geographic areas by the performance of specific user-defined variables such as gender, income, employment, housing value or household composition; radius reports makes it possible to summarize the entire area of a given radius or to compare multiple radii. Reports can be emailed or printed as an HTML page or PDF file. It also generates interactive and radius-based maps. It is produced by Thomson Gale and the user interface by SRC. To begin searching click the Get Started button.

Digital Resource Commons (DRC) (XLinks; Formerly the Digital Media Center or DMC) has been moved to a new platform with new links, some minor title changes, and new communities and collections. The DRC now includes the collections listed below. This list also includes previous collections which were removed but are still available as separate databases with new links. Much of the content was created by individuals and institutions in the State of Ohio and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Dolphin Embryo Microscopic Slides (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons. 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 American Fiction (1774-1850; all full-text; XLinks) contains the first editions of American novels and short stories written before 1850 by authors of significance during their lifetimes. It includes 440 works of 80 novelists and short-story writers. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Edgecliff College Newspaper (1935-1980; all full-text; general copyright information) contains the entire content in digital format of the Edgecliff College student newspaper. Edgecliff College, formerly Our Lady of Cincinnati College, merged with Xavier University in 1980. The newspaper contains over 1,200 pages and chronicles the everyday life and general activities of students. The digital version is provided in searchable PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) files. It was scanned in 2010 from microfilm copies. Users can browse individual issues and years or search the full-text content. The microfilm version is housed in the library's archives.The Edgecliff College Newspaper is published by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the user interface is provided by CONTENTdm. Collection specific URL.

Edgecliff College Yearbook (1970-1972 & 1978-1979; all full-text; general copyright information) contains the entire content in digital format of the Edgecliff College Yearbook. Edgecliff College, formerly Our Lady of Cincinnati College, merged with Xavier University in 1980. The five yearbooks contain a total of 650 pages and depict students and activities at the college for this period of time. The digital version is provided in searchable PDF (Adobe’s Portable Document Format). It was scanned in 2010 from microfilm copies. Users can browse individual issues and years or search the full-text content. The microfilm version is housed in the library’s archives. The yearbook is published by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the user interface is provided by CONTENTdm. Collection Specific URL

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.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Center (2000-present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a database of masters' theses and doctoral dissertations submitted by graduate students matriculating at higher education institutions in Ohio. It is produced by participating Ohio colleges and universities and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: All articles in this database should have some level of evidence.

English Poetry Collection (600-1900; all full-text; XLinks) contains over 175,000 poems by over 1,400 poets from British Commonwealth and ex-colonial countries. It contains over 4,400 poetry collections listed in the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, many of which are rare books and unavailable in print form. Users can also these works in XPLORE the library's online catalog. Works in English of Welsh, Scottish, and Irish poets are included. It also includes any relevant accompanying text written by the poet. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also 20th Century English Poetry (1900-2000), or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.

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.

English Verse Drama (1400-1900; all full-text; XLinks) contains more than 2,200 works by over 500 named authors and over 300 anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late thirteenth century through the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods to the end of the nineteenth century. A verse drama is generally defined as a work acted on or intended for the stage which is either completely in verse or includes significant verse content. It is based on bibliographic information in the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. It contains masques, short dramatic pieces written primarily in verse, selected translations, works written for children and adaptations. It includes any accompanying text written by the original author. It also includes any relevant accompanying text written by the poet. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also American Drama and English Prose Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.

European Views of the Americas (1493-1750; no full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) contains bibliographic information about books, broadsides, folios, leaves, manuscripts and other documents in European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750. This valuable database for libraries and scholars contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It was compiled by the John Carter Brown Library and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Forestry Image Collection (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons. 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.

Greek and Latin Inscriptions (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons. 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.

GREENR (all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) stands for Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (GREENR). It brings together academic journal, newspaper, and magazine articles, as well as reference and primary sources, conference presentations and reports, statistics, case studies, podcasts, videos, images, Websites and blogs, involvement suggestions, and related portals on hundreds of green topics and issues. Users can search or browse green topics such as energy, the environment, pollution, ecology, and resource management, as well as green-related issues in agriculture, food systems, science, technology, economics, trade, law, and politics. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Gale Cengage Learning.

HeinOnline (all full-text in PDF; RefWorks help; XLinks) includes 1,550 law journals (including the Harvard Law Review), Code of Federal Regulations from 1938-present, Federal Register from 1936-present, US Reports from 1754-present, foreign relations of the US, legal classics from 18th to the 19th centuries, treaties and agreements, US code, attorney general opinions, the complete Congressional Record, federal agency documents, legislative history, presidential documents and speeches, statues, supreme court, and world constitutions. A citation navigator allows you to insert a Bluebook citation and quickly pull up a page. It is produced by and its user interface is provided by William S.Hein & Co. Click Log in to HeinOnline to begin searching.

Historic Maps of Akron and Summit County (XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons 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 & Archives Digital Resources (XLinks; formerly Historic Archival Collections) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons and includes the collections listed below. All entires include a stable URL for linking to individual records. Much of the content was created by individuals and institutions in the State of Ohio and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Historical Statistics of the United States (most from 1800s-1990s; full-text essays & introductions; downloadable data) provides quantitative data on population, work & welfare, economic structure & performance, economic sectors, and governance & international relations. It covers social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade. It permits users to search and download data as well as create customized tables, spreadsheets and graphs. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Cambridge University Press.

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.

InteLex Past Masters (all full-text; RefWorks help) is a collection of electronic books. Included are the works of Aquinas, Aristotle, Augustine, Austen, Dewey, Plato, Mary Shelley, and the continental rationalists. In addition there are the works of British philosophy from 1600-1900 and political philosophy form Machivelli to Mill. Users can browse by title or subject and a keyword search is also available. After an author's work is selected, searching for words within the work is permitted. Printing is available. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the InteLex Corporation.

JSTOR (1st issue of 1st volume to 3 years from present; all full-text; Video tutorial; Handout tutorial; RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) provides online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a variety of academic disciplines including the arts, business, demographic studies, humanities, social sciences, and science. The multidisciplinary arts & sciences collection was updated in June 2009 with an additional 120 titles, bringing the total number of journals in this collection to 749. JSTOR also includes 8,200 19th Century British pamphlets. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by JSTOR, a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. NOTE: journal content published prior to 1923 in the US and prior to 1870 elsewhere is freely available to the public for reading and downloading (nearly 500.000 articles from more than 200 journals).

Kent State Shootings, Oral Histories (XLinks) contains a collection of 69 oral histories related to the May 4, 1970 shootings of Vietnam War protestors at Kent State University. The oral histories include many eyewitness accounts of the event and its aftermath, contributed by people who were students, faculty members, and City of Kent residents at the time, as well as an account by an Ohio National Guardsman. Apple's free QuickTime player is required to listen to the audio files. Written transcripts are also available for many of the oral histories. It was produced by Kent State University, University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Lake Erie's Yesterdays (XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons 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.

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.

Manuscriptorium (some full-text) is an open catalog that 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. This freely accessible database 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.

Mayan Archaeology Digital Photographs (XLinks) 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 the Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Moses Dawson Correspondence (1811-1844) consists of letters written between 1811 and 1844 to Moses Dawson, editor of the Cincinnati Advertiser, which later became the Cincinnati Enquirer. The letters were written by four American presidents (Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, James Knox Polk, and William Henry Harrison), military personnel, and other notable individuals. The collection includes digitized versions of the original letters, transcriptions of the letters, biographical information about Dawson and selected correspondents, finding aids, a thesis written about Dawson by a Xavier University student, documents describing the time period, and newspaper announcements about the collection, all in portable document format (PDF). The collection was given to Xavier University in 1934 by Joseph Debar, a prominent alumnus of Xavier University, who acquired it from his father-in-law, Moses Dawson.. The collection was published by Xavier University and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK's Digital Media Resource Center (DMRC).

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Digital Images (XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons 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.

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.

Ohio's Newspapers (most from 1990s-present; all full-text, although none in PDF; RefWorks help) provides access to 5 Ohio newspapers: The Toledo Blade (1/1/1996-present), The Cincinnati Post (4/1/1980-12/31/2007), The Columbus Dispatch (7/16/1985-present), The Dayton Daily News (1/1/1990-present), and The Cleveland Plain Dealer (6/1/1981-present). Users can search all newspapers at once or individual titles. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by NewsBank.

OhioLINK Music Center (OMC) (audio files; XLinks) contains more than 78,000 tracks and 21,000 works of digital music, all available for educational use to students, faculty, and staff of OhioLINK member institutions. Users can search for tracks or albums by keyword or they can browse by genre, composer, performer, track title, work title, or date of composition. Genres include Chinese, classical, contemporary jazz, spoken word, and the world. A Flash player is required to listen to the music. Catalog records for the albums are available in the OhioLINK Library Catalog. It is produced by Naxos Music Library and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Oxford Art Online (prehistory-1990's; updated monthly; all full-text; 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 Biblical Studies Online (prehistory-1990's; updated monthly; all full-text; XLinks) is a comprehensive resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history directed toward college students, scholars, clergy, and anyone in need of an authoritative, ecumenical and up-to-date resource. There is a Bible verse look-up feature as well as search and browse capabilities. Texts from selected Oxford Bibles can be viewed in a side-by-side display with the user's choice of commentary and annotation for the Study Bibles, the stand-alone Oxford Bible Commentary, and A to Z concordances for the NRSV and NAB translations. Bible content is supplemented by collections of major apocryphal Old and New Testament texts in translation, as well as Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies, Oxford History of the Biblical World, Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible, Oxford Bible Atlas, and other works. Also included is quick access to over 5,000 A to Z entries from the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Oxford Companion to the Bible. There are hundreds of topical essays and images, timelines, tables and charts, Internet resources, a lectionary calendar, and suggested reading lists. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Music Online (updated quarterly and annually; all full-text; 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.

Perseus Digital Library (some full-text) is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and language. It includes a wide range of primary source materials for study and research in the humanities, including classics, Duke databank of papyri, the English renaissance, Bolles digital archive and history of London collection, Tufts history, Boyles history of science papers, and American memory of California, the upper midwest and Chesapeake. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Tufts University.

Play Index (1949-present; some full-text; Tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) includes about 31,000 plays published individually or in collections. It provides classic and historical plays, along with the works of contemporary playwrights. It covers new editions and translations, and includes descriptive annotations to summarize the plot and indicate musical requirements. It includes one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, classic drama, and over 600 monologues from playwrights such as Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Euripides, Moliere, and more. It is produced by H. W. Wilson and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

ProQuest Ancestry Library Edition (multimedia; all full-text; users guide; YoutTube video introduction) is a world-wide genealogy resource that covers North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, China, and more. This database contains billions of records in census data that include birth, death, marriage, military (from the colonial to the Vietnam eras), immigration, emigration, burial, and baptism records, as well as family histories (including Jewish families), court and legal documents, ship lists, phone and other directories, photos, maps and more. Multimedia include family and gravestone photos, postcards, newsreels and more. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest. This database is only available on-campus.

ProQuest Statistical Datasets (formerly LexisNexis Statistical; exportable data; users guide) includes datasets from many sources, including the US government, international organizations, and the private sector. It covers all subject areas, including banking and finance, criminal justice and law, education, energy resources and demand, food and agriculture, government and politics, health and vital statistics, housing and construction, industry and commerce, international; labor and employment, natural resources and environment, population and income, prices and cost of living, stocks and commodities, and transportation and travel. Users can search datasets by keyword; browse datasets by subject or source; display datasets by trend, map or ranking; and output datasets in print, PDF, delimited, Excel or SAS formats. Datasets can be limited by date and geographic area (country, state, county). Years available varies by dataset; for example, births 1999-present and breast cancer 1973-present. It also features datasets currently in the news, such as crude oil price, 30-year fixed mortgage rate, airline on-time arrival rate, campaign contributions for both Obama and McCain, gasoline prices, the prime rate and the unemployment rate. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest. Users will need to run the Java installation.

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.

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.

Scripps Papers (1868-1926; XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons 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.

SWON Greater Cincinnati Memory Project is a collection of nearly 6,000 pre-1940 photographs, postcards and slides of landmarks and events in the greater Cincinnati area. Seven participating libraries and museums (providing collections and local funds) and five co-sponsors (providing local funds) were involved in the development of an online database of these local history materials. Funding was also provided via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant. The Project has been expanded to include images of Cincinnati people. It was compiled by and the user interface is provided by SWON (SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries).

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.

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 Collection (XLinks) 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 Student Newspaper XU Digital Student 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. Old URL

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. Old all collections URL. Collection specific URL.