Resources by Name

Search by periodical title or browse by discipline to find a specific magazine, newspaper, or journal.

eBook Academic Collection: More than 170,000 e-books from leading university presses and academic publishers.
EBSCO eBooks: 23,000 e-books across many academic disciplines.
ACLS Humanities eBook Project: A collection of around 5000 e-books in the humanities, developed by scholars.
Libby (Overdrive) : A growing collection of ebooks and audiobooks

Streaming Media:

Alexander Street Academic Video Online: Premium: More than 49,000 streaming academic videos.
Kanopy (OSUN): 30,000+ feature films and documentaries
OnTheBoards.TV: Full-length performances by some of today’s most provocative artists working in dance, theater, music, and other forms.
NAXOS Music Library: More than 1.7 million tracks of streaming classical music.

Images & Maps:

ARTstor: More than 1.9 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences from outstanding museums, photo archives, photographers, scholars, and artists.
A to Z Maps: More than 145,000 maps.

Print Sources: Can be found in the Library Catalog.

At the bottom of the search screen, refine your search by limiting to items in the Reference Collection. Then enter broad search terms relevant to your topic into one of the keyword search boxes.
For example, if you’re looking for tertiary/reference sources related to mythology, you might enter myth* as your search, which will find all the sources that mention myth, myths, mythology, mythological, etc.

Online Sources:

Britannica Reference : The full text online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica, with additional articles, interactive tools and e-books.
Biography in Context
OED: Oxford English Dictionary: The most authoritative dictionary of the English language, with extensive information including word origin and historical usage.
Health and Medicine

Bard College, Stevenson Library: If you need to use electronic resources available from the Stevenson Library, contact us or plan a visit to the Annandale campus.
Boston Public Library: The Boston Public Library makes many of its electronic resources available to anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Massachusetts through their free eCard program.
UMass Amherst Libraries: While you cannot use the UMass Amherst Libraries’ electronic resources from the Simon’s Rock campus, you can visit the Amherst campus and do your searching on site.