Online Newspaper Website
- New York Times Website This link opens in a new window
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Complete access to the New York Times online edition (nytimes.com) from 1980 through the present. Users must create an account using their LUC email, to gain access to nytimes.com from any web browser or smart phone app, on or off campus, with no monthly limits on article access. This resource is limited to current students, faculty, and staff. Note: HSL students/faculty/staff need to sign up via http://accessnyt.com - Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowFull-text news articles covering business, economics, and finances. Coverage: 1984 - present. Users must register to access resource. Every 180 days users must refresh (or click through the Libraries’ link again). Please register here: WSJ.com/LUC before attempting to access this resource.
International Newspapers
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowFull-text newspapers, magazines, web-only content from U.S. and international news sources. Coverage: 1978 - present.
- Latin American Newspapers - World Newspaper Archive This link opens in a new windowFull-text content from Latin American newspapers. Coverage: 1805 - 1922.
- Mideast Wire.com This link opens in a new windowA daily email newsletter of translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media within 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora.
- U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new windowFull-text news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites. Coverage: 1980 - present.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles on news, business, and legal sources, radio and television transcripts, federal and state court cases, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and law reviews. Coverage: 1790 - present.
Country Profiles and Data
- BBC News: Country Profiles Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.
- CIA: The World Factbook Lists population, government, military, and economic information for nations recognized by the United States.
- UNdata Statistical information from member states on a variety of topics.
- U.S. Department of State: List of Countries Contains A-Z list of country and other areas.
- World Culture Encyclopedia Web-based version from Advameg of the four-volume set, Countries and Their Cultures, published by Macmillan Reference USA in 2001.
- Library of Congress: Country Studies Area Handbook Series The Country Studies Series focuses primarily on lesser known countries. It presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions.
Licensed Art Collections
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowDigitized images of fine art from around the world. All images can be freely used for educational and noncommercial scholarly purposes.
- CAMIO This ever-expanding collection includes many items from art museums throughout the world. There are works from books, architecture, costumes, etc. Images are for educational use only.
- Grove Art Online This collection comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, (34 volumes), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, including ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 1,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles.
- Saskia Art Images Collection This collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches, the Uffizi, and the Louvre and archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Egypt.
- Web Gallery of Art The Web Gallery of Art is a searchable database of European fine arts and architecture (8th-19th centuries), currently containing over 41.100 reproductions. Artist biographies, commentaries, guided tours, period music, catalogue, free postcard, and mobile services are provided.
Additional Image Collections
To peruse other image collections online, check out the link below.
Cultures & Countries
Not sure where to start your research? The interdisciplinary databases are good places to search for information on any topic, and have lots of full-text material available.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from journals, magazines, and reference sources that covering a broad range of academic study.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly journal articles and ebooks related to the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage: 2-5 years from current.
- OmniFile Full Text Select This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles, images, abstracts, and citations covering education, general science, humanities, social sciences, and business. Coverage: 1982 - present.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull-text journals covering literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies. Coverage: 1993 - present.
Recommended Databases
- Anthropology Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text collection of ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behavior the world over.
- Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new windowIndexes including international coverage of the fields of anthropology and archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research. Updated monthly. Coverage: 1899s - present.
- AnthroSource This link opens in a new windowComprehensive collection of journals, newsletters, and bulletins, including the complete archival holdings from the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
- AP Newsroom This link opens in a new windowPhotographs, graphics, charts, news stories, and audio clips provided by The Associated Press. International in scope. Coverage: 1826 - present.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowArticles on communication and mass media from scholarly journals. Coverage: 1900 - present.
- eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new windowIndex of cross-cultural and ethnographic descriptive information on all aspects of cultural and social life. Collection is organized by cultures and ethnic groups.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary collection of full-text reference ebooks.
- Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective This link opens in a new windowIndex of scholarly journals covering humanities and social sciences. Coverage: 1907 - 1984.
- Sage Knowledge (Sage Reference Online) This link opens in a new windowFull-text encyclopedic entries covering topics in social sciences.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and indexes from international journals in sociology, social psychology, and behavioral sciences. Coverage: 1952 - current.
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Background Information
Asian American Religious Cultures [2 Volumes] by Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781598843316Publication Date: 2015-08-31
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture by Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9780684314167Publication Date: 2004-02-01
Ethnic Dress in the United States by
A concise and systematic exploration of 150 distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States.
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 0759121508Publication Date: 2014-10-30
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life by
Provides information on the cultures of the world, covering different areas of daily life including clothing, food, language and religion.
Call Number: Online AccessPublication Date: 2009
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world by
This reference work includes articles on the history, religion, cultural practices, and political economies of Muslims from the seventh-century in West Asia to today's Muslim societies throughout the continents of Asia, Africa, the Subcontinent, Europe, and the Americas.
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 0028664418Publication Date: 2016
Encyclopedia of the Modern World by
This multivolume encyclopedia includes articles on countries regions, and ethnic groups, themes involving social history demography, family life, politics, economics, religion, thought education, science and technology, and culture, and events such as major wars.
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9780195341126Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Online Video Resources
- Alexander Street Press Streaming Video This link opens in a new windowVideos and audio covering a wide variety of subjects. Individual collections include Black Studies in Video, Black Thought & Culture, Counseling and Therapy in Video: Vols.1-3, Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video, Ethnographic Video Online :Vols.1-2, Filmmakers Library Online: Vols.1-2, LGBT Studies in Video, New World Cinema: Major Independent Features and Shorts, Nursing Education in Video, and Theatre in Video: Vol.2.
- Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States. Includes films covering history, politics, art and culture, family structure, social and economic pressures, and gender relations.
- Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new windowEthnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork for the study of human culture, behavior and society around the world. Topics include language, food and cooking, economic systems, caste systems, religion, music and the arts, sex, gender, and family.
- Filmakers Library Online II This link opens in a new windowDocumentary films with a focus on social and political issues. A wide range of topics are covered including anthropology, race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, and literature. Coverage: 1980s-2017.
- Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries, independent and classic feature films, educational videos, and award-winning films and shorts. Distributors include PBS, Media Education Foundation, Documentary Education Resources, California Newsreel, Criterion Collection/Janus Films, Psychotherapy.net, and more.
- LGBT Studies in Video This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries, feature films, interviews, and archival footage exploring the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community. Topics include LGBT history, gay culture and subcultures, civil rights, marriage equality, LGBT families, AIDS, transgender issues, and religious perspectives on homosexuality. Coverage: 1920s - present.
- New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts This link opens in a new windowIndependent feature films and short films. Distributors include Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and Global Lens. Coverage: 1990 - present.
- Theatre in Video This link opens in a new windowVideos covering performances of the world's leading plays as well as documentaries on productions, experimental performances and interviews by hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. Coverage: 1930s - present.
Current Issues
- Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new windowComprehensive information on social issues with different perspectives.