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ABI/INFORM Complete Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
"Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data." Includes international coverage.
ABSEES Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article
The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies. Also includes Eurasian Studies. Provides information on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. The majority of content originally published in the US and Canada. 1939 - present.  See also the European version EBSEES.
Abstracts in Anthropology Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only
Provides coverage of anthropological scholarship from several hundred periodicals in all its subfields: Cultural Anthropology; Physical Anthropology; Archaeology; and Linguistics.  Includes issues from 2001 through the present.  Also in print: Main Library Reference GN1 A15 (1973 to 2006).
Academic OneFile Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article Some full text available
1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited.  Shortcuts:  go/onefile (on campus),  http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).
Access Science Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Provides authoritative information for non-specialists on a wide variety of science-related topics. Includes the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms and the Yearbooks of Science & Technology in addition to biographies from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, selected Science News articles, and links to evaluated web sites.  Shortcuts:  go/accsci (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/accsci (off-campus).
Accessible Archives Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
The Accessible Archives was founded in 1990 with the goal of utilizing computer technology to make available vast quantities of archived historical information, previously furnished only on microfilm. In pursuit of this vision, primary source material has been selected to reflect a broad view of the times, and has been assembled into databases with a strict attention to detail allowing access to specific information with pinpoint accuracy.  Full text search capability and digital imaging permits the user to search and manipulate information in ways never before possible.
The ACM Digital Library Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Full text of every article ever published by ACM. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
note: Middlebury College subscription access via the WALDO Consortium
Ad*Access Unrestricted Resource
Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955. Visit the Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History at Duke University for more collections of vintage advertisements and TV commercials.
ADB/NDB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, Neue deutsche Biographie Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
Searchable biographical database of 90,000 Germanic individuals, from the Middle Ages to the present, in all sectors of the public, scientific, economic and cultural life. ADB contains the digitized print edition (55 volumes and index, 1875-1912, Fraktur typeface). NDB contains citations only, no full text, for its 23 volumes, 1953-present.
Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) Unrestricted Resource
ACRPC develops and maintains GIS (Geographic Information Systems) data for the Addison Region. ACRPC provides mapping services to member municipalities and to organizations within the region.
Afghanistan and the U.S., 1945-1963: Records of the U.S. State Department Central Classified Files Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
Full-text digital access to these historic documents. "This collection of U.S. State Department Central Classified Files relating to internal and foreign affairs contain a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats."
AfricaBib Unrestricted Resource

AfricaBib.org provides access to multiple databases, including:

  • Africana Periodical Literature
  • African Women
  • Women Travelers, Explorers, and Missionaries to Africa
  • African Studies Abstracts
  • African Journals Online

African American Newspapers - The 19th Century Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article Some full text available
Full-text newspapers articles from: Freedom's Journal; Colored American; The North Star; The National Era; Frederick Douglass Paper; Provincial Freeman; and The Christian Recorder.
African American Song Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Resource contains audio
Merged into American Song package in 2009.  16,000 tracks of great historical recordings from the Library of Congresss historical collection, includes jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, narratives and other genres. (An Alexander Street Press streaming music database.)
African Economic Outlook Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
Jointly published by the African Development Bank and the OECD.  Available from SourceOECD.  Contains extensive country profiles. Some issues in print: Main Library HC800 .A1 A373 
AgEcon Search Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Scholarly research in agricultural and applied economics including sub-disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development.
Agricola (National Agriculture Library interface) Unrestricted Resource
1970-current. Articles, books, software, maps, and other materials on topics related to agriculture, including biology of plants, animals, and microorganisms of economic importance.
AllYouCanRead.com Unrestricted Resource Link to Article Some full text available
Access to more than 22,000 current local and international magazines and newspapers from all over the world.

Alternative Press Index Unrestricted Resource
Indexes over 250 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines covering cultural, gender, economic, political and social change. 1969 - 1990 available in print.
Alumni Pamphlet Master Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
A Special Collections finding aid.
America's Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Part of Archive of Americana.  Includes Early American Newspapers, Series 1-3, 1690-1922.
America: History and Life Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article Some full text available Resource contains images
Major index to articles and books on history (from prehistoric times to current period) of United States and Canada. 1964 to current.
American Broadsides and Ephemera Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only
Searchable images of approximately 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. The broadsides range from contemporary accounts of the Civil War, unusual occurrences and natural disasters to official government proclamations, tax bills and town meeting reports.
American Chemical Society Publications Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
1879–Current.  Using the American Chemical Society's Website you can search their publications and get full text access.  Search features include: Citation Finder, DOI Locator, Advanced Journal Search, Multiple Journal Search, Search by Subject Area Groupings or Search by timeframe including Archives.
American Civil War Reference Library Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
Multivolume reference work. Part of Gale Virtual Library.  Volumes 1-2: Biographies; Volume 3: Almanac; Volume 4: Primary Sources (excerpts); Volume 5: Index.

American Institue of Physics - Scitation Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only


American National Biography Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Oxford ANB Online is an exploration of American history through the lives of the men and women who shaped the nation.
American Periodicals Series Online - 1740-1940 Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
APS collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741, when Andrew Bradford's American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine were launched, and 1940. Derives from the American Periodicals Series microform collection and features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years. Includes publications such as Vanity Fair, Life, and Ladies Home Journal.
American State Papers, 1789 - 1838 Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
This digital collection contains legislative and executive documents of the first fourteen U.S. Congresses and more. It is an essential complement to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, which begins with the 15th U.S. Congress.
American West Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Resource contains images
A research database from the British publisher Adam Matthew with original manuscripts, maps, ephemera, and printed sources from the Newberry Library, Chicago. The documents detail frontier life, Native Americans, the growth of urban centers, the environmental impact of westward expansion, and life in the borderlands.
L' Année philologique Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article
Critical and analytical bibliography of articles on Greek and Latin works.

Print version is in Main Reference PA99.A1 A5

Annual Reviews Sciences Collection Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article Some full text available
This annual series identifies and summarizes principal contributions in 37 disciplines in the sciences and social sciences from their inception in 1932 to the current-year.
Antarctic and Cold Regions Bibliographies Unrestricted Resource
This database allows you to search two indexes simultaneously.  The Antarctic Bibliography covers all related to the region including biological and geological sciences, medical sciences, meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric and terrestrial physics, expeditions, logistics equipment and supplies, and tourism. The Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology includes references to scientific and engineering research related to material and operations in a winter setting, including the nature and impact of cold on facilities and activities, cold-related environmental problems, and the impact of human activity on cold environments.
Anthropological Index Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only
Indexes over 700 journals from the British Museum of Anthropology, coverage dating from the late 1950s to the present.  
AnthroSource Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource. 100 years of online anthropological materials, including: current issues for 15 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
APA (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association) Unrestricted Resource
Examples online at:
  • Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style  (Publisher)
  • APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University)

Archive of Americana Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Comprehensive historical collections, containing books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera. Collections include American broadsides, ephemera, historical newspapers and much more.
Archives of American Art Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
The Smithsonian Institution's collection of roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, oral history interviews, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documents that support the study of the history of the visual arts in America
Archives Unbound (Gale) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only
Access to 6 digital collections of historical, primary source documents.  Includes collections covering Afghanistan, China, Japan, Czechoslovakia, Latin America, and the U.S. (Freedom Riders in the South). Click on "Browse Collections" to see all.

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online Unrestricted Resource Link to Article
The AAT, a part of The Getty Vocabularies, is intended to provide terminology and other information about the objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various disciplines that specialize in art, architecture and material culture. The AAT contains generic terms to describe these subjects. The AAT contains no iconographic subjects and no proper names. 
Art Index (Wilson) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article
Indexes art journals, magazines, bulletins and film reviews from 1984-current. Preceding years covered by Art Index Retrospective.
  • 1984-current -- online
  • 1929-1984 - Art Index Retrospective - online
  • 1929-1995 - in print - N2 .A78

Art Index Retrospective (Wilson) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article
Comprehensive index to art criticism, 1929-1984. Indexes art journals, magazines, bulletins and film reviews from 1929-=1984. Subsequent years covered by Art Index.
  • 1984-current - Art Index -- online.
  • 1929-1984 - Art Index Retrospective - online
  • 1929-1995 - in print - N2 .A78

Artcyclopedia Unrestricted Resource Link to Article Some full text available Resource contains images
A guide to artists, art works, and museums on the internet.
ARTFL Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Includes the Main ARTFL Database, French Women Writers, Provençal poetry, Journal de Trévoux, full-text dictionary searching and the Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) Database.

Includes Webster's and Roget's Thesaurus, and well as the French dictionaries and multilingual bibles.

ARTStor Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
ARTStor is a non-profit initiative with a mission to use digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching and learning in the arts and associated fields. It is:
  • A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data; The tools to actively use those images; and
  • A restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content users.

arXiv Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
An e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. Many of the papers are scheduled to be published in professional journals. Because papers are submitted and posted without peer review, the archive represents extremely up-to-date research. Materials are added on a daily basis.
ASCB Image and Video Library Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Images, videos, and digital texts that illustrate the structure, function and biology of the cell. Access is free and open for non-commercial educational and research uses. Users can download any and all images and videos for non-commercial purposes. Maintained by the American Society for Cell Biology. 
AskArt Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
Biographical information on artists from around the world; images of artwork and artists; signature examples; International auction records (including provenance); facts; references; exhibits, and more.
ATLA Religion Database Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article
Designed to support religious and theological research. It includes book titles and a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews. 1949-present.
Atlanta Constitution 1868 - current Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Full-text from ProQuest.
Audubon's Birds of America Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
A digitized version of one of the rare, complete sets of John James Audubon's Birds of America.


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