Best Bets
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArchive of past issues of scholarly journals from all areas of study. Includes full runs of covered journals, excluding content from the past 2-5 years. Includes full runs of covered journals. NOTE: Internet Explorer is no longer supported by JSTOR. See 'More Info' re: browser troubleshooting.
- Project MUSE (Journals and E-Books) This link opens in a new windowFull text of all journals of the John Hopkins University Press as well as some other selected university publishers. An important academic resource for the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Coverage generally from 1990s forward. Trinity also has full-text access to select eBooks from Project MUSE.
Environmental Science
- Greenfile This link opens in a new windowScholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.
- GeoRef This link opens in a new windowComprehensive geosciences index. Covers journal articles, books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations. 1785-present (North America) and 1933-present (rest of the world)
Human Rights
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive resource for scholarly research on international relations. Includes journals, working papers, conference proceedings, case studies and books. Covers 1991 - present.
- Human Rights Watch This link opens in a new windowThe largest independent, nongovernmental, human rights organization based in the United States. It conducts fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses throughout the world and meets with government officials to urge changes.
- UNESCO This link opens in a new windowUNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, publishes numerous reports, newsletters and other documents on education, natural and social sciences, culture, communication and information. For data, see UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://www.uis.unesco.org/
Literature and Art
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowIndex for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. International in scope, it includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations, with links to full text in JSTOR, Project MUSE, and other resources.
- Artstor This link opens in a new windowNearly 500,000 art images of art, architecture and other forms of visual and material culture. Represents all time periods and cultures. Includes online and offline tools for faculty and students. Note: Artstor is now part of JSTOR. The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024.
Newspapers and Magazines
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new windowNewspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.
- ProQuest News and Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowIncludes the current content of the Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
- Nexis UNI This link opens in a new windowThis is awful to search but offers our only access to some titles. Don't hesitate to ask me for help if you're frustrated by it!
Spanish-Language Databases
Documentaries
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowEducational and feature films from major producers including California Newsreel, Criterion Collection, Green Planet Films, Kino Lorber, and others. For academic use only.
Films may need to be ordered in advance before viewing. See https://commons.trincoll.edu/library/2019/08/12/changes-to-kanopy-film-streaming-library/ for more details.
Have a title you can't find online? You can use Interlibrary Loan to request a DVD! If you're unable to track down a documentary you want, come see me and I'll find a way to get it for you.
Google Scholar
You can find
scholarly articles in this search engine, too--it searches the content
of our databases, as well as other scholarly Web sites, and links to
full text when it's available.
Note: you must be in Trinity network to get the full text!