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Historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. Covers (only) histories published between 2012-2019.
A combined database made up of many individual resources including the library catalog and the majority of our subject-specific databases.
Search the library catalog only (enter search terms and then limit) or dozens of databases together. A great place to start your research on almost any topic.
Digital facsimiles of works printed in Europe before 1701, regardless of language, as well as pre-1701 works in European languages printed outside of Europe. Early European Books builds upon and complements Early English Books Online (EEBO). All subject areas.
The EBL and eBrary ebook collections have merged to become Ebook Central
Works published in the UK during the 18th century. Includes books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides and more on all subjects.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
WorldCat is a shared catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide
The Getty Research Portal provides free access to digitized art history texts in the public domain. Includes fundamental texts, rare books, exhibition catalogues, auction catalogues, and related literature.
Google books allows for searching anywhere from basic bibliographic information to the partial text, to the full text of a book. Sometimes a Google Books search allows for a more detailed search of the contents of a book, even if you then locate an actual physical copy via the library catalog.
HathiTrust Digital Library is a searchable collection of over 10 million digitized books and publications from more than 60 academic and research libraries from across North America and other countries. Over 3 million of the items included are public domain and fully viewable. For full access, click Log In, choose Mount Holyoke College from the list of institutions, and click Continue.
A database of published catalogues raisonnés and one of catalogues in preparation.
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals and books in all subject areas, still images, moving images, audio, and primary sources. It now includes the contents of ArtStor.
More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available in a modern and elegant interface, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content with ease.
O’Reilly for Higher Education digital platform includes more than 38,000 book titles and more than 30,000 hours of video. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy.
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Springer’s eBook collection delivers complete access to a large collection of scientific, technical and medical publications published by Springer.