Otis College LibGuides: Databases: Databases

Library Collections

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E-Books

ProQuest Ebook Central
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More than 113,000 full-text searchable books aimed at undergraduates. With citation assistance. Optional: You can set up a personal account.

Formerly known as "ebrary"
JSTOR
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EXTENDED ACCESS UNTIL JUNE 30, 2022. Access over 54,000 books and 2,600 journals from scholarly publishers across the fields of literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, art and architecture, and more
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Selection of full text ebooks.
Open Library
Short-term access to over 1 million books. Must create an Internet Archive account to borrow ebooks.
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
Search for open access books across many different academic publishers and aggregators.

Full-Text Journals & Magazines

ArtSource + OmniFile
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Full-text articles from 630 art and design magazines, 220 books, and 63,0000 images + 3,100 multidisciplinary periodicals.

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ProQuest Research Library
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General reference multidisciplinary. Full text with graphics. Overall dates of coverage: 1971 - present. Total titles covered: 2,600+
eLibrary
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Guided Research Topic interface. Full-text of 1,500 international magazines and newspapers (including The Wall Street Journal), company profiles, news transcripts, and encyclopedias.
JSTOR
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EXTENDED ACCESS UNTIL JUNE 30, 2022. Access over 54,000 books and 2,600 journals from scholarly publishers across the fields of literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, art and architecture, and more
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
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For information on various sides of social issues. Includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. TOPIC FINDER
ERIC
Education Resources Information Center indexes education research and information in journal and non-journal literature from 1966 to the present. Not everything is full-text, but the Librarian may be able to help you attain articles you need.
Project MUSE
Project MUSE offers open access (OA) books and journals from several distinguished university presses and scholarly societies Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, etc.
USModernist Library
Largest open digital collection of major US 20th-century architecture magazines. Browse by title, year and date; no other search capability.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Aims to cover all subjects and languages.

Images

Images are available in many of our research databases. The ones below specialize in images.

Otis DID
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UPGRADED MARCH 2020: Otis Digital Image Database (OtisDID) for teaching and learning. Focus is on art and design history. (Otis Community only)
Otis Collections Online
Showcase for Otis collections and a repository for Otis archives. Images and materials from the Library, Galleries, Departments and Faculty.
Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. Many books and images available.

Free on the web

More resources for finding images at Otis College and on the web

Fashion Resources

WGSN
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Extensive fashion and style related site with trend forecasting. You must first register an account at https://otis.libguides.com/wgsn. (On campus users can register and re-activate accounts at https://www.wgsn.com/accounts/edu)

You must use your Otis email address. Check your spam folder for the activation email. View the FAQ.
VOGUE Archive
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Entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition), from the first issue in 1892 to the current month with photos and ads. All searchable!

Material District
A database of materials, process, technologies and innovations. Free, but you will need to create an account. Formerly mateia.nl
Inventables
A database of materials, process, technologies and innovations.

Free on the web

Millard's Materials Collection
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Newspapers

New York Times
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The American newspaper of record. Create an account at accessnyt.com with your Otis College email address. Subscription needs to be renewed every 365 days.

Visit the New York Times Guide for more information

Available as text-only in ProQuest Research Library.
Chronicle of Higher Education
One of the top sources of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Access news articles, data, and commentary from May 1989 to today. OPTIONAL: Sign up with your Otis College e-mail address for newsletters and job alerts.

Off campus users must log in for access. Use your @otis.edu or @student.otis.edu address. More Access Instructions
eLibrary
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Guided Research Topic interface. Full-text of 1,500 international magazines and newspapers (including The Wall Street Journal), company profiles, news transcripts, and encyclopedias.

Search text-only archives of 4 major US newspapers: Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Or search these individual titles:

1996-present

1984-present (Eastern Edition)

1996-present

Independent Voices
Open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

Encyclopedias & Reference

eLibrary
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Guided Research Topic interface. Full-text of 1,500 international magazines and newspapers (including The Wall Street Journal), company profiles, news transcripts, and encyclopedias.
eLibrary: Selected Reference Works
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Limits your eLibrary search to Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Roget's Thesaurus, Compton's by Britannica, Hutchison Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, and similar reference works..
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Developed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of global art history for students and scholars.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Open source project by hundreds of philosophers, donating their labor to collaboratively write, referee, and maintain this reference work. (on the free web)

Free on the web
Wikipedia
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GREAT PLACE TO START YOUR RESEARCH. Collaborative multilingual, web-based, free encyclopedia. Do not use it as a source in your final project; most faculty will not count it.

Streaming Videos

Kanopy Streaming
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Kanopy Streaming currently offers over 26,000 films from over 800 leading producers such as Criterion Collection, New Day Films, The Great Courses, PBS, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, First Run Features, and launches over 500 new release films every month.

Create account with Otis email address
Alexander Street Press Video Collection
Access to a small selection of films, including Tim's Vermeer, Meow Wolf, A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor, and Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present,
Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive
Thousands of digital movies, ranging from classic full-length films to daily alternative news broadcasts to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.

A library containing thousands of digital movies which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
See also: Internet Archive Book Images on Flickr

NEW & TRIAL DATABASES

ARTstor
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TRIAL ACCESS ENDED JUNE 30, 2021. A growing digital image library offering searchable collections of images and descriptive information, encompassing many time periods and world cultures. Includes objects relevant to fields such as architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology, history, ethnographic, and women’s studies; and addresses many other forms of visual culture. Enable browser pop-ups in order to use all the features of Artstor.
BuildingGreen
Trusted source on healthy and sustainable design and construction strategies. Begun in 1985. Used primarily by professionals

Create an account at https://www.buildinggreen.com/create-profile using your Otis email address
Civil Rights and Social Justice
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Part of the HeinOnline Social Justice Suite. Brings together a diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans.
Gun Regulation and Legislation in America
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Part of the HeinOnline Social Justice Suite. Brings together essential documents on the difficult and controversial topic of regulating firearms in the United States.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
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Part of the HeinOnline Social Justice Suite. Brings together all essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.
JSTOR
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EXTENDED ACCESS UNTIL JUNE 30, 2022. Access over 54,000 books and 2,600 journals from scholarly publishers across the fields of literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, art and architecture, and more

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