Databases & Digital Resources

Ancestry

Trace your family tree and search census, military and immigration records. (Available on campus only)

EBSCO

Search more than 200,000 archived magazines, newspapers, images and academic periodicals. This database package includes:

EBSCOhost

Includes: Advanced Placement Source, GreenFILE (environmental issues), Business Source, Newswires, Newspaper Source Plus, MasterFILE (general reference & periodicals to 1975), ERIC (education journals), MAS Ultra (SS magazines), Middle Search Plus (MS magazines), Teacher Reference Center, and more

Explora
Consumer Health Complete
AP Images Collection
Science Reference Center

Encyclopedia Britannica

This subscription offers access for Britannica School, a general reference source with three different reading levels for lower, middle, and senior school students.

Fold3

Discover your family’s military past. (Available on campus only)

Gale Ebooks

Click here to search through digital reference books available through Hansen Library.

Global Issues in Context

Browse global issues by topic, region, country, or controversy to find background information, articles, and videos.

Interactive: Science

Explore 3D models and view related reference articles.

JSTOR

Access articles and reviews from more than 2,000 academic journals.

LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains literature content, including more than 140,000 full-text poems, 840,000 poem citations and excerpts, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays published in the 16th-20th centuries, 2,400 full-text speeches, and 1,250 full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. Within LitFinder 's collection, patrons have access to works from over 80,000 authors from 660 nationalities.

Literary Sources

Search more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines to find biographical information, overviews, literary criticism and reviews.

Literature Resource Center

This collection offers more than 160,000 critical and literary analyses.

New York Times Current (1980 – present)

Search all NYT articles in this timeframe by keyword, person, or date.

New York Times Historical (1851 – 2015)

Search all NYT articles in this timeframe by keyword, person, or date.

Newspapers.com

Search more than 8,000 newspapers from 1690 - present. (Available on campus only)

Noodle Tools

Students can create digital note cards, keep track of resources, and create works cited pages in MLA, APA or Chicago styles. Use your Sewickley e-mail address to sign in with Google.

Opposing Viewpoints

This database draws from news sources and journals to organize information by browsable contemporary issues and present multiple perspectives on the topic.