On and off-campus access to these resources is available to current Simpson students, faculty & staff.
Databases listed with * are included in a Discovery search. Databases without * can be searched directly.
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ACS Chemistry Journals* Full-text of over 30 American Chemical Society journals.
Academic Search Elite* Scholarly database offering information in nearly every area of academic study. Citations and full-text articles available.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Serials holdings of one of the American Antiquarian Society.
- Series 1: Over 500 titles from 1691 through 1820
- Series 2: Over 1000 titles dating from 1821 through 1837
- Series 3: Over 1,800 titles dating from 1838 through 1852
- Series 4: Over 1,100 titles dating from 1853 through 1865
- Series 5: Over 2,500 titles dating from 1866 through 1877
American Physiological Society Legacy Journals (APS) Backfiles of the journals of the American Physiological Society, back to the first issue of each of the APS journals. These include American Journal of Physiology (1898-1997) and Journal of Applied Physiology (1948-1996).
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BioOne* Full-text of over 200 subscribed and open access titles in biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
Britannica Academic* Encyclopedia articles on all subjects. Includes maps, timelines and years in review.
Business Source Elite* Scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as accounting, economics, management, and marketing.
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Chemical Abstracts This comprehensive chemistry citation database can be searched via the STN Easy interface.
CHOICE Reviews Book orders can be made through Choice Online Reviews.
Chronicle of Higher Education On campus, search "Chronicle of Higher Education" and bookmark it. Off-campus, register yourself here -- choose LOGIN or icon by SUBSCRIBE, create an account with campus email and a password. Scroll down to sign up for specific newsletters.
Communication & Mass Media Complete* Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.
Credo Reference Academic Core* Combines authoritative reference content with a one-stop exploratory search platform.
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Des Moines Register* Full-text articles available from 1999 to present. Dunn Library has a microfiche index July 1975 - Dec 1991. DSM Public Library has an online index to the DMR (1986-) and other Des Moines newspapers. Included in US Newstream.
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EBSCOhost* Search multiple databases (together or separately) to access periodicals, newspapers and reference tools, including full-text and peer reviewed. Contains specialized databases for mass communication, health and education.
eBook Academic Collection* Simpson College has access to some, but not all, of these books. Need help with downloading an eBook from the collection? Here's a guide for you.
ERIC from EBSCOhost* Periodicals and reference content from the government-created ERIC database, supporting the education field.
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FirstSearch Multiple databases providing citations to articles on a variety of subjects. Databases include MEDLINE, ERIC, ArticleFirst, and GPO Monthly catalog.
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Google Books Vast collection of digitized books, many full-text online.
Google Scholar Search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Want to search for materials in Dunn Library? A guide to setting up Google Scholar for Dunn Library is available.
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Internet Archive An American digital library, providing free public access to collections of digitized materials, including millions of books.
IPA Music Source Library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.
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JSTOR* Arts & Sciences I, II & III and Music Collections include complete back runs of many journals in a variety of disciplines, including economics, history, music, political science, and sociology plus selection of titles in fields of archaeology, arts, classics, cultural studies, ecology, literature, mathematics, music, and statistics.
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Kanopy Over 30,000 films, including critically acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning world language films, and more. Check out the Kanopy LibGuide. Manda Gibson made a Simpson-specific guide for embedding videos. Most films allow campus groups to show free screenings at Simpson -- look for the PPR symbol, allowing public performance rights.
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Libby Borrow ebooks and audiobooks to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive Academic. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle ereader!
Life Magazine Archive* Presents collection of famed photojournalism magazine, from first issue in November 1936 through December 2000 in cover-to-cover format.
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MEDLINE * Bibliographic database for life sciences and biomedical articles in academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and healthcare.
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Naxos Music Library* World´s largest streaming classical music library. Includes some jazz, world, and pop/rock. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
nytimes.com Dunn Library provides access to NYTimes.com, New York Times mobile apps, New York Times Audio, and New York Times in Education to Simpson students, faculty, and staff. The NYTimes.com Academic Access Pass gives you unlimited access to all content on the site (limit of five articles per day from 1923 to 1980).
New York Times* Full-text articles in the national "newspaper of record" from 1980 - date. Included in US Newstream.
Nexis Uni* Access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis in three primary collections: 1) full-text access news sources worldwide back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data on businesses, corporations, and industries; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews from late 18th century to present. Here is their guide to resources.
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED) It is a unique source of scholarly information on meaning, history and pronunciation of words both past and present.
Oxford Music Online* includes Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music plus articles from specialty dictionaries such as New Grove Dictionary of Opera and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Search box in upper right corner. Sign In in the left column under Simpson College is to access “personal accounts” and does need to be activated to use Oxford Music Online.
Oxford Scholarship Online* Provides access to thousands of books from world-renowned scholarly list of Oxford University Press. Subjects included humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
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Project MUSE* The Basic College Collection provides full-text, user-friendly access to over 190 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
PsycINFO* Abstracts from more than 2,500 journals published by many publishers including the American Psychological Association (APA) with links to PsycARTICLES and other Dunn-subscribed full-text journals.
PsycARTICLES* Provides full-text for 100 journals published by APA, Canadian Psychological Association, Hogrefe Group, and Educational Publishing Foundation.
PUBMED* Public access to MEDLINE citations from the mid 1960's available from the government.
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SAGE Journals* Focus on Criminology and Orthopaedics with full-text articles and abstracts.
ScienceDirect* Broad coverage on health and life sciences with full-text articles and abstracts.
Statistical Abstract of the United States Comprehensive summary of statistics on social, political, and economic organization of the United States with 1400+ individually indexed tables with attached spreadsheets, both searchable and browsable.
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US Newsstream* Search most recent premium U.S. news content, including archives back into 1980s. Featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
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ValueLine Business and financial information on over 3000 major U.S. corporations; Guide to understand ValueLine.
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Wall Street Journal* Full-text articles from the leading financial newspaper 1984 to yesterday. Included in US Newstream.
Wiley Online Library* Features over 1,000 journals, major reference works, online books, Current Protocols laboratory manuals, and suite of professional and management resources.