Search Online Databases

Danforth's collections include a variety of online databases which may be accessed onsite by anyone, or remotely by members of the NEC community. To access from off-campus you must enter your 6-digit college identification number.

Camio: Rlg's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online  Highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, covering the complete range of expressive forms.

CIA World Factbook (Website) Information on countries, including statistical information, maps, flags, resources, etc.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online:  Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.

CountryWatch  country-specific intelligence and data. 

CQPress  Includes CQ Researcher (controversial topics), and the CQ Congress Collection, CQ Public Affairs Collection, Supreme Court Collection, Voting and Elections Collection, and the Encyclopedia of American Government. 

EbscoHost   Find articles in databases which include general reference collections to subject-specific databases

Facts on File Seven decades of domestic and international news plus World News Digest, Science Today, and Issues and Controversies databases.

Faulkner Advisory for Information Technology Studies  Issues, trends, market conditions, products, services, and vendors in the IT and communications industries.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints  Information on today's hottest social issues.

Daily Life Online  A social history database with books, articles, images, maps, and primary documents.

Humanities E-Book Project  A digital collection of over 1,700 books in the Humanities.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences I  Core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.

Lexis-Nexis Academic  Legal, corporate, government, law enforcement, tax, accounting, academic, and risk and compliance assessment information.

Oxford Reference Online Dictionaries, thesauruses, quotations, maps, timelines, an encyclopedia, and subject references.

Proquest Newspapers Includes NY Times Current (1980+) and Historical (1851+), Wall Street Journal (1984+), and Proquest Black Newspapers

Standard and Poors Reference Suite  Company and industry information, market news, and a learning center.

Women Working (1800 – 1930)  Focuses on women's role in the United States economy and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections. The collection features approximately 500,000 digitized pages and images including: 7,500 pages of manuscripts, 3,500 books and pamphlets, 1,200 photographs