Electronic Resources
Our electronic databases, including academic journals and articles, images and digital collections, streaming audio and video media, newspapers, and more, are all organized in our Electronic Resources Guide.
Electronic Resources
Finding Articles
There are a couple of ways to find academic articles for your research:
- OneSearch: Use this resource if you are looking for articles that address a multidisciplinary topic or you are just beginning your research. OneSearch searches most of our electronic resources as well as those located in the library (books, paper journals, etc.). See OneSearch Tips & Tools: Searching for search tips.
- Electronic Databases: If you are doing more advanced research in a specific discipline, take a look at the Electronic Resources page to find our electronic databases. Select the tab for the general subject area of your research.
- This list contains all of the electronic resource databases subscribed to by our library.
Finding Music
Search OneSearch or the library catalog, or take a look at our music page for a wide range of music databases and other resources.
Finding Images
The library maintains a variety of image collections.
- ARTstor Image Library is a non-profit online digital image library designed to serve educational and scholarly communities with more than one million images on subjects in the arts, architecture, humanities and social sciences. Artstor provides tools and software to search, present and share digital images both online and offline for research and teaching purposes.
- Lawrence University Department of Theatre Arts Productions collection, located in Artstor's public collections, contains images, programs and other materials from theater productions that have been produced by the Lawrence University Department of Theatre Arts.
- Browse Theatre Image Collections by production:
- View Streaming Video of many recent productions: Theatre Arts Production Recordings
- Image Databases on the Web: This guide contains a large collection of links to image collections on a wide range of topics, disciplines, and organizations. It also includes helpful information on citations, copyright, and public domain.
Have a question about searching for images, using images in your classroom or publication, or something else? Contact our Digital Collections Librarian.
Lux: Lawrence University Institutional Repository
- Lux contains a wide variety of scholarly and creative works produced by Lawrence University students, faculty, and staff. Lux brings these resources together in one place ensuring the long-term access and preservation of our vibrant academic community.
- Popular selections from Lux include:
Finding Videos
The Mudd Library has a large collection of documentaries, popular films, theatrical productions, and more in our library collection, as well as access to a wide range of streaming videos- many of which can be found in OneSearch.
Library Video Databases:
The Mudd Library subscribes to the following video databases. They can be accessed either on campus, or off campus with a current student, faculty, or staff login.
Online Video Collections:
The following video collections are available online without a subscription:
- Moving Image Archive: A library of free movies, films, and videos. This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users 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.
- C-SPAN Archives: Records, indexes, and archives of all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research and archival uses.
- Free Streaming Video Guide: List of free video sources, developed by librarians at the University of Kansas libraries.
- Free Streaming Video on the Web: An extensive list of video sources, developed by librarians at UW-Stout libraries.