Research Guides: Graduating Seniors: Online Resources for Alumni

Online Databases

Alumni may use their Amherst alumni username/password to access the following from anywhere, in addition to the freely available resources at the bottom of this page.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text back files of scholarly journals primarily in the humanities, socials sciences, & sciences as well as ebooks, primary sources, and image collections across multiple disciplines. The Amherst College Library provides Alumni Access to JSTOR.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Online database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers. Alumni access
Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary e-book collection from leading university presses and academic publishers. Alumni access
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Full-text legal materials back to volume 1, historic English law and more.
Springer eBook/e-Journal Collection This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of Springer e-books (2005-) and e-journals. Alumni access
Mango Languages This link opens in a new window
Online learning tool for 70+ world languages including modern and several ancient languages; provides self-paced tutorials to practice reading, listening, and speaking, English courses for non-native English speakers, and specialty courses. Alumni access

Freely Available Resources

Books & Articles

WorldCat.org Freely available version of the nationwide catalog
PubMed for medical and health topics
AGRICOLA for agricultural topics
ERIC for education topics
LISTA for librarianship & information management topics
GreenFILE for topics on the relationship between humans and the environment
Google Scholar to find scholarly literature from all areas of research
Google Books, the Internet Archive, and the Hathi Trust Digital Library to find full text of books and other publications
The DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) links to over 3500 full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journal

Reference

Merriam-Webster Dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English, and medical
Bartleby.com Reference books, verse, and more

Government Documents / Primary Sources

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
GPO's Federal Digital System Full text of Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, GAO Reports, etc.
GPO Monthly Catalog
USA.Gov
White House
Congress.gov: Legislative Information on the Internet
American Memory Searchable collection of historic documents, photos and recordings from the Library of Congress
ArchiveGrid Primary-source collection descriptions from WorldCat records and archival finding aids
Google News Archive and Chronicling America to find digitized historical newspapers
Digital Public Library of America

Other Free Resources

Most Massachusetts residents can access a number of subscription online databases through the Boston Public Library, using a BPL e-card. Consult your local public library for details.