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Try searching these databases to retrieve articles and more. Depending on your area of research, relevant databases could fall into a variety of categories including anthropology, education, English, history, philosophy, political science, public administration, religious studies, social work, and sociology.
Streaming music from America's past including songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. Can be cross-searched with other Alexander Street music databases in Music & Performing Arts Online.
The premier online full-text resource serving the research, teaching and professional needs of anthropologists.
Comprehensive database of art images to view, analyze, download, or save for use in presentations. To save images you must set up a personal account with JSTOR.
Includes a blend of contemporary and traditional music recordings from labels across the world. Can be cross-searched with other Alexander Street music databases in Music & Performing Arts Online.
Cross-cultural full text database for the study of archaeological traditions.
Full-text, primary source materials covering all aspects of cultural and social life. A collection of over 400 different cultural, ethnic, religious, and national groups worldwide. Access is via keyword, as well as through geographic (OWC) codes and a topical (OCM) classification scheme.
This collection features newspapers from the former Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Also available as part of the larger database, America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922. Cross-search this & other Readex historical collections with Readex AllSearch.
Find, read about, and research the world's 7,099 known living languages.
Articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present. History of the United States and Canada are covered in America: History and Life
Digital files of social science research data for a wide range of subjects with the raw numerical data for secondary analysis. Note: Please first create a personal My Data account using your WCU e-mail.
Full text scholarly journal articles in Arts & Sciences, Biological Sciences, Business, Health, and General Sciences.
This link opens in a new windowScholarly journal articles in the areas of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and more.
Works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more.
Primary and secondary source materials on the topics of slavery, abolition and social justice from 1490-2007. Includes including an interactive map, scholarly essays, tutorials, a visual sources gallery, chronology and bibliography.
Virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions from Folkways Records' founder Moses Asch. Can be cross-searched with other Alexander Street music databases in Music & Performing Arts Online.
A comprehensive and high quality sociology research database encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study.
Access all WCU-subscribed Web of Science databases including: Web of Science Core Collection (1984-present), KCI-Korean Journal Database (1980-present), Grants Index (1953-present), Preprint Citation Index (1991-present), ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (1637-present), and SciELO Citation Index (2002-present). Web of Science Core Collection contains 4 smaller editions: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) (1984-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) (1984-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) (1984-present), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) (2019-present).
Locate definitions, background information, and biographies from reference e-books in a wide range of subjects.
Online edition of the Garland Encyclopedia devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Contains articles, illustrations, and audio recordings.
Streaming video that allows students and researchers to analyze historical events & their presentation over time through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage & important documentaries. It includes History Channel and PBS broadcasts as well as USIA footage covering the Revolutionary Era to 21st century.
Comprehensive streaming video resource for the study of human culture, behavior and society around the world including ethnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork. Browse by cultural group, geographic location, ethnographer, and subject.
Award-winning documentaries relevant to many curricular areas such as race and gender, multiculturalism, arts, environment, globalization, human rights, and more.
Streaming educational videos in a wide variety of subject areas.
Videos from BBC, PBS and other sources, documenting global history from earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century.
