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Biography, culture, and history

Research famous artists, find out where their art is exhibited, and more.

View details on ArtCyclopedia
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Owned by The Chronicle of Higher Education, this site provides news stories, features, and reviews from across the humanities.

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Books & Authors makes exploration of genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun! By leveraging our entire award-winning What Do I Read Next? collection, patrons and students alike… more

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The Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides authoritative information while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.

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View details on Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
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This site provides access to over 50 million digitized items including books, music, and artwork.

View details on Europeana
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Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

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View details on Fold3 History and Genealogy Archives
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Includes hundreds of eBooks. This is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

View details on Gale eBooks
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Comprehensive general interest resource providing periodical and news information. Also includes Fodor travel guides, NPR programs and more than 20 reference sets on a wide range of… more

View details on Gale General OneFile
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A complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information using a broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference works, primary… more

View details on Gale In Context: U.S. History
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Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts includes 150 major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

View details on Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts
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With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide your students with resources to support… more

View details on Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
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This unique collection of genealogical material features the ability to search most Federal Census page images, indexed by name. The database also contains PERSI, the genealogy… more

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View details on HeritageQuest
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Search and access complete content for historic Oregon newspapers that have been digitized as part of the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP).

View details on Historic Oregon Newspapers
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hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your… more

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View details on Hoopla Streaming Services for Molalla
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This non-profit has an archive of web pages, books and texts, audio recordings and live concerts, videos, television news programs, images, and software programs.

View details on Internet Archive
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This is one of the most comprehensive and useful sites of its kind. This site offers an archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends, and folklore.

View details on Internet Sacred Texts Archive
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Kanopy is a popular, on-demand streaming service that offers more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film… more

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View details on Kanopy Streaming Services for Lake Oswego
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Kanopy is a popular, on-demand streaming service that offers more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film… more

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View details on Kanopy Streaming Services for Oregon City
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Kanopy is a popular, on-demand streaming service that offers more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film… more

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View details on Kanopy Streaming Services for West Linn
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The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. It is the main research… more

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For ages 6-14. Authoritative, age-appropriate content lets users explore the world for homework or for fun. National Geographic Kids takes kids on amazing adventures in science, nature,… more

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Explore 750,000+ items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections.

View details on New York Public Library Digital Collections
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The Oregon Historical Society is dedicated to making Oregon’s long, rich history visible and accessible to all. For more than a century, we have served as the state’s collective memory,… more

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The OMA provides a directory of museums around Oregon.

View details on Oregon Museums Association
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This is a directory of organizations that are dedicated to various aspects of Oregon history.

View details on Regional Historical Societies
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Explore online collections about science, technology, art, and more.

View details on Smithsonian Museum online collections
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Search the collections of the GRI.

View details on The Getty Research Institute
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