The tabs below list e-resources available to assist you with your research. When connecting from off campus, you will be prompted for your UMES network login credentials.
Intro to Research:
Citing Sources:
Below is a link to style guides and to RefWorks, a citation tool, that allows you to import citations from databases and websites and automatically create bibliographies.
- Citation Tools & Guides
- RefWorks – To get started, click on the link and “Sign Up for a New Account” using the Group Code RWUMEasternShore
Arts
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) – This multi-disciplinary database provides information to support most academic disciplines and subjects. Includes full-text for peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Coverage: 1965 – current
JSTOR – An electronic archive of journals in the Arts and Sciences. To search Artstor, select the “Search for images” tab on the JSTOR website to link to a repository of more than two million digital images from 280 collections on topics including architecture, art history, painting, sculpture, fashion and costume, among others.
OAIster (OCLC) – OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources that provides access to these online resources by “harvesting” their descriptive metadata (records) using OAI-PMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). The Open Archives Initiative is not the same thing as the Open Access movement. These resources, often hidden from search engine users behind web scripts, are known as the “deep web.” The owners of these resources share them with the world using OAI-PMH. OAIster reveals these digital resources in an easy-to-use, searchable interface.
Music
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) – This multi-disciplinary database provides information to support most academic disciplines and subjects. Includes full-text for peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Coverage: 1965 – current
JSTOR– An electronic archive of journals in the Arts and Sciences. To search Artstor, select the “Search for images” tab on the JSTOR website to link to a repository of more than two million digital images from 280 collections.
OAIster (OCLC) – OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources that provides access to these online resources by “harvesting” their descriptive metadata (records) using OAI-PMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). The Open Archives Initiative is not the same thing as the Open Access movement. These resources, often hidden from search engine users behind web scripts, are known as the “deep web.” The owners of these resources share them with the world using OAI-PMH. OAIster reveals these digital resources in an easy-to-use, searchable interface.
General Databases and Ebooks
African American Studies Center (Oxford) – This reference source on African American Studies provides full-text access to 20,000 articles by top scholars in the field. Core content includes the Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, the 2nd edition of Black Women in America and the African American National Biography.
ArticleFirst (OCLC) – OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of over 12,000 journals.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) – This database is the authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. It represents the works of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full-text is available from 1997 to the present. Coverage:1861 – current
Ebook Central (ProQuest) – This database is a collection of thousands of full-text online books on a broad range of subjects in the humanities.
Ebook Collection (EBSCO) – Formerly NetLibrary, this collection of ebooks covers topics chosen by the University of Maryland Libraries.
Ebook Comprehensive Academic Collection (EBSCO) – This multidisciplinary collection includes over 200,000 ebook titles covering a large selection of academic subjects and features ebooks from leading publishers and university presses.
Ebooks (OCLC) – This online catalog contains all the electronic books cataloged by OCLC members.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) – This full-text database provides coverage to nearly 2,000 general periodicals, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos and maps.
PapersFirst (OCLC) – This index contains papers presented at conferences worldwide. Over 2,380,000 records. Coverage: 1993 – current
ProceedingsFirst (OCLC) – This resource is an index of worldwide conference proceedings with over 74,000 records. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at the conference. Coverage: 1993 – current
Updated by: Janet Eke (refuser@umes.edu)
Last Revised: 8/14/2024
