Welcome to the A-Z List of Online Resources
In this guide you will find an alphabetical listing of all of Bortz Library's Online Resource (research database) links. Each database link includes a brief description.
A listing of the databases organized by Subject is also available.
Off-Campus Access
The links in this A-Z list of databases are formatted for off-campus access. When accessing resources from off-campus, you will be redirected to a login page after clicking on one of the links. Enter the username (without the @hsc.edu) and password that you use for your campus email.
Please contact the Research and Instruction Librarian with any questions or access problems.
Frequently Used Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive, scholarly, multidisciplinary database with thousands of full-text journals. Recommended for research in all disciplines.
- Factiva This link opens in a new window
14,000 authoritative sources including the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, and D&B company profiles. Recommended for finding news, and Economics and Business research.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
The complete backfile of a core of scholarly journals that have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s. Bortz Library subscribes to the following JSTOR packages: Arts and Sciences I - XV; Business IV; Global Plants; Hebrew Journals; Ireland Collection; Life Sciences; Lives of Literature; Public Health; Security Studies; Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa; Sustainability Collection; World Heritage Sites: Africa; Mathematics and Statistics; and 19th Century British Pamphlets.
Site License Journal or Newspaper Subscriptions
- The Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. From on campus there is no need to log-in. Off-campus users will need to create a free username and password using your Hampden-Sydney email address.
- New York Times Site License - nytimes.com This link opens in a new window
To activate your account, click on the link above and either log-in to your existing NY Times account or set up a new account using your hsc.edu email. After that, you will be able to access nytimes.com from anywhere, including from the NYT app. Your account will need to be reactivated every year in this way to maintain access.
- Nature - Springer Nature Complete Journals This link opens in a new windowAccess to Nature through Springer Nature Complete Journals. Coverage 1993 - present (with a 2 year embargo).
- Science Magazine This link opens in a new windowSite license to Science Magazine, directly from AAAS. Coverage 1997 - present.
- Scientific American Site License This link opens in a new window
Site license access to Scientific American Nature.com includes current access plus 4 years of archive access. Recommended for Biology and Psychology research.
