Types of Sources

Use this to: explore a vast collection of streaming videos across diverse academic disciplines, such as anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, and music.
Find: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs, and more.
Great for: finding documentaries for the Holocaust Project and courses in humanities, business, sciences, behavioral sciences, and the arts.

Use this to: explore current and historical news coverage in Arkansas, across the U.S., and around the world.
Find: full-text newspaper articles, newswires, blogs, transcripts, videos, and digital-only news content from local, national, and global sources.
Great for: researching current events, comparing global news coverage of topics, understanding international perspectives on U.S. issues, tracing the historical development of issues, finding local news coverage, or gathering primary source accounts.

Use this to: explore American history and culture through digitized periodicals from the late 17th to early 20th centuries.
Find: full-page digitized images of original periodicals published between 1684 and 1912, providing first-hand accounts of historical events on topics such as social life, industry, politics, religion, literature, science, agriculture, women's issues, and more.
Great for: analyzing primary sources for U.S. history papers, researching American culture and society through original publications, exploring specific historical events, or studying various aspects of American life through original advertisements, essays, and news.

Use this to: locate reliable introductory articles and information to get started on your research.
Find: curated and trustworthy content including encyclopedia articles, primary sources, biographies, images, videos, and audio clips across various disciplines.
Great for: finding reliable background information on any topic, beginning research for a paper or project, understanding new concepts across various disciplines, or exploring interdisciplinary connections for general education courses.

Use this to: explore a wide collection of academic articles across the humanities and social sciences.
Find: peer-reviewed journal articles, book reviews, eBooks, images, and primary source materials on topics such as art and art history, classical studies, history, language and literature, music, philosophy, and political science.
Great for: analyzing primary source materials for history and political science assignments, including service-learning projects and group presentations, or exploring topics for coursework in philosophy, art history, and other humanities.