Portals


General

CQ Researcher - provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy. Researched and written by seasoned journalists, reports are footnoted and professionally fact checked and provide researchers with an introductory overview, a background and chronology on the topic, a pro/con debate by representatives of opposing positions and bibliographies of key sources.

Digital Public Library of America - Brings together different collections in a single platform and portal providing free and open access to our nation’s digitized cultural heritage.

Europeana Collections - Access to millions of artworks, artifacts, books, videos and audios from across Europe.

Google Books - Searches the full text of books and articles that Google has scanned and converted to text using optical character recognition.

Google Scholar - Google search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

Gutenberg Project - Searches the full text of over 50,000 free and open books that the Gutenberg Project has scanned and converted to text using optical character recognition.

Hathi Trust Digital Library - Searches the full text of free and open books and articles that the Hathi Trust has scanned and converted to text using optical character recognition.

Internet Archive - Searches its collection of free and open books, films, music and archived web pages.

Newsbank - consolidates current and archived information from thousands of newspaper titles and other publications. It also offers authoritative digital editions of historical collections, including the acclaimed Archive of Americana, for exploring centuries of history, literature, culture and daily life. In addition, Rouquette Library currently has access to newspaper databases chronicling Black Life in America and Hispanic Life in America.

Open Culture - Brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community, including free online courses, free movies online, free audiobooks, free eBooks, online language courses and more.

United States Government - Official portal for the U. S. government arranged by subject, linking to a wide variety of information which has been collected by government agencies.


Philosophy

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Has some really useful search tools for data mining the portal. Look under "Tools" on the left menu bar.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) - A peer-reviewed academic resource.

Philosophy Papers - A comprehensive index and bibliography of works in philosophy.

Philosophy: An Online Research Guide - Beginner Philosophy Resources.

Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog - News and views about philosophy.


Religion

Vatican: The Holy See - The official website of the Vatican.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - The official website of the USCCB.

Open Access Digital Theology Library - Provides high-quality Open Access content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, scholarly societies, archives, and stable public domain collections.

Catholic Research Resources Alliance - Enables easy, effective, and global discovery of Catholic research resources.

Catholic News Service - Founded by the USCCB in 1920, this site is a leader in the world of Catholic and religious media, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., offices in New York and Rome, and correspondents around the world.

Catholic News Archive - This site has thousands of newspaper pages, from different cities, over multiple years.

Catholic Portal - The Catholic Research Resources Portal, or "Catholic Portal," provides global, freely available access to rare, unique and/or uncommon materials in libraries, seminaries, special collections and archives.


Applied Science

Engadget - Web directory featuring reviews and news on technology related issues.

Bioethics Research - A portal for bioethics research created by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University.

ScienceDirect - Access to some free, open journal articles in the sciences.


Arts and Humanities

Open Library of Humanities - Publishes internationally-leading, rigorous and peer-reviewed scholarship across the humanities disciplines: from classics, theology and philosophy, to modern languages and literature, film and media studies, anthropology, political theory and sociology.

Voice of the Shuttle - A web directory of scholarly arts and humanities websites assembled by the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.


History

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies - The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a web server at Georgetown University. The original medieval portal site.

Institute of Historical Research - The School of Advanced Study at the University of London developed this website to steer researchers to freely accessible online research resources. It provides links to other repositories as well as instructions for using the guide.