ARTstor is a nonprofit digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. Registered users can save and organize ARTstor images into groups, export image groups as a PowerPoint file for classroom presentations, or share with other users at CWU through a stable URL link. See ArtStor's Training webpage for more options.

To view / unlock a password protected folder: 

1. Log in to your ARTstor account.

2. In the ARTstor navigation bar, click Find > Unlock password-protected folder.

3. A new window will appear. Enter your first name, last name, and the password provided by the folder creator.

4. Click Submit.

5. A confirmation message will display the name of the folder you have unlocked as well as what type of access you have been granted (Read or Write Access).

6. Now that you are registered to the folder, you will be able to open and view its contents the same you would any other folder.

NOTE:  If you are not able to view the thumbnail images, please first check your computer for ARTStor's system requirements or contact Brooks Library.

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A comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings with streaming audio.

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Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week.

CQ Researcher Help

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Electronic full text of books in the areas of Library Reference, Choice Outstanding Academic Books, Computer Science & Technology,  Pacific Northwest History, Management & Leadership, Sports Administration, Art & Architecture, Anthropology & Archaeology, Criminal Justice, Emergency Medicine, Law Enforcement & Forensic Science, and Social Work. 

NOTE:  Ebsco eBook Collection was formerly known as NetLibrary

Ebscohost Databases -- Searching Ebsco eBook Collection Video

Ebsco eBook User Guide PDF

Indexes contents in collected works, such as anthologies, focusing on humanities and social sciences.

HAPI is your source for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews (through 2001), documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals published since 1970. Citations are in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and other languages. 

HAPI Search Help

[Full Text]  Legal Collection contains full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.

Ebscohost Databases -- Advanced Searching Tutorial

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This comprehensive database contains full text for nearly 500 magazines popular in high schools. MAS Ultra is recommended for use by student teachers for lesson planning; all full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Includes biographies, primary source documents, more than 360 reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts), images and expanded full-text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

Ebscohost Databases -- Advanced Searching Tutorial

Index to articles about classical, popular, and non-western music in music periodicals.

Ebscohost Databases -- Advanced Searching Tutorial

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Coverage of over 1200 newspapers, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important U.S., international and minority interest papers.

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Oxford Islamic Studies Online provides A-Z reference content from Oxford publications, including the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, as well as  biographies, chaptered works, primary source documents, images, maps, timelines, a date converter tool, Qur'anic Studies resources and other learning resources. Of particular interest to someone just starting to learn about Islam might be What Everyone Needs To Know About Islam, located in the Learning Resources section of the homepage.

CWU Libraries have access to this database through February, 2014 as part of the NEH and ALA Muslim Journeys Grant.

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Brings together over 100 of Oxford University Press's premier language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource. Now includes the Western Civilization collection.

COS Funding Opportunities has been replaced by COS PIVOT. 

This database provides access to funding opportunities as well as scholar profiles, with the ability to add your own scholar profile and to view the profiles of various research organizations.  PIVOT allows you to also prioritize and save your searches to receive weekly alerts.

You must register your own account and log in thereafter in order to use PIVOT.   Registration and log in is in the upper righthand corner of screen.

Previous CWU users of COS Funding Opportunities may log in with their existing username and password, as the accounts have been transferred over into PIVOT. 

NOTE:  For some opportunities, sponsors accept only a limited number of proposals or applications from an institution, or require an institution to rank or prioritize applications before submission. Please contact the Office of Graduate Studies and Research before applying if an opportunity is marked "Internal Coordination Required".

Pivot Video Tutorials

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Provides searchable full text of over 200 scholarly journals from scholarly publishers and covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and other subject areas.

Project Muse Search Help

International index of scholarly writings on music as well as music-related disciplines.

Ebscohost Databases -- Advanced Searching Tutorial

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Full text of journal articles back to 1999 from over 800 journals in business, humanities, social sciences, theoretical and applied sciences, technology and medicine.  Not all content in this database is available full text.  Please click here for a list of full text titles.

NOTE: CWU also owns full text access to 145 titles within Springer's Humanities, Social Sciences & Law Online Journal Archives.  These backfiles are searchable within Springerlink. Click here for a list of titles and the span of years for each.