Featured Database for May 2026: DynaMed

Collection Development and Strategies Department

Featured Database: DynaMed

You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!  

One of our collection’s most underrated tools might be DynaMed, an easy-to-use health database. 

What’s in it? 

DynaMed houses clear, reliable information on diseases, conditions, and treatments, including overviews of…

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Featured Database for April

Collection Development and Strategies Department

Featured Database: History Commons North America

You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!  

  • This month, we highlight an abolition, suffrage, and wartime historical database: History Commons North America.

What’s in it? 

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Oxford Music Online

Collection Development and Strategies Department

Featured Database: Oxford Music Online

You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!  

  • This month, we highlight one of our favorite music reference databases: Oxford Music Online.

What’s in it? 

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Black Women Writers

Collection Development and Strategies Department

Featured Database: Black Women Writers

You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!  

  • This month, we highlight one of our specialized full-text databases: Black Women Writers.

What’s in it? 

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BBC Shakespeare Plays

Collection Development and Strategies Department

Featured Database: BBC Shakespeare Plays

You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!  

  • This month, we highlight one of our favorite video streaming databases: BBC Shakespeare Plays.

What’s in it? 

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