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 symptoms, diagnosis information, treatment options, and patient-friendly care guides, all updated based on…

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Featured Database for April

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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?

  • This database contains an exciting collection of pamphlets, speeches, magazines, newspapers,…

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Oxford Music Online

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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? 

  • The Oxford Music Online database features…

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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? 

  • This database covers writings related to feminism by authors in Africa and the African…

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BBC Shakespeare Plays

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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? 

  • This database contains an exciting collection of performances of Shakespeare plays…

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