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Welcome to Shaw University Libraries’ Electronic Resources page. All library resources are available from here. If you have questions about how to use these resources, or a problem getting to them, please call 919-546-8407.

Resources that are available on-campus are available from off-campus using the links on this page. When you click these links from off-campus, you will be taken to the Proxy Login page where you will get more detailed instructions on how to log in. You only need your Shaw University credentials to use our resources from off-campus. No other passwords are required.

Title Description
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials The premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion; includes 555,000+ article citations, 232,000+ essay citations, 511,000+ book review citations, and 266,000+ full text electronic articles and book reviews from 1,656 journals.
Chronicle of Higher Education Weekly news and job information source for college and university faculty members, administrators, and students.
eBooks Academic Collection (EBSCO) This growing subscription package contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter and is a strong complement for any academic collection.  The breadth of information available through this package ensures that users will have access to information relevant to their research needs.
ERIC US Government Database of Education Research Literature
Films On Demand Allows you to view over 5,000 streaming videos in subject areas including Humanities & Social Science, Science, Business, Economics and Health.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Encyclopedia of Religion, Africana, African-American Poets, Science & Technology etc., an NCLive resource.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) This databases provides fill text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources around the world. Produced by Whiston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this databases includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2, 300 journals and more that 2.9 million records) plus unique full test content, much of which is not found  in other databases.
JSTOR Online archive of multi-discipline journal articles.
Mentor Commons  Professional development sessions in 20 minute videos. 
NCLIVE Online access to all NCLIVE resources; eBooks, audio books, videos, online magazines, newspapers and journals.
NewsBank NewsBank consolidates current and archived information from thousands of newspaper titles, as well as newswires, web editions, blogs, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents and other publications. It provided curated content on special topics and access to local, regional and national news sources.
New York Times via ProQuest Company  Access to articles from this major newspaper.
Oxford Music Online  Includes a subscription to Oxford Companion to Music and Oxford Dictionary of Music.
ProQuest Central via ProQuest Company General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works; an NCLive resource.
ProQuest Psychology Database  This database provides abstracts and indexing for more than 640 titles, with over 540 titles available in full text. Many titles are indexed in PsycINFO. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.  
ProQuest Sociology via ProQuest Company  Gives users access to the full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts.
The Teaching Professor Magna Publications insights into current issues in academia for faculty and administrators.
Wall Street Journal via ProQuest Company  Access to articles from the daily financial paper of record.