Arts, Literature & Culture Resources
Jump start your research with Art, Culture Capsules, English, Geography, or Global Education Quickstart guides.
We also suggest seaching the library catalogs for books, DVDs ebooks and other materials in our libraries. Some of our databases have image collections. Recommended internet resources are listed below.
Online Databases
Pop Culture: This database focuses on American and worldwide popular culture, past and present. To print an article use the print link located on the right hand side of the page.
CQ Researcher: Full text cover social and environmental issues of the day.
EBSCO Academic Resources: Full text journals and magazine articles it combines Academic Search Premier, Masterfile, MAS Ultra and Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedia into a single search. Search help.
Newspapers: Full text database of 500+ newspapers.
Points of View: Full text covers social and environmental issues.
Culturegrams: Full text resource for maps and information about cultures of the world and U.S.
Riverland Electronic Collection: Complete list of our electronic databases.
Image Collections
ArtStor: A digital library of approximately 750,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences. Search help.
CAMIO: An image database of works or art from national and international museums. Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is included in this collection. Search help.
OAIster: A connection to digital collections on the web. Learn more.
More information on image collections
Library Catalogs & Online Books
Riverland Catalog: Books, ebooks and nonprint materials in our libraries. Search other college libraries for interlibrary loan. Search help.
Language & Literature Reference Collections: Online collection of encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Art Reference Collection: Art and theater are represented in this online collection of encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Popular Contemporary Writers: Encyclopedic format offering short biographies, photographs and list of major works.
Netlibrary: This site will go directly to electronic books owned by Riverland.
Encyclopedia Britannica: The academic edition of this popular encylopedia also has a dictionary and thesaurus. Search results have links to the Ebsco database citations. Search help
Google Books: Google has some full text content. Click on the "Find in a library" link to check Riverland's collection for a paper copy.
Internet Resources
Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources
Minnesota Reflections
American Memory Project
Google Images Search
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