Library Archives
Expand legal research with HeinOnline
Now available via the library: over 2,300 law, political science, criminology, and other law-related journals in HeinOnline.
Need a companion to the Nobel Laureate in Literature, for instance?
The online Cambridge Companion series has articles on those that win literary prizes but so much more.
The Vogue Archive: a Rich Resource for Cultural Studies
The Vogue Archive provides a deep perspective on popular culture, providing every issue since 1892 in searchable full text.
Chronicle of Higher Education through the library
Access is free through Bates College Library.
Everything about the Social Sciences
We now have the second edition (2015) of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences online. Where else can you find in-depth, authoritative introductions to Psychology of Subjective Wellbeing, Internet and Social Media: Anthropological Aspects, or Gays, Lesbians, and Sports, in one place?
SpringerLink for the social sciences
Ladd Library provides access to e-books from a number of publishers, and one of the biggest collections is called SpringerLink. Thousands of books on the social sciences, downloadable as PDFs.
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures now online!
We own the print, published in 2003, but the online version will be continually updated with new relevant information.
Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia University Press e-books now available
15 college and university libraries, including Bates, are collaborating with Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia University Presses to provide access to current electronic book content.
Digital National Security Archives
We are delighted to now have subscription access to the full DNSA files providing coverage of more than 90,000 curated primary source documents culled from the collections of the National Security Archive.
Favorite Music of Our Student Assistants
Kira Shaikh ’15 just loves country music – see what she picks as music for any occasion.