The Mount Allison University Libraries provide access to dozens of online databases which make available the full text of journals, magazines and newspapers, complete literary and historical texts, musical and theatrical recordings and more.

Included below are a few library resources you may not yet know about.

Adam Matthew Digital

Looking forward to a summer trip to Europe or Asia?  Wondering how your experiences might compare to travelers in the 15th century? 

Why not browse the extensive collection of medieval travel writing available in digital format in the Mount Allison Libraries Adam Matthew Digital database?  This database provides access to manuscripts dating from the 13th to 16th centuries held in libraries around the world.  The main focus of these manuscripts is accounts of European travelers to the Holy Land, India and China. 

You can access Adam Matthew Digital from the Library’s Indexes and Databases page: http://www.mta.ca/library/per_indexes_title.html

Theatre in Video

Ever wish you could have been In London in 1988 to see Laurence Olivier in Michael Elliott’s production of King Lear?  

Here’s the next best thing:  you can watch the entire play from home via the Mount Allison Libraries Theatre in Video database. 

Theatre in Video makes available in online streaming video over 250 definitive performances of some of the world’s best known plays and more than 100 film documentaries.  You can access Theatre in Video from the Library’ Indexes and Databases for Drama page: http://www.mta.ca/library/per_indexes_drama.html

Intelex Past Masters

Looking for an ambitious late-summer reading project to help get you ready for the Fall term? 

How about the collected works of Ludwig Wittgenstein or Mary Wollstonecraft?  Or the letters of Jonathan Swift or Jane Austen?  You can access all of these texts and many more from the comfort of your home via the Mount Allison Libraries Intelex Past Masters database. 

Past Masters provides digital access to the complete works of dozens of key figures in the humanities and social sciences and may be accessed from the Library’ Indexes and Databases page: http://www.mta.ca/library/per_indexes_title.html#i.

SciFinder Scholar

Interested in the latest fads in herbal medicine?  Want to know more about new cancer treatments?

SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the Chemical Abstracts Society (CAS) databases that contain literature from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.  Coverage varies but can extend back to the 1890's.  SciFinder  provides access to CAPlus (1907-present) and MEDLine (1950-present).  CAPlus is the electronic version of Chemical Abstracts and MEDLine  is the digital version of Index Medicus.  A search for cancer results in over 754,000 entries from MEDLine and more than 464,000 entries from CAPlus.

You can access SciFinder from the Indexes and Databases for Science page, or directly here: http://www.mta.ca/library/scifinder.html

Want to discover what other digital resources are availble via the Mount Allison Libraries?

Visit the Indexes and Databases page to view an alphabetical listing of online indexes and databases, and visit the Database and Electronic Resource Trials page to find out about resouces currently available on a trial basis to Mount Allison users.