Subject Expert
Paul Victor
Contact:
JFK Library
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office Hours: By appointment.
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office Hours: By appointment.
509-359-7909
Get Help
- Text Message us! 509-383-8677
- 509-359-2263 JFK Library reference desk (Cheney)
Access Electronic Resources from Off-Campus
All of our databases may be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet, with your NetID username and password. This username/password is the same one that you use to log into campus computers, the wireless network, NetStorage,etc.
- For students, your username is the first letter of your first name, your last name, and the last 2 digits of your EagleCard number.
- For faculty/staff, your username and password are the same ones you use to access EWU email.
If you have not created your password, go to accounts.ewu.edu. See NetID Account for more information.
Internet Resources
Useful Keywords & Sample Searches
Creation, creation myths, mythology, religion etc.
Sample searches:
[country or topic] AND creation
[country or topic] AND creation myths
[country or people] AND mythology
[peoples] AND [event/topic] >> example: Babylonian flood
Anthropology
- Anthropology Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowDatabase includes Royal Anthropological Institute’s Anthropological Index and Harvard University's Anthropological Literature which covers journal articles, reports and commentaries for anthropology, archaeology, and related research back to the 19th century.
Literary Databases
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) -- 1923-present This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database for literature and languages, plus folklore, drama and rhetoric. Indexes over 5,000 journals, plus books and dissertations.
Multidisciplinary Databases
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowBack files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
Religion/Philosophy
- Philosopher's Index with Full Text (EBSCOhost) -- 1940-present This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database for philosophy, indexing journals, books and anthologies going back as far as 1940.