Library Databases, Datasets and Subscriptions
W&M Libraries subscribes to hundreds of databases which you can search here by database name, subject or type. Finding the right database can help you search for highly relevant journal articles, books, documents and much more.
Additionally, we host several datasets for research and also provide subscriptions to popular newspapers like the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
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In addition to access to these popular websites, you also can sign-up for your own account to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. For directions, go to our Newspaper Subscriptions page.
Popular Databases
Below are databases the Libraries' subscribed to within the past 90 days, with the most recent acquisitions listed first.
An archive of Footwear News, with coverage from its first issue in 1945 to the present. Articles, advertisements, and covers are included, with searchable text and article-level metadata. Footwear News was launched as the first dedicated news periodical of the footwear industry and the archive preserves 75+ years of essential global industry news, analysis, and coverage of seasonal trends.
Primary source database focusing on North American and European adult comic books and graphic novels. The collection includes original material from the 1960s to today along with interviews, commentary, theory, and criticism from journals, books, and magazines.
There are currently no listed trial databases.