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Books and Book Chapters

CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference provides an online reference collection of over 617 reference books. This collection includes various dictionaries and encyclopedias, as well as a broad range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art geography and law to technology.

New York Times Digital Access @RIC This link opens in a new window
Off campus registration: Use the search box to find "Rhode Island College". Click "Go". Log in with your RIC ID and Password. Click "Create Account". Enter your RIC email address and a password of your choice. After registration you can login at NYTimes.com on any device, anywhere in the world. Includes NYT Mobile Apps.

On campus registration: Use the search box to find "Rhode Island College". Click "Here". Enter your RIC email address and a password of your choice. After registration you can login at NYTimes.com on any device, anywhere in the world. Includes NYT Mobile Apps.

Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Full text collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The core content includes: Africana, which presents an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes, the Encyclopedia of African American History, Black Women in America, 2nd ed., and the African American National Biography.

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online is the gateway to Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. It Includes over 200,000 specialized articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures.