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The Scholarly Web
- Google ScholarUseful for finding scholarly resources that might be difficult to locate in other ways.
Local Web Resources
- Waterville Main StreetGood for local organizations, current stories, and links to other regional, state, and national organizations
- REM Community NetworkWaterville's own organization of visionary volunteers. Check out their Sustain Mid-Maine links.
- Grow Smart MaineFrom their Web site: GrowSmart Maine promotes sustainable prosperity for all Mainers by integrating working and natural landscape conservation, economic growth, and community revitalization.
- Maine Migrant Health ProgramFrom their Web site: Our mission is to improve the health status of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers and their families by providing culturally appropriate care and services.
- City of Lewiston, METhe city's own page with a variety of useful resources.
- Waterville Farmer's MarketA good place to identify local farmers (organic and non-organic) with contact information.
- Recycle MaineMaine State Planning Office's page on recycling in the state.
Start with New Stories
- ProQuest NewspapersFull text of more than 500 U.S. and international news sources. Years of coverage vary by title
- Maine Public Broadcasting NetworkUse their search box to find recent and archived news stories from radio and TV.
- Lexis Nexis Academic UniverseThe most comprehensive full text coverage of national and regional newspapers. Varying start dates 1980+
- The Colby Echo OnlineAlthough the searching is a bit funky, this is still a very powerful way to locate articles from past Echos.
Online Reference Sources
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Librarian for Humanities
Karen Gillum
Contact:
Miller Library 107B
kjgillum@colby.edu
In-office hours: generally, M 11:00-2:00; W 11:00-2:00; Th 11:00-2:00 I may be briefly absent for testing during these times.
kjgillum@colby.edu
In-office hours: generally, M 11:00-2:00; W 11:00-2:00; Th 11:00-2:00 I may be briefly absent for testing during these times.
Subjects: Classics, East Asian Studies, French, German, Italian, Jewish Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Russian