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Champion swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmueller preparing to dive, 1927.

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Please note that these databases are available to Earlham on-campus and authenticated users.

Olympic Coverage
Live and Current Olympic coverage and information. Check the events schedules and medal counts.
Olympic Games
Information on the Olympic Games past and present

Biography Reference Bank
Offers the in-depth, original profiles from the Current Biography and World Authors series, the thorough periodical coverage of Biography Index and the specialist biographical content of Junior Authors & Illustrators. It provides biographical full-text articles, page images and abstracts from today’s leading magazines and journals.
Biography Reference Center
This database offers a collection of full-text biographies and unique narrative biographies. Including coverage for several of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times
NYT access 1851-2009. Check for articles on previous Olympic Games.
Academic Search Premier
Comprehensive index to scholarly journals and general periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including full text. Coverage prior to 1990 is sparse.
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Wall Street Journal
Full text of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 - current.