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OmniFile (Wilson) Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
1994-Present Topics: business, education, science, humanities, social sciences, general
ProQuest Direct (UMI) Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Index to 4,000+ periodicals, many full-text. This link searches multiple databases, including Research Library, ABI/Inform, Dissertations & Theses, & ProQuest Newspapers.
SIRS  Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Full-text articles on arts, humanities, government & general research.
Subject Specific
Black Women Writers Abstract Available Remote Access Available
Fiction, nonfiction and poetry by women from North America, Africa & the Caribbean. It will also present essays by scholars and feminists about the history of feminism and genre studies in these regions.
Chicano Database (OCLC) Abstract Available Remote Access Available
Bibliographic index representing all types of material for information about Mexican-American topics and the only specialized database for and about Chicanos. Coverage: 1960s-present, with selective coverage dating back to the early 1900s. Also includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database, covering psychological, sociological, and educational literature.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database  Full Text Available Remote Access Available
More than 900,000 catalog records for child-focused media and 130,000+ critical reviews of thousands of children's books.
DragonSource  Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Click on the "CHINESE LANGUAGE MAGAZINES" link on the right-hand side of the page. The premier Chinese language online periodical resource, providing 800 journals in 40 subject areas.
Early English Books Online Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Page images of 125,000 titles published between 1475-1700, representing nearly every work published in English during that time. EEBO includes publications in all subjects: literature, religion, government, medicine, science, and music. EEBO provides the facsimile of each work, so researchers can study these publications as they appeared.
Elsevier Journals (Science Direct) Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Over 620 full-text research journals from Elsevier. The years for which full-text is available will vary for each journal.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online  Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year.
Gale's Literature Resource Center Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of >120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes signed essays on >1,600 authors and literary genres from Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors contain the full text of 600 Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors.
Hand Press Book Database (OCLC) Abstract Available Remote Access Available
Includes records for European printing of the hand-press period (c. 1455-1830) from the Consortium of European Research Libraries. Records come from national cataloging projects & individual libraries' databases.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.
JSTOR Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Back issues of nearly 800 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. Coverage is from the first issue to 3-5 years prior to the current year.
Literature Criticism Online (Gale)  Full Text Available Remote Access Available
NEW! One-stop search for literary reviews from centuries ago to today. Includes these 10 series: Contemporary Literary Criticism; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism; Shakespeare Criticism; Literature Criticism 1400-1800; Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism; Poetry Criticism; Short Story Criticism; Drama Criticism; Children’s Literature Review.
Literature Online (LION) Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
More than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies, and key criticism and reference resources.
Magill On Literature (Ebsco) Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
MagillOnLiterature Plus combines MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors. This database includes all the literary works, reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries that are included in MagillOnLiterature, as well as all the biographies and author essays included in MagillOnAuthors.
MLA International Bibliography Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Subjects include literature, language & linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, historical aspects of printing & publishing. Listings on rhetoric & composition and the history, theory & practice of teaching language & literature are also included. Coverage: 1926-present.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories  Remote Access Available
includes 71 authors and approximately 10,000 pages of information which provides a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950.
North American Women's Drama  Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Currently contains 235 plays by 67 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Scope is from Colonial times to 1950. A detailed record of clothing, food, amusements, work, & religious activities.
Original Sources  Full Text Available Remote Access Available
A compilation of thousands of historical sources, including original documents, eyewitness accounts, and classical historical accounts. Materials are arranged in 8 major categories: World History; U.S. History; Science and Mathematics; Social Science; Literature; Political Science and Law; Language; Philosophy & Religion.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)  Full Text Available Remote Access Available
The authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
Periodicals Index Online (was Periodical Contents Index) Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
Index to articles in the arts, humanities & social sciences (1770-1995)
Philosopher's Index Abstract Available Remote Access Available
A bibliographic database with abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy going back to 1940.
Play Index (H.W.Wilson) Abstract Available Remote Access Available
Search over 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present. Covers plays written in or translated into English, including mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, and classic drama. Search by title, author, subject, style, genre, cast type.
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
contains 60 volumes of Romantic Poetry, extensive contemporary critical reviews, as well as material specially written for this database by leading scholars.
Shakespeare Quarterly  Remote Access Available
Shakespeare Association of America's journal of article, book, and theater reviews.
Short Story Index (Wilson) Abstract Available Full Text Available Remote Access Available
(1984-1999) Index to English short stories that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals.
Women Travel Writers and the Language of Aesthetics, 1716-1818   Full Text Available Remote Access Available
by Bohls, Elizabeth A. (NetLibrary)