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(Children’s Literature, Classical - Middle Eastern - Asian Languages, Comparative Literature, English & American Literature, European Languages (French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Russian), Spanish & Hispanic Languages)

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Database Name Type Dates Description
General databases for all subjects (Academic Search Premier, NY Times, etc.) Full-text of articles, for selected or all citations 1990s- Index to articles in all subjects; selected full-text.
L'Annee Phililogique Index, Periodical or Bibliographic 1959-2003 Indexes articles from hundreds of academic journals, in addition to books, conference proceedings, theses, and book reviews.
ARTFL Project Reference Resource with full-text / image Searchable collection of French language texts from the 12th to the 20th centuries.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index Index, Periodical or Bibliographic 1994- Tracks citations from thousands of scholarly journals, including cited references.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Index, Periodical or Bibliographic 1980- Indexes reference books with multiple biographies.
Biography Index Index, Periodical or Bibliographic 1984- Citations for biographical material in 3000+ journals and 1900+ current books.
Book Review Digest Index, Periodical or Bibliographic 1983- Citations to reviews of English language books published in the U.S. and Canada.
Black Thought and Culture Full-text of articles, for selected or all citationsTrial Product 1600-date A collection of more than 100,000 pages of nonfiction writings by major African American writers.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) Full-text of articles, for selected or all citations 1992- More than 150,000 children's book reviews from 27 review sources. Plus award & best book lists.
Essay and General Literature Index, Periodical or Bibliographic 1985- Index to essays and articles in book collections in the humanities and social sciences.
HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Abstracts in a Periodical or Bibliographic Index 1970- Index to journal articles on topics related to the greater Latin American experience.
Humanities Abstracts Abstracts in a Periodical or Bibliographic Index 1984- Dance, Film, History, Journalism, Literature, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religion, etc.
JSTOR Collections in Arts, Sciences, Business, Music, Language & Literature Full-text of articles, for selected or all citations 1870s-1990s Over 300 full-text journals, many starting with the first issue.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts Abstracts in a Periodical or Bibliographic Index 1973- The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
Literature Resource Center (Gale) Reference Resource with full-text / image 1980s- Literary criticism and biocritical essays on authors from Gale’s literary reference books.
MagillOnLiterature Plus Reference Resource with full-text / image 1990s- 31 Magill reference books on literature.
MLA Bibliography (Gale Group) Index, Periodical or Bibliographic 1926- Citations to books, essays, journal articles, theses on literature, languages, linguistics.
Multicultural America Reference Resource with full-text / image 1995- History / current status of Americans; African- , Asian- , Hispanic- , Native- .
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition Reference Resource with full-text / image 1989- Premier etymological dictionary on the English language; updated frequently.
Project MUSE Full-text of articles, for selected or all citations 1995- 100+ humanities / social science journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, and others.
RAMBI - The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies Index, Periodical or Bibliographic 1985- Jewish National & University Library; international bibliography of articles on Jewish Studies.
Twayne Author Series Full-text of articles, for selected or all citations 1960- Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books.
Women and Social Movements (scholars edition) Full-text of articles, for selected or all citationsTrial Product 1600-2000 Approximately 1,000 documents relating to the role of women in movements throughout American history.


Last Updated February 2008