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  • Academic Search Premier

    This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

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    1975 - present; updated daily
  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index

    Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities.

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    1975 - present
  • Humanities International Index

    Covers journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. This database provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.

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    1975 - present
  • JSTOR

    Archive of selected scholarly journals in ecology, economics, history, mathematics, music, political science, statistics, and other humanities and social sciences.

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    varies by publication
  • Literary Index

    Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 157,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 210,000 titles into one source.

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    varies by publication
  • Literary Reference Center

    Ebsco's scholarly articles and criticisms, bios and interviews, novels, short stories, & poems.

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    varies by publication
  • Literature Resource Center

    Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, Gale's Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

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    varies by publication
  • MLA International Bibliography

    Literature, languages, linguistics and folklore.

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    1926 - present; updated quarterly
  • Play Index

    Play Index enables users to search some 44,000 plays published individually or in collections from 1949 to the present. The database covers a wide range of plays written or translated into English, including one-act plays, pageants, radio and television plays, and classic drama.

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    1949 - present
  • Project MUSE

    Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.

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    varies by title; updated monthly
  • World Shakespeare Bibliography Online

    The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online consists of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1962 and 2006. Contains over 110,000 annotated entries.

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    1962 - 2006

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  • African-American Poetry

    Contains nearly 3,000 poems from African-American poets in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

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    1760 - 1900
  • African-American Poetry (20th Century)

    Contains nearly 9,000 poems from African American poets of the 20th century.

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    1900 - 2000
  • American Poetry

    Over 40,000 poems by American poets from the Colonial Period to the early 20th century.

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    1600 - 1900
  • American Poetry (20th Century)

    50,000 poems by American poets from the early 20th century to the present.

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    1919 - present
  • English Poetry

    Over 160,000 English poems.

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    600 AD - 1900
  • English Poetry (20th Century)

    598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets.

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    1900 - present; not updated
  • Faber Poetry Library

    Poets of the twentieth century.

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    20th century
  • NC DOCKS

    NC DOCKS is the shared institutional repository of five University of North Carolina System universities: ASU, ECU, UNCG, UNCP, and UNCW. It provides open access to various research in digital form produced by the faculty and graduate students of the member universities, including but not limited to peer-reviewed literature, working papers, student terminal projects, and technical papers.

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  • ABC-CLIO E-book Collection

    Offers access to the following publications: American Foreign Relations Since 1600;American Slavery; Daily Life Through History;Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors; Historic Events of the 20th Century; Literature in Context.

     

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    varies by publication
  • Cambridge Journals Online

    Cambridge Journals Online is the online Cambridge University Press’s collection of several journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. 

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    varies by publication
  • Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

    Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals.

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  • MasterFILE Premier

    Provides abstracts and indexing for multi-disciplinary periodicals, reference books, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags.

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    1975 - present
  • Newspaper Source Plus

    Newspaper Source Plus provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers and selective full text for 410 U.S newspapers. The database also contains full-text television & radio news transcripts.

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  • Opposing Viewpoints

    Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
    3 simultaneous users

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  • Oxford English Dictionary

    The Oxford English Dictionary is the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150.

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    latest edition
  • Oxford Journals

    Collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law, and include some of the most authoritative journals in their fields.

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  • TOPICsearch
    A current events database that allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.
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  • Books In Print

    Records describe in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos from North American publishers and U.S. distributors and wholesalers. Includes thousands of full-text book reviews from sources including Choice, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.

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    1979 - present
  • Bookwire.com

    Use this site to search book reviews, read about the latest releases, watch author video clips, and learn about upcoming book events.

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  • ChoiceReviews.online

    CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts.

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    Sept. 1988 - present
  • Dissertation Abstracts

    Dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe.

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    1861 - present; Abstracts 1980 - present; Thesis abstracts 1988 - present
  • IngentaConnect

    Table of contents of journals for interlibrary loan or document delivery.

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    1988 - present
  • NoveList

    Database providing title, author, and subject recommendations for readers of fiction and nonfiction.

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  • NoveList K-8 Plus

    A readers' advisory tool designed specifically for children in grades K-8.  Readers may select from information provided to find similar books that appeal to them.  

     

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  • PBS Video Collection

    You can now view nearly 250 quality PBS programs covering a wide variety of topics. These videos are viewable from any computer running Flash Player version 9 or higher with a relatively good Internet connection (at least 175 Kbps). Unfortunately, it will not be possible to view the videos over a dial-up Internet line.

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  • MLA Directory of Periodicals

    The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.

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    varies by publication
  • WorldCat

    Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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    1200 - present; Updated daily