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Databases: English

 

Alphabetical:

  • Academic Search Premier
    • 4,500+ general and academic journals, including English language and literature
    • coverage from 1985+
    • mostly full-text

  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index
    • indexes leading arts and humanities journals
    • indexes articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, & reviews
    • over 1,300+ sources
    • mostly citation; some full-text
    • coverage from 1980+

  • Black Drama - 1850 to the Present
    • full-text of 1,200 plays written by more than 100 from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries
    • each play is extensively and deeply indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching
    • plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images
    • collection includes musical comedies, domestic dramas, folk dramas, history plays, anti-slavery plays, one-act plays, and other works

  • Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
    • monographs, essays, articles, letters, speeches and interviews written by leaders within the black community
    • intended for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art
    • fully searchable
    • full-text

  • Early English Books Online (EEBO)
    • 125,000 publications (books, journals, pamphlets, posters, etc.) printed between 1473 and 1700
    • digital copies of original texts
    • full text

  • Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
    • Iter Bibliography
      • literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1400-1700)
      • books, journal articles, reviews, essays, proceedings, etc.
      • 1,000+ journals indexed
      • coverage from 1842+
      • citation-only
    • Iter Italicum
      • first online edition of Paul Oskar Kristeller's Iter Italicum
      • most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world
      • originally published in six volumes between 1963-1992

  • JSTOR
    • indexes 440+ scholarly journals, including 49 in English language and literature
    • complete run of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years
    • full-text

  • Literature Online (LION)
    • 350,000+ works of English and American poetry, drama and prose
    • 130+ full-text literature journals
    • other key criticism and reference resources
    • fully searchable

  • Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography
    • the professional index in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore
    • indexes books, journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies
    • citation-only
    • coverage from 1963+

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
    • illustrated collection of more than 50,000 written biographies of men and women who shaped British history from 400 BC to 2001
    • recognized as the most authoritative biographical reference source about Great Britain
    • 10,000 images
    • references and bibliographies

  • Oxford English Dictionary
    • most authoritative English language dictionary
    • gives definition but also traces the development of the word's usage and shifts in meaning over time
    • gives first dates and use

  • Project MUSE
    • 250+ scholarly journals, including English language and literature
    • coverage from 1983+
    • mostly full-text

  • Royal Historical Society Bibliography
    • authoritative guide to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day
    • links to full-text, where available
    • indexes over 580 journals
    • coverage from 1900+

  • WilsonWeb
    • 3,500+ general and academic journals, including English language and literature
    • two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega and Humanities & Social Sci Retro
    • OmniFile Full Text Mega: indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text in 1994
    • Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984
    • 1,750 journals are full-text

  • Women Writers Online: 1400-1830
    • 200+ texts by English and American women writers
    • includes introductory essays, essays on the cultural context of the period, links to textual databases, and a collection of syllabi
    • full-text
    • subset of texts: Renaissance Women Online

  • World Shakespeare Bibliography
    • the primary index to all things Shakespearean: books, journals, films, recordings, performances, etc.
    • citation-only
    • coverage from 1969+
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