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Suggested Databases for Language and Literature Research
- Artemis Literary Sources Provides full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews. Provides term frequency and standardized subject searching across multiple Gale databases.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography Access to the Dictionary of Literary Biography series, the Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series and the Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences and covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Coverage: 1973 - current
- Linguistics Database Full-text database with scholarly journal articles and other sources covering linguistics
- Literary Reference Source Collection of author biographies, plot summaries and work overviews, full-text essays from leading publishers, literary reference books and monographs, cover-to-cover full text for literary magazines and journals, book reviews from the most prestigious publications, poems from hundreds of sources, short stories, classic texts, author interviews, and much more.
- Literature Criticism Online Covers a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres.
- Literature Online (LION) Over a third of a million full-text works of poetry, prose and drama in English, together with the definitive online criticism and reference library.
- Literature Resource Center Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.Includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism.
- LitFinder Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
- Masterplots IV Edition This link opens in a new window Provides reference data, plot synopses where applicable, and critical evaluations of a comprehensive selection of English-language and world literature that has been translated into English.
- MLA International Bibliography with Full Text Subjects covered include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts. Citations of journal articles, books and dissertations are included.
Multidisciplinary
- Academic Search Ultimate Covers over 11,000 journals in all fields of study.
- Academic Video Online AVON More than 66,000 titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, film, history, music, and more. Content includes documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection of over 1400 full-text, cross searchable books covering topics of interest to historians and humanities scholars.
- Archives Unbound Includes dozens of rare primary source documents organized by topic/ focus which span European colonialism, 1960s social movements, womens' rights, African-American civil rights, the Holocaust, and the Tiananmen Square protest.
- Europeana Collections European is a collection of millions of types of digital resources from Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections, including books, images, sound and video. See Find and Using Streaming Video for information.
- Gale Primary Sources Searches the Archives Unbound Collections plus the following collections...
- HathiTrust Digitized materials from member institutions and libraries are freely available to the public for items not under copyright restrictions (generally pre-1923 and most government documents). Downloading and other functions may be limited.
- Humanities Source Ultimate Full text for many of the most important academic sources in the humanities. .
- JSTOR Primarily a journal archive with some current content. If you are looking for current information, you may want to try other databases as well.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online A digital collection of books, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, ephemera, and maps that cover politics and society, literature, spirituality, technology and more.
- Project Muse Humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals from several university presses.
- WorldCat Millions of records cataloged by libraries around the world.
Newspapers
- Alternative Press Index A database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 300 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Coverage: 1969-present (includes archives)
- Center for Research Libraries CRL has numerous research materials in addition to those found in their catalog. Searchable Special Collection Databases include Foreign Newspapers, U.S. Ethnic Newspapers, Current Serial Titles from the States of the Former Soviet Union, Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Papers, Foreign Doctoral Dissertations, and Current Science Serials.
- Global Newsstream Includes national papers such as the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal. Also local and regional papers including the Press and Sun from Binghamton, the Ithaca Journal, and other Gannett publications. Coverage: 1980 - current
- Keesing's World News Archive An authoritative monthly digest of worldwide political, diplomatic and economic affairs.
- Newspaper Source Plus Full text coverage of selected international and regional newspapers, newswires and other news sources.
- World News Connection Archive Translations of international news sources, including newspapers, radio and television broadcasts, etc that were compiled from the CIA's JPRS and and FBIS programs. Covers 1995-2013.
The Arts : Art, Film, Music, Theatre
- Art & Architecture Source Single search of all the EBSCO art databases including including Art Index, Art Abstracts, Art Full Text, and Art Retrospective. Includes limited full text.
- Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984 Indexing of periodicals devoted to Art, Art History and Architecture. Especially helpful for locating contemporary criticism of art at the time of its debut, tracing the historical development of art criticism and commentary, and finding artists' interviews and illustrations of their works.
- Film Literature Index Contains approximately 700,000 citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976-2001.
- Fine Arts OneFile Scholarly journals and magazines that support research in areas including drama, music, art history, and film-making. The database emphasizes full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography.
- Kanopy Includes films from suppliers including California Newsreel, Green Planet Films, PBS, New Day Films, HBO Documentaries, First Run, FilmRise, and others. Faculty and Instructors: read Requesting a title in Kanopy before assigning a film to your class.
- National Theatre Collection Provides access to high definition streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies. See Find and Using Streaming Video for information
- Naxos Music Library Comprehensive collection of classical music available online. Notes are available on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database. Tracks in NML are *NOT* downloadable to any device.
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window Access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location, searching more than 8000 articles on composers, performers, conductors, instruments and notation, forms and genres, and individual works. Includes Grove Music Online.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Over 275,000 citations on international music corresponding to the printed RILM Abstracts of Music Literature.