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Databases by Subject - Literature

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Academic OneFile

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Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included 1980- Y
MBLC
Arts & Humanities
Citation Index via ISI Web of Knowledge

Covers journal literature of the arts and humanities, including citation information for authors' works. Titles Indexed | Workbook 1980- N
WPI
Blackwell Synergy

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Search Blackwell Synergy for access to more than 770 full text journals on many topics areas: science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. Titles Included | Search Help 1879- Y
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Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select

Collection of critical essays on contemporary authors who are living or died after 1959. Current Y
MBLC
Emerald

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Contains over 25,000 management articles as well as a range of engineering, applied science and technology journals.

Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies Y
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Google Scholar

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Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities. Varies Y
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Humanities International Complete

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Indexing and full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world on various humanities topics. Titles Included 1920s+ Y
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JSTOR

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Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips 1800s- Y
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LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic

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Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information. Titles Included | Search Tips Varies Y
CMRLS
Literary Reference Center

Great tool to research authors and criticism on literary works. Varies Y
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MLA International Bibliography

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Indexes books, essay collections and bibliographies on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Titles Included | Search Tips 1926- N
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Oxford Journals Online

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Search Oxford journals, we subscribe to 100+ titles covering a variety of topic areas. 1995- Y
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Project MUSE

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Full text access to scholarly humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals. Titles Included Varies Y
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Wall Street Journal - ProQuest

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Full text of newspaper of offering coverage of global business, financial, and industry news and politics. 1984- Y
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Web of Knowledge - Web of Science

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Interface to Arts &Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, plus ability to perform cross database searches (outside of ISI products) and login to your Web of Science account for cited reference alerts and customization. Tutorial | Cited Reference Tutorial 1980- N
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