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Can be searched in conjunction with the MLA Directory of Periodicals, which contains all information available on journals and series on the Bibliographys Master List. The Directory of Periodicals is included in the Bibliography.
Covers the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics, including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
Indexes single and multi-author collections, plus selected annuals and serials. Includes publications from the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. (Coverage: Essay and General Literature, 1985 -- | Essay and General Literature Retrospective: 1900-1984)
Subjects include archaeology, architecture, art, childrens literature, classical studies, drama, economics, fiction, film, folklore, history, linguistics, music, poetry, political science, psychology, religion, womens studies.
A collection of databases that can be searched individually or in various combinations. WoS indexs the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, as published in journals, conference proceedings, symposia, seminars, colloquia, and workshops across the globe.
Compiles two databases: CLASE (Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades) indexes documents in Latin American journals that specialize in the social sciences and humanities. PERIODICA (Indice de Revistas Latinoamericanas en Ciencia) covers journals specializing in science and technology. (Coverage: CLASE, 1975-- | PERIODICA, 1978 --)
A collection of materials pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The platform contains databases, books, journals, and more. (Coverage: 1842 --) See below for more information about the resources included in Iter.
Iter Bibliography: Citations for journal articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogs, abstracts, discographies, monographs, and material published in monographs and collections of essays pertaining to the Middles Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
Iter Italicum: Online version of Paul Oskar Kristeller’s Iter Italicum, the most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncataloged or incompletely cataloged Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world.
Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme: A peer-reviewed quarterly journal, multidisciplinary and bilingual, on all aspects of the Renaissance and Reformation period.
Early Theatre: A peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on medieval or early modern drama and theatre history, rooted in the records and documents of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
REED (Records of Early English Drama): (1976-1997) Published documentary evidence of early drama, items on records research, and requests by scholars for information. It was superseded by the peer-reviewed journal, Early Theatre.
Aestimatio: Provides critical, timely assessments of books published in the history of what was called science from antiquity up to the early modern period in cultures ranging from Spain to India, and from Africa to northern Europe.
The Electronic Capito Project: Provides access to the text of letters from and to Wolfgang Faber Capito (c. 1478-1541).
A selective, multidisciplinary bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. Contains bibliographic records found in the print Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS). Includes annotated citations for books, book chapters, articles, conference papers, maps and atlases, and e-resources. Alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. (Coverage: 1960s --)
Additional information such as abbreviations, acronyms, subject term glossary, and search tips can be found in the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS): A Resource Guide.
Citations to articles in English-language periodicals. Covers some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known, but important specialized magazines. Subjects include a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals. (Coverage: 1907-1984)
Full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing access to often overlooked perspectives. Includes unique community publications not found in any other database, as well as top scholarly journals on ethnicities and ethnic studies. Nearly a quarter of the articles are presented in Spanish. Dozens of major Latino publications are featured, (Coverage: 1959 --)
The database also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals.
Ethnic NewsWatch™ comprehensively covers these ethnic categories:
Recent global news content, as well as archives. Content from newspapers, newswires and news sites in full-text format. Provides large collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Australia. (Coverage: 1980 --)
Explore Latin American history and culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries via 35 Latin American newspapers. Features titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere. (Coverage: 1805-1922)
Part of the World Newspaper Archive, which can be found on the A-Z Databases page.
This collection can also be searched on Readex AllSearch, an integrated platform that combines Readex’s primary sources into a single cross-searchable interface.
Full-text information from news, business, and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Though not required, you have the option to create a personal account that will give you access to special features such as alerts, saved searches, folders, history, annotations and more.
Vendor Lyrasis. Publisher LexisNexis.
Started in 1995 by providing access to materials from around the world, selected and translated into English by analysts from the U.S. Government’s domestic and overseas bureaus. Daily updates were sourced from newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, online sources, conference proceedings, periodicals, and non-classified reports, and provided timely coverage of the latest socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events. Ultimately WNC grew to include over 500 news sources from over 130 countries. (Coverage: 1995-2013)
Daily updates were discontinued after December 31, 2013, but researchers can still access the Archive, which contains over 1 million foreign newspaper articles, broadcast transcripts and datelines from Beijing, Beirut, Bogota, Cairo, Jakarta, Iraq, Mogadishu, Qatar, Ramallah, Sarajevo, Vienna, and hundreds of other locations around the world.
A premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources. Also includes thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN, as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. (Coverage: 1980 --)
Provides insight into each of the world’s nearly 7,500 known languages — whether used daily by over a billion people or existing only as a memory of cultural heritage.
Citations, indexes, abstracts, and many full-text journals covering a wide variety of disciplines. Of the more than 5,000 journal titles included, over 3,000 provide full-text articles. (Coverage: 1980 - )
Includes core titles in major academic disciplines, issue-specific journals, journals with application in the professions, and publications with national news coverage and commentary.
Index of literature covering world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from the 15th century to the present. Subjects include world history, military history, womens history, history of education and more. Indexes 2,300+ academic journals in over 40 languages. (Coverage: 1952 --)
An index to the contents of journals and magazines in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues through 1995, with links to the full-text of some articles. (Coverage: 1665-1995)