Interlibrary Loan & Article DELivery Service
UD faculty, staff, and students can use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request items not available at the Library.
Current faculty, staff, and students also are eligible for the Article DELivery Service. Use this service to request scanned copies of articles from the Library's print and microfilm collections.
RefWorks
Searching for Articles
Try searching these databases for citations to articles, books, and
more. Use the 
link in a database to see if the full text of an article is online; to find a
print copy of a journal in the Library; or to place an Interlibrary Loan request for journals the Library does not have.
See the Literature and Pedagogy tabs on this guide to discover more resources and databases in your area of study.
Some searching tips:
- Start with a broad search using relevant keywords to get an idea of how articles are indexed in a database.
- Use quotation marks to search for phrases instead of individual keywords.
- Add the term AND to your search to look for both terms in your results; use OR to look for one or the other. A search for Voltaire AND Candide will look only for records with both those words in the article title or abstract, but a search for Voltaire OR Candide will look for records that include either one of those words.
- Try truncation, which in many databases means inserting an asterisk (*). Searching for Ital* will look for records that include the words Italy, Italian, Italians, Italiano, etc.
Spanish Language and Literature Databases
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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The MLA International Bibliography consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. It provides access to scholarly research in nearly 4,000 journals and series. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats. - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Covers the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax & semantics. Coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics, including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical & geographical linguistics. - Essay & General Literature / Essay & General Literature Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Indexes single & multi-author collections, plus selected annuals & serials. Includes publications from the U.S., Canada, & Great Britain. (Coverage: Essay & General Literature, 1985 -- | Essay & General Literature Retrospective, 1900-1984) - Informe Academico This link opens in a new windowProvides a wide range of full-text Spanish and Portuguese language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.
- Clase & Periodica This link opens in a new windowIndex of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.
- International Medieval Bibliography Online This link opens in a new window
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Interdisciplinary bibliography of the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East, & North Africa in the period 400-1500 (Coverage: 1967 --) - Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance This link opens in a new window
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A collection of materials pertaining to the Middle Ages & Renaissance. The platform contains databases, books, journals, & more. (Coverage: 1842 --) See below for more information about the resources included in Iter. - HLAS Online This link opens in a new window
A selective, multidisciplinary, annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. Alternates annually between the social sciences & the humanities. (Coverage: 1935 --)
- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Citations to articles in English-language periodicals. Covers some of the best-known scholarly journals & numerous lesser-known, but important specialized magazines. Subjects include a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities & social sciences journals. (Coverage: 1907-1984) - Web of Science (WoS) This link opens in a new window
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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, & humanities, as published in journals, conference proceedings, symposia, seminars, colloquia, & workshops across the globe.
News Databases
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowFull-text newspapers, magazines& journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. (Coverage: 1959 --) Learn more about this database.
- Global Newsstream This link opens in a new windowRecent global news content, as well as archives. Content from newspapers, newswires & news sites in full-text format. Provides large collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America & Australia.
(Coverage: 1980 --) - Informe Academico This link opens in a new windowProvides a wide range of full-text Spanish & Portuguese language scholarly journals & magazines, both from & about Latin America. (Coverage: varies by title, generally from the mid-1990s to the present)
- Latin American Newspapers, Series I This link opens in a new window
Explore Latin American history & culture during the 19th & early 20th centuries via 35 Latin American newspapers. Features titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, & elsewhere. (Coverage: 1805-1922)
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text information from news, business, & 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 & more.
- World News Connection Archive This link opens in a new windowStarted in 1995 by providing access to materials from around the world, selected & translated into English by analysts from the U.S. Government’s domestic & overseas bureaus. Daily updates were sourced from newspapers, television & radio broadcasts, online sources, conference proceedings, periodicals, & non-classified reports, & provided timely coverage of the latest socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, & environmental issues & events. Ultimately WNC grew to include over 500 news sources from over 130 countries. (Coverage: 1995-2013)
General Databases
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
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A premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from scholarly journals & other authoritative sources. Also includes thousands of podcasts & transcripts from NPR & CNN, as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. (Coverage: 1980 --) - Ethnologue: Languages of the World This link opens in a new windowComprehensively catalogs all of the world's known living languages
- Expanded Academic ASAP This link opens in a new window
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Citations, indexes, abstracts, & 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 - ) - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Index of literature covering world history (excluding the U.S. & Canada) from the 15th century to the present. Subjects include world history, military history, women’s history, history of education & more. Indexes 2,300+ academic journals in over 40 languages. (Coverage: 1952 --) - Periodicals Index Online This link opens in a new window
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An index to the contents of journals & magazines in the humanities & social sciences, from their first issues through 1995, with links to the full-text of some articles. (Coverage: 1665-1995)
Electronic Journals
- Electronic Journals for Languages & LiteraturesA listing of online resources for Languages and Literatures. Most titles can be accessed from off campus by current UD faculty, staff, and students. You may be prompted for your UDelNetID and password.