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Databases
All English & Literature Databases
Specific databases:
Academic Search Complete (1985-present; updated daily; more full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a multidisciplinary database that covers nearly all academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language, linguistics, the arts, literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies. It indexes and abstracts over 9,300 journals, many of them peer-reviewed (4,400), and provides full-text for over 5,300 journals. It also includes indexing and abstracts for books, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
CQ Researcher (1991-present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) is the online version of the CQ Researcher print publication. It provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Each issue discussed includes an abstract, overview, background, current situation, outlook, special focus, chronology, pro/con, bibliography, next step, contacts, and footnotes. Controversial topics are addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. It is published by and the user interface is provided by CQ Press, a Division of Congressional Quarterly, Inc. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
General OneFile (1980-present; much full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks), formerly InfoTrac OneFile, indexes and abstracts more than 10,000 titles covering general interest topics, business, law, health care. It includes more than 6,000 full-text titles and 3,000 refereed journals, 5 newspaper indexes and 121 newswire services. It covers topics such as the arts, business and industry, education, general interest, health, law, literature, news and commentary, science, social sciences and technology. It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.
Literature Resource Center (all full-text) provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. It includes online versions of Gale's Contemporay Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography, as well as selections from Gale's other Literature Criticism and For Students Series, such as Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism and Short Stories for Students. It permits searches by author name, title, genre, literary movement or literary themes. It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.
MLA International Bibliography (1926-present; updated 10 times/year; some full-text; RefWorks help) provides a classified listing and subject index for books, journal articles, and dissertations published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association of America and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Education Databases
Electronic Books
Ideas for Creative Assignments/Research Paper Alternatives
Columbia Gorge Community College, Oregon
Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gustavus Aldophus College, Minnesota
Memorial University Libraries, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
San Diego State University Library
Information Fluency
A Maria Muskie Adventure: The Library
Information Fluency Description (PDF)
xu.tutor
Websites
Bedford
Bibliography for Teachers of Writing
CompPile
Heinemann/Boynton Cook Publisher
National Council for Teachers of English
Poets and Writers Online
Teachers and Writers Collaborative
Resources for Writers
Citing Sources (Duke
University)
MLA Style Guide
(Ohio State University)
MLA Style Guide (Xavier University)
Resources
for Writers and Writing Instructors
Contacts
Alison Morgan, Librarian Liaison to English Department
Assistant Director, Information Resources Center
morgan@xavier.edu, (513) 745-3931
Xavier University English
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