John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
(1990-present; all full-text) includes more than 240 entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. Users can search by keywords or browse specific entries (sources), topics, or names through the table of contents. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Literary Reference Center (all full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a comprehensive literary reference database
that provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It
combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and
reference works, and hundreds of literary journals. Search results can be limited to literary criticism
or Masterplots. Users can browse most studied authors and works and view book highlights and the author
in focus. Features include a glossary and historical timeline. It is produced by and the user
interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Literature
Resource Center (all full-text; XLinks) 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; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) 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.
Academic
Search Complete (1985-present; updated daily; more full-text; video tutorials; 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.
African American
Poetry Collection (1760-1900; all full-text; XLinks; title list) contains almost 3,000 poems
written by African-American poets. The poetry explores topics such as abolition,
children, civil rights, dreams, education, fugitive slave law, Indian raids, liberty,
political issues, prejudice and slavery. It includes allegories, broadsides, children's
poems, elegiac poems, epics, hymns, odes, patriotic poems and sonnets. The poets
are among those included in the William French et al. bibliography, Afro-American
Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975. It is produced by Chadwyck-Healey and the user
interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also 20th
Century African American Poetry (1900-2000), or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.
American
Civil War: Letters & Diaries (1861-1865; all full-text; XLinks) contains 2,009 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs. It includes biographies, bibliography of sources and The Civil War Day-by-Day by E.B. Long. Users can search by author, months, battles, sources, places, personal events and day-by-day. A complete citation is provided for the source of each diary, letter or memoir. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
American
Drama (1714-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains more than 700 plays from
over 300 dramatists. It will eventually contain more than 2,000 plays. It is produced
by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also English Prose Drama and English Verse Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.
American
Film Scripts (1903-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains 497 scripts by 605 writers together with detailed,
fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. When complete, the
collection will include more than 1,000 scripts and over 100,000 scenes of life as portrayed in the
movies. Users can search by writers, scripts, years, characters, people, and subjects. The showcase
provides sample page images from selected scripts. It is produced by and the user interface is
provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
American
Poetry Collection (1600-1900; all full-text; XLinks) is a collection of 1,200 books and anthologies of early American poetry and contains the works of all major American poets, including many that are less familiar.It includes over 40,000 poems
by over 200 writers. Any accompanying text written by the original author and forming an integral part of the work, such as notes, dedications, and prefaces to individual poems, is also included. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface
is provided by OhioLINK. See also Twentieth
Century American Poetry (1900-2000), or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.
Annual
Bibliography of English Language & Literature (ABELL) (1920-1997;
no full-text; RefWorks help; saving searches) is a
standard reference work for English studies. It indexes books, articles, critical
editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations
published anywhere in the world. Coverage is international, including articles
in languages other than English. It is produced by Chadwyck-Healey under the auspices
of the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) and the user interface is
provided by OhioLINK.
Arts
and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) (ALTERNATIVE LINK; 1980-present; updated weekly;
some full-text; RefWorks help; tutorial; citation alerts; saving searches & creating alerts; journal titles) provides
current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references (the
author's bibliography) for over 1,130 arts and humanities journals plus individually
selected, relevant items from about 7,000 science and social sciences journals.
It covers archaeology, architecture, art, asian studies, classics, dance, film,
folklore, history, language, linguistics, literary reviews, literature, music,
philosophy, poetry, radio, religion, television and theater. It is produced by
Thomson Scientific and the Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI. The the user interface is provided by the Web of Science.Click Change Limits and Settings to search only this database. Click Register or Sign In to save searches and receive search history and citation alerts.
Asian American Drama (1891-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains 252 plays
by 42 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production
companies, and more. About half of the plays have never been published before. It includes selected
playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. The plays themselves have
been selected using leading bibliographies. Users can search by authors, characters, productions, companies, years, plays, theaters, subjects and related resources. The showcase includes images of brochures, playbills, fliers, etc. It is
produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the
University of Chicago.
Bibliography
of American Literature (BAL) (American revolution-1930; all full-text; XLinks)
provides nearly 40,000 records of the literary works of approximately 300 American
writers. It lists every reprint and variant edition of an author's works, including
obscure and fugitive appearances in anthologies, broadsides, and gift books. It
also includes details on bindings and physical features of the editions. It originally
appeared in print in nine volumes, published for the Bibliographical Society of
America by Yale University Press between 1955 and 1991. All nine volumes are fully
searchable together. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface
is provided by OhioLINK.
Black Drama (1850-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains approximately 1200 plays by 201
playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters,
production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production
photographs, author biographies and other ephemera related to the plays. Some 440 of the plays
are published here for the first time, including a number by major authors. Users can search by
author, characters, productions, companies, years, plays, theaters, and scenes. The plays have
been selected using leading bibliographies and with the editorial advice of James V. Hatch,
co-author with Errol G. Hill of A History of African American Theatre and a leading
expert in this area. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street
Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
British &
Irish Women's Letters & Diaries (1500-1950; all full-text; XLinks) contains the letters and diaries of about 500
British and Irish women as revealed in over 100,000 pages of diaries and letters spanning more than 300
years. Each source has been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies. It includes biographies and
an annotated bibliography of sources. Users can search by authors, sources, years, places, personal events, and historical events. The showcase provides page images of selected diaries. It is
produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the
University of Chicago.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online (much
full-text; XLinks) provides in-depth reference and research capabilities for the study of every type of
poetry. It includes Granger's Classic Hundred Poems, Top 500 Poems,
Index to Poetry in Anthologies, Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works, and
Index to African-American Poetry. It has over 154,000 full-text poems, a glossary, poet biographies, commentaries and full-text critical context essays
by respected scholars. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Columbia University Press.
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.
Early
American Fiction (1774-1850; all full-text; XLinks) contains the first editions
of American novels and short stories written before 1850 by authors of significance
during their lifetimes. It includes 440 works of 80 novelists and short-story
writers. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is
provided by OhioLINK.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (1534-1860;
all full-text; XLinks) includes about 1,000 primary sources describing North American peoples,
cultures and environment that appear in key bibliographies for this academic discipline. It
permits searches by author, year, source, place, environment, encounter, fauna, flora, peoples,
images, personal event or cultural event. It includes the letters, diaries and memoirs of more
than 1,440 authors. It is produced by and the user interface is
provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
Eighteenth
Century Fiction (1700-1780; all full-text; XLinks) contains 96 works of English prose
fiction, written by writers from the British Isles. It includes
all of the most widely-studied texts and others long neglected or unavailable. First
editions have been used unless considered unreliable. Some original images are
included (title pages and illustrations). It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey
and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.
English Poetry Collection (600-1900; all full-text; XLinks) contains over 175,000 poems by
over 1,400 poets from British Commonwealth and ex-colonial countries. It contains over 4,400
poetry collections listed in the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature,
many of which are rare books and unavailable in print form. Users can also these works in XPLORE the library's online catalog. Works in English of Welsh,
Scottish, and Irish poets are included. It also includes any relevant accompanying text
written by the poet. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwck-Healey and the user
interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also 20th
Century English Poetry (1900-2000), or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.
English Prose Drama (1600-1900; all full-text; XLinks) is based on plays listed in the
New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature that were written or intended for
the stage and wholly or primarily in prose. It contains over 1,800 plays by about 400
authors from the renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century. The full text of each
drama is included with any accompanying text written by the author and forming an integral
part of the work. Selected images are directly accessible from the relevant points in the
text. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by
OhioLINK. See also American Drama and English Verse Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.
English Verse Drama (1400-1900; all full-text; XLinks) contains more than 2,200 works by over
500 named authors and over 300 anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late
thirteenth century through the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods to the end of the nineteenth
century. A verse drama is generally defined as a work acted on or intended for the stage which
is either completely in verse or includes significant verse content. It is based on
bibliographic information in the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.
It contains masques, short dramatic pieces written primarily in verse, selected translations,
works written for children and adaptations. It includes any accompanying text written by the
original author. It also includes any relevant accompanying text
written by the poet. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwck-Healey and the user
interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also American Drama and English Prose Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.
Film & Television Literature Index (FTLI) (more full-text; video tutorials;
RefWorks help; XLinks) is a comprehensive bibliographic database covering film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. It also includes over 24,000 celebrity and entertainment images provided by the Motion Picture & Television Archive and 32,500 full-text reviews dating back to 1914 provided by Variety Movie Reviews. It is produced by and the user
interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Humanities International Complete (1925-present; updated monthly; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for books, articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. It indexes 1,700 scholarly journals and incorporates all content from American Humanities Index and Humanities International Index. It covers literature, language, history, philosophy, archaeology,
classical studies, folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion
and theology. It is produced by Whitson Publishing and the user interface is
provided by EBSCO Publishing.
International Bibliography of
Theatre & Dance (IBTD) (much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is the online version of the print IBTD in 14 volumes. It indexes
journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and
performance in 126 countries. It is a multicultural and inter-disciplinary research tool for theater
students, educators and professionals. Initiated by the American Society for Theatre Research, the IBTD
is now published by the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College. The user interface is
provided by EBSCO Publishing.
JSTOR
(1st issue of 1st volume to 3 years from present; all full-text;
RefWorks help;
XLinks;
title list) provides online
access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a variety of academic
disciplines including the arts, business, demographic studies, humanities, social sciences,
and science.The multidisciplinary arts & sciences collection was updated in June 2009 with an additional 120 titles, bringing the total number of journals in this collection to 749. JSTOR also includes 8,200 19th Century British pamphlets. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by JSTOR, a not-for-profit organization that serves
and is supported by the scholarly community.
MLA Directory of Periodicals lists over 4,400 periodicals in the areas of literature,
covered in the MLA International Bibliography. It provides print and electronic availability,
contact information, subscription information, advertising rates, publishing information (scope and
subjects covered), and information about submissions for publication. It is produced by the Modern
Language Association of America and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries & Oral Histories (1800-1950; all full-text; XLinks)
contains 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information providing a unique and personal
view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Composed of
contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, the
series provides a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines. The collection is
particularly useful to researchers, because much of the original material is difficult to find,
poorly indexed, and unpublished; most bibliographies of the immigrant focus on secondary research;
and few oral histories have been published. In selected cases, users will be able to hear the actual
audio voices of the immigrants. The showcase provides a selection of cartoons from Puck Magazine and the images of a diary by Rose Qwong. Users can search by author, source, year, place, nationality & heritage, personal event, resource and subject. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander
Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
North American Women's Letters & Diaries (Colonial -1950; all full-text; XLinks) includes the immediate experiences of 1,325
women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Materials have been carefully chosen using
leading bibliographies, supplemented by more than 7,000 pages of previously unpublished material. The
collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the
database. Users can search by authors, source, year, place, historical event and personal event.
The showcase provides page images of selected diaries and letters. It is produced by and the user
interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
Oxford
English Dictionary (OED) (middle ages-present; all full-text; XLinks), an historical dictionary of the English
language, is the online version of the 2nd print edition of the dictionary. It is produced by and the user interface
is provided by Oxford University Press.
Oxford
Reference Online, Classics (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable database
of 5 encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works covering classical civilization,
classical literature and who's who in the classical world as well as Latin-English
and English-Latin dictionaries. It is published by and the user interface is provided
by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Oxford
Reference Online, English Dictionaries and Thesauruses (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help)
is a cross-searchable database of 6 Amercian and English dictionaries and thesauruses.
It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Oxford
Reference Online, English Language Reference (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable
database of 11 encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works covering American
usage and style, abbreviations, English grammar, English language, entymology,
eponyms, foreign terms in English, idioms, linguistics, modern English usage and
proverbs. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University
Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Oxford
Reference Online, Literature (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable database
of 12 encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works covering 20th century African
American, American, classical, English and Irish literature as well as literary
terms, Shakespeare, twentieth century English poetry, and writers and their works.
It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Oxford
Reference Online, Mythology and Folklore (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help is a cross-searchable
database of 7 encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works covering African,
Asian, Celtic and world mythology as well as English folklore and superstitions.
It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Oxford
Reference Online, Quotations (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable database
of 3 quotation dictionaries. It is published by and the user interface is provided
by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Oxford
Reference Online, Timelines (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) contains timelines by theme
(art and architecture; literature; performing arts; politics and government; science,
technology and medicine; society; and war), subthemes and country (Australia,
Canada, United Kingdom and United States) as well as a twentieth century timeline.
It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Periodicals Archive Online (most from first issue to 1995; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides the backfiles of periodicals in ancient civilizations, history, humanities, linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and general studies. This collection was updated in June 2009 with an additional 400 titles. Users can search for articles by keyword, author, article title, journal title, language, journal subject, and year. Users can browse journals by title or journal subject. It is produced by Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.
Renaissance Women Online
(1400-1700; all full-text; XLinks), included in Women Writers Online, this database is a collection of 100 Renaissance texts from the early modern period accompanied by introductions to the individual works and
essays on the cultural context of the period, all written by scholars in the field. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Women Writers Project at Brown University.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus (all full-text) contains 35,000 synonyms and over
250,000 cross-references. It features succinct word definitions and a hyperlinked category index. Click the down arrow in the select box and click Roget's. It is produced by Houghton-Mifflin and the user interface is provided by Bartleby.com.
Scottish Women
Poets of the Romantic Period (all full-text; XLinks) contains 60 volumes of romantic poetry, extensive
contemporary critical reviews, as well as material specially written for this database by leading
scholars. Users can search by authors, poems, works, essays & criticisms, and related websites.
It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with
the University of Chicago.
Shakespeare: Editions and Adaptations 1623-1866; all full-text; XLinks) includes
the complete text of eleven major editions of Shakespeare's works, from the First Folio in 1623
to the Cambridge edition of 1863-1866. It also includes twenty-four separate contemporary
printings of individual plays, selected apocrypha and related works and more than 100
adaptations, sequels, and burlesques from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth
centuries. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by
OhioLINK.
Turnitin.com (quickstart guides for students; for
faculty; manual for TurnItIn in Blackboard for students; for faculty) is a plagiarism prevention and
detection service. Both faculty and students need to set up a user profile to use this service. Faculty need the administrative account ID and password to set up their profile. Contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 for this information. Faculty also need to set up a class with a separate class ID and password. Faculty then need to give the class ID and password to their students before they can submit their papers to TurnItIn. If TurnItIn is used within Blackboard neither students or faculty need to set up an account.
Twentieth Century African American Poetry (1900-2000; all full-text; XLinks)
contains 12,000 poems with biographical profiles of more than 100 African-American
poets, including Audre Lorde, Langston Hughes, and Rita Dove, as well as emerging
poets. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided
by OhioLINK. See also African American Poetry
Collection 1760-1900, or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.
Twentieth Century American Poetry (1900-2000; all full-text; XLinks) contains 52,000 poems from
collected works and individual volumes of poetry. It covers the works of more than 316 major
20th century American poets, including the traditionalists and modernists.as well as
contemporary works of the 1990s. It includes volumes of poetry from all the major movements and
schools, including the New School, the Chicago School, the Southern School, the Confessionals,
the Beats, and the Black Mountain poets. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user
interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also American Poetry
Collection (1600-1900), or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.
Twentieth Century English Poetry (1900-2000; all full-text; XLinks) contains over 44,000
poems by 288 poets, incorporating the Modern Poetry Collection and The Faber Poetry
Library. It includes any integral images, introductions, and prefaces to the volumes, all
notes, and any prose sections. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface
is provided by OhioLINK. See also English Poetry Collection 600-1900, or search all six databases in the Poetry Group.
William Butler Yeats Collection (all full-text; XLinks) is a complete electronic edition of Yeats's work, bringing
together 22 printed volumes and including critical and fictional prose, poetry, plays, and autobiographical works. It
is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Heale and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.
Women Writers Online (1400-1850; all full-text; XLinks) is an archive of works by
pre-Victorian women writers accompanied by contextual and topical essays. It is produced by and
the user interface is provided by the Women Writers Project at Brown University.
WorldCat (1000 BC-present; updated daily;
RefWorks help) contains millions of bibliographic records for all material cataloged by
OCLC member libraries. It includes books, computer programs, films and slides, journals and
magazines, chapters, papers, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, sound recordings,
videotapes and websites. It also includes Net First and the Union List of Periodicals.
It is produced by and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).
WorldCat.org (updated daily;
RefWorks help; XLinks) lets users search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. You can search for popular books, music CDs and videos; you can discover many new kinds of digital content, such as downloadable audiobooks; you may also find article citations with links to their full text (export articles to RefWorks to display the FindIt icon and link to the full-text, when available); authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren't available to the public. Resources are available in many languages. Users can create a free account to create lists of favorites, bibliographies, and reviews. Owning libraries are displayed in descending order by the number of miles from your geographic location or zip code. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).