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 OneFile cancelled, see Academic Search Complete.

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 and English Literature Collections (all full-text; XLinks) provides searching across sixteen American and English literature collections: African American Poetry, American Drama, American Poetry, Bible in English, Bibliography of American Literature, Early American Fiction, Editions & Adaptations of Shakespeare, Eighteenth Century Fiction, English Poetry, English Prose Drama, English Verse Drama, Twentieth Century African American Poetry, Twentieth Century American Poetry, Twentieth Century English Poetry, and William Butler Yeats. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog.

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 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.

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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.

Drama Group Collections (all full-text; XLinks) provides searching across three subcollections: American Drama, English Prose Drama and English Verse Drama. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

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.

General OneFile cancelled, see Academic Search Complete.

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.

netLibrary eAudiobooks cancelled, see the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

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).