MLA Bibliography: 1963 - present, citations
Index to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore research. It includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, and proceedings.
Biography Resource Center: full-text
Award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Biography Resource Center: African Americans: full-text
Narrative and thumbnail biographies about notable African Americans from the respected Thomson Gale sources available in the Biography Resource Center. Enhancing the reference content are full-text periodical articles, websites, and recent update news briefs. Search on name, personal facts such as birth/death dates and place, occupation, and gender, or combine criteria to create a targeted custom search.
Book Review Index: 1965 - present, full-text
A comprehensive online guide to book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications.
Dissertation Abstracts Online: 1861 - present, additional password needed
Dissertations and theses from institutions in the North America and Europe.
Gale Literary Databases: 1965 - present, full-text and citations
Includes full text access to Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select), and the Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB). It provides detailed information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors along with selected critical reactions to their works.
Gale Virtual Reference Library:
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
LISTA -Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts: 1960's - present
Includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Definitive dictionary of the English language.
Ulrichs: Periodical Directory: 1932- present
Find magazines, journals, newspapers, newsletters,`zines and more.
Includes over 122,300 recommended titles, more than 66,700 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards.
Wilson Select Plus: 1994 - present, additional password needed
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.
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Academic Search Premier: 1975 - present, full-text
4000+
full-text scholarly journals, contains full text
coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion &
theology, etc.
Expanded Academic: 1982 - present, full-text
A wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, medical journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others.
General Reference Center: 1980 - present, full-text
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
JSTOR: Dates vary, full-text
A digital archive collection of over 600 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, business, basic science, life sciences, and physical and applied sciences. Often starts with the first issues (many of which date from the 1800s).