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Oxford Reference Online Premium Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford Companions series, 100+ dictionaries and thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, 50,000 signed entries with bibliographies

Oxford English Dictionary

Current, web version

upgraded to the ongoing web edition, with full text of the 22-volume 2nd ed. (1989), plus draft material for the upcoming 3rd ed.; provides definitions, word origins, quotations from the English speaking world, as illustrated in historic and current publications; updated quarterly
Literature Resource Center compendium of full text literary reference sources, including the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner's and Twayne's authors series, the MLA International Bibliography, and an encyclopedia of literature; includes extensive bibliographies of works and criticism
Literature Online
full text of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus film clips and new poets on screen; literary works are cross-referenced to critical works, including biographies, bibliographies, key reference resources, and 120 full text journals
American National Biography full-text biographies of prominent Americans who are now deceased. Continues and updates the Dictionary of American Biography, 1928-1985.
Reference Collection: E 176 .D56
Biography and Genealogy Master Index comprehensive index to biographies in the best known print reference sources, including Who's Who and many biographical dictionaries and subect encylopedias
Contemporary Authors 
  in Literature Resource Center
full text bio-bibliographical guide to more than 120,000 authors, including those who were active prior to 1960, but continue to influence contemporary literature; now included in the Literature Resource Center
Granger's World of Poetry over 200,000 poem citations and more than 23,000 full text poems, plus commentaries, author biographies and glossary
HLAS Online a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars; edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress
Movie Review Query Engine nearly 600,000 reviews of over 60,000 titles; includes discussion forums

English & Foreign Languages:  Books

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Averett Library Catalog books and media
Worldcat comprehensive catalog of books, film, internet resources selected by libraries. Includes option to limit to Internet sources

English & Foreign Languages:  Articles

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Note: Use the Journal Locator to find journals or "sources" cited in an index.

Academic Search Complete

over 5,500 full-text periodicals, most peer-reviewed, in a broad range of academic areas; indexing and abstracts for thousands of additional journals and nearly 10,000 monographs, reports, conference proceedings. (Replaces InfoTrac at Averett.)

Literature Resource Center compendium of full text literary reference sources, including the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner's and Twayne's authors series, the MLA International Bibliography, and an encyclopedia of literature; includes extensive bibliographies of works and criticism
Literature Online full text of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus film clips and new poets on screen; literary works are cross-referenced to critical works, including biographies, bibliographies, key reference resources, and 120 full text journals
Humanities International Complete full text for more than 670 journals, plus books and other published sources from around the world; includes all data from Humanities International Index, plus unique full text content; covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought
CQ Researcher  weekly full text reports on social issues from Congressional Quarterly, 1991-
Newspaper Source Plus cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), The Age, The Australian, The Toronto Star, The Irish Times and others. The database also contains selective full text for more than 410 U.S newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR)
Communication & Mass Media Complete

comprehensive index with abstracts and some full text for 600 journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields

Poynter.org. Links to the News Resources for journalists
Project Muse
See also Literature Online.
index to university press journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Connect to full text and interlibrary loan with Citation Linker.
MLA International Bibliography comprehensive index to scholarly materials in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore, including articles, books, essays, working papers, proceedings, dissertations and bibliographies, 1963-
World Shakespeare Bibliography annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1967 and 2003
Arts & Humanities Search index to 1,300 arts and humanities journals, 1980-
Vente et Gestion full text coverage for French language business journals, both academic and professional; coverage of accounting & tax, administration, industry & manufacturing, marketing, logistics, technology
Salud en Espanol Spanish language version of Consumer Health Complete web site
Clase and Periódica Clase indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities; Periódica indexes science and technology journals; articles may be in Spanish,  Portuguese, French or English.

Economia y Negocios
business and economics coverage for over 300 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere


Fuente Academica
business and economics coverage for over 300 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere
MedicLatina full text for nearly 120 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish; covers neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology

English & Foreign Languages:  Web Guides

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Yale University Library. Literature in English  
Yale University Library. French Language and Literature Resources  
Yale University Library. Iberian Languages and Literatures (Peninsular)  
Digital Librarian. Languages  
Digital Librarian. Literature  
Digital Librarian. Children's Literature  

English & Foreign Languages:  Literary Collections

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American Memory Collection Finder "Languages and Literature" collections from the Library of Congress
American Verse Project full text electronic archive of volumes of American poetry volumes prior to 1920
Latino Literature "...approximately 48 plays and 13,000 pages of prose and poetry  by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States." 

English & Foreign Languages:  Children's Literature

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Caldecott, Newbery awards American Library Association: Children's Books lists awards for children's books, including
Children's Literature Web Guide Internet resources on books for children and young adults
Digital Librarian. Children's Literature  

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