Databases
Search or browse for databases across all subject areas. Databases are collections of scholarly resources, such as articles, journals, videos, images, primary source materials, and more. We also recommend using Omni, our academic search tool, to quickly find individual titles across the library's collection.
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Literature Online | Works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, with some full-text literature journals, with key criticism and reference resources. The following literature collections are cross-searchable via the... | Connect |
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MLA International Bibliography | A subject index for published books, articles, and websites on modern literatures, linguistics, folklore, and more.The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for published books, articles, and websites the... | Connect |
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Oxford English Dictionary | The entire text of the 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary which merges the original OED with the supplements prepared throughout this century. This work not only contains definitions for most of the words in the... | Connect |
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19th Century UK Periodicals | Full runs of nearly 600 titles, from the period 1800 to 1900. Some titles exist only in a single copy; such is the fragile state of much nineteenth-century printed material. The collection contains over six million... | Connect |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book | Over 3000 works of major importance to historical studies on this website. ACLS is collaborating in this initiative with 20 learned societies and 100 publishers to assist scholars in the electronic publishing of high-... | Connect |
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America's Historical Imprints | Contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over a 160-year period. Digitized from one of the most important collections ever produced on microform, Early American Imprints, Series I is... | Connect |
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American Film Scripts Online | Contains over 1,000 scripts by over 1,000 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. In addition, the database includes scanned images for more than... | Connect |
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Asian American Drama | Contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Some 50% of these plays have never been published before. The database... | Connect |
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Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America | Citations to literature about Indigenous peoples in North America published from the sixteenth century to the present. Populations include Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern... | Connect |
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Black Drama - 1850 to Present | Contains approximately 1200 plays by 200 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills,... | Connect |
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Black Studies Center | Combines several resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), The Chicago Defender, and the Black Literature Index.... | Connect |
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Black Thought and Culture | Contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal... | Connect |
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Black Women Writers | Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and 20 countries, the database gives a view of black women's struggles through time. New content is uploaded on a biweekly basis, giving users immediate... | Connect |
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British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries | The immediate experiences of approximately 500 women, as revealed in over 100,000 pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever... | Connect |
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British Literary Manuscripts Online, c. 1120-1900 | Consists of two collections: British Literary Manuscripts Online c.1660-1900, which provides an intimate look into the lives and works of Britain’s major writers across two hundred years; the Medieval and... | Connect |
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British Periodicals | Hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. British Periodicals traces the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the seventeenth century... | Connect |
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C19: The Nineteenth Century Index | Draws on the strength of established indexes such as the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Poole's Index and Periodicals Index Online to create integrated bibliographic coverage of over... | Connect |
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Canadian Book Review Annual Online | Canadian Book Review Annual Online contains more than 40,000 authoritative reviews of English-language and Canadian-authored scholarly, reference, trade, children's, and teen books published in Canada over the past 35... | Connect |
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Canadiana | Web access to a digital library of primary sources in Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of literature, women's... | Connect |
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Canadiana Collection | More than 80, 000 volumes dating back to the early 17th century that are about Canada, or written and published by Canadians, freely available online. This CIHM digital archive complements the materials digitized and... | Connect |
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CBCA Complete | A comprehensive Canadian periodical collection covering multiple subjects and topics, with millions of full-text records. The Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database features a diversified mix of... | Connect |
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CBCA Complete: Literature and Language | Focuses on literature and language periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues. It is a subset of CBCA Complete. | Connect |
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CBCA Complete: The Arts | This database focuses on arts periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues. This database is a subset of CBCA Complete. Subject coverage includes: Canadian music Canadian theatre... | Connect |
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