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• Cambridge Collections Online (CCO)
  Full-text of over 200 Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics; and Philosophy, Religion and Culture. Includes over 2,200 essays on these topics. varies.
  

  

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  Topics include Plato, Luther, Jane Austen, Tom Stoppard, Stravinsky, the French Novel, and Jewish American Literature. Access

  • The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
  • The Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture

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• MLA International Bibliography
  Scholarly articles in literature and linguistics. Indexes over 6,000 national and international journals, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. From the Modern Language Association. 1926-current; selective coverage 1886-.
  

  

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  Subjects include:

  • Literature and drama (English and world)
  • Linguistics
  • Literary Theory
  • Folklore
  • Rhetoric, composition, and pedagogy

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• World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
  Summarizes books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media related to Shakespeare. 1962 to present.
  

  

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  Covers over eighty languages and represents every country in North America, South America, and Europe, and nearly every country in Asia, Africa, and Australasia. Indexes several hundred thousand additional reviews of books, productions, films, and audio recordings. What the Bibliography includes:

  • Books, articles, and dissertations entirely about Shakespeare;
  • Books, articles, and dissertations that include a substantial discussion of Shakespeare (e.g., books and dissertations that devote a chapter--or its equivalent--to Shakespeare);
  • Stage productions of Shakespeare's works by a professional or semiprofessional theatrical group (in listing personnel, only the following are recorded: those with speaking roles, translator, dramaturg, director, assistant director, and individuals responsible for sets, costumes, lighting, and music);
  • Reviews of books entirely or substantially about Shakespeare;
  • Reviews of professional or semiprofessional stage productions of Shakespeare's works;
  • Films of Shakespeare productions (in listing personnel, only the following are recorded: those with speaking roles, director, assistant director, and individuals responsible for sets, costumes, lighting, cinematography, and music);
  • New stage, musical, dance, and video adaptations of Shakespeare's works (in listing personnel, only the following are recorded: those with speaking roles, the author and/or translator of the adaptation, choreographer, composer, dramaturg, director, assistant director, and individuals responsible for sets, costumes, lighting, and music).

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• Oxford Reference Online
  100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works. Subjects include: biology; classics; computing; dance; earth sciences; economics; mythology; history; law; literature; medicine; opera; performing arts; politics; science, theater; and more.
  

  

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  We subscribe to three collections at Oxford, all via the Boston Library Consortium. They are:

  • Core Collection, United States
  • Premium Western Civilization
  • Premium Collection

  Includes the Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford Companion to American Theatre, Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Oxford Dictionary of Dance, and Who's Who in Opera.

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