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ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature)
List books, monographs, journal articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world. 1920-current.
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Consists of 77 volumes beginning in 1920 and issued annually in printed volumes. Subject areas covered by ABELL include:
- English Language - including syntax, phonology, lexicology, semantics, stylistics and dialectology
- English Literature - including poetry, prose, fiction, films, biography, travel writing, literary theory and studies of individual authors
- Bibliography - including manuscript studies, textual studies and the history of publishing
- Traditional culture of the English-speaking world including custom, belief, narrative, song, dance and material culture
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Scholarly journal articles in arts and humanities. Includes some full-text. From Web of Science. More comprehensive searching than FirstSearch. 1994- current.
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Subjects covered include:
- Archaeology
- Art & Architecture
- Classics
- Dance
- Folklore
- History
- Language
- Linguistics
- Literature & Literary Reviews
- Music
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Radio, Television, & Film
- Religion
- Theater
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (FirstSearch)

Scholarly journal articles in arts and humanities. Provides earlier coverage than Web of Science. 1980-current.
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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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Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Full-text of over 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. Covers history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. 1701-1800.
Also Known As
- ECCO
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online is a comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century, the world's largest library of the printed book on microfilm. Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800. Search every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. The collection is an ongoing project based on The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), a machine-readable union list of the holdings of the British Library, as well as those from more than 1,500 university, private, and public libraries worldwide.
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JSTOR
Essential scholarly journals in many academic fields, especially arts, literature, humanities, and biology. Some back to early 1900s; most recent 2-5 years not available.
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Subjects include:
- African American Studies
- African Studies
- American Indian Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Architecture & Architectural History
- Art & Art History
- Asian Studies
- Botany
- Business
- Classical Studies
- Ecology
- Economics
- Education
- Feminist & Women's Studies
- Film Studies
- Finance
- Folklore
- General Science
- Geography
- History
- History of Science & Technology
- Language & Literature
- Latin American Studies
- Law
- Mathematics
- Middle East Studies
- Music
- Performing Arts
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Population Studies
- Psychology
- Public Policy & Administration
- Religion
- Slavic Studies
- Sociology
- Statistics
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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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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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ProceedingsFirst

Table of Contents for every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. 1993-current.
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Includes a wide variety of subjects discussed at various meetings, conferences, symposia, etc. From FirstSearch.
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Project MUSE
Full-text of over 200 journals in classics, education, history, literature, math, philosophy, politics, religion, and visual and performing arts.
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Journals published by major university presses, especially in the humanities and social sciences. Subjects include:
- Classics
- Culture
- Education
- Film, Theater, and Performing Arts
- History
- Judaic Studies
- Language
- Law
- Literature
- Math
- Music
- Philosophy & Religion
- Philosophy & Science
- Politics
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Indexes every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. 1861-present; full-text 1997 to present.
Also Known As
- Dissertation Abstracts
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Reader's Guide Retrospective

The most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. 1890-1982.
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Journals covered include Time, Newsweek, and Life.
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae

Extensive collection of ancient Greek texts, a canon of Greek authors and works, and a comprehensive database of known ancient Greek and Byzantine authors. 8th century B.C. to 1453 AD.
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Created at the University of California.
WorldCat

Catalog of books, journals, DVDs, CDs, scores, and sound recordings from over 9,000 libraries. 40 million records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes items at the University of Connecticut Libraries. Request items not at UConn via Interlibrary Loan..
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WorldCat indicates if UConn owns the item, but it does not have UConn’s specific call numbers for books, music, and scripts, and it does not have any AV call numbers.
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