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    Literature

    ARTFL Provides access to over 2600 texts ranging from classic works of French Literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing from the 12th to 20th century.
    Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) Citation index which provides access to current and retrospective information from over 1,160 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as selected items from over 6,000 scientific and social sciences journals.
    Biography Collection Complete A comprehensive collection of full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government and politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas.
    Contemporary Authors (for barcode access click here) Contains biographical information on approximately 112,000 authors (including novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction and fiction writers, etc) who have published English language works from the twentieth century to present.
    Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics Comprehensive coverage of different topics in Linguistics including Applied Linguistics, Languages of the World, Phonetics, Speech Technology, etc.
    Essay and General Literature Index to essays and chapters of books in many subjects. Sprague Library owns a good number of the books indexed in the EGLI. 1900 to date. Ref AI3. E75
    Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text Provides indexing and abstracts for over 300 publications related to film and television as well as full text.
    Humanities Index Index to periodicals in art, history, literature, linguistics, philosophy and religion. Coverage is from 1974 to date. Index Shelves Ref. AI3. R493
    International Index to Periodicals The predecessor of Social Sciences Index and Humanities Index. (1907-1973/74) Index Shelves Ref. AI3. R488
    Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism Provides an introduction to literary critiques of authors and movements, as well as literary movements from the Classics to the present day.
    JSTOR Archive of full-text journal articles in African American studies, African studies, anthropology, archaeology, Asian studies, Classical studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, geography, history, languages and literature, Latin American studies, mathematics, Middle East studies, philosophy, political science, population studies, Slavic studies, sociology, and statistics.
    L'Annee Philologique Bibliography of classical literature and modern scholarship on classical literature. Published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique. Topics covered include literature and literary history, linguistics and philology, history and civilization, and more. In print, 1987 to 2003: REF Z7016 .M35A T.58 and Online.
    Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Index to articles, books, and dissertations in linguistics, speech, language, and hearing pathology, and language research.
    Literary Index Index to Gale literary criticism and biography reference sources. The Library owns many of the Gale publications and they can be found in Sprague Library catalog.
    Literary Reference Center A comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
    Literature Virtual Reference Collection (Gale) Reference titles (published by Gale) related to Literature.
    MLA (Modern Language Association) Bibliography Index to articles and other material on modern languages, literature, linguistics and folklore. Covers subjects from prose to poetry, genres to literary forms, national literatures and regional dialects.
    Oxford English Dictionary Online version of the Second Edition OED (1989) containing the fulltext of all 20 volumes.
    Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Offers millions of words, phrases, and translations, in French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Included are usage examples and illustrative explanations of grammatical terms, and help with spelling and punctuation. Also included are hundreds of correspondence templates including sample letters, CVs and resumes to provide practical help with writing in each language.
    Project MUSE Full text database of over 160 electronic journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
    World Shakespeare Bibliography Online Database provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1965 and early 2004.