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Subject Specific Databases
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MLA International Bibliography [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLAIB) covers international scholarly materials on all languages, literatures, linguistics, and folklore from around the world. It includes citations to items from journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. MLAIB does not index book reviews.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Literature Online (LION) (http://lion.chadwyck.com/) VPN
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A fully searchable library of over 300,000 works of English and American literature, including selected literary criticism.
- Access: http://lion.chadwyck.com/ (http://lion.chadwyck.com/) VPN
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Gale Literature Resource Center (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=LitRC) VPN
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Full-text biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combines core literary resources such as Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=LitRC (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=LitRC) VPN
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Gale Literary Index (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex)
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Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature series published by The Gale Group. It combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles into one source.
- Access: http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex)
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Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) (http://uclibs.org/PID/16473) VPN
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Aims to list monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world. The bibliography consists of 71 volumes beginning in 1920 and issued annually in printed volumes. Also available in the database Literature Online (LION).
- Coverage: 1920-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/16473 (http://uclibs.org/PID/16473) VPN
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- The print version of ABELL is available for 1920-2001 in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Z2011.M69
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Periodicals Index Online (PIO) (http://uclibs.org/PID/6848) VPN
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Periodicals Index Online is a retrospective database (1665-1995); over 300 philosophy titles are included. It also provides access to a smaller set of titles in fulltext electronic form.
- Coverage: 1665-1995
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/6848 (http://uclibs.org/PID/6848) VPN
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- To search only the full text digitized content of this resource (1802-1995), you can also use Periodicals Archive Online: http://uclibs.org/PID/9284
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PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association of America) (http://uclibs.org/PID/22209) VPN
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Contains the searchable full text of PMLA up to 1990, including both articles and bibliographies. From 1922-1962, PMLA published the bibliography now known as the MLA International Bibliography under the article titles "American Bibliography" or "Annual Bibliography."
- Coverage: v.4 (1889) - v.105 (1990)
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/22209 (http://uclibs.org/PID/22209) VPN
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America: History and Life (http://uclibs.org/pid/6159) VPN
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Bibliographic database containing citations to articles on American and Canadian history, including ethnic history and relations, from prehistory to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals published worldwide.
- Coverage: 1964-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/6159 (http://uclibs.org/pid/6159) VPN
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Black Studies Center [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113795) VPN
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Black Studies Center brings together historical and current material for research projects on African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa. It is comprised of several cross-searchable component databases including the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, The International Index to Black Periodicals, and Newspapers, including the full text backfile of the Afro-American newspaper, The Chicago Defender from 1910-1975.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113795 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113795) VPN
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Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) (http://uclibs.org/PID/11557) VPN
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Nearly 40,000 records of the literary works of approximately 300 American writers from the period of the Revolution to 1930. A Chadwyck-Healy Literature Online collection.
- Coverage: 1776-1930
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/11557 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11557) VPN
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English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) [via British Library] (http://uclibs.org/PID/9573)
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Contains records for works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period. Includes the former Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) and the two print short-title catalogues covering 1475-1640 (Pollard & Redgrave) and 1641-1700 (Wing)
- Coverage: 1473-1800
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9573 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9573)
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19th Century Masterfile (including Poole's Plus)
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THIS DATABASE HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR BUDGETARY REASONS. AS AN ALTERNATIVE WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE "C-19: The Nineteenth Century Index," A DATABASE WHICH COVERS MUCH OF THE SAME MATERIAL AND MORE. FOR ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES, PLEASE CONTACT THE SHIELDS LIBRARY GENERAL REFERENCE DESK.
Enhanced WWW edition of William Frederick Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, which indexes books, newspapers, periodicals and government documents on the 19th Century. Includes an expanding list of other 19th Century indexes, including the New York Times (1863-1905), the New York Tribune (1875-1906), Harper's Magazine Index (1850-1892), Palmers's Index to the Times (London), 1880-1890, and historical government publications indexes for both the United States and Great Britain. These indexes include Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England (1066-1803) and Hansard's Indexes to Debates, House of Commons and House of Lords (1803-1830).
- Coverage: 19th century
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (http://sffrd.library.tamu.edu/)
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An online citation index to over 60,000 historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy and horror, developed by Hal W. Hall. This index is a useful supplement to the MLA International Bibliography, since it includes both scholarly and fan writing. Does not include book review coverage.
- Coverage: 1878-present
- Access: http://sffrd.library.tamu.edu/ (http://sffrd.library.tamu.edu/)
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- For print volume access to the index for years 1878-1995, see Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, PN3433.S2
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Alternative Press Index & Archive [via OCLC] (http://uclibs.org/PID/49179) VPN
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Alternative Press Index covers over 700 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change. The Archive indexes the years 1969-1990. For 1990-present, select "AltPressIndex" from the "Search in Database" field. To cross-search both, click on the tab labeled "Databases," then select AltPressIndex and AltPressIndexArchive.
- Coverage: 1969-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/49179 (http://uclibs.org/PID/49179) VPN
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- The print version of Alternative Press Index is available in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, HM101.A1 A4
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Play Index [via H.W. Wilson] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113654) VPN
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Play Index searches publication details of over 30,000 plays published after 1949 and written from Antiquity to the present. Search for plays by title, author, subject, style, genre, cast type, and more. This database searches for copies of plays published both separately and in collections/anthologies.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113654 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113654) VPN
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- The print version of Play Index is available for the years 1949-2002 in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, Z5781.P53
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African American Song (http://ucdavis4.classical.com/) VPN
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A streaming audio database which allows listening to audio files documenting the history of African American music. Featuring over 15,000 tracks of historical recordings including jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs and narratives.
- Coverage: 1900-1950
- Access: http://ucdavis4.classical.com/ (http://ucdavis4.classical.com/) VPN
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- If off campus users experience problems, try the proxy server or the alternate URL of ucdavis.classical.com
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Smithsonian Global Sound (http://ucdavis2.classical.com) VPN
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A streaming audio database which allows listening to audio files of the world's musical and aural traditions. Featuring over 35,000 tracks of recordings around the world as well as spoken word recordings of biography, memoir, drama, poetry and other sounds.
- Access: http://ucdavis2.classical.com (http://ucdavis2.classical.com) VPN
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- If off campus users experience problems, try the proxy server or the alternate URL of ucdavis.classical.com
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ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than a million digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44518 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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- Getting Started with ARTstor [via UCDavis]
For initial training and information on using ARTstor, contact: artstorhelp@lib.ucdavis.edu
- For off-campus access, first register with ARTstor from a computer on campus. Then, you may login from off campus with your ARTstor ID by going directly to www.artstor.org. ARTstor does not always work smoothly with the VPN. Or, you may use the Proxy
- If you would like to join a UCD community of ARTstor users to share discoveries and help solve problems, please join our ARTstor Users Group on Smartsite.
General Databases
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General Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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This is a list of the best general databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It includes abstracting and indexing services, FullText Databases and Electronic Journal Libraries which are of interest to the variety of fields in the the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
Full-text Resources
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JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of 773 important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are NOT included. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1980 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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- About J Stor: Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials. http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/
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Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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Project Muse provides full text access to over 300 journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics. It is useful for searching interdisciplinary cultural studies topics. Its full-text search engine is more detailed than any other index for these journals. Coverage varies by journal.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31861 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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Duke University Press Journals Online (http://dukejournals.org/) VPN
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The e-Duke Scholarly Collection provides access to current issues of 29 electronic journals from Duke University Press. The list includes 18 titles previously available from Project Muse, in addition to other titles still currently updated in Muse.
- Access: http://dukejournals.org/ (http://dukejournals.org/) VPN
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American Periodicals Series Online [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/pid/16610) VPN
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Searchable database of citations and digitized images of the pages of more than 1100 American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.
- Coverage: 1741-1940s
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/16610 (http://uclibs.org/pid/16610) VPN
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Early American Imprints Series I (1639-1800). Evans (http://uclibs.org/PID/23074) VPN
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This is a full-text collection of books, pamphlets and periodicals published in the United States 1639- 1800. It is a terrific collection of primary source material (more than 36,000 titles when complete) on all aspects of 17th and 18th century life in America and Europe (especially England). It is based on Charles EvansÂ’ American Bibliography, which listed all known publications in this period and is developed from the microform set of those titles, Evans Early American Imprints Series I. For material on the early 19th century (1801-1819), see Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker.
- Coverage: 1639-1800
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/23074 (http://uclibs.org/PID/23074) VPN
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Early American Imprints, Series II (1801-1819). Shaw-Shoemaker (http://uclibs.org/PID/44298) VPN
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This is a full-text collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the United States in the first decades of the 19th century. When the collection is complete in 2007 (the first installment was released in August 2004), it will contain 36,000 primary sources on all aspects of early 19th century America. For 17th and 18th Century American material see Early American Imprints, Series I (1639-1800). Evans.
- Coverage: Begun in August 2004, there will be monthly updates through July 2007.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44298 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44298) VPN
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Early American Newspapers [via NewsBank] (http://uclibs.org/PID/42513) VPN
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Historic American newspapers from 1690-1876: images and full-text content, complementing the Early American Imprints series. The core of the Readex collection is formed by Isaiah Thomas' own collection of colonial and early national period newspapers and supplemented by nearly two million issues added by Thomas' successors at the American Antiquarian Society, and from the collections of other institutions and societies.
- Coverage: 1690-1876
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/42513 (http://uclibs.org/PID/42513) VPN
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- This site now also includes the California's Historical Newspapers consisting of 13 titles published between 1850 and 1900.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online [via Gale] (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO) VPN
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) provides full-text searchable access to the digital images of 150,000 books and other materials published during the 18th Century. Based on the English Short Title Catalog bibliography, it includes English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
- Coverage: 1701-1800
- Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO) VPN
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Individual Literature Collections from Literature Online (LION) (http://collections.chadwyck.com/) VPN
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Search the full text of the following Chadwyck-Healey literature databases: 20th Century African-American Poetry, 20th Century American Poetry, 20th Century Drama, African-American Poetry (1750-1900), American Drama, American Poetry (1600-1900), The Bible in English (990-1970), Early American Fiction, Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700), Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (1591-1911), Eighteenth-Century Fiction (1700-1780), English Drama (1280-1915), English Poetry (600-1900), The Faber Poetry Library, Nineteenth-Century Fiction, The W.B. Yeats Collection (1885-1995)
- Access: http://collections.chadwyck.com/ (http://collections.chadwyck.com/) VPN
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HarpWeek (http://uclibs.org/pid/1554) VPN
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Provides full-image reproductions of Harper's Weekly from 1857-1912, one of the most important weekly magazines read by Americans during the 19th Century.
- Coverage: 1857-1912
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/1554 (http://uclibs.org/pid/1554) VPN
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Latino Literature [via Alexander Street Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/108429) VPN
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Latino Literature contains approximately 380 plays and 67,500 pages of prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States. The majority of Latino Literature is in English,with selected works of particular importance (approximately 25% of the collection) presented in Spanish.
- Coverage: 1850-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/108429 (http://uclibs.org/PID/108429) VPN
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Asian American Drama [via Alexander Street Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/31412) VPN
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When complete Asian American Drama will bring together more than 250 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information.
- Coverage: late 19th century-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31412 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31412) VPN
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Black Drama [via Alexander Street Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/31413) VPN
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Black Drama contains the full text of hundreds of plays by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Also contains theatrical production information.
- Coverage: 1850-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31413 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31413) VPN
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North American Women's Drama [via Alexander Street Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/108526) VPN
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North American Women's Drama includes full text of over 1000 plays, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Approximately 20% of the titles have never been previously published. The collection begins with the works of Mercy Otis Warren and Susanna Haswell Rowson in the colonial period and spans the 19th and 20th centuries to the present.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/108526 (http://uclibs.org/PID/108526) VPN
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Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1600 to 2000 (http://uclibs.org/PID/36739) VPN
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From Alexander Street Press, this database currently includes searchable full text historical documents, a number of document projects based around key questions, teaching tools, plus book, film and website reviews.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/36739 (http://uclibs.org/PID/36739) VPN
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Everyday Life & Women in America, c1800-1920 [via Adam Matthew] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113691) VPN
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This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library. It comprises thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113691 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113691) VPN
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University of California Press eScholarship Editions (http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/)
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The University of California Press eScholarship Editions are made available through a partnership between the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. Some of the titles are available to the general public; the rest are for University of California faculty, staff, and students only.
- Access: http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/ (http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/)
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Making of America (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/)
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Making of America is a digital library of 19th century primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Includes full text of both books and journals.
- Access: http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/)
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American Memory [Library of Congress] (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
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American Memory provides open access to full text historical documents and materials from the Library of Congress. Includes written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
- Access: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
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Electronic Text Center Collections (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/uvaonline.html)
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From the Electronic Text Center at U. of Virginia, this page contains links to thousands of humanities texts in multiple languages, including religious works, Shakespeare, Chaucer, bestsellers from 1900-1930, and classic American novels.
- Access: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/uvaonline.html (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/uvaonline.html)
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Twentieth-Century Drama [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/42489) VPN
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When complete, Twentieth-Century Drama will contain 2,500 plays from throughout the English-speaking world, covering the history of modern drama. The current release includes over 230 plays from Britain, Ireland and Australia.
- Coverage: 1890-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/42489 (http://uclibs.org/PID/42489) VPN
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American Drama [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/11558) VPN
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Offers the searchable full text of more than 1,100 plays from the colonial period to the beginning of the twentieth century. This database is also available through Literature Online (LION).
- Coverage: 1714-1915
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/11558 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11558) VPN
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American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (http://uclibs.org/PID/9532) VPN
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A full text collection of letters and diaries by hundreds of participants and witnesses to the Civil War. Includes biographies, bibliographies and a day-by-day record of events, all accessible via a detailed search engine.
- Coverage: 1861-1865
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9532 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9532) VPN
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) (http://uclibs.org/PID/1400) VPN
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Includes the full text of diaries and letters of more than 100 women from the 18th and 19th centuries, with biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography on women's narratives.
- Coverage: 1675-1950
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1400 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1400) VPN
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Empire Online [via Adam Matthew] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113692) VPN
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Empire Online contains several thousand searchable scanned images of original documents relating to Empire Studies. Includes documents from English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and German points of view, and that from indigenous peoples from Africa, India and North America. Sections also include thematic essays by leading scholars in the field of Empire Studies.
- Coverage: 1492-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113692 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113692) VPN
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Women Writers Online (http://www.wwp.brown.edu/texts/wwoentry.html) VPN
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Also known as the Brown University Women Writers Project, this full-text database includes writing by pre-Victorian women authors, as well as topic essays and introductions. Documents include notation on original pictures and line breaks. Renaissance Women Online (RWO) is a specific subset of this database.
- Coverage: approximately 1500-1830
- Access: http://www.wwp.brown.edu/texts/wwoentry.html (http://www.wwp.brown.edu/texts/wwoentry.html) VPN
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Chronicling America (http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/)
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This Beta site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Over a period of approximately 20 years, NDNP will create a national,
digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 from all U.S. states and territories. Currently, the site contains selected newspapers from California (The San Francisco Call), District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, and Virginia.
- Coverage: 1900-1910
- Access: http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ (http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/)
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Online Books Page (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/)
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Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, this website provides access to books in the public domain that are freely readable over the Internet. Also includes limited runs of periodicals.
- Access: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/)
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Early Americas Digital Archives (http://www.mith2.umd.edu/eada/)
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The EADA is a collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820. Published by by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.
- Coverage: 1492-1820
- Access: http://www.mith2.umd.edu/eada/ (http://www.mith2.umd.edu/eada/)
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Documenting the American South (http://docsouth.unc.edu/)
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Created at UNC-Chapel Hill, this is a collection of primary sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the twentieth century. Includes numerous digitized slave narratives.
- Access: http://docsouth.unc.edu/ (http://docsouth.unc.edu/)
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The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm)
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This collection includes web editions of important historical, governmental, and legal documents covering pre-18th Century through 21st century. Includes colonial charters, constitutions, laws and treaties.
- Access: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm)
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The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record (http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/)
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This image archive features numerous maps, images, and photographs depicting the slave trade and black culture in the Americas. Most are drawn from sources between the 17th and 19th centuries.
- Access: http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/ (http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/)
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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Literary Research Guide : An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies
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Now in its 4th edition, James Harner's comprehensive bibliography of recommended reference works in literature is one of the best starting places for researching the field. Now includes sections on interdisciplinary topics.
[2002]
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference PR83.H37 2002
- Access: Library Use Only
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Bibliographic Index
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Designed as a "cumulative bibliography of bibliographies" in yearly volumes, this source indexes bibliographies published in books and periodicals. Covers English and some foreign languages.
- Coverage: 1937-present
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Z1002.B5
- Access: Library Use Only
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Essay and General Literature Index
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This index cites essays and articles contained in book collections and series that have been published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Focus is on the the Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Coverage: 1900-present
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library Z5871.E8
- Access: Library Use Only
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PAL: Perspectives on American Literature (http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/pre.html)
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Webguide to American literature maintained by Professor Paul Reuben. Provides bibliographies organized by time period and author.
- Access: http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/pre.html (http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/pre.html)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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American National Biography Online (ANB)
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THE LIBRARY HAS CANCELED ITS SUBSCRIPTION TO THE ONLINE ANB. THE PAPER EDITION IS AVAILABLE IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES REFERENCE COLLECTION.
This encyclopedia of historical biography contains scholarly articles on more than 18,000 Americans.
- Location: CT213 .A68 1999 (Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Collection, 2nd floor Shields Library)
- Access: Library Use Only
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Oxford English Dictionary (http://dictionary.oed.com/) VPN
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(or OED) is an historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, illustrated by quotations from a wide range of sources.
- Access: http://dictionary.oed.com/ (http://dictionary.oed.com/) VPN
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged [via Chadwyck-Healy] (http://uclibs.org/PID/16454) VPN
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A dictionary of the English language containing 450,000 vocabulary entries. America's premier lexicographical work, one of the Individual Literature Collections in Chadwyck-Healy's Literature Online (LION),
[1993 edition]
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/16454 (http://uclibs.org/PID/16454) VPN
Other Resources
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MLA Style Guide [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/mla.php)
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Guide to basic guidelines for using MLA Style in research papers, with link to printable PDF version of page.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/mla.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/mla.php)
- More Information:
- For more information, consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2nd floor Shields Library, H/SS Protected Reference, LB2369 .G53 2003; older editions in general stacks)
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Videos & DVDs on the UC Davis Campus: A Location & Information Guide (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/ucdvideos.php)
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This guide describes the scope and policies of different media collections on the UC Davis campus, and includes a printable PDF handout.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/ucdvideos.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/ucdvideos.php)
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Voice of the Shuttle (American Literature Page) (http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2739)
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Large metasite with links to general and subject specific resources and organizations in the field of American Literature.
- Access: http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2739 (http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2739)
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American Literary Resources on the Net (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html)
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Internet resources on American literature that are part of a larger site on literary resources from Jack Lynch.
- Access: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html)
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H-Net Reviews (http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/)
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Online source of scholarly book reviews available from H-Net.
- Access: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/ (http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/)
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American Studies Crossroads Project (http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/)
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This site integrates on-line directories, text archives, sample syllabi, and more to assist researchers and instructors in the field.
- Access: http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/ (http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/)
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The WATCH File (http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/index.cfm)
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WATCH (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders) is the project of the Harry Ransom Center and Reading University Library. It is a "database of copyright contacts for writers, artists, and prominent figures in other creative fields."
- Access: http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/index.cfm (http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/index.cfm)
Subject Librarian
- Roberto Delgadillo
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- rdelgadillo@ucdavis.edu (530) 752‑8266
