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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
- More Information:
- 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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Arts & Humanities Citation Index [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
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Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
- Coverage: 1975-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/wos (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (http://www.itergateway.org) VPN
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Iter, meaning 'a journey' or 'a path' in Latin, is a non-profit research project with partners in Toronto, Canada (the headquarters), New York City, and Tempe, Arizona. The goal of Iter is to increase access to all published materials pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and, eventually, to the Middle Ages (400-1500), through the creation of online bibliographic databases.
- Access: http://www.itergateway.org (http://www.itergateway.org) VPN
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International Medieval Bibliography (http://www.brepolis.net) VPN
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Provides the most comprehensive, current bibliography of international scholarly literature in Medieval Studies available.
[updated quarterly]
- Coverage: 1967-present
- Location: print equivalent is in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Collection
- Access: http://www.brepolis.net (http://www.brepolis.net) VPN
- More Information:
- You may need to download a special font for the diacritical marks in records to display properly. Follow instructions at the databases main page.
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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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Old English Corpus (http://tapor.library.utoronto.ca/doecorpus/)
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The Old English machine-readable corpus is a complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts. A catalogue of the over 3000 texts included in the corpus is available in Angus Cameron's "A List of Old English Texts" in A Plan for the Dictionary of Old English, ed. R. Frank and A. Cameron.
- Access: http://tapor.library.utoronto.ca/doecorpus/ (http://tapor.library.utoronto.ca/doecorpus/)
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Middle English Compendium (http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/mec/)
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Offers access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse based on the MED
bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources.
- Coverage: 1100-1500
- Access: http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/mec/ (http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/mec/)
- More Information:
- Print version of the dictionary is available in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, PE679.M5
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World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (http://www.worldshakesbib.org) VPN
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The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online is a searchable electronic database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1963 and the present. Also includes book reviews.
[1963-present]
- Access: http://www.worldshakesbib.org (http://www.worldshakesbib.org) VPN
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Index to English Literary Periodicals (1681-1914) (http://www.comp-index.com/english/)
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The English Literary Periodicals series consists of 233 titles published during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in England. This index provides valuable information on the contents of the titles.
- Coverage: 1681-1914
- Access: http://www.comp-index.com/english/ (http://www.comp-index.com/english/)
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ARTFL (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/) VPN
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The "Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language," better known as ARTFL, offers access to a collection of texts in a web-based digital format, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts.
- Coverage: Medieval Period to 20th Century
- Access: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/ (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/) VPN
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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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Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 [CD-ROM]
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An index of nineteenth-century British periodical literature. Also available in print at Z2005.H6, Humanities/Social Sciences Reference.
- Coverage: 1824-1900
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "DAVIS"
- Access: Library Use Only
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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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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/)
- More Information:
- 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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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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American Humanities Index
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Interdisciplinary humanities index to scholarly journal literature. This is one of the best places to find creative writing/poetry that has been published in periodicals.
- Coverage: 1975-present
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, AI3.A27
- Access: Library Use Only
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Poem Finder [CD-ROM]
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Citations to thousands of English language poems (including English translations), searchable by author, translator, title, and first line. Electronic version of Poetry Index Annual (H/SS Reference PN1022.P63 for years 1982-1993).
- Coverage: Antiquity-present
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "BOSTON"
- Access: Library Use Only
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Index Translationum (http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7810&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html)
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This is an index of translated books published in approximately 100 countries. Published by UNESCO, it contains "more than 1.600,000 entries in all disciplines : literature, social and human sciences, natural and exact sciences, art, history and so forth." For earlier years, see the hard copy volumes in the Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Collection.
- Coverage: 1979-current
- Access: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7810&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7810&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html)
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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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Classical Music Library (http://clmu.alexanderstreet.com) VPN
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A streaming audio database which allows listening to musical audio files of classical recordings. Features tens of thousands of recordings ranging from Gregorian chant to the works of modern
composers.
- Access: http://clmu.alexanderstreet.com (http://clmu.alexanderstreet.com) VPN
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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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Early English Books Online (EEBO) [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/11543) VPN
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Indexes citations and provides linked page images of works represented in the microfilm series Early English Books I and II, based on The Short-Title Catalogue (Pollard and Redgrave, 1475-1640); the Short-Title Catalog II (Wing, 1641-1700), The Thomson Tracts (1640-1661), and The Early English Books Tracts Supplements
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/11543 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11543) VPN
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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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Times of London Digital Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/112897) VPN
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Includes full text and page images of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, advertising and images (excluding the Sunday Times) for 1785-1985. The years 1986-2003 will be added later in 2007. Use the "Access World News" database for the London Times, 1985-present.
- Coverage: 1785-1985
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/112897 (http://uclibs.org/PID/112897) 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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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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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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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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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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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 Evans 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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British Women Romantic Poets Project, 1789-1832 [UC Davis] (http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/)
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BWRP provides TEI encoded full-text SGML and HTML editions of volumes from the UC Davis Library's Kohler Collection.
- Coverage: 1789-1832
- Access: http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/ (http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/)
- More Information:
- To conduct a full text word search of BWRP, use the federated Collex search from NINES. You can constrain by "Project" to British Women Romantic Poets: http://nines.org/collex/browse
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Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period (http://uclibs.org/PID/17686) VPN
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Published by Alexander Street Press, this collection contains more than sixty volumes of lyric poetry written between 1789 and 1832 by fifty-one Scottish women. In addition, the database contains biographical, critical, and contextual information for each poet
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/17686 (http://uclibs.org/PID/17686) 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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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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Acta Sanctorum (http://acta.chadwyck.com) VPN
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A full-text searchable collection of documents examining the lives of saints. It is an electronic version of the sixty-eight volume series published by the Société des Bollandistes over a period of three hundred years starting in 1643.
- Coverage: 1643-1940
- Access: http://acta.chadwyck.com (http://acta.chadwyck.com) VPN
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Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare, 1591-1911 (http://collections.chadwyck.com/eas/htxview?template=basic.htx&content=frameset.htx) VPN
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Eleven major editions from the First Folio to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6, twenty-four separate contemporary printings of individual plays, selected apocrypha and related works and more than one hundred adaptations, sequels and burlesques from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- Access: http://collections.chadwyck.com/eas/htxview?template=basic.htx&content=frameset.htx (http://collections.chadwyck.com/eas/htxview?template=basic.htx&content=frameset.htx) VPN
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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers--19th Century [via ProQuest] (http://parlipapers.chadwyck.com) VPN
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"The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world." This database offers the searchable full text of all House of Commons Sessional Papers from 1801-1900 combined with an extensive subject index to the papers. (HCPP)Includes all the "sessional papers" of the British Parliament: bills, reports of committees, papers presented by Royal Commissions and government departments, treaties and international agreements, command papers, and statistics.
- Coverage: 1801-1900
- Access: http://parlipapers.chadwyck.com (http://parlipapers.chadwyck.com) VPN
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Corsair: Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/ICAIntro/ICAintroshortdesc.htm)
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Corsair, the website for the Pierpont Morgan Library includes a searchable database of more than 15,000 images selected from the Pierpont Morgan Library's collection of medieval manuscripts.
- Access: http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/ICAIntro/ICAintroshortdesc.htm (http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/ICAIntro/ICAintroshortdesc.htm)
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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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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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The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Documents (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/medmenu.htm)
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This subset of the Avalon Project provides full text access to major historical legal documents, including charters, edicts, and statutes.
- Access: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/medmenu.htm (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/medmenu.htm)
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Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/9286) VPN
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A searchable, full-text collection of books and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and women's rights. The texts, collected between the late 1800s and 1945 are in fifteen different languages and cover four centuries
- Coverage: 1543-1945
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9286 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9286) VPN
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Dictionary of National Biography [CD-ROM]
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Contains thousands of biographical articles on famous Britons. Begun in the 1880s, it has been added to ever since. CD-ROM edition was published in 1996. The print version is available in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, Shields Library, Call number: E176 .D5
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Workstation "DELHI"
- Access: Library Use Only
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African Writer's Series [Proquest ] (http://collections.chadwyck.com/home/home_aws.jsp) VPN
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The Heinemann's African Writers Series was founded by Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka in 1962. It features the key texts of modern African literature, and a record of post-colonialism in culture. This database includes the full text of collection's over 230 volumes of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose from African writers. Titles can be browsed or searched.
- Coverage: 1946-2003
- Access: http://collections.chadwyck.com/home/home_aws.jsp (http://collections.chadwyck.com/home/home_aws.jsp) VPN
- More Information:
- Most titles are also available in print in Shields Library.
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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American Literature Subject Guide [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/index.php?heading=100)
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- Location: Guide to subject specific databases and resources in American Literature available at UC Davis.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/index.php?heading=100 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/index.php?heading=100)
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History Subject Guide [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=18)
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Guide to subject specific databases and resources in History available at UC Davis.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=18 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=18)
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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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Medieval and Early Modern Studies Encyclopedias [via UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/medieval/)
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All the encyclopedias in this list are printed (not electronic) volumes housed in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Collection on the Second Floor of Shields Library.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/medieval/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/medieval/)
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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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Guide to Print Poetry Resources [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/poetry/poetry-print.php)
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Find resources for locating a specific poem, poetry explication, and information on basic terminology and history.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/poetry/poetry-print.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/poetry/poetry-print.php)
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Guide to Internet Poetry Resources [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/poetry/poetry-internet.php)
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Provides links to freely available poetry online, as well as general information resources for poets and writers.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/poetry/poetry-internet.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/poetry/poetry-internet.php)
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National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) (http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html)
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The Library of Congress' listing of manuscript collections, updated annually. Since 1986, all NUCMC cataloging records are online. See the print version (H/SS Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library Z6620.U5N3) for earier volumes.
- Access: http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html (http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html)
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Shakespeare: A Library Call Number Browsing Guide (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/shakespeare.php)
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A guide to some of the library call number ranges most useful for locating Shakespearean plays and books of criticism.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/shakespeare.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/shakespeare.php)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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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
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Dictionary of the English Language [CD-ROM]
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Contains the full text of Samuel Johnson's 18th century dictionary, including two different editions and digital images of original pages. See also the paper edition reprint in H/SS Reference, call number PE1620.J6
- Coverage: 1755 and 1773 (1st and 4th editions)
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "DAVIS"
- Access: Library Use Only
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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Library of Congress Call Numbers: Language & Literature (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco_p.pdf)
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This outline of call number classification for languages and literatures (the "P" range) expands for finer degrees of detail. Use the call numbers for browsing sections of the Library collections.
- Access: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco_p.pdf (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco_p.pdf)
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UC Davis English Department Publications & Events (http://english.ucdavis.edu/news-events)
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This page provides links to local publications from the English Department, as well as special programs and events.
- Access: http://english.ucdavis.edu/news-events (http://english.ucdavis.edu/news-events)
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Writing in the Disciplines (http://wid.ucdavis.edu/)
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Provides information on the composition program, including courses, workshops, and bibliographies on writing topics from the Campus Writing Center.
- Location: 171 Voorhies Hall
- Access: http://wid.ucdavis.edu/ (http://wid.ucdavis.edu/)
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Voice of the Shuttle (Literature in English Page) (http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3)
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Large metasite with links to general and subject specific resources and organizations for literatures written in English.
- Access: http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3 (http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3)
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Literary Resources on the Net (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/)
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From Jack Lynch of Rutgers, this is a metasite with links by category to web literary resources.
- Access: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/)
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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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Internet Medieval Sourcebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html)
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Includes selected excerpts, full text documents, and secondary bibliographies on numerous Medieval Studies topics.
- Access: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html)
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The English Renaissance in Context (http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/index.cfm)
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This NEH-funded project features browsable scanned literary and historical texts from the period. The site also offers a series of different teaching tutorials on textual interpretation, particularly on specific Shakespearean plays.
- Access: http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/index.cfm (http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/index.cfm)
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Romantic Circles (http://www.rc.umd.edu/)
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Romantic Circles is a freely available website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture. Contains book and electronic resource reviews, as well as information on scholarly resources & new publications in the field.
- Access: http://www.rc.umd.edu/ (http://www.rc.umd.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
