Online Resources
Humanities and Social Sciences

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English
- TOP PICK: MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
1.4 million citations from scholarly materials in the fields of literature, linguistics, and folklore. - TOP PICK: Gale Literary Sources FULL-TEXT
Includes citations and full-text articles from scholarly journals and reference works in the fields of literature, linguistics, and folklore, as well as full-text poems, short stories, speeches, and plays.
- Art & Humanities Database (ProQuest) FULL-TEXT
Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. - CQ Researcher Online FULL-TEXT
Overviews of current controversial social and political topics. - JSTOR Journals FULL-TEXT
The complete back runs of nearly 400 journal titles in 28 disciplines. - Linguistics Database (ProQuest) FULL-TEXT
- Literature Online (ProQuest) FULL-TEXT
Over 430 scholarly journals and full text of more than 350,000 works of poetry, drama and prose. - Oxford English Dictionary Online FULL-TEXT
- Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale) FULL-TEXT
Pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, multimedia resources, and more on critical issues of current public debate. - Oxford English Dictionary Online FULL-TEXT
The most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English. - Research Companion (ProQuest)
Tutorials and tools for finding, evaluating, and using information. - Salem Press Online FULL-TEXT
Critical Insights Series; Critical Surveys of Long & Short Fiction; Masterplots.
History
- TOP PICK: U.S. History Collection & World History Collection (Gale) FULL-TEXT
Full text collections of leading scholarly journals in the field of history. - TOP PICK: JSTOR Journals FULL-TEXT
The complete back runs of nearly 400 journal titles in 28 disciplines.
- Art & Humanities Database (ProQuest) FULL-TEXT
Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers 1789-1963 FULL-TEXT/OPEN ACCESS
Digitized newspapers from the Library of Congress. - Early American Newpapers Collection FULL-TEXT
Fully searchable digital facsimiles of over 125 significant 19th- and 20th-century newspapers. - Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
On campus use only. Registration required--follow directions on website. Chrome browser recommended. - Historical Statistics of the United States Online FULL-TEXT
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. - Slavery in America and the World (HeinOnline) FULL-TEXT
Museum Studies Minor
- Information Science and Library Issues Collection (Gale) FULL-TEXT
100 leading industry journals. - Library and Information Science Abstracts (ProQuest) FULL-TEXT
Indexing for over 440 periodicals.
Language Studies
- ClasePeriodica (OCLC)
Index of 1,200 Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. - Informe Académico (Gale) FULL-TEXT
Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines - Mango Languages
Language learning app with step by step lesson plans for 71 different languages. - MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Scholarship in modern languages and literature. - Linguistics Database (ProQuest) FULL-TEXT
- World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean (Gale) FULL-TEXT
Archival, academic, and multimedia materials for the study of Latin America and the Caribbean. - Additional resources for global news and scholarship available at Global Studies resource page.
Political Science and Criminal Justice
- TOP PICK: NexisUni (LexisNexis) FULL-TEXT
Documents from 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
- CQ Researcher Online FULL-TEXT
Comprehensive overviews of current social, political, and economic topics. - Criminal Justice Collection (Gale) FULL-TEXT
Articles from academic journals and magazines on topics including law, law enforcement, security, and terrorism. - Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) FULL-TEXT
Comprehensive database on research related to criminology and criminal justice. - Gun Regulation and Legislation (HeinOnline) FULL-TEXT
- LegalTrac (Gale) FULL-TEXT
Indexing and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. - Political Science Database (ProQuest) FULL-TEXT
Hundreds of leading political science, public policy, and international relations journals.