Databases in Humanities
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Database details ACLS Humanities

Scope: A digital collection of over 1,700 full-text books offered by the ACLS in collaboration with twelve learned societies, nearly 95 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Arts & Humanities Search

Scope: Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals.
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  Cambridge Companions

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Database details Dictionary of Literary Biography

Coverage: DLB Complete Online includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Seri
Scope: Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
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Database details Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800

Scope: This full-text historical collection contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over three centuries. Take a look at our guide to EAI for an introduction on searching or browsing the imprints.
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Database details Google Scholar

Scope: You can check the availability of article full text from within Google Scholar - see how!.
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Database details Grove Art Online

Scope: Online version of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, as well as articles that have been added or updated since their appearance in print.
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Database details Humanities Abstracts

Coverage: 1984 to present
Scope: Abstracts covering diverse subject areas of the humanities. Includes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

Scope: Historical survey of the most important critics and theorists, critical schools, and movements in literary theory and criticism. Includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries, including the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Notes: Scholarly
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Database details JSTOR

Coverage: 1665 to present
Scope: Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately one year ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and statistics. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. Especially good for historic or classic articles in most fields.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Library Literature

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Nineteenth Century British Pamphlets

Coverage: 19th century
Scope: Online access to the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. Focus is on the political, economic and social issues of the time.
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Database details Oxford Art Online

Scope: Online version of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, as well as articles that have been added or updated since their appearance in print.
Notes: Limit 1 user. Please log off when done.
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Database details Project Muse

Notes: Scholarly.
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