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Database details Bibliography of Asian Studies

Coverage: 1971 - present
Scope: This bibliography is comparable to the print Bibliography of Asian Studies. This source is an index to western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia.
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Database details Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Scope: Comparable to the print version of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
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Database details Congressional Universe

Coverage: 1789 to present
Scope: Includes full-text of many congressional publications (hearings, committee prints) as well as public laws. Provides a bill tracking service for recent legislation.
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Database details Credo Reference

Notes: Encyclopedias, almanacs, etc.
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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 Encyclopaedia Judaica

Scope: Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures, Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition is important to scholars, general readers and students.
Notes: Scholarly, 2nd ed.
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Database details Encyclopedia of American Studies

Scope: This source brings together a wide range of disciplines related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present. It features broad, synthetic articles covering areas such as history, literature, art, photography, film, architecture, urban studies, ethnicity, race, gender, economics, politics, wars, consumer culture, and global America.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details General Reference Center Gold

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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 International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Notes: Scholarly, 2nd ed.
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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 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Coverage: Science & Technology
Scope: 10th edition
Notes: scholarly
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Database details MLA Directory of Periodicals

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Oxford English Dictionary

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Scope: Updated daily. Provides information on almost every active and ceased periodical, annual, irregular publication, and monographic series published in the United States and throughout the world. Includes contact information for over 80,000 publishers.
Notes: Directory.
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