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Finding Articles
Use these selected databases to find articles on your topic:
All languages
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Literary Reference Center Plus (incorporates MLA International Bibliography)Provides access to articles, essays, book reviews, poems, short stories, author interviews, and background information in literary studies. Incorporates the MLA International Bibliography, the definitive resource for the study of language, literature, film, and other related fields. It includes access to journal articles, book articles, and more.
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JSTORJSTOR archives images and full-text of scholarly journals. Subscriptions include: Arts and Sciences Collections I through XV, the Ireland Collection, the Jewish Studies Collection, and the Life Sciences Collection.
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Project MuseFull-text scholarly content from journals and books, covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Subjects include ethnic and women’s studies, the arts, medicine and health, philosophy and religion, technology and mathematics, literature, and history.
French
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ARTFLA primary source collection of digitized French resources from the 12th to the 20th Centuries.
Spanish
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HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies)A searchable bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by prominent scholars. Covers the humanities and social sciences, and includes materials in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Informe AcademicoDatabase of Latin American publications, mainly in Spanish, with both scholarly and popular content. Includes articles from journals and newspapers, primarily in full-text, with coverage of the social sciences, sciences, and humanities.
Books, Ebooks, Music, & Movies
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WorldCatWorldCat is the OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide, before 1000BC-present.
Updated: Daily.
Background Sources
Multidisciplinary encyclopedias:
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Credo Reference Academic CoreA comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Britannica AcademicProvides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
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Oxford Reference Online: PremiumA large collection of Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias, covering literature, art and architecture, science and technology, religion, history, law, philosophy, quotations, and the social sciences. Includes English translation bilingual dictionaries for a number of world languages. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
Comprehensive monolingual dictionaries:
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Diccionario de la Lengua Española
Publication Date: 2015El Diccionario de la RAE es la obra de referencia para más de 500 millones de hablantes de español en todo el mundo. -
Le Grand Robert de la Langue Francaise
ISBN: 2850366730Publication Date: 2001Over 80,000 words - the most extensive coverage of any French language dictionary today. Includes phonetic transcriptions, evolution of form, etymology and dates, precise definitions, and usage - both usual and unusual - of words in their context (speeches, examples, quotations). -
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DII Dizionario -- Inglese Italiano / Italiano Inglese
Call Number: Ref PC1640 .D55 2001
Citations & Support
Citing Your Sources
The links below point to brief informational guides for creating accurate citations. For more complete information, consult the original books at the library (see call numbers below) or contact a librarian.
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Chicago:
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Ref. LB2369.G53 2016 |
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Ref. Z 253.U69 2017
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Citation Management Tool
RefWorks is a tool that will help you manage the resources you use for your research, and create citations and bibliographies when you write your papers. The RefWorks User Guide will help you set up your RefWorks account and get started using it.
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