Dunn Library

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LIBRARY DATABASES

  • LIBRARY CATALOG - To search for books on a particular topic, use a Subject or a Keyword Search. To search for books at other libraries use the links on the BOOKS & BOOK REVIEWS web page.
  • EBSCOHOST - Search databases (together or separately) to access full-text periodicals, newspapers and reference tools. Academic Search Premier and Business Search Premier index peer-reviewed scholarly journals in a variety of subject areas. Other databases focus on specific areas such as health and education.
  • JSTOR - Arts & Sciences I, II & III Collections include the complete back runs of 394 core journals in many disciplines, including economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences.  Includes a selection of titles in the fields of archaeology, arts, classics, cultural studies, ecology, literature, mathematics, and statistics.
  • LexisNexis ACADEMIC - Comprehensive research database providing full-text access to various databases, including current news, business information, Hoover’s company records, company directories, federal and state laws, legal cases, medical and references.
  • Project MUSE - Project MUSE - Basic College Collection is a unique collaboration providing full-text, user-friendly online access to 192 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
  • LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER - Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Contains Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
  • MLA--Modern Language Association - International in scope, it is the premiere tool for researchers in the humanities, particularly in literature, language, and linguistics, providing more than 1.6 million bibliographic citations from 1963 to the present.
  • ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE - More than 72,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects.

PRINT RESOURCES

  • Oxford Classical Dictionary (938.03 O98) - A companion encyclopedia to classical studies with brief articles on all topics.
  • Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (880 O98) - A companion encyclopedia with brief articles on literary topics.
  • Oxford English Dictionary (R423 O982) - 20-vol. set, with extensive historical citations.

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  • All of Shakespeare (822.33 Ec48a) - Includes summaries of the plays.
  • Shakespeare for Students (822.33 Ds42s) - A companion guide.

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  • Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (R808.88 B28f 1992) - Passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources.

WEB SOURCES

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Last Updated: 10/19/09