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Databases/Indexes by Subject:
English and Literature

Depending on your specific topic, you may find resources listed on the subject pages for: Biography , Communication , and Book Reviews to be useful in addition to the resources listed below.

The following databases/indexes are designed to provide links to online resources.  To find books, you will need to consult the Hiram College Library Catalog and, perhaps, the OhioLINK catalog.

1. Databases/indexes to find periodical articles - These databases are designed to help you identify relevant periodical articles through keyword or subject searches.  In most cases there will be links to either the online version of the article or a listing of the library's holdings.  If you are not sure, you may check the library's periodical holdings list and/or its list of online journals.  These databases are listed in the order in which the library recommends them.
 

Database Name Link to access from on-campus Link to access from off-campus if available Info about the database
MLA International Bibliography
Humanities International Complete
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Academic Search Complete

Literary Reference Center
Francis


2. Databases/indexes of e-journals - These databases store runs of complete periodical titles.  In most cases the databases listed above will link to the full-text in these databases and you do not need to search them, too.  If, however, you need only a couple of good, scholarly articles on a topic, you should consider searching these databases.
 

Database Name Link to access from on-campus Link to access from off-campus if available Info about the database
Electronic Journal Center (EJC)

JSTOR

3. Databases of e-books - These databases provide the full-text of selected online books.  These books are also available in print.  Since many more books are in print than online, you may also wish to search the Hiram College Library Catalog and/or the OhioLINK catalog.
 

Database Name Link to access from on-campus Link to access from off-campus if available Info about the database
OSU WEBooks
netLibrary

4. Databases of reference e-books - These specialized reference materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, etc) are designed to give you background information, an overview of a topic, or quick facts.
 

Database Name Link to access from on-campus Link to access from off-campus if available Info about the database
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference, English Dictionaries and Thesauruses
Oxford Reference, English Language
Oxford Reference, Literature

5. Other databases
 

Database Name Link to access from on-campus Link to access from off-campus if available Info about the database
African-American Poetry
American Drama
American Poetry
Bibliography of American Literature
Early American Fiction

Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare

Eighteenth Century Fiction

English Poetry 600-1900

English Prose Drama

English Verse Drama

Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Twentieth-Century English Poetry
Yeats, William Butler Collection

University of Virginia Electronic Text Center

Women Writers Online No
Digital Video Collection

OhioLINK Databases by subject -- English  
OhioLINK Databases by subject -- Language and Literature  
MLA Directory of Periodicals
RLG Union Catalog







 

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