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ARTstor	Database
Contains some 500,000 digital images of works of art, architecture and archaeology from all periods and from diverse cultures, with accompanying software for searching, viewing and creating presentations. Copy and paste the following URL to check for system requirements: http://www.artstor.org/using-artstor/u-html/requirements.shtml
Black Drama (Alexander Street Press)	Full-text database
Contains the full text of 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 150 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry	Database
(Columbia U. Press) - a comprehensive English source for locating poems included in anthologies.
Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (Proquest)	Full-text database
includes over 1 million full text and 2.4 million citations for dissertations and theses from around the world, dating as far back as the 1870’s. Please note: full text documents may be up to 500 pages. Please use discretion and consider all options before printing.
Gale Literature Resource Center	Full-text database
(Gale) - provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.
Humanities Full Text	Full-text database
(Wilson)- provides citations and some full text in a broad range of subject areas including literature, art, archeology, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, history, and gender studies. Some original works of poetry, fiction, and drama are included. Indexing dates back to 1984, with select full text coverage beginning in 1994.
Humanities International Complete (HIC)	Full-text database
(Ebsco) - covers a broad range of subjects in the humanities, providing the full text of 770 journals as well as book chapters, with journals dating as far back as 1925.
JSTOR	Full-text database
a searchable scholarly archive providing the full text of journal articles in business, economics, history, political science, literature, sociology, as well as other key fields in the humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences. Coverage of each journal begins with its first volume (going back to the 1880s, in some cases), and usually excludes the most recent 2-5 years.
Literature Criticism Online (Gale)	eRef Collection
provides online access to the full collection of Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, and Children’s Literature
Literature Resource Center	Full-text database
(Gale) - provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.
MLA International Bibliography	Database
(Firstsearch) - provides citations from items worldwide in the areas of literature, language, linguistics and folklore. The databases indexes journals, series, books, essay collections, papers, proceedings and dissertations from over 6,500 sources dating from 1963.
Nineteenth Century British Pamphlets (JSTOR)	Full-text database
A collection of more than 20,000 digitized 19th C. British pamphlets held by research libraries of the UK. These primary sources, including the Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection, illuminate the socio-political, cultural and economic landscape of the 1800’s. Please note: in order to limit your search to the Pamphlet Collection you must check the “Pamphlet” box, within the “Limit to” section of the screen.
Project Muse	Full-text database
provides the full text of scholarly journals in fields including literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics. Years of coverage vary by title with selected titles beginning as early as 1993. **Note: if you receive any gateway errors when using the link above, use this alternate URL: http://0-muse.uq.edu.au.alicat.adelphi.edu/
ProQuest Research Library Collection	Full-text database
(Proquest)- citations, abstracts and full text for articles in general and academic periodicals and newspapers covering various disciplines.
Readers Guide Full Text	Full-text database
(Wilson)- indexes popular periodicals, covering topics of general interest such as current events, fashion, fine arts, education, business, sports, film and television and more. Citations date back to 1983, with select full text beginning in 1994.
Readers' Guide Retrospective	Database
(Wilson) - a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States during the years 1890 through 1982.
Twayne Author Series	Database
(Gale) - spans the literary tradition through hundreds of years and includes 600 authors from around the world. The entries offer an introduction and critical interpretation and discussion of an author's life and works.