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LION contains the full text of 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose from the Anglo-Saxon period through the twentieth century.  Literary criticism can be found through ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, containing over 854,000 citations for scholarly books, articles, and reviews from 1920 to the present) and MLAIB (MLA International Bibliography, with its 1.7 million records from 1963 on), including the full text from 160 journals.  The database can be searched by author, text, or criticism and reference.  LION also offers the option of browsing the complete contents, full text journals, author index, or poets on screen (a multimedia feature).  Literary texts range from the seventh to the twentieth century.  Journal full text covers from 1988 to the present.

Bibliography of scholarship in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.  Journal articles compose approximately 75% of the database.  Monographs(books), book chapters, conference proceedings, working papers, abstracts of dissertations and book series are included; book reviews are not.  Print, oral, and audiovisual sources are indexed.  Some full text included.  MLAIB is a component database of Literature Online (LION).  1920 to present (plus JSTOR journals dating as far back as the 1880s)

A descriptive and historical dictionary of the English language.  Presents a record of the history and development of the language since its early origins before the Norman Conquest.

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Containing 1270 titles and almost 1 million pages this collection represents the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media.  The Topic Guide contains more information about this collection.

Index to nineteenth century periodical articles, information about books, newspaper articles, and government publications.  The core sources of this database are Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906) and Stead's Index to Periodicals (1890-1902).  The Index to the New York Daily Tribune 1875-1906 is also available. Patent and government document indices include subject matter index of patents issued by the U.S. (1790-1873); descriptive catalog of the government publications of the U.S. (1774-1881); compilation of the message and papers of the presidents (1789-1897); Hansard's Index to debates, House of Commons only (1803-1830); and Cobett's Parliamentary history of England (1066-1803).  Dates of coverage varies but primarily 1802-1906.

Provides full text for over 7,000 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and much more.  Coverage varies by publication.  Some full-text PDFs from 1985 to present.

Subject areas covered by ABELL include: English language: syntax, phonology, lexicology, semantics, stylistics, and dialectology; English literature: prose, poetry, fiction, film, biography, travel writing, literary theory, reviews, and studies of individual authors; Bibliography, including manuscript studies, textual studies, and the history of publishing; Traditional culture of the English-speaking world, including custom, belief narrative, song, dance, and material culture.  ABELL is a component database of Literature Online (LION).  To search ABELL, select "Criticism and Reference" from LION's main screen, then "Criticism" at the top center.  The resulting search screen offers a combined MLAIB/ABELL search, or the user may select either of the critical databases independently.  Primary coverage is 1920 to present; some items published between 1892 and 1919 have been indexed retrospectively.

Web of Science combines Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index in one source.  Indexes can be searched individually or combined.  Search by words in author, title, keyword, abstract, journal title and author affiliation fields.  A unique Cited Reference Search feature allows ‘forward’ searching by locating articles that have cited an older document.  1980 to present.

The Black Studies Center is comprised of several databases including the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals, the full text of the Chicago Defender 1910-1975 an influential black newspaper, and Black Literature Index.  Ultimately, Black Studies Center will also include ProQuest Dissertations for Black Studies.

Contains 1500+ comprehensive essays on major authors, periods and genres.  For the author Companions each writer is placed in literary and historical context; their major works are analysed, either in separate chapters or grouped according to theme, and their influence on later writers assessed.  The generic and topical Companions cover periods of English literature such as Old English or the Victorian Novel, and literary genres such as Modernism or Greek Tragedy.  The Companions to Classical Civilisation examine key periods and aspects of the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome.

The Chicago Manual of Style, "the bible of the publishing and research community," was first published in 1906, and now presented online in its revised 15th edition.  The complete site contents are browsable, indexed, and fully searchable.  15th edition (2003) plus current, updated Q&As.

Defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600-1150 A.D.) of the English language.

A complete record of surviving Old English taken from 3,047 texts.

This database contains records for more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses.  Also included is the full text content for nearly 900,000 dissertations.  Includes extensive coverage of North American graduate schools, with coverage of some European universities beginning in 1989.  Includes bibliographic record of dissertations written in the United Kingdom and Ireland from as far back as 1716, with full abstracts, for titles available from 1986 in 'ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.  A separate database contains the subset of Marquette University doctoral dissertations in full text.

Also known as the "Evans Bibliography". Full text database of publications from colonial America and the early republic (1639-1800).  Users can do a field searches—author, title, genre, place of publication, publisher —as well as keyword queries in the full text.  They can also take advantage of a sophisticated subject category system.

Digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 - 1700.  The collection contains over 100,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661).  A wealth of subject areas includes English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.  The Basic search mode allows searching using a combination of the following fields: keywords, author, title, subject, bibliographic number (from the short-title catalogues), or date.  More about EEBO.

ECCO is the electronic edition of The Eighteenth Century, the world’s largest collection of microfilmed printed books.  The collection contains works and literature in seven broad categories: history and geography; social sciences and fine arts; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; reference works; and law.  Covers more than 180,000 English and foreign-language works published in the U.K., along with thousands of important works from the Americas.  With works from both major and minor authors of the period, this digitized collection of books, broadsides, sermons, pamphlets, bibles, and other rare materials offers researchers access to over 33 millions pages of text from the British Library and 1,500 libraries worldwide.  Included in this resource are the complete works of 28 prominent eighteenth-century authors, such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Paine, Alexander Pope, Adam Smith, Jonathan Swift, and John Wesley.  The database features full text searching, plus search and browsing capabilities via keyword, general subject area, title, author, language, date, and more.

A portal to eighteenth century newspapers and periodicals.  Consists of 165 journals published between 1685 and 1815.  List of titles.  These holdings supplement but do not duplicate what can be found in Early English Books Online (EEBO), Early English Newspapers and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO).  The range of topics includes the writings of Sir Isaac Newton; the French Revolution; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; coffee house gossip and discussion, literature, the theatre, origins and rise of romanticism, politics, revolution and rebellion, social issues, gender, society life, religion and the influence of the press.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Covers the history of the British Empire over five centuries by reproducing digital copies of primary documents.  Documents are organized under five themes—Cultural Contacts, c. 1492-1969; Empire Writing & the Literature of Empire; the Visible Empire; Religion & Empire; and Race, Class & Colonialism, c. 1783-1969.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Alphabetically arranged with extensive cross-referencing this encyclopedia is an authoritative source of information about any particular aspect of linguistics or its applications.  Included in this online edition are over 7,500,000 words, audio files, extensive list of commonly used abbreviations, 200 language maps, and a list of languages of the world (including information on the number of speakers, language family, etc.).

The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) describes works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period.  Appended to each record is a list of libraries which have reported holding a copy of the item described.  Covers 1473 to 1800.

Contains over 650 primary digital documents.  The collection of periodicals, broadsides, books, and pamphlets encapsulates more than a century of social, cultural and historical documentation of American life.  Topics addressed include 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health and pastimes.  The collection is especially rich in conduct of life and domestic management literature.  In addition to primary materials, the database features an interactive event timeline, contextual essays, and a bibliography.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Multi-disciplinary database produced in France which indexes over 4,200 journals in the humanities and social sciences since 1984.  The subject descriptors and the abstracts are in both English and French.  It is particularly strong in religion, art history, literature, psychology, philosophy, education, linguistics, archeology, information science, and sociology.  Included are bibliographic citations to books as well as book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, exhibition catalogs, reports, legislation, teaching materials, and french dissertations.  1984 to present.

Covers popular magazine and scholarly journal articles on a wide range of arts and humanities topics including literature, history, fine arts, performing arts, philosophy, religion, communications, and linguistics.  1986 to present.

Provides full text content for over 1,000 journals related to literary, scholarly and creative thought.

On-line index to plays in collections, anthologies, and periodicals developed by the Portland State University Library.  Please Note:  Call numbers listed are for materials owned by Portland State University and do not reflect Marquette Library holdings or call numbers.  It is advisable to open a second browser window and search MARQCAT to see if Marquette owns the source listed in the Inter-Play Index.

A full-text searchable database of articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.  It also treats related persons and fields that have been shaped by or have themselves shaped literary theory and criticism. Each entry includes a selective primary and secondary bibliography.  1994 to present.

Full-text back files of nearly 400 of the most important journals in Business, Ecology, Economics, Finance, Management, History, Mathematics, Political Science, Population Studies, Language, Literature and Science.  Entire text of each journal is searchable.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Comprehensive literature database covering biography and criticism on authors and works from antiquity to the present day.  Included are over 1,000 books, literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.  For more infomation after connecting, click on "Database Help" in the Search area..  Limited to use within Wisconsin.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

LitFINDER incorporates: Poem Finder, Story Finder, and Essay/Speech/Play Finder.  Each resource provides a search interface to thousands of full-text documents, literary excerpts and citations.  Access to this database is being funded by the State of Wisconsin.  Only computers within Wisconsin can access this resource.

Includes full text (pdf) of books in their series, Manchester Medieval Sources.  Topics include the Normans, the Black Death, Catholic England and other theological subjects, women, Merovingian France, the reign of Richard II, and the annals of St-Bertin and Fulda.  Covers medieval studies from medieval studies from c. 600s to 1600.

Current English language dictionary provided through Britannica Online.

A component of ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages, this Milton bibliography presents online the contents of John T. Shawcross's Milton: A Bibliography for the Years 1624-1700, Revised, and for the Years 1701-1799, published in 1984 and extensively revised for this publication.  Includes over 13,000 entries.  The bibliography brings together all manuscripts and editions of Milton's works, as well as all studies and criticism, allusions to and quotations of Milton during the years of coverage.  A detailed contents and subject guide are included; users may browse by century or year, or do keyword or phrase searches of the entire contents.

Based on the the index by Stith Thompson, this index classifies and indexes motifs (such as characters, actions, or events) in folk literature.  The index is an elaborate classification of these motifs into broad categories and will refer to pieces of literature where these motifs occur.

Literary review of current books and issues in American life, politics, culture, and the arts, including music, theater, dance, and film.  The electronic edition of this important publication includes complete text and archives back to its 1963 founding, which may be searched by date or author; keyword; or by specific fields (title of article, author of article, reviewed author, reviewed work, and type of article).  1963 to present.

Provides information on over 155,000 fiction titles.  Searchable by author, title, series title and plot and searches can be limited by age group.  Also includes award winners, discussion guides, and recommended reading.

Contains the full text content of 350 periodicals journals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues (some dating back 200 years) to 1995.

Index of thousands of journals in the humanities and social sciences.  It indexes every issue of over 4700 journals from their inception to 1995, across 37 subject areas and 44 languages and dialects.

The Times Literary Supplement online archive contains the complete text (in image format) of this primary source of twentieth-century British cultural and literary history.  Search features include author, book title, reviewer, subject, and date.  Covers 1902 to 1990.

A source of criticism by scholars on hundreds of years of literature--from Aristophanes to Bharati Mukherjee.  Each title contains a timeline of key events in the author's life, bibliographies of primary works, and a reference bibliography.

Indexes articles from 45 monthly and quarterly periodicals on a wide range of topics including literature, religion, politics, social science, political economy, archaeology, science and the arts.  Includes bibliographic citations to periodical articles from sources such as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, The Cornhill Magazine, The Dublin Review, The Fortnightly Review, The Nineteenth Century, The Quarterly Review, The Westminster Review.

A textbase of out-of-print and manuscript works by women covering 1400 to 1850.  A subset of this database contains over 100 Renaissance texts with substantial introductory and contextual essays.  List of texts included

Online bibliography provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced since 1950.

The major works of William Butler Yeats in all genres, including poetry, plays, criticism and fiction, published between 1885 and 1995.