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LITERATURE

 INDEXES & REFERENCE 
  • MLA International Bibliography   Index to journals on world language and literature since 1926 with many links to full text, includes MLA Directory of Periodicals.

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  • Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) Covers monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards.

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  • Humanities International Index   Comprehensive database covering over 2000 journals, books and other important reference sources.

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  • Hispanic American Periodicals Index    Index to over 500 journals covering political, economic, social, and artistic topics. Full text is provided when available.

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  • Short Story Index  Includes the full text of over 4,000 stories.

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  • Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism  Indispensable resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse.

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  • Credo Reference - Literature Online encyclopedias and dictionaries of literature.

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  • Literature Criticism Online    A comprehensive collection of literary criticism from classical to modern times.

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  • Literature Resource Center   Literature reference database. Includes information on literary figures from all time periods writing in all genres; thousands of overviews of literary works; links to hundreds of websites focusing on major authors and their works; Literary-Historical timeline to help place literature in its historical and social context; thousands of author portraits; Encyclopedia of Literature; access to numerous literary journals; some literary criticism (see Literature Criticism Online for comprehensive coverage).
     
  • World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
    • Searchable database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1960 and 2011. Updated quarterly.
     
  • Shakespeare Survey Online
    • Full text of articles from Shakespeare Survey, an annual journal published since 1948.
      ELECTRONIC TEXTS
     
  • Early English Books Online, 1475-1700
    • Full texts of books and pamphlets printed in English in the British Isles and other countries. When complete it will contain over 125,000 titles. Presently it contains over 100,000.
     
  • Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
    • Full texts of all the books published in America from 1639 until 1800.
     
  • Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
    • Full texts of all the books published in America from 1801 until 1819.
     
  • Eighteenth Century Collections Online
    • Full texts of over 180,000 books published mostly in the UK from 1700 to 1799.
     
  • Gallica: La Bibliotheque Numerique
    • Full texts of French books in the public domain.
     
  • Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Servantes
    • Full texts of Spanish books in the public domain.
     
  • ARTFL project
    • Main corpus consists of nearly 3000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose from medieval to 20th century.
     
  • LIT FINDER
    • Full texts of poems, stories, plays, essays, and speeches.
     
  • Oxford Scholarship Online: Literature
    •  Full text of recently published books on literature.
      PLOT SUMMARIES
  • Magill OnLiterature Plus
    • Complete Masterplot series giving plot summaries of fiction, drama, and epic poetry, as well as biographies of authors.
      AUTHORS
  • Contemporary Authors & Dictionary of Literary Biography
    •  Biographical and critical information about living and deceased authors from all over the world.
     
  • Scribner Writers Online
    •  American, British, European and World & Genre Writers collections of e-books.
     
  • Twayne's Authors Online
    •  Includes over 600 well-known books from Twayne's World, English and US Authors series.
     
  • Salem Literature
    • Content of Salem Press printed resources providing analysis and critical insights of the best-known works of the most studied authors from all genres. Includes Magill's Literary Annuals.
     
  • John Milton: A Bibliography
    • A bibliography of Milton's works and critical studies of his life and works, 1624-1799. Contains over 13,000 entries.
     
  • Shakespeare's Words
    • A concordance to Shakespeare's works as well as synopses and commentary. 
           LIBRARIES
  • New York Public Library Digital Gallery
    • Over half a million digital images of NYPL visual holdings - posters, prints, dust jackets, maps, photographs, etc.
      THEATRE
  • Theatre in Video
    • Over 250 productions and documentaries, viewable online.
     
  • BBC Shakespeare Plays Collection
    •  Videos of 37 Shakespeare plays. Search by the name or scroll down and click on the collection title to get to the complete list of video clips.

    CLASSICS

     INDEXES
  • Database of Classical Bibliography
    •   L'Annee philologique online. Index of books and articles on ancient Greece and Rome.
     
  • Dyabola
    •   German Archaeological Institute database of classical archaeology books and articles from 1956 to the present. Chech the IP box and click on Start.
     
  • Oxford Bibliographies Online  Research tool to find resources in Classics. Citations are linked to full text when available via ArticleLinker.

    •   ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
  • New Pauly Online
    •   Full text of the Pauly encyclopedia of classical studies.
     
  • Database of Latin Dictionaries
    •   Classical and Medieval Latin dictionaries.
     
  • Jacoby Online
    •   Biography and criticism of hundreds of classical historians.
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  • Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina and Thesaurus Lingua Latina   Comprises the data of BTL 4, supplemented by the texts of all Latin editions of the Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana printed by 2008. Content will be updated annually.
    To use the Thesaurus, install the TLL font on your computer, a link to download the font is provided in the HELP on menu bar.     FOR REMOTE ACCESS MUST USE VPN http://vpn.fordham.edu

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  • Ancient History Sourcebook   A large collection of translated primary sources on the history of the ancient world from Mesopotamia through Late Antiquity and Christian Origins.

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  • PHI - Latin Texts, Bible Versions   Full texts of Latin literature, bible versions and selected works. (CD-ROM, only available at Walsh Library Reference Desk.)

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  • Perseus   Resources for studying Greek and Roman literature including full text.

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  • Aristoteles Latinus Database   Full text of Aristoteles works.

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  • Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature   Full text of Latin texts from Medieval Ireland.

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  • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae   Complete text of all classical Greek literature.
    (Only available on dedicated workstations in Walsh and Quinn Libraries, ask Reference Librarian)

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  • Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies  Full text of recently published books on classical studies.
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      LANGUAGE

  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
    •   Index to journal articles, books, and book reviews with some links to full text.
     
  • Atlas of North American English
    •   Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change.

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