English and Modern Languages

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) – This multi-disciplinary database provides information to support most academic disciplines and subjects. Includes full-text for peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Coverage: 1965 – current

African American Studies Center (Oxford) – This reference source on African American Studies provides full-text access to 20,000 articles by top scholars in the field. Core content includes the Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, the 2^nd edition of Black Women in America and the African American National Biography.

Biography in Context (Gale) – This comprehensive source provides full-text biographical information on more than 150,000 people throughout history and across all subject areas. 

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)– This web database contains full-text coverage for over 15,000 peer-reviewed open access journals in all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Content is international and in all languages.

Duke University Press – The library subscribes to the following ejournals:

• American Speech
• Publication of the American Dialect Society

JSTOR – An electronic archive of journals in in the following areas: Arts & Sciences, Business, Ecology & Botany, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Jewish Studies, among others. Also provides access to primary source collections. To access Artstor, select the “Search for images” tab to link to a repository of more than two million digital images from 280 collections on many topics.

Literature Online (LION) (ProQuest) – This database contains more than 350,000 works of poetry, prose and drama from the 8th century to the present in the English language. It is an assembly of primary works, re-keyed from first editions or scholarly editions, written by the most influential and studied authors, as well as works of lesser known literary figures. Search for literary criticism, primary text, author pages or reference works. Includes full-text scholarly journals covering all aspects of literary studies and the literary index, the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL), created by the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA).  

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) – This database draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide pro/con analysis on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. 

SAGE Premier Journals (SAGE Publishing) – This web database provides full-text access to more than 650 peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research and international titles on behalf of over 500 scholarly and professional societies. Search by topic or browse by e-journal title. English-related titles include Literature & History and Language & Literature, among others.

Taylor and Francis Journals – For a list of titles subscribed to by the library, click here. Titles include:

• Black Scholar
• Explicator (Literary Criticism)
• Quarterly Review of Film and Video

Wiley Online Library – For a list of titles the library subscribes to, click here. Titles include:

• Reading Research Quarterly

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) – This multi-disciplinary database provides information to support most academic disciplines and subjects. Includes full-text for peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Coverage: 1965 – current

College Language Association (Project Muse) – CLA Journal is a multilingual, international publication that fosters socially engaged, innovative, and groundbreaking scholarship in language, literature, linguistics, and pedagogy cultivated by the diverse international membership of CLA.

Mango Languages– This online learning resource has 70+ foreign language courses and provides a self-paced learning program to teach a new language through topical dialogue. Its unique methodology features content and exercises crafted by expert linguists and language teachers that allow learners to comprehend, construct and create conversations in the real world. NOTE: Users must create an account or use guest access.

Wiley Online Library – For a list of the titles the library subscribes to, click here. Titles include:

• Foreign Language Annals

ArticleFirst (OCLC) – OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of over 12,000 journals.

Britannica Academic (Encyclopaedia Britannica) – One of the oldest and most well-known reference sources provides both short and book-length overview articles on almost all subjects. Also includes historical timelines, multimedia, selected magazine articles, notable quotations and a dictionary and thesaurus.

Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) – This database is the authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. It represents the works of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full-text is available from 1997 to the present. Coverage:1861 – current 

Ebook Central (ProQuest) – This database is a collection of thousands of full-text online books on a broad range of subjects in the humanities, natural and physical sciences and the social sciences.

Ebook Collection (EBSCO) – Formerly NetLibrary, this collection of ebooks covers topics chosen by the University of Maryland Libraries.

Ebook Comprehensive Academic Collection (EBSCO) – This multidisciplinary collection includes over 200,000 ebook titles covering a large selection of academic subjects and features ebooks from leading publishers and university presses. 

Ebooks (OCLC) – This online catalog contains all the electronic books cataloged by OCLC members. 

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) – This full-text database provides coverage to nearly 2,000 general periodicals, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos and maps.

OAIster (OCLC) – OAIster is a searchable interface for digital resources.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) – This web database provides complete text of the 20-volume 2nd edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (1989), plus its 3-volume Additions Series (1993, 1997). Comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Traces development of English from approximately 1150 AD to the present day. Includes many varieties of English. Coverage: 1989 – current 

PapersFirst (OCLC) – This index contains papers presented at conferences worldwide. Over 2,380,000 records. Coverage: 1993 – current 

ProceedingsFirst (OCLC) – This resource is an index of worldwide conference proceedings with over 74,000 records. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at the conference. Coverage: 1993 – current 

WorldCat (OCLC) – WorldCat is the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections. Includes books, journals and all other types of media.