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| MLA Bibliography, 1926 - present |
| Literary criticism, languages, linguistics, film, and folklore from over 4,000 journals, books and dissertations published worldwide. |
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| JSTOR |
| Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Language & Literature, and Ecology Collections. An archive of important scholarly journal literature. In most cases, full text of the journal is available from the first issue through issues from a few years ago. |
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| LEXISNEXIS Academic |
| Lexis Nexis is no longer available. For legal resources try Westlaw Campus; for news try one of our other News Resources. |
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Academic Search Complete, Indexing and full-text, dates of coverage vary by title (many 1975-present).
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| This interdisciplinary scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study, including: sciences, social sciences, arts & literature, ethnic studies, and many more. Full-text for over 6,100 titles (5,100 peer-reviewed); indexing and abstracting for 10,600 titles; complete historical coverage and citation searching for select titles. |
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| Research Library Periodicals |
| Search over 2,700 periodicals for information on a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. |
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Use these sources to focus your topic, build a vocabulary, and find additional
sources as you begin your research.
| WordReference.com |
| Provides access to dictionaries as follows: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, French to English, English to Italian, Italian to English, English to German, German to English, English to Russian, Russian to English. |
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| LEO |
| Features German-English, German-French, and German-Spanish dictionaries and language tools. |
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| Oxford-Duden German Dictionary, Ref PF 3640.O94 2005 |
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| Langenscheidt Routledge German Technical Dictionary, Ref T 10.L36 2004 |
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| NTC's Dictionary of Latin American Spanish, Ref PC 4822.O65 1997 |
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| Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary, Ref PL 1455.P63 2003 |
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| Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture, Ref DC33.7 .E53 1998 |
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| Guide to French literature, Ref PQ41 .L48 1992 |
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| The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, Ref PQ41 .N48 1995 |
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| Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, Ref DC33.2 .M44 1995 |
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| Literature Resource Center
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| Biographical and selected critical coverage of the most studied authors & works. |
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| CultureGrams, Ref GT150 .C86 |
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| Countries and Their Cultures, 2001 |
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| Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present, Ref P371 .F33 2001 |
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| Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands, Ref HF 5389.M67 2006 |
| Additional copies in the Circulating Collection, 3rd floor |
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| Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, (3 v.) |
| Also available in paper copy: Ref GT2850 .E53 2003 |
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| Encyclopedia of German Literature, Ref PT91 .E53 2000 |
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| The Oxford Companion to German Literature, Ref PT41 .G3 1997 |
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| Latino and Latina writers, Ref PS153.H56 L39 2004 |
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| Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture, Ref DP233.5 .E63 1999 |
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| Latin American Writers, Ref PQ7081.A1 L37 1989 |
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| Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature, Ref PQ7081.A1 E56 1997 |
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| The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature, Ref PQ7081.A1 C35 1996 |
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| Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, 2nd edtion, (4 v.), 2004 |
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| Encyclopedia of India, Ref Ds 405 E556 2006 |
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| Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, (6 v.), 2002 |
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| Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Ref GVN 307 E53 1991, and supplement 2002 |
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| WordReference.com |
| Provides access to dictionaries as follows: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, French to English, English to Italian, Italian to English, English to German, German to English, English to Russian, Russian to English. |
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| LEO |
| Features German-English, German-French, and German-Spanish dictionaries and language tools. |
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| Oxford-Duden German Dictionary, Ref PF 3640.O94 2005 |
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| Langenscheidt Routledge German Technical Dictionary, Ref T 10.L36 2004 |
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| NTC's Dictionary of Latin American Spanish, Ref PC 4822.O65 1997 |
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| Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary, Ref PL 1455.P63 2003 |
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These quality Internet resources have been selected by the librarian
specializing in this discipline.
| Voice of the Shuttle |
| Literatures: is an extensive site of links to a variety of texts, authors and other gateway sites. |
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| Mount Allison University Libraries French Language & Literature Web Resources |
| Resource links for literature, culture, music, journals, magazines, newspapers and more. |
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| Alalettre.com |
| Brief biographical sketches of classic through contemporary French authors, frequently includes at least a partial listing of the author's works. |
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| Femmes Ecrivains et Litteratures Africaine |
| This site lists contemporary Francophone African writers, with very brief biographical information. It can also be viewed in English. |
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| La CLÉ |
| Répertoire de Procédés Littéraires: examples and definitions of various literary terms, genres, and conventions |
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| Theatrales |
| Gateway site regarding French theatre. |
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| French Connection |
| Gateway to links regarding history, current events, media, language, literature, art, culture, libraries, e-texts, and publishing. |
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| Literature in Latin America--LANIC |
| A gateway site to links varying from author web pages to sites with full text works. Resources also separated into regions and online journals and magazines. |
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| Literatura Argentina Contemporanea |
| Search the site, choose an author from the scroll box list, or browse by topic. Brief biographies of authors, pictures, works and links to external sites. |
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| German Studies Web |
| Contains links to primary and secondary literary resources. |
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