Resources by Subject: "English"
A broad, expansive database including full text coverage of nearly every area of academic study.
Find information on topics related to business, communications, economics, government, journalism, politics and more from a variety of current and retrospective news media including newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, periodicals, videos and web-only content including the Kentucky Post and Lexington Herald-Leader. Also includes Access Business News, Access International News, Access Military, Government, and Defense, Access Newswires and Transcripts and Acceda Noticias.
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Full text coverage of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press
Covers over 1,250 arts and humanities journals from around the world and also includes selected, relevant items in related fields from over 6,800 of the world’s leading science, social sciences and technical journals.
Over 2000 comprehensive and accessible expert-written essays on major authors, periods and genres.
A collection of over 10,000 letters written by Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle. Browse their correspondence by date, by recipient, and by subject.
Includes materials from the "Annotated Chaucer Bibliography" published annually in "Studies in the Age of Chaucer;" indexes articles back to 1975.
Provides more than 250,000 reviews of children's literature.
Premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and internet resources of interest to those in higher education
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The Dictionary of Old English Web Corpus (electronic) is a complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts.
Defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600 - 1150 A.D.) of the English language, using today's most advanced technology. The DOE complements the Middle English Dictionary (which covers the period 1100 - 1500 A.D.) and the Oxford English Dictionary (which documents the development of the English language to the present), the three together providing a full description of the vocabulary of English.
A collection of electronic books covering numerous subject disciplines.
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Collection of more than 10,000 high-quality educational streaming videos covering Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science, and Health. All programming includes public performance rights.
Searchable electronic book collection that includes subject encyclopedias, handbooks, and guides covering many subject disciplines.
Iter's bibliography includes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books, journal material are included, as are citations for dissertation abstracts, and essays in books.
The Johns Hopkins Online Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is an online resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse.
Full-text articles for journals covering a broad range of subjects in Arts & Sciences including many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science and sociology, ecology, mathematics and statistics, language and literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, art and architecture, law, psychology, public policy and administration, business, and education
Includes complete, searchable backfiles for 6 of the Gale “Literature Criticism” book series: Contemporary, 20th Century, 19th Century, Shakespeare, Poetry, and Short Stories.
A comprehensive online literary site that includes books, journals, and essays covering biographical, critical, and contextual information on authors and their works.
Index to periodical articles on subjects including general reference, business, health; includes Magill's Book Reviews, CIA World Factbook, Essential Documents in American History, journals, magazines, and newspapers