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Online Databases - Arts and Culture

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Description

Academic Search Complete

Subject Areas: All subjects, e.g. humanities, social science, engineering, medical science, technology, etc.
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: More than 3600 scholarly journals


Bibliography of Native North AmericansSubject Areas: Anthropology, archaeology, history and cultures of North American Indians
Type: Bibliographic citations
Source: Journal articles, reports, documents and books

Contemporary AuthorsSubject Areas: Bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields
Type: Full text
Source: Print edition of Contemporary Authors

Contemporary Literary CriticismSubject Areas: Significant published criticism on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers now living or who died after December 31, 1959
Type: Full text
Source: Print edition of Contemporary Literary Criticism

Dictionary of Literary BiographySubject Areas: Essays on the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres; includes interviews, biographies, and bibliographies
Type: Full text
Source: Print edition of Dictionary of Literary Biography

Gale Literary Databases (Interface)Simultaneously search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography
Type: Full text

litresourcecenter

Subject Areas: Information on more than 90,000 novelists, poets, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors
Type: Full text
Source: Journal articles on literature, literary criticisms, reference work

MasterFILE PremierSubject Areas: Nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: More than 1,900 general periodicals; reference and travel books; biographies; primary source documents; and an image college of photos, maps, and flags

NetLibrary eContentSubject Areas: Digital versions of books, journals, and database content owned by the Irving Public Library
Type: Full text

Religion and Philosophy CollectionSubject Areas: World religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy
Type: Full text
Source: More than 300 journals, many peer-reviewed