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English Subject Guide
Databases
| For a brief online tutorial click this link How to...Using Databases |
| MLA International Bibliography |
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Product of the Modern Languages Association. Covers the world's literature from all time periods. (1981+) |
| AUSTLIT |
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A comprehensive index to Australian literature. (1970+) |
| Linguistics and language behaviour abstracts |
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Very comprehensive coverage of all aspects of language and linguistics. (1973+) |
| The year's work in English studies 2001+ |
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Print version at SREF820.6/6 Vol. 1 1919/20+
An annual publication which provides an overview or review of the major critical works and research studies published in English literature. Arranged by time period and includes literature in English published outside Britain. |
| Contemporary literary criticism (CLC) |
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Critiques the works of novelists, poets and playwrights. Very good starting point for researching authors and their works. Biographical information supplied.
Only in print at SREF809.05/1 (1973+) Literary Index is an index to the articles in CLC. |
| Shakespeare Collection |
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The Shakespeare Collection brings together general reference data, full-text scholarly periodicals, reprinted criticism, primary source material and the full-text annotated works from The Arden Shakespeare. |
| Literature on Line (LION) full text |
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Literature Online is a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. |
Multidisciplinary Databases (many with full text)
| APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service) full text |
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Major index to articles published in Australian journals. Covers all topics. (1978+) |
| Expanded Academic full text |
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This database provides access to a wide range of academic journals, including a number in the area of literature. (1980+) |
| Wilson Omnifile full text |
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Includes coverage of the Social Sciences Index, The Humanities Index and Reader's Guide. |
| Project Muse full text |
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Provides access to over 40 Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals. Coverage includes literature and drama. |
| JSTOR full text 1800+ |
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Provides retrospective access to a range of journals. Click on browse to see the range of journals included, or search across a range of journals. |
| Scopus |
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Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature including peer-reviewed titles, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, patent records, scientific web pages, and seamless links to full text articles and other library resources. It is updated daily.
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| Periodicals Archive Online |
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Similar to JSTOR in providing full text access to older issues of journals. Click on browse to see the range of journals included, or search across a range of journals. British emphasis. |
| Factiva full text |
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Full text coverage of a wide range of international newspapers including Australian newspapers. Good source for book reviews. |
Subject specific databases
| Alternative Press Index |
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Indexes resources outside mainstream academic literature. Strong emphasis on minoritiy cultures, women's issues, gay and lesbian issues. (1991+) |
| America : history and life |
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A major index to Americana, including literature and cultural traditions. (1982+)
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| British Humanities Index |
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Good coverage of the humanities in Britain, Europe and Commonwealth countries. |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete full text |
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Broad coverage of all aspects of media. Includes coverage of text and genre. |
| International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance full text |
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Contains full text of 100 journals related to theatre and dance and full text of 50 books on related topics. Includes a significant number of English literature journals. |
| Poole's index to periodical literature |
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Indexes newspapers and journals from the 19th century.
Only in print at SREF 052/82 /(1-4) |
| The Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900 : Tables of contents and identification of contributors, with bibliographies of their articles and stories. |
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Only in print at SREF050/8/(1-6) |
| Psycinfo |
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Major international resource for psychology. Includes psychology of language. (1967+) |
| Women's Resources International |
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Provides citation indexing, which is searching to find out who has cited a particular book or journal article. |
Libraries Australia & Web of Science
| Libraries Australia |
| Formerly called Kinetica. Useful database for finding the location of items in other libraries in Australia. Includes holdings for 850 Australian libraries. |
| Web of Science |
| Provides citation indexing, which is searching to find out who has cited a particular book or journal article. |
Theses databases
| Sirius Theses page |
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This is a link to the Sirius Thesis page which lists all the main resources for theses including Writing and presenting your thesis or dissertation. This can be independently navigated by clicking Sirius, clicking Find Resources, click Locate and using the Type dropdown menu, select Theses. |
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Replaces Digital Dissertations. Covers North American theses from 1861 onwards, with abstracts included from 1980. Includes UNSW doctoral theses (from 1974) and theses from most universities in Great Britain (from 1988). Of the more than 2 million listed, more than 600,000 of the more recent theses are now available for immediate free download.
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| Index to theses |
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Contains records of theses accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| Australian Digital Theses Program full text |
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Australian theses. The ADT database provides access to PhD and Masters by Research theses only. Theses available to download in PDF format. |
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