Subject Guide
Spotlight On: Streaming Video
- Alexander Street Press Streaming Video This link opens in a new window Videos and audio covering a wide variety of subjects. Individual collections include Black Studies in Video, Black Thought & Culture, Counseling and Therapy in Video: Vols.1-3, Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video, Ethnographic Video Online :Vols.1-2, Filmmakers Library Online: Vols.1-2, LGBT Studies in Video, New World Cinema: Major Independent Features and Shorts, Nursing Education in Video, and Theatre in Video: Vol.2.
- Ambrose Video 2.0 This link opens in a new window Educational videos in the subjects of social studies, literature, fine arts and the sciences. Includes the BBC Shakespeare Plays.
- Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window Documentaries, independent and classic feature films, educational videos, and award-winning films and shorts. Distributors include PBS, Media Education Foundation, Documentary Education Resources, California Newsreel, Criterion Collection/Janus Films, Psychotherapy.net, and more.
Spotlight On: Music Resources
- Naxos Sheet Music Library This link opens in a new window Digital sheet music in all classical genres, spanning music from Medieval to the 21st century and composers from Bach to Arvo Part.
Databases
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowFull-text newspapers, magazines, web-only content from U.S. and international news sources. Coverage: 1978 - present.
- African American Newspapers 1827-1998 This link opens in a new windowFull-text content from African American newspapers published nationwide. Coverage: 1827 - 1998.
- African American Periodicals 1825-1995 This link opens in a new windowFull-text content from African American magazines and journals published nationwide. Coverage: 1825 - 1995.
- African American Studies CenterProvides access to more than 10,000 articles covering the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browsing capabilities. (3 simultaneous users)
- Alexander Street Press Streaming Video This link opens in a new windowVideos and audio covering a wide variety of subjects. Individual collections include Black Studies in Video, Black Thought & Culture, Counseling and Therapy in Video: Vols.1-3, Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video, Ethnographic Video Online :Vols.1-2, Filmmakers Library Online: Vols.1-2, LGBT Studies in Video, New World Cinema: Major Independent Features and Shorts, Nursing Education in Video, and Theatre in Video: Vol.2.
- Ambrose Video 2.0 This link opens in a new windowEducational videos in the subjects of social studies, literature, fine arts and the sciences. Includes the BBC Shakespeare Plays.
- American National Biography This link opens in a new windowFull-text biographical entries on deceased Americans who have shaped the nation. Updated quarterly and limited to ten simultaneous users.
- American Film Institute Catalog This link opens in a new windowIndex and abstracts related to American films and videos. The actual videos are not included. Coverage: 1893 - 1974.
- American Verse Project This link opens in a new windowFull-text archive of American poetry. Coverage: 1700s - 1920.
- Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature This link opens in a new windowFull-text corpus of Latin literature produced in Celtic-speaking Europe, including texts by St. Patrick, Augustinus Hibernicus, Columbanus, Sedulius Scottus, John Scottus Eriugena, and Peter Abelard. Limited to three simultaneous users.
- ArchiveGrid This link opens in a new windowIndexed records of international archival collections that include historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. Access to the physical and/or digitized archival materials varies per institution.
- Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new windowIndex of citations from international publications on fine art. Cited materials include periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Coverage: 1929 – 1984
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowFull-text primary sources from the 18th and 19th centuries covering British and American history. Coverage: 1700s - 1800s.
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary index covering arts and humanities. Coverage: 1980 - present.
- Beckett Digital Manuscript Project This link opens in a new windowFull-text digital facsimiles of manuscripts by Samuel Beckett, including transcriptions.
- Black Studies CenterBlack Studies Center combines three invaluable resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender.
- Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982 This link opens in a new windowIndex of book reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Coverage: 1905 - 1982.
- Burney Collection of 17th and 18th Century Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThe newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media.
- Cambridge Companions Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text essays from Cambridge Companions in literature, classics; philosophy, religion, and culture.
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text ebooks covering history. Coverage: 1960 - present.
- Caribbean Newspapers This link opens in a new windowFull-text newspapers from the American Antiquity Society covering the Caribbean, slave trade, and colonialism. Coverage: 1718 - 1876.
- Children's Literature Review This link opens in a new windowFull-text collection of literary criticism on writers and illustrators for children and young adults, including commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books, and periodicals. Coverage: 1976 - present.
- Contemporary Authors This link opens in a new windowFull-text entries from biographical sources and directories for writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, and other fields.
- Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse This link opens in a new windowFull-text collection of Middle English texts including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales & Troilus and Criseyde, Langland's Piers Plowman, Malory's Morte Darthur, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Everyman, and many others. Coverage: 1100 - 1500.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new windowFull-text entries from biographical sources and directories for writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, and other fields.
- Dictionary of National BiographyThe DNB offers 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000. For Americans, see the American National Biography.
- Dictionary of Old English, Old English Corpus This link opens in a new windowFull-text copies of Old English texts.
- Dictionary of Old English: A to I This link opens in a new windowDictionary of the first six centuries of the English language. Coverage: 600 - 1150.
- Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowIndex of dissertations and theses with abstracts and full-texts. Coverage: 1861-present.
- Drama Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text Ebooks, Playtexts, Audio, and Film and Video related to theatre and the performing arts. Coverage: 5th Century BC - present.
- Early American Imprints This link opens in a new windowFull-text primary sources about life in 17th and 18th century America. Coverage: 1639 - 1819.
- Early American Newspapers, Series 1-3 This link opens in a new windowFull-text primary sources (images and historical newspapers). Coverage: 1600s - 1900s.
- Early English Books Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text primary sources on British history from Pollard & Redgrave's Short-title Catalogue, Wing's Short Title Catalog, and Thomason Tracts. Coverage: 1473 - 1700.
- Eighteenth Century Collection Digital Archives This link opens in a new windowFull-text British and American primary sources from the 18th century on history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science, and more. Coverage: 1700s.
- Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowFull-text reference sources from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
- First Folio of Shakespeare This link opens in a new windowFull-text archive of the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare.
- Gale's Literary Index This link opens in a new windowIndex to every literary series published by Gale.
- Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowFull-text historical newspaper articles from the Chicago Tribune (1905 - 1975), the New York Times (1850 - 2001), the Los Angeles Times (1881-1987), and the American Periodical Series I, II & III (1741-1900).
- Humanities and Social Sciences RetrospectiveIndexes nearly 1200 periodicals from 1907-1984 (including 240,000+ book reviews.) A wide range of interdisciplinary fields are covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals, as well as many important scientific journals.
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndex of full-text articles covering theatre, dance and performing arts. Coverage: 1984 - present.
- International Medieval Bibliography (IMB)Bibliography of the European middle ages c.400-1500. Entries are drawn from the regular coverage of over 4,000 periodicals and from 5,000 miscellaneous volumes, (conference proceedings, essay collections and Festschriften.)
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the RenaissanceA bibliography of 250,000+ articles and reviews drawn from 400+ medieval and renaissance journals. Plus a growing bibliography of monographs pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700)
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text entries from encyclopedias and handbooks covering the ideas and scholars from Plato to modern times that have shaped literary theory and criticism.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly journal articles and ebooks related to the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage: 2-5 years from current.
- Latin American Newspapers - World Newspaper Archive This link opens in a new windowFull-text content from Latin American newspapers. Coverage: 1805 - 1922.
- Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new windowIndex of literary criticism with full-text from several collections including Contemporary, 20th-Century, 19th-Century, Shakespearean, 1400-1800, Classical & Medieval, Poetry, Short Story, Drama and Children's.
- Middle English Compendium This link opens in a new windowFull-text compendium covering Middle English including the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English Prose and Verse based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. Coverage: 1100 - 1500.
- MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndex with some abstracts and some full-text journal articles, books, series, translations, and dissertations on the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film. Includes. Coverage: 1900s - present.
- New York Times Website This link opens in a new windowComplete access to the New York Times online edition (nytimes.com) from 1980 through the present. Users must create an account using their LUC email, to gain access to nytimes.com from any web browser or smart phone app, on or off campus, with no monthly limits on article access. This resource is limited to current students, faculty, and staff. Note: HSL students/faculty/staff need to sign up via http://accessnyt.com
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) This link opens in a new windowFull-text primary sources covering history and literature from the 19th century. Coverage: 1773 - 1900.
- Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new windowFull-text news articles from 19th century newspapers published in the United States.
- Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from 19th century sources published in the United Kingdom.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull-text journals covering literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies. Coverage: 1993 - present.
- Reader's Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new windowIndex of general interest periodicals published in the U.S. that reflects the history of America. Coverage: 1890 - 1982.
- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new windowFull-text primary sources, books, and articles related to the history of the Americas based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography. Coverage: 1500 - 1926.
- Shakespeare Collection This link opens in a new windowFull-text reference data, scholarly periodicals, reprinted criticism, primary source material and the full-text annotated works from The Arden Shakespeare. Coverage: 1517 - 1975.
- Slavery & Anti-Slavery This link opens in a new windowFull-text archives and manuscripts, primary sources, and encyclopedias related to the global history of slavery. Coverage: 1600s - 1800s.
- State Papers Online: The Government of Britain This link opens in a new windowSelect State Papers Domestic and Foreign from the UK National Archives. Documents the British government in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
- The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978Contains over 10 million pages of documents submitted to the Supreme Court, including briefs and petitions, oral transcripts, memoranda, and more. Covers 75,000 cases, including cases for which the Court did not issue a full opinion.
- Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
- Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
- Web of Science (ISI Citation Indexes) This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary index of scholarly journals with citations. Coverage: 1980 - present. Limited to five simultaneous users.
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
- WorldCat Firstsearch This link opens in a new windowRecords of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.