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Name Description Guide
Historical Abstracts

Index of journal articles, books and dissertations on world history, excluding US and Canadian history, since 1450.

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JSTOR

Full text database of over 300 journals; generally does not contain most recent materials. Most journals lack the last several years, but holdings are very deep, with many journals running back more than a hundred years.

Lexis-Nexis Academic

Selectively indexes, with full text, over 5700 publications in news, business, law and matters of popular interest, mostly from the last ten years.

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)

Indexes linguistics and related literature.

MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Association)

Indexes scholarly materials in journals and essay collections on literature and language, 1926 to present. Core Database for English and Language Studies.

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Project Muse

Articles from over 100 scholarly journals, 1993-present; covers literature, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.

Proquest Research Library

A general index to popular, professional and scholarly publications. Many full text articles available.

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Web Sites

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  • Fireball Antwortbox

    German web directory, covering popular aspects of German culture and society, very similar (although smaller) to Yahoo in its scope.

  • germanistik.net Internet Resources for Germanists

    Links to a wide range of academic materials; provides an excellent selective list of web sites on approximately two hundred German authors. From the U. of Wisconsin’s German Department.

  • MLA Formatting and Style Guide – The OWL at Purdue

    Purdue’s Online Writing Lab’s guide to the most commonly used citation format in the humanities.

  • OnlineNewspapers.com

    Links to online newspapers by country.

  • Paperball Newssuche

    Indexes articles in almost two hundred German newspapers.No archive, so you’re only searching the last few days. For better access to back-issues, try “Non-English Language News” file under “News” on LexisNexis (Drew University users only).

  • Sage: German Language and Literature

    A comprehensive listing of links to dozens of sites pertaining to German culture, language, history, government, and even the weather! From U. of California San Diego.

  • WESSweb: German Studies Web

    Broad focus on German language, literature and culture. Prepared by the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, this site is very selective in its choices.

  • Writing in College – A Short Guide to College Writing

    From the University of Chicago