Primary Resources
These are databases owned or subscribed to by Boatwright Library which contain full texts.
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800) This link opens in a new windowBooks on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel etc. from the Colonial period through the early 19th century. Includes the supplemental material from the the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) This link opens in a new windowBooks from 1801-1819 published in America on the topics of history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel, etc. Includes the supplemental material from the the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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Early English Books Online This link opens in a new windowBooks on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel etc. from the first book printed in English through the through the end of the 17th century.
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18th Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowDigital texts of books published in England in several languages between 1701-1800. Coverage from a variety of materials -- including books and broadsides, Bibles, tract books and sermons to printed ephemera -- with works by many well-known and lesser-known authors, women, and collections from the French Revolution.
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Early American Newspapers [Gift of Edwin S. Snead III, Class of 1951] This link opens in a new windowNewspaper articles on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, politics, and more from the Colonial Period through the Reconstruction Period. [more information about this gift]
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19th Century UK Periodicals This link opens in a new windowPeriodicals published in Great Britain giving insight into many aspects of the 19th century lifeliterature and culture, empire, feminism, the history of the book, the creative and performing arts, sport and leisure, science and medicine, the professions.
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Black Short Fiction and Folklore This link opens in a new windowStories produced by writers from Africa and the African Diaspora from the earliest times to the present.
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19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new windowCollections of 19th century newspapers, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects.
Most Useful Databases
These databases are useful for finding articles, essays, and book chapters on language, literature, linguistics, and related topics.
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MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new windowLiterature, language, and folklore from all regions of the world from the late Middle Ages to the present.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowThorough resource for research in the media studies and communication studies fields.
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Social Science Full Text This link opens in a new windowBroadest resource of scholarly research on human cultural, social, environmental and political behaviors
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Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowBiographies, overviews, and critical analysis of literary topics, authors, and their works
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Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new windowIndexes journals in the general humanities.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowComprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary resource containing a large number of peer-reviewed journals.
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new windowIndexes journals, books and other published sources within the general humanities.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new windowResource of journals in humanities, social sciences, & mathematics
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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary resource covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities.
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Recommended Journals
Although these titles are linked to the journals' websites, you should also search in the recommended databases, as we may have access to more years of the publications through our subscriptions to databases then we have through our direct journal subscriptions.
