DATABASES, INDEXES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

This is a selective list of online resources especially useful for researching literary topics. Go to the Nimitz Library Home Page under Databases for a complete list of available online resources.

• MLA International Bibliography -- This database, produced by the Modern Language Association, consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and includes coverage from 1963 to the present. 
• Literature Online (LION) -- A fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 154 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. Also available via LION is the ABELL online resource - The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) contains over 850,000 records, covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards.
• Humanities Full Text -- Provides access to 500 of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines in such fields as archaeology, art, classical studies, communications, film, folklore, gender studies, history, literature, and philosophy. Coverage for indexing begins in 1984; abstracting begins in 1994, and full text of selected titles in 1995. 
• Project Muse -- Full-text access to more than 100 journals published by various associations and university presses. These titles cover a variety of subjects but mostly related to literature, political science, history and culture.
• JSTOR -- Full-text archive of scholarly journals. Select More Information for tips in using JSTOR. 
• Oxford English Dictionary -- Provides the history and development of English words during the last 800 years with illustrative quotations from the works of thousands of authors. 
• Dictionary of Old English / Old English Corpus -- Produced by the University of Toronto, the Dictionary of Old English is based on records written in English between 600 and 1150 A.D. 
• Middle English Compendium-- Produced by the University of Michigan, the Compendium provides access to the Middle English Dictionary and a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse. 
• Britannica Online -- An online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, providing background information. 
• LexisNexis Academic -- Provides full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. 
• Academic Search Premier -- Designed specifically for academic institutions, this scholarly collection offers information in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It contains full text for more than 4,600 publications, including over 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. A good starting point for research, but other subject specific resources should be also consulted.

• WorldCat -- WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind. The WorldCat databsae includes more than 50 millin records for books, journals, videos, electronic reources and other materials held in library collections around the world. Nimitz Library patrons may wish to use WorldCat to identify materials available via InterLibrary Loan. 
• FirstSearch -- Provides access to dozens of indexes and databases in a variety of subject areas. Password required; contact the Reference Desk at x32420. Patrons wanting to use WorldCat Online click here.
• Eureka On The Web (Research Libraries Group) -- An online reference service from the Research Libraries Group comprised of the RLIN Bibliographic File (collections of major research and academic libraries, archives and museums), ESTC (English Short Title Catalogue) and SCIPIO (Art and Rare Books Sales Catalogs). Password required. USNA users may contact the Reference Desk at x32420.
• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) -- ERIC is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to education-related literature. ERIC provides access to the broad range of educational resources included in Current Index to Journals in Education and Resources in Education.

• Books In Print -- Over 1.9 million titles retrievable by title, author, subject, publisher, etc. 
• netLibrary -- Collection of electronic books covering a wide range of scholarly topics. 

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URL: http://www.usna.edu/Library/Literature/Indbib.html
Last updated: 31 October 2005