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Literature & Film Librarian

Camille Cooper
501 Cooper Library
cooper2@clemson.edu (864) 656-0841
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Academic OneFile   all subject areas, 1995-present
     
Academic Search Premier   all subject areas, 1965-present Access to this PASCAL database is in danger! Please Help!
     
Across the Generations   see Virginia Woolf International Conferences
     
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language    
     
American Poetry Databases   databases providing the complete text of works of American poetry
     
American Sign Language Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide
  Available on CD in Cooper Library Reference
     
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)   see Literature Online
     
     
Arts and Humanities Citation Index   arts and humanities (part of Web of Science), 1975-present
     
Biography Resource Center   biographical information (includes Marquis Who's Who)
     
Book Review Index Online Plus   book reviews, many full text, 1965-present
     
The Carlyle Letters Online: A Victorian Cultural Reference   full-text of over 10,000 letters written by Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle to some of the most influential artistic, philosophic, and literary personalities of the day; searchable by date, recipient, and subject
     
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
  information about and reviews of children's books and media
     
Clemson Libraries Catalog   find books and media in the Clemson Libraries
     
Communication and Mass Media Complete   communication studies, mass media, and journalism, (coverage varies; some journals go back to the early 1900s)-present
     
The Complete Works of Aristotle   complete text of the works of Aristotle translated into English; you can search for keywords or phrases within the text
(limited to 5 users at a time)
     
CREDO Reference   full-text of hundreds of reference books covering every major topic, including language, literature, philosophy, etc.
     
Current Contents

  all subject areas, 1998-present
(limited to 5 simultaneous users)
     
Current Research @ Clemson   Clemson University dissertations, 1960-present; full-text available, 1996-present
     
Dissertations and Theses - Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  index to over two million dissertations and theses, all subjects, 1861-present (over 600,000 available in full text)
     
ERIC   research in education, including literature, composition, and languages, 1966-present
     
Expanded Academic   all subject areas, 1980-present
     
Film & Television Literature Index   film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews, 1950s-present
     
General OneFile   all subject areas, 1980-present
     
General Reference Center   all subject areas, 1980-present
     
HarpWeek   scanned images of the pages of Harper's Weekly, 1857-1912; browse indexes or search for keywords or phrases
     
Historical New York Times   full-text New York Times articles, 1851-2005
     
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907-1984   index to important journals in all areas of the humanities and social sciences, 1907-1984
(limited to 1 simultaneous user)
This database provided courtesy of the Class of '55.
     
Humanities International Index  

all areas of the humanities, 1925-present Access to this PASCAL database is in danger! Please Help!

     
Ingenta Library
Gateway
  all subject areas, 1988-present
(formerly CARL Uncover)
     
Iter   gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
     
Journal Citation Reports
  citation data for evaluating the impact and use of scholarly journals in the sciences and social sciences, 2000
(available on CD Station F in Cooper Library Reference Area)
     
JSTOR   full-text access to over 1,300 core scholarly journals
     
Language and Subject Dictionaries    
     
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Life   all aspects of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender life, coverage dates vary by publication
     
LexisNexis
 

newspaper, magazine, and wire service articles, broadcast transcripts, national and international coverage, past 10 years plus.

For book/film reviews, click on News; in the Select Sources pull-down menu, select Book, Movie, Music, Play, and Video Reviews.

     
Literature Online   library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 243 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources (includes ABELL - Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature)
     
Literature Resource Center  

biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline Access to this PASCAL database is in danger! Please Help!

Tutorial
Finding Journal Articles Using Literature Resource Center
(speakers required to hear narration)

     
Literature Web Sites   informational web sites selected by librarians
     
     
Meriam Webster Online Dictionary    
     
Meriam Webster Online Thesaurus    
     
MLA International Bibliography  

literature, language, linguistics, rhetoric, composition, film, and folklore, 1926-present Access to this PASCAL database is in danger! Please Help!
(Use this link for MLA Directory of Periodicals.)

     
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)   archival and manuscript collections, U. S. and worldwide
     
19th Century Masterfile   index to American and English periodical articles, 1786-1922
     
Online Etymology Dictionary    
     
Oxford Dictionaries of Mythology and Folklore
  dictionaries of African, Asian, Celtic, and world mythology, English folklore, and superstitions and folk beliefs
     
Oxford Dictionaries (English)    
     
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
  comprehensive English-language dictionary
     
Oxford English Language Reference Sources
  dictionaries of abbreviations, grammar, eponyms, foreign terms, idioms, linguistics, proverbs, usage and style
     
Oxford Thesauri    
     
Oxford Language Dictionaries
  French, business French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and business Spanish dictionaries
     
Oxford Literary Companions and Dictionaries   reference works on African-American, American, classical, English, and Irish literature, literary terms, Shakespeare, 20th century poetry in English, and writers
     
Oxford Reference Online   Type the name of a person in the 'Quick Search' box to find entries from biographical dictionaries that cover a wide range of occupations and time periods.
     
Project Muse   full-text access to over 300 scholarly journals
     
ProQuest National Newspapers  

full-text articles from:

  • The Christian Science Monitor, 1988-present
  • The Los Angeles Times, 1985-present
  • The New York Times (late edition), 1980-present
  • The New York Times Book Review, 1986-present (full text, 1997-present)
  • The New York Times Magazine, 1986-present (full text, 1997-present)
  • The Wall Street Journal (eastern edition), 1984-present
  • The Washington Post, 1987-present
     
Readers' Guide Retrospective   index to articles in popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, 1890-1982
(limited to 2 simultaneous users)
     
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus    
     
Scribner Writers Series   lengthy essays on authors and literary genres
     
Thesaurus.Com    
     
Virginia Woolf (Major Authors Online)
  fully-searchable electronic text of Virginia Woolf's works
(available on Computer Station F in Cooper Library Reference Area)
     
Virginia Woolf International Conferences   selected papers from the 12th ("Across the Generations") and 13th ("Woolf in the Real World") International Virginia Woolf Conferences (click on Publications)
     
Virginia Woolf: Reading Notes for Three Guineas

  Archive of source materials kept in notebooks and scrapbooks by Virginia Woolf as she researched and prepared to write Three Guineas.
     
The W. B. Yeats Collection   The major works of W. B. Yeats in all genres, including poetry, plays, criticism and fiction, published between 1885 and 1995
     
Webster's Online Dictionary, Rosetta Edition    
     
Who's Who in the Classical World
  dictionary of ancient biography, covering Greek and Roman history and politics, literature, philosophy, science, and art
     
Woolf in the Real World   see Virginia Woolf International Conferences
     
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus    
     
WorldCat
  the combined catalogs of libraries from over 45 countries; contains 47 million+ records
(limited to 4 simultaneous users)
     
World Folklore and Folklife   a database of folk traditions from around the world that includes:
  • Celebrations and Rituals
  • Food and Drink
  • Holidays and Festivals
  • Music and Dance
  • Religion and Belief
  • Tales, Myths, and Urban Legends
  • Traditional Arts and Crafts
     
World Shakespeare Bibliography   index to articles, books, reviews, production information, dissertations, etc. about Shakespeare, 1968-present
(not available off campus)
     
YourDictionary.Com
  (includes non-English language dictionaries)
     

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