Our book, print journal, and video catalog.

Federated Search Engine

• Use Webfeat to search several databases at once~ This link accesses our Webfeat federated search engine. This tool allows you to perform searches in groups of databases (such as English and Foreign Languages and Literatures) or our entire database, all at once.

Literary databases (critical articles about authors & specific literary works, some popular media)

• Gale's Literature Resource Center ~excellent in-depth information about authors, including biographies, critical articles, bibliographies, and related websites. Includes the MLA International Bibliography database. Full text available.

• Project Muse ~full text of over 200 humanities and the social sciences journals articles, from 1996 to the present. Full text available.

• JSTOR ~ JSTOR collects titles up to the year 2000 if available. Current issues of journals are not in this database. Full text available.

General databases (includes crticical articles about popular media )

• Academic Search Premier~ Includes the full text of the following journals:

  * Film History from 2001-present
  * Film Culture from 1992-1996
  * Films in Review from 1990-1996
  * Journal of Film and Video from 1998-present
  * Journal of Popular Film and Television from 1990-present
  * American Art from 1997-present
  * Literature Film Quarterly from 1998-present
  * Velvet Light Trap from 2000-present
  * New Cinemas from 2002-present
  * American Film from 1984-1992
  * Journal of Popular Culture from 1990-present

• Wilson Select Full Text Plus ~ Includes the full text of Sight and Sound from 2000-present, Film Criticism from 1995-present, and Cineaste from 1994-2004. Full text available.

• Periodical Abstracts ~ Includes the full text of Film Comment, 1992-present. Full text available.

• Proquest Newspapers ~ Includes the Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Full text available.

How to full text from an article citation in our databases If...you don't see an option like "HTML Full Text" or "PDF Full Text" next to the article citation- Then...look for , or , or "Find this resource with SFX." Clicking on this option will open a new window. If you see an "Online Full Text" option available, clicking on "Go" will take you to the full text. If you don't see the "Online Full Text" option, then you can see if  we own the journal in print by clicking on the "We may own this option" ororder the article by clicking on the "Request this item through Interlibrary Loan" link.

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These sites are best used as starting points to help you find general information about your author, playwright, play, or literary work. Some sites even contain online full-text publications, essays and articles. Note: online web sites must be reviewed as to content, accuracy and authority.

Authors and specific literary works & genres

• Google Directory Author listing (by nationality)~an author directory maintained by Google.

• Yahoo! Directory listing of literature and author websites ~another directory site.

  Film review websites

• The Internet Movie Database

• Rotten Tomatoes

• Yahoo Movies

  Plays and Playwrights

• Google's Dramatic Plays and Playwright Directory ~A collection of play and playwright web sites, arranged alphabetically (note: sites must be judged for authority and accuracy).

• Yahoo! Playwright Directory ~Another collection of playwright web sites

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• PowerPoint: Quick and Easy Tutorial- this is a viewable and/or downloadable file about the basics of PowerPoint.

• PowerPoint Presentation and Copyright Tips- another PowerPoint presentation about what NOT to do when crerating and presenting your PowerPoint slides.

• A directory of images and backgrounds- this is an Elmhurst Library compilation of graphics that people are free to use in their presentations.

• Copyright Quick Reference Sheet

• Some basics about copyright- This Boston University website is a good introduction to the basics of copyright.

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• Citing in MLA: A Quick Reference page ~from Duke University Libraries

• Other Online Citation Sources

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

• Looking for Articles in Journals and Magazines: Scholarly or Popular?

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