Databases - Reference
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online: Contains over 13,000 poems in full text and 250,000 poetry citations, in addition to commentaries, biographies, bibliographies, notes on form and a glossary of prosodic terms. You are also able to search by author category (Asian-American, Irish, Polish etc.)
Funk & Wagnells New World Encyclopedia: Indexes over 25,000 records. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. Updated annually.
Lexis-Nexis: Provides searchable access to a comprehensive spectrum of full-text information from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. Includes U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, newsletters, trade journals, company and industry analyst reports, and broadcast transcripts.
MLA Directory of Periodicals: The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
Oxford English Dictionary: Entries contain detailed etymological analysis. There are illustrated quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world.
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