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Catherine McManamon

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Key online resources for Modern Languages and Cultures

JSTOR
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Access to: Arts & Sciences I-IIV, Arts & Sciences IX, Biological Sciences, Ireland, 19th Century British Pamphlets, South Asia Open Archives.

JSTOR provides page images of back issues of the core scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Users may browse by journal title or discipline
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
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The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA)

The MLA International Bibliography with Full Text combines an index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film with full text for more than 1,000 journals, including many of the leading publications in these fields. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA) and international in scope, the bibliography covers scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present, including journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a proprietary, searchable collection of thousands of subject terms, and personal names used in indexing the bibliography.
Academic Search Complete
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A comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary database, which offers an extensive collection of full-text periodicals, magazines, and peer-reviewed journals.

In addition to full-text, this resource also offers indexing and abstracts for a large number of journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Scholarly content covers a broad range of academic studies, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences. The database also provides access to video content from the Associated Press, with footages from 1930 to the present.
Scopus
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Coverage: 1823-current

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Updated daily, Scopus covers nearly 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500 peer-reviewed journals and 3.6 million conference papers. Scopus contains 40 million records, of which 20 million records going back to 1996 include the complete metadata and 20 million pre-1996 records without references.
Web of Science: Arts & Humanities Citation Index
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Web of Science (previously Web of Knowledge) provides access to multiple databases, which include comprehensive citation data for a variety of academic disciplines.

This platform provides cross-search of multiple databases, such as Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities, Book Citation Index– Science, Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, and Index Chemicus. The Arts & Humanities Citation Index coverage is 1975 to present.
Literature Online
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Literature Online is a a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 317 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

Literature Online is a a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 317 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. We subscribe to the Core Collection which contains: More than 343,000 works of English, American, African American and Canadian poetry from the eighth century to the present day More than 5,000 works of English and American drama from 1280 to 1915 More than 2,000 works of English and American prose from 1500 to 1914 The full text of over 315 literature journals All 38 of Shakespeare's plays in dramatised audio recordings Nearly 900 Poets on Screen filmed readings Over 880,000 records of articles, monographs and dissertations in the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature from 1920 onward Eight leading literary reference works The King James Bible Webster's Unabridged Dictionary the Concise Oxford Dictionary OUP's A Shakespeare Glossary Links to over 5,100 Web sites Literature Online biographies for 4,100 of the most widely studied authors.
Project MUSE
Coverage: Varies by title

Project MUSE is a collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing full-text online access to a selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals. MUSE is the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. Currently, MUSE provides full-text access to current content from over 400 titles representing nearly 100 not-for-profit publishers. The Library subscribes to the Standard Collection of about 320 journals, not the full Premium Collection.
CAIRN French Studies Collection
Cairn.info offers a collection of over 130 publications in the French language from major French, Belgian and Swiss publishers. Our subscription includes access to the English version of the journals in Cairn International Edition, provided the English version exists. You can switch between the French and English editions using the top navigation menu.

This database offers a collection of publications in the French language from major French, Belgian and Swiss publishers. Our subscription includes access to the English version of the journals in Cairn International Edition. You can switch between the French and English editions using the top navigation menu.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
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Coverage: 1955-current

Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada - see 'America: History and Life' for that) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,800 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. In 2006, Historical Abstracts began adding retrospective coverage for the most important historical journals in JSTOR. By project's end, coverage for these journals will extend back to the late-19th century.
Web of Science
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Coverage: 1898-current

Web of Science (previously known as Web of Knowledge) is the Thomson Reuters database platform that provides access to the combined online versions of Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-current), Science Citation Index Expanded (1899-current), Social Sciences Citation Index (1898-current) and Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science(1990-current) - together with BIOSIS Previews (1969-current), Medline (1950-current) and Journal Citation Reports (2000-current).

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries (Chinese, French, German, Italian & Spanish)

Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries (Chinese, French, German, Italian & Spanish)
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. We subscribe to the Premium Collection which offers over 210 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series. In addition we subscribe to the Literature and Western Civilization collections.
Oxford Bibliographies Online

Oxford Bibliographies Online (modules: African Studies, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, Classics, Medieval Studies, Military History, Political Science, Renaissance and Reformation, Victorian Literature) helps researchers quickly find reliable sources of information by directing them to specific chapters, books, websites, archives, or data. OBO is a springboard for new research that allows for quick movement between texts and databases within our subscribed library content and beyond. It is a starting point for organizing a research plan, or for preparing a writing assignment or syllabus. The style and approach is accessible to students, and the depth of coverage makes it of great use to academic staff. OBO is a library of disciplined-based subject modules but we have access to the Victorian Literature subject module only. In each subject module, leading scholars have produced a guide to the most significant sources in an area of study they know best. The guides feature a selective list of bibliographic citations supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult. Each topic has an editorial commentary to show how the cited sources are interrelated. All articles receive multiple peer reviews and editorial board vetting to provide reliable and balanced coverage. Articles are regularly updated by their authors so that information in this resource is always current and accurate. In addition to updating existing articles, new topic guides are added on a regular schedule to expand the scope and extent of each subject module in the library.

This tab lists newspaper platforms which may be of particular use to MLC students. For more detailed information about current newspaper subscriptions and titles received in print, please access the blue Newspaperstab at the top of this guide.

Nexis UK
Nexis provides a combination of news, company, financial, legal regulatory, industry and market research data, aggregating content from over 36,000 business and trade publications, company, country and industry reports including global publications.

Nexis provides a combination of news, company, financial, legal regulatory, industry and market research data, aggregating content from over 36,000 business and trade publications, company, country and industry reports, UK and Irish news publications, global newswires and blogs and international and emerging market sources. The range of content enables you to conduct in-depth research on a topic or company, get background information on an issue or individual, or follow industry trends across the globe.

BoB
On demand TV and radio service for education. Record, search and stream TV and radio programmes.

BoB (formerly Box of Broadcasts or BoB National) is a shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions. The first time you use BoB you will be prompted to enter an email address to use the MyBoB Playlist facility.
BoB is only available to users on the UK mainland.
Kanopy
Kanopy provides access to one of the most unique collections of films in the world. Films range from award-winning documentaries, indie and foreign films, must-see classics, training films and theatrical releases – on every topic imaginable

Kanopy provides access to one of the most unique collections of films in the world. Films range from award-winning documentaries, indie and foreign films, must-see classics, training films and theatrical releases – on every topic imaginable

DART-Europe E-theses Portal
A portal for open access research theses provided by DART-Europe, which is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia.

DART-Europe partners help to provide researchers with a single European Portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). It offers partners a European networking forum on ETD issues and may provide the opportunity to submit collaborative funding applications.
Ethos

EThOS provides access to UK doctoral theses online. When you find the thesis you want, you may be able to download the thesis immediately, normally free of charge, with no need for library staff intervention. If the thesis is not available for immediate download you can request the thesis and download it a few days later, normally free of charge, again with no need for library staff intervention.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations

The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. The NDLTD assists students and universities in using electronic publishing and digital libraries to more effectively share knowledge in order to unlock the potential benefits worldwide.
ProQuest
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Coverage: Varies by database

Access to all databases provided by the vendor ProQuest. Proquest databases can be searched in broad subject areas: Dissertations & Theses, Health & Life Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Contemporary & Historical Newspapers.

Global Collections Initiative

University of Liverpool Library is participating in the Centre for Research Libraries' Global Collections Initiative. The initiative seeks to expand electronic access to primary source materials and data for area and international studies. The initial development phase focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean.

GCI participants have access to the rich resources pertaining to Latin America held by CRL in microform and digital formats. Use this catalog to discover and access: