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The E-Journal Portal

Use the E-Journal Portal to search for a full-text electronic journal among the 9,000+ in all of our databases.

Subject Specific Databases

Academic Search Premier  Full-text, 1970s – present

More than 4,500 journals on all different subjects: psychology, business, education, chemistry, and more.

Cambridge Collections Online  full text, 1990s - present

Searchable, online version of all the Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics. Lets you search for individual chapters of 173 books. Includes essays on theater and drama.

JSTOR  Full-text, 1800s to 2005

Articles from a range of subject areas, including language and literature, philosophy, African American studies, and classical studies.

North American Women's Drama  full text

full-text of 1517 plays

General/Related Databases

Arts & Humanities Citation Index  citation only, 1989 - present

Citations for 1,160 journals in literature, arts, theatre, history, and other humanities. Part of Web of Knowledge.

Credo Reference  1990s to present

Search 100 online reference books all at once. Includes dictionaries and encyclopedias on all topics: science, history, art, religion, biography, foreign language, business, and more.

Gale Literary Index  Full-text

Online guide to the print guides, which include literary criticism of poetry, short stories and other literature. The online index tells you which volumes contain reviews and critiques of an author’s work.

LexisNexis  full text, 1980s - present

Lexis Nexis provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. Some of this information includes:

  • National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources.
  • U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information.
  • Shepard’s® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789
  • Business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.

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Oxford English Dictionary  Full-text

“The definitive record of the English language.” Includes word origins and histories.

Wilson Select Plus  Some full-text, 1994 – present

Articles in sciences, humanities, education, and business.

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