Discovery Service can be a great place to start looking for sources!
"Google like" search of most of the databases and resources the library has access to.This is also accessible as the default search box on the library’s homepage.
Digitized page images of over 1,100 historic American magazines, journals, and newspapers. Coverage is late 18th through the 19th century. The majority of places of publication are New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, although Cincinnati newspapers are well-represented. Publications from smaller cities are available.
Online resource for film and television research. It is a comprehensive bibliographic and full text database covering the entire spectrum of television and film. Subject coverage includes film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database includes more than 270 publications (and selected coverage of more than 300), as well as full text for more than 70 journals and nearly 50 books.
Compilation of literary commentary on authors and their works from medieval times through the present. Includes analysis and criticism in books, encyclopedias, periodicals, and more.
Former title Literature Criticism Online.
Comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes full-text reference works; full text library journals and magazines; author biographies; plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews; and articles of literary criticism. Subjects include plays/drama, poetry, religion, children’s literature, folklore, fantasy/science fiction, contemporary literature, and more.
Indexes books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage includes literature from all over the world. Folklore is represented by folk literature, music, art, rituals, and belief systems. Linguistics and language materials range from history and theory of linguistics, comparative linguistics, semantics, stylistics and syntax to translation. Other topics include literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater), and history of printing and publishing. Minimal full text availability.
Multidisciplinary database with scholarly journals and primary sources such as serials and documents. Coverage from date of publication through about three to five years ago. Access to images is also provided which is especially helpful for students taking art and art history courses.
NOTE: Shawnee State University does not have full access to JSTOR. Limit by “Content I can access” in the left sidebar of the result list to see freely available sources.
Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide.
