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Databases and Indexes for Writing Seminars

The following is a very selective list of databases for use by Writing Seminars students and faculty. These resources will lead you to articles in journals and magazines (many of them in full text), chapters in books, dissertations, full text of primary works, and other materials. If you do not find what you need here, contact Sue Waterman, the librarian for Writing Seminars, for assistance.
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General Multidisciplinary

Academic Search Premier (All US JHU)

Full-text access to nearly 4,000 academic journals and popular magazines in all fields.

American Film Scripts Online (All US JHU)

Ongoing full-text project which currently contains over 120 scripts of feature films. When complete, it will hold 1,000 scripts.

Humanities International Index (All US JHU)

Index of scholarly and creative English language literary journals (mainly American and Canadian).

Communication & Mass Media Complete (All US JHU)

Bibliographic and full-text resource for research in Communication and Mass Media.

General science full text (also part of OmniFile full text mega) (All US JHU)

Indexes popular Science magazines and professional journals plus the New York Times Science Section.

Readers' Guide Full Text (also part of OmniFile Full Text Mega) (All US JHU)

Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals.

Newspapers

Baltimore Sun (1990- ) (All US JHU)

Full text of the Daily newspaper from Baltimore, Maryland.

Ethnic NewsWatch (All US JHU)

An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Coverage begins in 1990.

LexisNexis Academic New Interface (All US JHU)

Useful for full-text film, book, and play reviews. Includes many U.S. and international newspapers. No images.

ProQuest Newspapers (Historical) (All US JHU)

Page-image database of newspapers including the New York Times (1851-2001), Washington Post (1877-1988) and more.

Times (London) Digital Archive 1785-1985 (All US JHU)

Times (London) Archives from 1785 - 1985.

For more newspapers, see Newspapers Databases

Reference

American Factfinder (All JHU (incl. International))

Provides useful statistics and facts about communities, the economy, and society; information is from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Books in print. (Global edition) (All JHU (incl. International))

Lists in-print and out-of-print materials (including books, audio, DVDs, etc.), and reviews from several publications.

Community of Science. (All US JHU)

Database that gathers information together about funding, scientists throughout the world and their research areas, and more.

Britannica Online (All US JHU)

Electronic version of this scholarly work.

Oxford English Dictionary. (All US JHU)

Web-version of the OED (includes entries from the 2nd edition plus the new edition in process).

Statistical Abstract of the United States (Free)

Basic source to use for a wide variety of statistics.

Webster's 3rd new international dictionary (All US JHU)

Electronic version of this classic dictionary.

For copies of poems, plays, novels, etc., see Guide to Primary Works for Writing Seminars

Other Databases by Subject including:

Book Reviews
Dictionaries
Directories
English and American Literature
Film & Media Studies
History
Psychology
Reference

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