Articles & Databases
- Film & Television Literature Index with Full TextThis is an index to film and television literature that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications, and selected coverage of 300 more.
- Film indexes onlineFilm Indexes Online provides access to the catalogs of the American Film Institute (AFI Catalog), and the British Film Institute (Film Index International). The AFI Catalog indexes films released from 1893-1958 and 1961-1970. The Film Index International indexes films released from 1900 to the present. Records include information detailing the director, full cast and crew lists, year of release and production information.
- International bibliography of theatre & dance with full textThe International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance represents the most comprehensive multicultural and inter-disciplinary research tool available to theatre students, educators and professionals. Initiated by the American Society for Theatre Research, IBT becomes a valuable component to EBSCO's list of subject-specific secondary databases covering the humanities.
- Pop culture universe This link opens in a new windowPop Culture Universe (PCU) is an authoritative, digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present--in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers.
- Literature Resource CenterBiographies, bibliographies and analysis of authors of literary discipline. Covers novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers with in-depth coverage of most-studied authors.
- Book review digestIndexes and abstracts reviews of English language adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction titles.
- Taiwan Electronic Periodicals Service TEPS-台灣電子期刊服務網 (index)Index of articles from Taiwan and China journals. Search in Chinese (Big 5) or English.
- Hong Kong Literature DatabaseBy Chinese University of Hong Kong. Covers H.K. newspaper articles, journal articles, CUHK library book collection and theses.
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- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowProvides access to more than 15,000 full-text news, legal and business sources. Includes journal articles, television and radio broadcasts, newswires, and blogs; local, regional, national and international newspapers; legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790; business information on 80 million U.S. and international companies and 75 million executives. Replaces LexisNexis Academic.