American Culture & Difference: Selected Resources
Books
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Selected Electronic Resources
Online Datbases and Indexes (by subject)
Art History:
(Full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications inthe arts)
Communication and Journalism:
Communication and Mass Media Complete
(This database provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media)
Geography:
GEOBASE
(Index of worldwide literature on geology, geography & ecology. 1980- .)
GeoRef
(Citations to items about geology & earth sciences. 1933 - . [1785 on for North America])
History:
America: History and Life
(Comprehensive coverage of articles from over 2100 journals, book reviews, and dissertations published worldwide on the history and culture of the United States and Canada)
English:
MLA
(Access to more than 1.4 million bibliographic citations from 1963 to the present alongside tens of thousands of author biographies, critical essays and journal articles in every literary genre)
Music:
Music Index Online
(Index to periodicals on all aspects of music, classical & popular; international scope)
Sociology:
Sociological Abstracts
(Abstracts of journal articles in sociology & related disciplines; international scope; includes dissertations)
Interdisciplinary Sources:
Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals
Alternative Press Index
(Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change, mostly alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines)
Ethnic Newswatch
(Comprehensive collection of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. All articles are full-text. Updated quarterly. 1994- .)
Expanded Academic
(Bibliographic references, abstracts, or full text for articles from more than 960 scholarly and general interest publications. Covered subject areas include the humanities, social sciences, non-technical general sciences, and current events)
Project MUSE
(Full-text access to over 150 journals; strongest in the humanities)
Online Reference Sources:
African American Studies Center
(Over 7500 articles on all aspects of the African-American experience along with images, primary sources, time lines, maps, tables, and a Learning Center full of ready-reference resources)
Blackwell Reference Online
(A vast online library with instant access to the most authoritative and up-to-date scholarship across the humanities and social sciences). Titles include: A Companion to Cultural Studies, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, A Companion to Media Studies, and A Companion to Postcolonial Studies, to name a few.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
(Full-text encyclopedias and dictionaries). Example: Encyclopedia of Politics
Oxford Reference Online
(Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and Oxford Companions on art, biology, business, classics, computing, environmental science, economics, history, language, law, literature, medicine, physical science, political science, quotations, religion and philosophy, and science)
Please direct comments, questions, or requests for research assistance to:
Talia Nadir
trnadir@stthomas.edu
Cultural Studies Liaison
Reference Dept./OSF-Library
651-962-5009
Page last updated 9/5/07 (tn)
