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The Africa Bibliography is an authoritative guide to works in African Studies published under the auspices of the International African Institute annually since 1984.
Coverage: 1984-2022.
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This database is a global (non-U.S.) collection for international study of black history and culture. The contributions, struggles, and identities of the African Diaspora are presented through personal accounts, video, and primary sources with a focus on the migrations, communities, and ideologies of people of African descent. The collection includes digitized primary source documents, including books, government documents, personal papers, organizational papers, journals, newsletters, court documents, letters, and ephemera.
An index of scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
A collection of digitized French language texts from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, ranging from classic works of French literature to journalism, essays, correspondence and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy
Database indexing articles pertaining to Asia in multiple disciplines.
CLCD contains more than 150,000 full-text reviews of children's books, multimedia, and other publication formats. Reviews are from 27 major sources such as Booklist, Horn Book Magazine, and Kirkus Reviews. In addition, the content includes over one million fiction/non-fiction titles, thousands of awards, author/title links, authoritative web resources, lesson plans, and teaching guides.
A collection of research and analysis in international politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies.Types of publications include working papers, policy briefs, current analysis and commentary, scholarly journal articles, e-books, and videos.
Provides abstracts and full text from more than 1,300 journals and magazines on computing, the Internet and software development.
English-language drama from the late thirteenth century through to the early twenty-first century. Includes a selection of related ephemera, including posters, playbills, and photos.
This primary source collection contains digitized images of nearly every extant book, pamphlet, and broadside published in America from 1639 to 1819. Series I is based on a definitive work called the American Bibliography by Charles Evans and covers 1639-1800. Series II, based on the authoritative bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker, covers 1801-1819.
This resource contains digitized images of nearly every extant book, pamphlet, and broadside published in America from 1639 to 1800. Early American Imprints consists of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images; it is an important resource for information about every aspect of life in seventeenth and eighteenth-century America.
Full images of over 36,000 books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the U.S. in the early 19th century covering all aspects of American life. Based on the "American Bibliography 1801-1819" by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.
This resource was made possible through the Roger H. and Nancy Brown Endowed Library Fund.
A collection of over 125,000 titles, from the first book published in English, through 1700. Disciplines covered include literature, history, philosophy, theology, music, and the sciences.
Access over 200,000 ebooks here on a variety of topics.
Provides abstracts of the world's economic literature produced by the American Economic Association. It includes coverage of over 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.
A collection of current full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, scholarly journals on ethnicities and ethnic studies, and historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
Film & Television Literature Index (FTLI) is a bibliographic database that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications and selected coverage of 300 more, as well as full text for more than 90 journals. The FLTI is a continuation of the Film Literature Index Online database and covers 1988 to the present.
Social history through a collection of more than 300 printed and manuscript recipe collections from 1669-1990 with related content such as home medical remedies, etiquette guidance, and household management.
GenderWatch indexes over 200 scholarly journals, magazines, newsletters and newspapers (about 1970 to present) on the evolution of gender roles as they affect men and women. Many of the articles are full-text and there are 19 full-text books.
Google Scholar may be the world’s largest academic search engine, indexing peer reviewed articles, books, conference papers, theses and dissertations, and other scholarly literature. The full text of items may not be available for free, but those that overlap with AU Library’s collections can be accessed there.
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HathiTrust offers reading access to the fullest extent allowable by U.S. copyright law, computational access to the entire corpus for scholarly research, and other emerging services based on the combined collection. HathiTrust members steward this collection under the aims of scholarly, not corporate, interests. HathiTrust holds the largest set of digitized books managed by the academic, research, and library community.
Citations to articles, book reviews, literary works, and other materials about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Hispanics/Latinos in the US, from journals published throughout the world.
Bibliographic database covering the world's scholarly literature in history, excluding the United States and Canada. Equivalent to the printed version of Historical Abstracts.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is the online database equivalent of four separate print indices: the International Bibliography of Political Science, International Bibliography of Anthropology, International Bibliography of Economics, and the International Bibliography of Sociology. It covers journal articles and book titles and includes literature from more than 100 different languages and countries.
Books, journal articles, and dissertations on all aspects of theatre and dance are indexed and annotated. Over 500 titles are available in full-text.
Archives from the Federal Writers' Project, a component of the Work Projects Administration of Roosevelt's New Deal.
A digital collection of Greek and Latin works of history, literature, medicine, philosophy, political science, religion, the sciences, and theater, translated into English.
Images from 61,000 works of literature on economics and business published from 1450-1945.
Part I, Goldsmith-Kress Collection 1450-1850; Part II, 1851-1914; Part III, 1890-1945; Part IV, 1800-1980.
The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.6 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers.
This database brings together more than 100,000 pages, many of which are previously unpublished, rare, or hard to find. The project integrates autobiographies, biographies, Indian publications, oral histories, personal writings, photographs, drawings, and audio files.
This resource was made possible through the Lee Somers Endowed Library Fund.
OpenBibArt covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. It indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles published between 1910 and 2007. Its successor is the International Bibliography of Art (IBA) database.
Oxford Bibliographies Online is a powerful reference source that offers substantial peer reviewed bibliographies for numerous disciplines, including International Relations. Bibliographies are browsable by subject area and are keyword searchable. The database combines aspects of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia. Includes expert commentary.
Authoritative guide to the literature and current research in this subject area.
The PAIS International database from ProQuest contains references to more than 634,401 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more. Includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition to English, some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
PAIS Archive is a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976.
The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
An open access research archive and publication index of philosophy articles, books, and reviews.
APA-published books and other classic psychology books and book chapters are included. New APA-published books are added monthly, but titles are added a year after initial publication. These materials are directly linked to and can be searched in PsycInfo. The APA Style Manual is NOT included in this resource.
Indexing and abstracting of over 1800 journals in psychology, books, book chapters, technical reports and dissertations.
Indexes the international scholarly literature of music, including journal articles, conference proceedings, essays, books, dissertations, critical editions of music, digital media, and online resources. Date coverage is from the 1800s, in some cases the late 1700s, to the present.
Online access to the Routledge Handbooks, which are reference books that provide handy information about topics in a certain field of study. PDF downloads available at the chapter level. Broad subject coverage includes social science, science, education, psychology, and the humanities.
A collection of books, journal articles, case studies, videos and reference materials published by SAGE Publications on research methods and design. Includes Sage Research Video; Market Research; Practical Research and Academic Skills; Data Science, Big Data Analytics and Digital Methods; Deversifying and Decolonizing Research; Medicine and Health; Data Visualization; and Doing Research Online.
Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Coverage is from 1952 to the present.
SPORT Discus is the most comprehensive source of full text for sports and sports medicine, including 490 journals, books, book chapters, and reference proceedings.
Indexes academic journals and books on topics relevant to metropolitan studies. Subjects covered include urban affairs, community development, and urban history.
The Women's Studies Archive is an examination of the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives and offers a look at the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society.
Abstracts of articles from over 2,000 journals and magazines in the areas of Women's Studies and feminist research. Also covers books, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, reports and proceedings. Coverage dates from the 19th c. to present. Includes the Women Studies Abstracts (1972 to present) and other bibliographies.
On June 30, 2024, the World Bank eLibrary subscription platform was discontinued. Content is available open access on the following platforms:
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
The World Bank’s official open access repository from which anyone can access its research outputs and knowledge products released since 2000.
Documents and Reports
Access all publicly disclosed project and institutional documents since 1946 made available in compliance with the World Bank’s Access to Information Policy.
World Bank Open Data portal
Access to global development data including World Development Indicators and hundreds of datasets, including embeddable data visualizations.
World Bank Group (WBG) Archives
The institutional memory of the WBG providing public access to its documentary heritage. Digitized materials and engaging discovery tools including Country Historical Profiles.
OCLC WorldCat is a catalog of holdings from libraries around the world - containing entries for books, videos, journals, recordings, and more - over 43 million records. Each record has a link to the American University interlibrary loan request form.
NOTE: WorldCat is NOT a database of research articles.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is a major political science index providing citations and abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books, and websites on subjects including international relations, law, and public administration and policy. Dating from 1975 and updated monthly, the WPSA is built on two indices: Political Science Abstracts and ABC POLSCI. Roughly 1,510 titles are being monitored for coverage; of these, 67% are published outside the United States.