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Language & Literature Resources
Literature & Language Databases
| Name
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Abstracts or
Full Text? |
Description
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Academic Search Premier
(EbscoHost) |
Abstracts and selected full text
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Selected full-text articles from newspapers, magazines & journals
1975 - present.
Available off-campus.
Click here for searching instructions. |
| FirstSearch &
SEPCHE-cat
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Abstracts only |
FirstSearch is a multidisciplinary collection of databases of journal articles, books, and other materials.
Subjects include technology, business, medicine, education,
science, arts, humanities & social science.
SepcheCat is
a shared catalog of books and materials in the 8 SEPCHE libraries.
Funded by a LSTA grant from the Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania.
For a list of databases, click on FirstSearch and then "Databases".
For on campus use only!
Click here for searching instructions. |
Humanities
Full Text
(WilsonWeb) |
Abstracts and selected full text
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Journal articles in art, history, literature,
music, and religion. Provides indexing from 1984 and
selected full text articles from 1995 on.
Available off-campus.
Click here for searching instructions.
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| JSTOR |
Full text |
Provides full-text of journals in sciences and humanities.
No current journals, only those 2-5 years old or older.
For on campus use only!
Click
here for searching instructions.
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| Project Gutenberg |
Full text |
Provides the full text of more than 18,000 books online.
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Reader's
Guide Full Text
(WilsonWeb) |
Abstracts and selected full text
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References articles in general interest, popular magazines.
Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles
from 1994 to the present.
Available off-campus.
Click here for searching instructions.
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SEPCHe-books
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Abstracts and selected full text
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This full-text collection of online books includes
a diverse array of topics: business etiquette, developmental
psychology, information science, and education, just
to name a few! Try searching the collection or browse the list of titles available.
Available off-campus.
Click
here for searching instructions.
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TeachingBooks.net
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Multimedia and text |
Provides original, up-close profiles of authors and illustrators, audio
excerpts of book readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth
of resources on children's and young adult literature.
Available off-campus.
To login from on or off campus, you MUST enter the current password. (You do not need to enter your email address.)
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Current Holy Family students, faculty, and staff may obtain
the current database logins by contacting the Northeast Philadelphia Library
(267-341-3315), Newtown LRC (267-341-4010) or by sending email to
reference@holyfamily.edu .
Journals
Many literature and language journals are available to the Holy Family University community. Use our research databases to find journal articles on a specific topic.
If you know the name of the journal you need, try our Journal Locator.
If the library does not own the journal you need, try our Interlibrary Loan service.
Reference
Sources
Books about the language arts are generally found in the P section.
Books about the English Language are at PE, British literature at PR, and American Literature at PS. Look in the Family Cat Library Catalog for more print resources in our collection.
American Writers Ref PS129 .A55
British Writers Ref PR85 .B688
European Writers Ref PN501 .E9 1992
This series provides in-depth summaries of authors’ lives and critical analysis of their works.
Contemporary Authors
Ref PN540 .C6
Contains information on approximately 100,000 authors; use cumulative index to locate all info about an author, as entries are updated over the years.
Contemporary Poets
Ref PR603 .C6
Information on contemporary American and British poets and their works.
Something About the Author Ref PN451 .S6
Primarily devoted to authors who write for children and adolescents.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Ref PN771 .C59
Critical analysis for authors who have died since 1959, or are still living. There is a cumulative index at the end of each of the later volumes.
Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism
Ref PN81 .E6 1990
Contains essays analyzing various forms of literature, literary movements, and criticism.
Masterplots
Ref PN44 .M3
Short summaries of literary works.
Modern American Literature Ref PS221 .C8
Modern British Literature Ref PR473 .T4
This series provides excerpts of criticism, interpretation, and analysis of an author’s works.
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
Ref PN771 .T9
Critical analysis for authors whose death occurred between 1900 and 1959. Includes cumulative indexes by author, title, and topic.
Research on the Web
Dictionaries & Thesauri
American Heritage Dictionary
Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000
audio-word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations,
language notes and word-root appendixes.
Encybermedia
Index to online topical and subject dictionaries, encyclopedias
and thesauri. Includes glossaries of technical words related
to a field of study or occupation.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Standard
Collegiate Dictionary
ReferenceDesk
Standard and specialized dictionaries. Includes links to several
online encyclopedias, almanacs and tutorials on English grammar.
yourDictionary
General site that links to English and foreign language dictionaries,
thesauri, and subject dictionaries such as medicine and law.
Thesauri
Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Alphabetical arrangement of synonyms and antonyms.
Acronyms/Heteronyms
Acronym Finder
Over 174,000 acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms and definitions
about all subjects, including information technology, business,
telecommunications, military, government, and much more.
WWW Acronym and Abbreviation
Server
Any string of characters formed from the initial letters of
several words.
Heteronyms
Are words that are spelled identically but have different
meanings when pronounced differently. Example: Lead, pronounced
LEED, means to guide. However, lead, pronounced LED, means
a metallic element.
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Fiction
American and British Literature Internet Resources
Links to resources about prose, poetry, drama, and teaching resources for English-language literature.
Librarians' Index to the Internet: Literature & Books
Links to information about authors, illustrators, literature, poetry, and writing.
Web Sites for Book Lovers
Reading lists, discussion groups, and reviews, compiled by the Morton Grove Public Library.
Top
Poetry
American and English Literature: Poetry
Resources for English-language poems and poets.
About.com: Poetry
Extensive links to information about poetry, poems, criticism, and current topics in the poetic arts.
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Literary Criticism
Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism
Links to author information and literary criticism resources.
Literature Criticism Links
Resources on a variety of literary criticism topics, compiled by the Westchester Library System.
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French
Athena: French Literature
One of the largest collection of French language texts online.
Includes the bible, and other works translated into French and
various e-editions of popular French classics.
Babel Fish
A translation service from Alta Vista. Will translate a word,
or paragraph of text from French to English Users can also
enter the URL of the webpage they want translated.
ClicNet:
Literature francophone virtuelle
Extensive collection of e-texts in French including literature,
essays, biographies and other non-fiction writings.
French Connection
Gateway to France and sites of interest to Francophones.
French Language Resources
E-texts from the University of Virginia’s Electronic-Text
Center. Contains Restoration plays, essays, short fiction
and novels of French authors from the 17th–19th
c. (Some texts have restricted access)
iLove Languages (The Human-Language
Page)
A first-see gateway site that contains dictionaries, translators,
language labs, e-texts and resources for studying French culture
and language. Comprehensive and up-to-date.
Le Monde
Online edition of daily French newspaper.
Quartier francais
Excellent site for the teaching of French language through
the world wide web. Site contains a library, museum, tourist
office, language tools and suggested activities for learning
French.
Tennessee Bob’s
Famous French Links
This website may sound hokey, but it is actually produced
by a professor at the University of Tennessee. Provides links
for the study and teaching of French, popular culture and
travel in France, and Francophone gateways.
German
German for Travelers
For travelers and a lot more. Good starting place to learn
common everyday terms. Site also contains many links to German
culture
iLove Languages (The Human-Language
Page)
Excellent starting place for viewing a variety of German language,
literature, and education sites
Quia
Online German language learning activities useful for teachers
Der Spiegel
Online edition of German popular magazine
German Language Resources from About.com
Excellent site that links to online German lessons, grammar
exercises, vocabulary builders and pronunciation.
Italian
Antologia (frammentaria)
della Letteratura Italiana
Excerpts of classical and modern texts – poetry, plays, stories.
Cyber Italian
Online language learning site. Includes Italian lessons, chat
rooms and many links
English/Italian Dictionary
Italian WebSpace
Gateway site with numerous links to Italian culture sites.
Similar to Yahoo
Quia
Online language learning activities for teachers
L'Unione Sarda
Online edition of daily Italian newspaper.
Digital Dante
(Columbia U.)
Web site devoted to Dante’s life and works. Text and images
related to The Inferno, links, commentaries, and teaching
materials.
Polish
English-Polish dictionary
Browsable dictionary of English words and their Polish equivalents.
Polish American Association
Provides links and information about the history and culture of Poland.
Polish Language Course
A brief tutorial of Polish vocabulary and grammar, with practice exercises.
Zycie Warszawy
Daily news from Warsaw, in Polish.
Spanish
iLove Languages (The Human-Language
Page)
Excellent gateway to Spanish language and culture sites. Resources
include dictionaries, grammars, language lessons and tutorials,
literature, links to newspapers from various countries, links
to travel and cultural sites.
Mundo Latino
Spanish language portal similar to Yahoo.
Spanish-English
Internet Dictionary for Beginners
Basic dictionary of 14000 words suitable for downloading.
Quia
Online language learning activities useful for teachers.
Tecla - Texts for Learners and Teachers
of Spanish
Online magazine of articles in Spanish. Text is suitable for
Spanish teachers and students requiring materials to practice
reading comprehension.
El Tiempo
Online edition of daily Spanish newspaper.
Webspanol
Popular site for learning Spanish language through online
exercises and popular culture. Includes interactive chat rooms,
message boards and other online activities. Also serves as
a site for Spanish language teachers.
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