Subject Guides: Languages, Literatures and Cultures: Finding Subject Specific Information

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Through this link you will find more information about accessing Senate House's physical and online resources, as well as information about accessing libraries at other institutions.

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HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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Provides 275,000 journal article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary databases with access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines, as well as over 3 million images.
Quick tips on searching JSTOR
MLA International Bibliography (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.
One Literature (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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Unprecedented diversity with access to hard-to-find texts from black and world writers supports diversity in scholarship and perspectives. Unparalleled selection of content including 1,200 full-text journals, 500,000 primary works, 20,000 historic literary criticism sources, 1,300 videos, and 20,000 ebooks enables breadth and depth of study.
Current scholarship available from 14,000 dissertations and theses showcases the latest research in literary studies and uncovers a treasure trove of reference citations.

Authoritative resources bring together the world’s largest collection of poetry, prose, and drama from the eighth century to today — ranging from the classic canon to the growing contemporary catalog of works.

Multimedia, including video and audio, allows teachers to showcase multiple performances of a work to open students to new interpretations that challenge assumptions.

Author and Literary Movement Pages enable connections across literary, cultural, and historical themes and act as a jumping off point for assignments.
PRISMA: Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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Provides the full text of many scholarly journals (104 as of Sept. 2007) in the social sciences and humanities for the study of Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. Articles are in English, Spanish and Portuguese and cover all aspects of Hispanic studies, from research on indigenous cultures past and present to economics, history, literature, political science and sociology.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Over 300 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Subjects covered include cinema, cultural studies, drama, history, literature, mathematics, modern languages, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology.Most journals available online from 1995 or 1996 onwards
PDF guide to searching Project MUSE
Video Tutorials on using Project MUSE (YouTube)
Torrossa (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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Torrossa, Casalini Libri's full text platform, offers access to articles and chapters, ebooks and ejournals from various Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese publishers.
Only select titles are subscribed by Senate House Library.

Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach-und Literaturwissenschaft (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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An international Bibliography of German Literature and Literary Studies.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Over 270 e-books from the Cambridge Histories series, published since 1960. The collection covers a range of subjects, from American History to History of the Book, including Economic History, British History, Philosophy, Language and Literature, Ancient History & Classical Studies.
Database of Italian Academies This link opens in a new window
A database of books published by Italian Academies between 1530 and 1700, listing printed material relating to the Italian learned Academies active in Bologna, Naples, Padua and Siena and now held in the collections of the British Library.
Deutsche Nationalbibliografie This link opens in a new window
This database includes monographs, periodicals, maps and atlases, music scores and sound recordings, theses and dissertations dating back to 1913 Also, the database contains the holdings of the German Music Archive since 1976 and the archives of the German exile archive 1933-1945.
Early European Books (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Early European Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access printed sources. How to use Web of Knowledge / Web of Science
One Literature (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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Unprecedented diversity with access to hard-to-find texts from black and world writers supports diversity in scholarship and perspectives. Unparalleled selection of content including 1,200 full-text journals, 500,000 primary works, 20,000 historic literary criticism sources, 1,300 videos, and 20,000 ebooks enables breadth and depth of study.
Current scholarship available from 14,000 dissertations and theses showcases the latest research in literary studies and uncovers a treasure trove of reference citations.

Authoritative resources bring together the world’s largest collection of poetry, prose, and drama from the eighth century to today — ranging from the classic canon to the growing contemporary catalog of works.

Multimedia, including video and audio, allows teachers to showcase multiple performances of a work to open students to new interpretations that challenge assumptions.

Author and Literary Movement Pages enable connections across literary, cultural, and historical themes and act as a jumping off point for assignments.
Oxford World Classics This link opens in a new window
Currently providing access to novels, and other writings, from the 18th and 19th century, you can support your research using the comprehensive introductions, clear explanatory notes, chronologies, and bibliographies available in every book.
To access, connect to the VPN or choose the the 'log in via your institution' option.
Project Gutenberg This link opens in a new window
Over 100,000 free downloadable e-books in a range of languages, including classic literature and drama.
Torrossa (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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Torrossa, Casalini Libri's full text platform, offers access to articles and chapters, ebooks and ejournals from various Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese publishers.
Only select titles are subscribed by Senate House Library.

Literary Encyclopedia (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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The Literary Encyclopedia is a constantly evolving and updating repository of authoritative reference work about literary and cultural history.
All our articles are solicited by invitation from specialist scholars in higher education institutions all over the world, refereed and approved by subject editors in our Editorial Board. The LE is thus uniquely selective, reliable and authoritative. Its online format allows for rapid publication and frequent updating of articles; its integrated digital resources (author life-chronologies, customisable timelines, thematic or course-oriented bookshelves, related article clusters, critical bibliographies) respond dynamically to teaching and learning demands.
Oxford Reference Online (via Senate House Library) This link opens in a new window
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Over 100 general reference works, language dictionaries and subject dictionaries covering languages, science and medicine, humanities, social sciences and business.
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BoB - On Demand TV & Radio for Education This link opens in a new window
BoB is a viewing and off-air recording and media archive service which allows you to search for, watch and also record from a list of recorded channels. You can also create clips, search for programmes coming up, create playlists and share them with others.
BoB is only available in the UK.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform that offers films, documentaries and educational videos.

Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
OneFile News is a full-text international newspaper resource that allows users to quickly search and compare news articles published worldwide.
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
A collection of historical archives (modern to present), newspapers and periodicals (17th to 19th centuries) including:
Archives Unbound
Daily Mail Historical Archive,
The Economist Historical Archive,
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive,
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals (Series 2, Empire),
Political Extremism and Radicalism,
The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. You can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from different news sources.
Financial Times via Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community. This newspaper is available via Gale OneFile.

The link below will help you find Royal Holloway PhD theses, UK theses through British Library's EThOS service and theses and dissertations from other countries through ProQuest.

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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
The online academic edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, including articles, biographies, images, videos and a world atlas. The 'Compare Countries' tool shows a range of facts and statistics for different countries.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The online version of the OED including over 500,000 definitions, together with etymological analysis and variant spellings. Traces the development of English from 1150 AD to the present.
Video tutorial on using the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online (via Senate House Library) This link opens in a new window
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Over 100 general reference works, language dictionaries and subject dictionaries covering languages, science and medicine, humanities, social sciences and business.
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Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
A series of online research guides in a range of subjects including American Literature, British and Irish Literature, Cinema and Media Studies, Environmental Science, Victorian Literature,Geography, Classics and Philosophy. Each guide contains a series of articles introducing key topics, and lists recommended readings about each topic.
Video User guide (YouTube)