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ACLS Humanities EBook
Ebooks across the entire range of the humanities.
About ACLS Humanities EBookAM Explorer
Searches across all of Rutgers' primary source collections from AM (Adam Matthew).
About AM ExplorerAM Search
Searches across all of Rutgers' primary source collections from AM (Adam Matthew).
About AM SearchAmerica: History & Life
Scholarship on United States and Canadian history from prehistoric times to the present.
About America: History & LifeAmerican Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection
Digitized 18th and 19th century American periodicals.
About American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals CollectionAmerican Drama 1714–1915
More than 1500 plays from the American stage.
About American Drama 1714–1915American Periodicals
Collection of over 1,000 digitized American magazines and journals originally published between 1741 and 1940.
About American PeriodicalsB
Black Thought and Culture
Non-fiction writing by leading figures in African American life and culture, including Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Wells, A. Phillip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, and hundreds of others.
About Black Thought and CultureBritish Periodicals
Periodicals published from the 17th through the early 21st centuries, but primarily during the 19th century, that broadly cover humanities disciplines.
About British PeriodicalsC
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
The most comprehensive index of English language books, periodical and newspaper articles, government publications, and archival materials printed in the 19th century.
About C19: The Nineteenth Century IndexThe Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online
(Open Access) Complete writings of Ben Jonson accompanied by commentary, essays, scores, performance information, and archival materials.
About The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson OnlineCambridge Histories
Books in the Cambridge Histories series on subjects ranging across the humanities, social sciences, and the arts.
About Cambridge HistoriesChildren’s Literature and Culture
Digitized collection of children's literature from the 1820s to 1920s.
About Children’s Literature and CultureD
Defining Gender
Digitized primary sources depicting gender in British history, literature, society, and culture from 1450-1910.
About Defining GenderDictionary of Old English
Dictionary of the English language as used from 600-1150 A.D.
About Dictionary of Old EnglishDictionary of Old English Web Corpus
Contains at least one copy of every surviving Old English text.
About Dictionary of Old English Web CorpusDigital Scriptorium
(Open Access) Image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts.
About Digital ScriptoriumDrama Texts Collection
Drama Texts Collection contains the scripts of over 13,000 plays from around the world.
About Drama Texts CollectionE
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Digitized collection of nearly every book, pamphlet, and broadside published in the American colonies or the United States between 1639 and 1800.
About Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800Early English Books Online
*Best Bet for SubjectDigitized collection that includes virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America from 1473-1700.
About Early English Books OnlineEarly English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP)
Structured SGML/XML text editions for a significant portion of works in the Early English Books Online collection.
About Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP)Early European Books
Digitized collection that aims to include all works printed in Europe before 1701 (regardless of language) and all pre-1701 works in European languages printed elsewhere.
About Early European BooksEarly Modern Collection
Digitized materials from the British Isles and Europe for the period 1450-1700 from the Early English Books Online and Early European Books collections.
About Early Modern CollectionEBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier)
A multi-disciplinary database covering nearly every area of academic study.
About EBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier)Eighteenth Century Collections Online
A nearly comprehensive collection of the works published in the English language during the eighteenth century.
About Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineEighteenth Century Drama
A collection of digitized play manuscripts, including nearly every play submitted for license in the U.K. from 1737-1824.
About Eighteenth Century DramaEighteenth Century Journals
A collection of digitized unique and rare periodicals representing the wide thematic and geographic range of English language print culture in the 18th century.
About Eighteenth Century JournalsElectronic Enlightenment
Over 70,000 letters and documents of British, American, French, German, and other Enlightenment figures.
About Electronic EnlightenmentEmpire Online
Digitized primary sources on the history of empires and empire building in the modern era, with primary emphasis on the British Empire. There are also materials on American imperialism.
About Empire OnlineEnglish Drama
More than 3,000 plays in verse and prose from British theatrical history.
About English DramaEnglish Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)
(Open Access) Catalog of books, serials, pamphlets, & ephemeral materials printed from 1473 through 1800, including material printed within the British Empire as well as English-language material printed outside the British Empire.
About English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)F
Film & Television Literature Index
Scholarly articles and industry news on topics related to film and television.
About Film & Television Literature IndexG
Gale Literature Resource Center
*Best Bet for SubjectBiographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors and their works from every age and literary discipline.
About Gale Literature Resource CenterGale Literature: Contemporary Authors
Brief biographies of authors from the United States and the rest of the world.
About Gale Literature: Contemporary AuthorsGerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs
A digitized collection of materials documenting feminist thought and women’s rights movements around the world.
About Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. JacobsH
HathiTrust Digital Library
(Open Access) A collection of books, consisting mostly of works in the public domain, digitized by libraries around the world.
About HathiTrust Digital LibraryHistorical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada.
About Historical AbstractsHistorical Periodicals Collection
Indexing and digitized periodicals and magazines dating from the early 18th - early 20th centuries.
About Historical Periodicals CollectionHumanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
*Best Bet for SubjectCitations to articles covering a wide range of humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields.
About Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)Humanities Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
Citations to research in the humanities published from 1907 to 1984.
About Humanities Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)I
International Medieval Bibliography
Index of scholarship on all subjects relating to the Middle Ages (400-1500 AD) in the geographical areas of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
About International Medieval BibliographyIter Bibliography
Index of secondary sources on the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
About Iter BibliographyIter Italicum
Finding list to Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world.
About Iter ItalicumIter: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance
Finding list to Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world.
About Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages & RenaissanceJ
JSTOR
*Best Bet for SubjectJournals, books, and primary sources in a wide variety of subject areas in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
About JSTORL
Linguistics Collection (ProQuest)
Scholarship and research in all aspects of the study of language.
About Linguistics Collection (ProQuest)Literary Manuscripts: 17th and 18th Century Poetry from University of Leeds
Digitized manuscripts from the Brotherton Library Collection at the University of Leeds.
About Literary Manuscripts: 17th and 18th Century Poetry from University of LeedsLiterary Manuscripts: Victorian Manuscripts from the Berg Collection
Digitized Victorian manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of the New York Public Library.
About Literary Manuscripts: Victorian Manuscripts from the Berg CollectionLiterary Print Culture: The Stationers' Company Archive
Digitized primary sources from The Stationers’ Company, which controlled the early British publishing industry.
About Literary Print Culture: The Stationers' Company ArchiveLiterary Studies
Digitized literary manuscripts, rare printed works, and personal papers of leading British and American literary figures of the 18th and 19th centuries.
About Literary StudiesM
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Digitized manuscripts dating from the 12th to early 18th centuries.
About Medieval and Early Modern StudiesMedieval Travel Writing
Primary source material describing real and fictitious travel in the Middle Ages.
About Medieval Travel WritingMiddle English Compendium
(Open Access) Includes Middle English Dictionary, Bibliography of Middle English, and Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
About Middle English CompendiumMLA International Bibliography
*Best Bet for SubjectCritical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, and film.
About MLA International BibliographyN
Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Primary source materials related to 19th century (primarily British and American) history.
About Nineteenth Century Collections OnlineNineteenth Century Literary Society: The John Murray Publishing Archive
Digitized primary source materials from the John Murray publishing company, a major British publishing house.
About Nineteenth Century Literary Society: The John Murray Publishing ArchiveO
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Childhood Studies
Annotated bibliographies on childhood studies.
About Oxford Bibliographies Online: Childhood StudiesOxford Bibliographies Online: Medieval Studies
Annotated bibliographies on Medieval studies.
About Oxford Bibliographies Online: Medieval StudiesOxford Bibliographies Online: Renaissance & Reformation
Annotated bibliographies on Renaissance and Reformation studies.
About Oxford Bibliographies Online: Renaissance & ReformationOxford English Dictionary
Leading comprehensive dictionary of the English language, with authoritative definitions, etymologies, and quotations for English language words and phrases.
About Oxford English DictionaryP
Parker Library on the Web
(Open Access) Handwritten books from the sixth through the sixteenth centuries written mostly in Latin, Anglo-Saxon, or English.
About Parker Library on the WebPerdita Manuscripts
Digitized writings by Early Modern women dating from 1500-1700.
About Perdita ManuscriptsPeriodicals Archive Online
Backfiles of historically significant periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
About Periodicals Archive OnlinePeriodicals Index Online
Multidisciplinary index of articles published in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
About Periodicals Index OnlinePlay Index (H.W. Wilson)
Index of plays written from Antiquity to the present.
About Play Index (H.W. Wilson)Project Muse
*Best Bet for SubjectScholarly journals and ebooks in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
About Project MuseProQuest Digital Collections
Digitized primary and secondary sources from a wide variety of subject areas organized into many subcollections.
About ProQuest Digital CollectionsProQuest One Entertainment & Popular Culture
Digitized primary and secondary sources in the areas of music, film, television, gaming, comics, and childhood and youth culture.
About ProQuest One Entertainment & Popular CultureProQuest One Literature
*Best Bet for SubjectExtensive global collection of primary source literary texts, criticism, analysis, and secondary sources.
About ProQuest One LiteratureR
Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape
Digitized primary sources from The Wordsworth Trust. The collection includes William Wordsworth's manuscripts and papers, correspondence with and manuscripts by other Romantic poets, and over 2,500 Romantic-era art pieces.
About Romanticism: Life, Literature and LandscapeRoyal Shakespeare Company Archives: From Playwrights to Performance
Digitized archives of the Royal Shakespeare Company, including prompt books and selected production materials.
About Royal Shakespeare Company Archives: From Playwrights to PerformanceS
Shakespeare in Performance: The Folger Shakespeare Library Prompt Books
A collection of over 1,000 digitized rare and unique prompt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
About Shakespeare in Performance: The Folger Shakespeare Library Prompt BooksShakespeare's Globe Archive
Digitized production and architectural archives of the reconstructed Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London.
About Shakespeare's Globe ArchiveShort Story Index (H.W. Wilson)
An index of over 150,000 short stories published from the 1980s to the present, primarily in English.
About Short Story Index (H.W. Wilson)Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online
A cross-searching tool for 6 Alexander Street primary source collections, which include correspondence, autobiographies, interviews, and diaries dating from the 16th through the 21st centuries.
About Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries OnlineT
Theatre Performance & Design Collection
Multimedia collection of theatre video and audio recordings, production design materials, and primary and secondary sources.
About Theatre Performance & Design CollectionTwentieth-Century Drama
More than 300 English-language plays from around the English-speaking world.
About Twentieth-Century DramaW
World Shakespeare Bibliography
Index of scholarly and popular literature related to the works of Shakespeare.
About World Shakespeare Bibliography