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MLA International Bibliography
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(1926 to present) Indexes articles, books, and dissertations in the areas of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore.

Reference Resources
Collins Spanish Dictionary
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Contains the fully-searchable text of the Collins Spanish Dictionary, edited by Jeremy Butterfield (8th ed.; New York: Collins, 2003).
Diccionario de la Lengua Española
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Contains the full text of the 22nd edition of the Diccionario de la Lengua Española (Real Academia Española, 2001). Over 200,000 definitions; also contains etymologies.
The Library has a print version of this dictionary in Reference at call number R 463 A16d22.
Gale Virtual Reference Library:
Spanish Resources
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Contains the fully-searchable text of the Encyclopedia of Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, 2nd edition, and other electronic, Spanish-related titles in the Davidson College Library's Gale Virtual Reference Library collection.
You can also search the entire Gale Virtual Reference Library collection, which covers many disciplines and subject areas.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
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Contains the fully-searchable text of the second edition of The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, edited by Michael Groden et al. (2nd ed.; Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2005). Provides descriptions of theories, ideas, and critics from the time of Plato to the present and also covers developments in other disciplines that have shaped literary theory and criticism. International in scope with an emphasis on Western critical theory.
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Contains full-text biographies, book reviews, critical essays, journal articles, and plot summaries as well as author interviews, selected reference works, and thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, and other texts.
Literature Resource Center
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Contains full-text biographies, critical essays, journal articles, and excerpts of criticism and reviews about over 130,000 literary authors and their works; covers dramatists, essayists, novelists, poets, and other writers from all time periods.
Includes Contemporary Authors, The Dictionary of Literary Biography, and substantial portions of Gale's other literature criticism series, including the Scribner Writers Series. Also includes the Gale's Literary Index and the Encyclopedia of Literature.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
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Contains the fully-searchable text of the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (4th ed.), Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (3rd ed.), Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary (2nd ed.), and the Oxford Spanish Dictionary (3rd ed.), plus additional tools and resources.
World Authors.

CD-ROM; ask at Circulation Desk.
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Biographical and critical information on major world writers.

Other Resources
ARTstor
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A collection of over 900,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences; covers a wide range of cultures and time periods. Also includes tools to manipulate and analyze the images.
Technical Requirements (updated):
Windows XP with I.E. 7.0 or Firefox 2.0.0.11; Windows Vista with I.E. 7.0 or Firefox 2.0.0.13; Mac OSC 10.5.2. with Safari 3.1, Firefox 2.0.0.13, or Firefox 1.5.0.6; Mac OSX 10.4.11 and Safari 3.1 or Firefox 2.0.0.6; Flash 6 or higher; pop-up blocking disabled; cookies enabled.
Note: If you do are using an older version of IE or Firefox, you can still connect to the old version of ARTstor, ARTstor Legacy; the link to ARTstor Legacy appears on the lower left-hand side of the main page.
Bibliografía de la Literatura Española desde 1980.

CD-ROM; ask at Circulation Desk.
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(1980-2000) Indexes journal articles, books, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, bibliographies, conference proceedings, and other materials on Spanish language and literature as well as Hispanic studies.
Bibliographic Index
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(1984 to present) A bibliography of bibliographies; indexes bibliographies published in books, pamphlets, and more than 2,800 periodicals. Includes citations to literature reviews and serial bibliographies.
BL Online: The Bibliographical Database of Linguistics
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(1993 to present) Provides citations to scholarly articles and books in the field of linguistics; covers all branches of linguistics and includes citations to publications in related fields, such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and computer science. International in scope.
Essay and General Literature Index
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(1900 to present) Indexes essays published in books and edited collections. Covers the fields of art, economics, education, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, and religion, among others. Particularly strong in the humanities and social sciences.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
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(1935 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers on topics related to Latin America. Fields covered include anthropology, archaeology, art, economics, geography, history, international relations, language and literature, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology. Produced by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Note that printed volumes of HLAS are available in Little Library’s Reference collection, and volumes 1–53 (1953-1994) are also available on CD-ROM.
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
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(1970 to present) An important source for information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border, and Hispanics in the United States. Indexes articles, book reviews, and original literary works published in over 400 journals; covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, banking and finance, business, drama, economics, ethnography, folklore, geography, history, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, and women's studies. HAPI cites articles published in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980
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(1808-1980) Contains digital facsimiles of several hundred Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S.; many of these newspapers were published bilingually in Spanish and English. The full text, including all articles, advertisements, and other contents, is keyword-searchable.
This collection is based on the “Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project” directed by Professor Nicolás Kanellos at the University of Houston. It is a subset of America's Historical Newspapers and part of the Archive of Americana.
Humanities Abstracts Full Text & Humanities Index Retrospective
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(1907 to present) Indexes articles in over 500 English-language periodicals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance
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(c. 1842 to present for some titles) An interdisciplinary database containing citations to journal articles, essays, and books related to the Middle Ages and Renaissance; covers the time period 400 - 1700 CE.
JSTOR
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A searchable archive of the back issues of major scholarly journals.
Latin American Newspapers
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(1805-1920) Contains digital facsimiles of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Latin American newspapers; the full text of these newspapers, including all articles, advertisements, and other contents, is keyword-searchable. When complete, this database will contain over 35 newspapers.
The library was able to acquire the content in this database thanks to a generous gift from Mrs. Laura Landoe, a Davidson parent; we thank her for her support.
Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC)
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(1940 to present) Provides table of contents information for over 800 journals published in Latin America. The journals are primarily in the humanities and social sciences, and many are not indexed elsewhere. The articles listed are in Spanish or Portuguese. LAPTOC is part of the Association of Research Libraries Latin Americanist Research Resource Project.
Library PressDisplay
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Contains full-page, full-color images of over 400 national and international newspapers, including many foreign-language newspapers; includes the current day's papers as well as a 60-day archive.
Note: Up to three people can search this database at any one time; if you are unable to login because this limit has been reached, please wait a few minutes and try again.
Periodicals Index Online
(formerly PCI: Periodicals Contents Index)
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(1665 to 1995) Indexes articles from humanities and social sciences periodicals from their first issues to 1995. Particularly useful for locating references to articles from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. International in scope.
Project Muse
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(c. mid-1990s to present) A searchable collection of full-text articles from journals published by university and scholarly presses.
Reference Universe
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Search Reference Universe to find out which reference works contain information on your topic. Reference Universe indexes many of the library's reference books and e-books.
Web of Knowledge
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(c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in over 10,000 journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Includes:
  • Web of Science, an index of current and historical journal articles as well as a powerful tool for finding works that have cited a specific author or article
  • ISI Proceedings (1990 to present), an index of over four million conference papers
  • ... and more
Use is restricted to current faculty and staff and currently-enrolled students of Davidson College only.
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A union catalogue of books, videos, musical scores, archival resources, maps, periodicals, and other materials held by U.S. and international libraries.

Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston, Head of Library Instruction and Collection Development (704-894-2494).