and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.3 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers.
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Contemporary Authors New Revisions, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism and other Gale sources, providing detailed biographical, bibliographical and contextual information about authors' lives and works.

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genres, written by experts and designed for student readers. For the author Companions each writer is placed in literary and historical context; their major works are analysed, either in separate chapters or grouped according to theme, and their influence on later writers assessed. The generic and topical Companions cover periods of English literature such as Old English or the Victorian Novel, and literary genres such as Modernism or Greek Tragedy, giving the student vital contextual information about political, social, religious and artistic relationships. The Companions to Classical Civilisation examine key periods and aspects of the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome."
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providing respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas. This database provides 24-hour 'anywhere/anytime' access to great reference titles in eBook format. The entire collection can be searched simultaneously instead of one resource at a time."
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with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc."
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first issue of each, with some databases dating back to the 1800s. New titles and fields are being added regularly. Journals within the following disciplines are available in JSTOR: African American Studies, African Studies, American Indian Studies, Anthropology, Aquatic Sciences, Archaeology, Architecture & Architectural History, Art & Art History, Asian Studies, Astronomy, Biological Sciences, Botany & Plant Sciences, British Studies, Business, Classical Studies, Development Studies, Developmental & Cell Biology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Economics, Education, Feminist & Women's Studies, Film Studies, Finance, Folklore, General Science, Geography, Health Policy, Health Sciences, History, History of Science, Irish Studies, Jewish Studies, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Law, Library Science, Linguistics, Management & Organizational Behavior, Marketing & Advertising, Mathematics, Middle East Studies, Music, Paleontology, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Psychology, Public Policy & Administration, Slavic Studies, Sociology, and Statistics.
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