Language & Literature
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Academic Video Online is a streaming video collection containing thousands of video titles in a wide range of disciplines, including biology, business, education, healthcare, the humanities, the physical sciences, and the social sciences. The Academic Video Online collection can be browsed or searched by discipline.
AVO was previously named VAST: Academic Video Online.
Formerly known as VAST: Academic Video Online.
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: Alexander Street Press
- Type of resource:
- Videos
Digital Theatre Plus offers access to streaming videos of current leading theater productions. It includes behind-the-scenes documentaries, as well as teaching and learning resources to facilitate a deeper understanding of theater productions and texts. Learning resources include detailed introductions, plot summaries, character biographies, relationship maps, language analyses, scene studies, performance backgrounds, and historical contexts for each play.
- Subject area(s):
- Communication & Theater
- Language & Literature
- Art
- Music
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: Digital Theatre Plus
- Publisher: Digital Theatre Plus
- Type of resource:
- Videos
This database offers essential content covering important issues related to race in society today. Full-text essays, articles, reports and reliable sources provide an in-depth look at the history of race and provide critical context for learning more about topics associated with race, ethnicity, diversity, and inclusiveness.
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Journals
- Newspapers
- Pro & Con
- Recently Added
JSTOR is a digital library with thousands of full-text academic journals, books, and primary sources. Subjects covered in JSTOR include area studies, the arts, business and economics, history, the humanities, law, medicine and allied health, science and mathematics, and the social sciences.
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: JSTOR
- Type of resource:
- Journals
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From the publisher: "LitBase is a world literature database with a modern search experience. A curated collection of critical primary texts and secondary sources, it supports research of the most studied authors, poetry, fiction, plays, and creative nonfiction worldwide.
Students, researchers and faculty will benefit from the global nature of this vast literature database covering diverse authors and genres. LitBase includes over 425,000 primary sources, 100,000 secondary and reference sources, and hundreds of full-text scholarly journals and literary magazines to support literature research." More info about LitBase …
- Subject area(s):
- Communication & Theater
- History
- Language & Literature
- Art
- Music
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Database Trials
- Journals
The MLA International Bibliography with Full Text is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film. The bibliography covers scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present, including journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations. The bibliography is enhanced by the full text of more than 1,000 journals. This resource also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a searchable collection of thousands of subject terms and personal names used in indexing the bibliography.
- Subject area(s):
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: Modern Language Association
- Type of resource:
- Journals
Read the latest reviews from the online edition of the New York Times Book Review. The NYT Book Review is a weekly supplement to the Sunday edition of the New York Times, and offers reviews of current non-fiction and fiction books. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. Search full text reviews from Jan. 3, 1988 to the present (some reviews published between Jan. 1, 1997 - Dec. 31, 2006 are not available). To browse and search older content go to U.S. Major Dailies.
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: ProQuest
- Publisher: New York Times
- Type of resource:
- Newspapers
The OED is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
- Subject area(s):
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: Oxford
- Type of resource:
- Dictionaries
Poetry and Short Story Reference Source contains selected works of major and minor American and English poets, along with a wide range of international poetry. Works include plays and speeches, short stories and classic books, biographies, critical analyses, contextual essays and explications for important works, essays on poetic forms, literary terms, techniques and movements, multimedia (audio and video) of poets reading their works, and interviews from reputable sources.
- Subject area(s):
- Language & Literature
- Communication & Theater
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Journals
- Primary Sources
Project Gutenberg provides free ebooks for works in the public domain. Authors include Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jane Austen, and many others. Due to copyright restrictions, most works in Project Gutenberg were published prior to 1923.
- Subject area(s):
- Language & Literature
- No restrictions; available to everyone.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: Project Gutenberg
- Type of resource:
- Ebooks
With hundreds of full-text scholarly journals, Religion and Philosophy Collection provides an in-depth collection of resources covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
- Subject area(s):
- History
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Journals
Online access to the Salem Press Critical Insights reference series. Critical Insights titles cover famous authors, landmark literary works, and important literary themes.
- Subject area(s):
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: Salem Press
- Type of resource:
- Biographies
- Ebooks
- Encyclopedias
Swank Digital Campus provides streaming access to movies, documentaries, and TV shows from major Hollywood studios, as well as many independent and international filmmakers and studios. Titles are made available to SWOSU students at the request of instructors.
Instructors: See this page for instructions on setting up a Swank Digital Campus instructor account. Click here to browse the full Swank catalog, which offers over 25,000 films, documentaries, and TV shows. To request a Swank video for your course, make a request through your Swank account or contact the Library Director.
- Subject area(s):
- Communication & Theater
- Language & Literature
- Music
- Art
- Business
- General Topics
- History
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.
- Publisher: Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.
- Type of resource:
- Recently Added
- Videos
This multidisciplinary collection includes thousands of ebooks covering a wide array of academic subjects and features ebooks from leading publishers and university presses. All ebooks in this collection have unlimited user access.
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Ebooks
Academic Search Premier replaced Academic Search Complete on 1/1/2024. More info …
Academic Search Premier provides fast access to articles from thousands of full-text journals, magazines, and newspapers across a wide range of topics, including the STEM disciplines, healthcare, education, social sciences, and the humanities. Along with hundreds of full-text periodicals, ASP has indexes and abstracts for thousands of articles which can be requested via interlibrary loan.
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Journals
This collection from the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) documents the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction and provide access to the most comprehensive digital collection of American periodicals published between 1691 and 1877.
- Subject area(s):
- History
- Language & Literature
- Political Science
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: American Antiquarian Society
- Type of resource:
- Journals
This resource is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of Indigenous culture, history, and life in North America. It contains citations for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, books, reviews, and trade publications. BIPNA will appeal to anyone interested in exploring the contributions and lived experiences of North America's Indigenous peoples.
- Subject area(s):
- History
- Political Science
- Business
- Language & Literature
- Nursing & Allied Health
- Psychology
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Journals
Clase indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. Periódica covers journals specializing in science and technology. Offer access to more than 400,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.
- Subject area(s):
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: OCLC
- Type of resource:
- Journals
This resource provides in-depth coverage of communication and mass media journals and literature. It includes over 380 full text journals and indexing for hundreds more. CMMC also include author profiles for the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched for authors in the database.
- Subject area(s):
- Communication & Theater
- Business
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: Unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Journals
The DPLA brings together digitized works from America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes these materials freely available. Use the DPLA to find written works (including articles, books, and plays), photographs, videos, sound recordings, and data sets.
- Subject area(s):
- History
- Language & Literature
- No restrictions; available to everyone.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: DPLA
- Publisher: DPLA
- Type of resource:
- Ebooks
- Images
- Journals
- Primary Sources
This resource is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,820 journals, as well as full text for more than 900 journals. This database also includes full text for 71 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
- Subject area(s):
- Education
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: Unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Journals
Encyclopaedia Judaica provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge. Entries chronicle Jewish history, archaeology, literature, culture, theology, and practice from the distant past to the present. The Encyclopaedia includes extensive entries on Holocaust studies, the Bible, women's studies, Jewish mysticism, and social history.
- Subject area(s):
- History
- Language & Literature
- Political Science
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: Gale
- Type of resource:
- Encyclopedias
Headline News from U.S. Major Dailies
Read the fulltext of the latest news stories from these major newspapers, courtesy of U.S. Major Dailies:
- Chicago Tribune
- Los Angeles Times
- New York Times
- New York Times Book Review
- New York Times Magazine
- Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post
(FYI: Did you know U.S. Major Dailies from the Al Harris Library and ProQuest saves you $1,300/year versus buying your own subscriptions?)
- Subject area(s):
- Business
- General Topics
- Political Science
- History
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: ProQuest
- Publisher: ProQuest
- Type of resource:
- Newspapers
Access to more than two million images from some of the best collections in the world, including DK Images, Getty Images, the National Geographic Society, Oxford Scientific, and other leading sources. Image Quest is organized by subject matter and full searchable. All images are licensed for non-commercial educational use.
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
- Type of resource:
- Images
IPA Source is a library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.
- Subject area(s):
- Music
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: IPA Source
- Type of resource:
- Sheet Music
Lit2Go is a free online collection of childrens' stories and poems in MP3 format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified.
- Subject area(s):
- Education
- Language & Literature
- No restrictions; available to everyone.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: Florida Center for Instructional Technology
- Type of resource:
- Music Streaming & Audiobooks
Designed specifically for high school teachers and students, MAS Complete covers a wide range of subject areas that are of interest to high school students including art, history, sports, music, film, travel, science, the Internet, fashion, religion, nature, hobbies, current events, fiction and much more. MAS Complete has full-text for hundreds of high school magazines and reference books, as well as photos and graphics.
- Subject area(s):
- Education
- General Topics
- Language & Literature
This resource provides information about the journals and series on the MLA International Bibliography's Master List of Periodicals.
- Subject area(s):
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: EBSCO
- Publisher: Modern Language Association
- Type of resource:
- Journals
Read the latest articles from the online edition of the New York Times Magazine. This magazine is a supplement to the Sunday edition of the New York Times. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper. Search full text news articles from Jan 5, 1997 to the present. To browse and search older articles go to U.S. Major Dailies.
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Vendor: ProQuest
- Publisher: New York Times
- Type of resource:
- Newspapers
TOPICsearch contains articles from thousands of sources, including international and regional newspapers, magazines, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Each article is associated with a main topic or current event which can be selected from drop down menus on the search page.
- Subject area(s):
- General Topics
- Language & Literature
- Access is limited to SWOSU students and employees.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: EBSCO
- Type of resource:
- Journals
- Newspapers
- Pro & Con
Search the holdings of academic, public, and special libraries throughout the US and the world. Use WorldCat to search for books, videos, and other materials not owned by the SWOSU library and request them through interlibrary loan. Advanced WorldCat searching is also available via FirstSearch.
- Subject area(s):
- General Topics
- Language & Literature
- No restrictions; available to everyone.
- Simultaneous users: unlimited
- Publisher: OCLC
- Type of resource:
- Journals