Databases by Subject
World Languages & Cultures Research Guide
World Languages & Cultures
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ARTFL Project: American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (University of Chicago)
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Collections of digitized resources on the French language. Note: from the home page, click "Subscription Databases" to navigate to a specific collection. | No | No | more information | |
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Black Studies Center (ProQuest)
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A portal to several resources in black studies (African American Studies, African Studies, and Diaspora Studies), including The Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910-1975. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Clase and Periodica (OCLC)
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Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities | No | No | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Political, economic, and cultural information about every sovereign country in the world. | No | No | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Articles written primarily by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Jewish people. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Global Issues (Gale in Context)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | Yes | more information | |
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HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index (UCLA)
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Journal article citations about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Hispanics/Latinos in the US. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Japan Times |
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The Japan Times (1997-present). | No | No | more information | |
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Latino-American Experience (ABC-CLIO)
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Reference/scholarly texts, primary sources, and images focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. | No | No | more information | |
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PRISMA (ProQuest)
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Database providing full-text access to journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. | Yes | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Academic Video Online (AVON) (ProQuest)
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Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas. | Yes | No | more information | |
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America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Journals and books covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Asian American Experience (ABC-CLIO)
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Primary sources, perspective essays from leading Asian American studies scholars, and search and citation tools covering topics such as the role of discrimination in Asian American history and its effect on citizenship and civil liberties, the economic impacts of immigration and labor, and changing political and cultural representation. | No | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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The complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. | No | No | more information | |
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CQ Researcher (CQ Press)
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Discussions of current, controversial public policy issues. It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Reference articles covering all major academic subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated websites and documents. | No | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | No | more information | |
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Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
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Citation and full-text access to theses and dissertations from around the world. | Yes | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Gale eBooks |
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Reference works and eBooks in all subject areas. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Gale in Context: Environmental Studies (formerly GREENR) |
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Journal articles, case studies, news, and videos focused on the study of the environment and sustainability. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| Gale Primary Sources |
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Search interface for all Gale Primary Source databases. | No | No | more information | |
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Gender Studies Database (EBSCO)
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Journal articles in gender, sexuality, and women's studies. | Partial | No | more information | |
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GenderWatch (ProQuest)
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Journal articles in gender, sexuality, and women's studies. | Yes | No | more information | |
| International Historical Statistics |
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Statistical compendium covering the years 1750-2010 (with annual updates). Includes all statistical tables as Excel spreadsheets, which can be downloaded for further analysis. Topics include population, national accounts, labor force, agriculture, external trade and industry. Each section has a full description of the sources used to compile the statistics. | No | No | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Mergent Online: Country Insight |
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Provides up-to-date political, economic and commercial information on over 130 countries worldwide, including risk assessment. Easily downloadable in PDF format. | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| NewsVault |
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Cross-search Gale newspaper archives using a single interface. Drake has access to the complete (London) Times Digital Archive and the 19th Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive. | No | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
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Primary sources from the 1800s, including monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, statistics, and more. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
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2nd edition of the 20-volume set. Includes meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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eBooks in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science)
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SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Sociological Abstracts (Proquest)
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This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Times (London) Digital Archive (Gale)
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The Times (London) Archive, 1785-2019. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
| World DataBank |
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Access to nation-by-nation (or aggregate) statistical data. | No | No | more information | |
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World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean Regional Portal (Gale)
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Primary and secondary source documents about Latin American and the Caribbean. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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Locate books, journals and magazines, music scores, and media in libraries worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | No | more information |