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  JSTOR Authentication Required 
    Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
Access to the full text of over 490 scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines. Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
  MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1926 to present. Updated: monthly.
Citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers. Subjects: literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, historical aspects of printing and publishing, rhetoric, composition, and the teaching of language and literature.
  Project Muse Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
    Coverage: 1993 to present. Updated: monthly.
Includes the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the fields of: literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.

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  CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online (Columbia University Press) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated: weekly.
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text of journal articles, working papers, and conference papers in topics such as: international affairs, economics, environment, and politics. Also includes case studies, course packs, and a schedule of events with calls for papers.
  ClasePeriódica (FirstSearch) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin - Madison 
    Coverage: Clase - 1975 to present; Periódica - 1978 to present. Updated: every three months.
ClasePeriodica is two specialty resources in one: Clase indexes articles from Latin American journals focusing on humanities and social sciences, while Periódica indexes articles from science and technology journals. As one database, ClasePeriódica includes over 300,000 citations from 2,600 scholarly journals that are edited in 24 different Latin American and Caribbean countries. Resources are from periodicals that are published in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English languages.
  ComAbstracts (CIOS) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1980 to present. Updated: monthly.
Citations and abstracts of journal articles published in over 50 primary professional journals in the communications field.
  Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1990 to present. Updated: weekly.
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Full-text articles from 240 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Subject areas: general reference, history and politics, humanities and social sciences. Access the full text of Spanish-, English-language and bilingual newspapers, magazines, and journals plus other multicultural publications from the ethnic, minority, and native press through Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW). Titles include La Opinion, El Nuevo Herald, El Diario/La Prensa, Mundo Hispanico, Hispanic, The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, and many more (none of which overlap PRISMA).

    Multidisciplinary Article Databases

  Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1975 to present. Updated: Daily.
Provides access to citations and abstracts for over 8,000 magazines and journals, with full text access to over half these titles. For scholarly publications, full text is available for more than 3,600 titles covering subjects such as social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
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  CQ Researcher (CQ Press) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
    Coverage: Past 15 years to present. Updated: weekly.
Full-text articles on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into two sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
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  JSTOR Authentication Required 
    Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
Access to the full text of over 490 scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines. Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
  LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
Over 5,600 full text sources.
News: 350 newspapers, 400 magazines/journals, 600 newsletters, broadcast transcripts, campus news, wire services.
Business: news, accounting literature, company information, directories.
Legal Research: secondary literature, case law, codes & regulations, tax law, international legal materials, patent research, career information.
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  MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink 
    Coverage: 1984 to present. Updated: daily.
Full-text from nearly 3,000 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals.
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    Periodicals

  Modern Languages Periodicals
A title list of the library's individual periodical subscriptions in Modern Languages. Many more Modern Languages related periodicals are available through the library's article databases.

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    E-Reference Books

  Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (Gale) Authentication Required 
Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Covers cultural issues and includes numerous biographical profiles of important figures in politics, letters and the arts.

    Featured Reference Books @ Murphy Library

  A Dictionary of Linguistics & Phonetics.
    2003
  Dictionary of German Slang and Colloquial Expressions
    2000
  Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
    1998
  Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture.
    2003
  Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture
    1998
  Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture.
    2002
  Encyclopedia of German Literature
    2 volumes. 2000
  Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education
    1999
  Literary Cultures of Latin America: A Comparative History
    3 volumes. 2004.
  Multicultural Projects Index: Things to Make and Do to Celebrate Festivals ,Cultures and Holidays Around the World.
    2002
  Spanish and Portuguese Literatures and Their Times: The Iberian Peninsula.
    2002
  The Cambridge French-English Thesaurus
    1998
  The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature.
     2 volumes. 2002
  The Oxford Russian Dictionary
     2000. (This is one of many dictionaries covering over 50 modern and ancient languages).

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    Letters & Diaries

  British & Irish Women's Letters and Diaries: 1500 - 1900 (Alexander Street Press) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin - Madison 
    Coverage: 1500 to 1900.
Spanning more than 300 years, this collection will bring the personal experiences of more than 1,000 women to researchers, students, and general readers. Represented are all age groups and life stages, all ethnicities, many geographical regions, the famous and not so famous. More than 500 biographies enhance the use of the database.
  Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period (Alexander Street Press) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin - Madison 
    Coverage: 1770s to 1918.
This release includes some 60 volumes from 47 poets. The critical and biographical essays for some poets will be added in a future release, as will selected criticism from printed works. In addition selected essays, criticism and Web resources will be added from time to time.

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