North American Theatre Online
dates of coverage vary.
Reference texts in American theater, as well as images of posters, playbills, photos, architectural images, floor plans, and other ephemera.
This collection also allows cross-searching of the full text contents of five online full-text drama collections: Black Drama, Twentieth Century North American Drama, Asian American Drama, Latino Literature, and North American Women's Drama
Alternate name: NATO
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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English and American poetry, drama and prose, literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Search the MLA International Bibliography and ABELL simultaneously by choosing Criticism & Reference > Criticism > Combined Search.
Vendor name: Chadwyck-Healey / ProQuest
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Full text scripts of plays.
Authors from Britain and Ireland, North America, India, Africa, Australia and the Caribbean, indexed by subject and keyword-searchable. Strengths of this collection include Irish drama, off-Broadway and alternative theatre, political plays, and global and postcolonial theatre. The "Find Monologue" feature helps actors find good audition pieces. Also searchable from within LION.
Alternate name: 20th Century Drama
Vendor name: ProQuest
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Locate plays published in anthologies, search for plays by subject, and find plays by size and gender of cast.
Play Index is useful for locating plays published in anthologies, searching for plays by subject, and for selecting plays by size and gender of cast, running time, set requirements, musical numbers, and other criteria. An annotated listings for each play summarizes the plot, set and scenery requirements.
Vendor name: H. W. Wilson
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Index to personal narratives (letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories) from online collections.
Some are available on the Web, some through UNLV's subscriptions to Alexander Street Press collections, and some are held by repositories and archives around the world. Perform in-depth field and keyword searches across letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within Alexander Street Press databases and more than one million pages of editorially selected materials spanning 400 years.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Literary criticism published in journal articles, book chapters, books and more.
Search this subject index to identify journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertations about literature in English and modern languages, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and dramatic arts. Links to full text whenever available; to search within the full text of some articles, search MLA via LION's Criticism & Reference search.
Alternate name: MLA Bibliography
Vendor name: Chadwyck-Healey / ProQuest
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Searchable published news, legal, medical and business information.
The news section delivers the full text of international, national and regional newspapers along with wire services, broadcast transcripts, magazines, and non-English language sources.
The legal section contains U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews and international legal information. This includes Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789.
The medical section supplies information from news and medical journals, and provides abstracts to medical news from Medline.
The business section includes business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
Alternate name: Academic Universe
Vendor name: LexisNexis
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.
This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection.
Alternate name: EbscoHOST, ASP
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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Novels, plays, poetry, traditional African folk materials and non-fictional accounts of African culture and history.
The Heinemann African Writers Series published authors mainly from English-speaking countries in western, southern and eastern Africa. Also searchable from within LION.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Individual titles can be accessed from UNLV Library Catalog.
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Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.
Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Alternative Press Index for 1991-.
Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.
Historical newspapers from every state in the U.S.
Search full text and view page images for articles in categories such as news/opinion, election returns, letters, poetry, legislative information, prices, advertisements, matrimony notices and death notices.
Alternate name: Archive of Americana, Early American Newspapers Series 1-3
Vendor name: Readex
Update frequency: complete
Scope: U.S.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Can also be searched in combination with Early American Imprints I and II.
Series I, 1690-1876: provides images and full-text content access to historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's bibliography, History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820, as well as other bibliographies; Series II, 1758-1900: focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860; Series III, 1829-1922: focuses on the period between 1861 and 1920 providing in-depth coverage of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era and beyond.
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Journal articles and books about the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
This index includes almost 400,000 bibliographic entries from over 2,000 journals published worldwide. Books, media reviews, and dissertations are also covered, and approximately 16,000 entries are added each year. The Get Text button links to online full text when available and offers access to UNLV print collections and document delivery options for books and articles not available online.
Vendor name: Ebsco
Scope: U.S. and Canada only
Languages: Abstracts of articles in 40 different languages
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Print volumes 0-10 available in LASR. Vol. 0, published 1972, covers periodical literature published from 1954 until the issuance of vol. 1 in 1964. Issues for 1964-1973 published for the American Bibliographical Center.
Published memoirs, letters and diaries written about and during the Civil War.
The collection includes approximately 100,000 pages of published memoirs, letters and diaries from individuals plus 4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials. Drawn from more than 1,000 sources, the collection provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of the war.
Alternate name: Civil War Letters and Diaries
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Individual works can also be located by searching the UNLV Library Catalog. Access may be limited to excerpted letters and diaries from the larger work.
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Scripts and detailed, searchable information on scenes, characters and people related to the scripts.
American Film Scripts Online (AFSO) contains scripts together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. Most have never been published in any format and many are now available as PDF documents. Draft, shooting and continuity scripts are included.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: quarterly
Languages: English
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom
More info: Individual scripts can also be located by searching the UNLV Library Catalog.
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Magazines and journals published in the U.S. before 1900.
Use this resource to search the full text of American journals and magazines published between 1741 and 1900, including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal.
Alternate name: APS Online
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Derived from the microform collections--American periodical series, eighteenth century; American periodical series, 1800-1850; and: American periodical series, 1850-1900.
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Slave narratives collected by the WPA Federal Writers' Project between 1936 and 1938.
This searchable full text collection of slave narratives is indexed several different ways. Some sound files are also included.
Alternate name: Slave narratives
Vendor name: Greenwood Publishing Group
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Originally published in 19 vols. under title: American slave : a composite autobiography / edited by George P. Rawick. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Pub. Co., 1972 with supplements issued in 1977 (12 v.) and 1979 (10 v.). Also includes: A comprehensive name index for The American slave / compiled by Howard E. Potts
Index of literary criticism published in books, journal articles, and collections of essays.
Use this resource for to find articles about English language and literature, literary authors, critical theory, and bibliographic studies. Includes citations to critical editions of literary works, and book reviews. To search within the full text of articles, search ABELL via LION's Criticism & Reference search.
Alternate name: ABELL
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: annual
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Corresponds to material found in the print publication: Annual bibliography of English language and literature (and its earlier title: Bibliography of English language and literature).
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Articles in all subject areas from more than 16,000 journals.
Subject coverage in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture is particularly strong.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Web of Knowledge
A&HCI ® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals. Use this tool to identify how often a particular author has been cited in the work of peers or to identify the most influential scholarship on a topic. (Covering period: 1975-present. Update frequency: Updated weekly. )
ARTstor
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Art digital images and related data.
A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, social sciences and related data; the tools to actively use those images; and a restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content user.
Vendor name: ARTstor
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne
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Plays by Asian-American playwrights along with biographical, production and theatrical information.
Each play is indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching. Plays are also included in North American Theatre Online.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: complete
Languages: English
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Individual titles can be located in the UNLV Library Catalog.
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Plays written in the mid-1800s to present.
Playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Each play is extensively and deeply indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching. The plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Plays are also included in North American Theatre Online and individual titles can be found in the UNLV Library Catalog.
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Index of book reviews.
Provides citations and excerpts of reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults. An abstract of each book is also provided. To be indexed in Book Review Digest, a book must have been published or distributed in the United States or Canada. A work of nonfiction must have received reviews in two or more of the periodicals on the Book Review Digest selection list. A work of fiction must have received reviews in at least three of the periodicals. Reviews of textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences are excluded.
Vendor name: H. W. Wilson
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
More info: Print volumes available 1906-2003 in Index Area.
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Searchable collection of women's letters and diaries.
Facsimile pages of previously unpublished manuscripts offer exact reproductions of letters and diary pages by both famous and otherwise unknown women in Great Britain and Ireland. The range of diary formats includes the travel diary, offering detailed accounts of journeys and descriptions of places; the daily personal diary, in which women reflected more broadly on aspects of their lives; letter diaries, wherein a daily dated letter to a recipient served simultaneously as a diary entry; and other forms.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: ;
Finley, Priscilla
More info: Content indexed in In the First Person.
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Chicago Tribune from 1849-1985 with searchable full text.
Complete issues of the Chicago Tribune, including news, ads, obituaries, reviews, editorials, legal notices, comics, and photographs. Search by full text and view digital reproductions of newspaper pages. Output is a PDF image of the article as it appeared in the paper.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
More info: Can be searched in combination with historical NY Times, historical LA Times, and American Periodical Series.
For access to the text of Chicago Tribune articles after 1985 see ProQuest Newspapers.
Chicago Tribune, 1985-
full text
1985-.
Major daily newspaper from Chicago.
Provides reporting and analysis of regional, national, and international news.
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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American Civil War Letters & Diaries
Dissertations and Theses
citations 1861-;
abstracts 1980-;
full text 1997-.
Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
Alternate name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Complete books, pamphlets and broadsides published in North America before 1800.
Books, pamphlets and broadsides listed in Charles Evans' American Bibliography and Roger Bristol's Supplement to Evans' American Bibliography. These searchable full text materials are primary sources documenting every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, including agriculture, foreign affairs, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, and slavery.
Alternate name: Evans Early American Imprints
Vendor name: Readex
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Early American imprints, 1639-1800 [microform] : based on the 13-volume Charles Evans bibliography, including supplements and corrections to Evans
Complete books, pamphlets and broadsides published in North America between 1801 and 1819.
These searchable full text materials are primary sources documenting every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, including agriculture, foreign affairs, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, and slavery. This is the online equivalent of microfilm research collections based on lists from Evans' American Bibliography (and supplements) and Shaw and Shoemaker's American Bibliography, 1801-1819.
Alternate name: Shaw-Shoemaker
Vendor name: Readex
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Based on
American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist For 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw And Richard H. Shoemaker, available in UNLV Reference.
Books on all subjects published in England between 1475 and 1700.
Page images accurately reflect the way the works appeared in their original printed editions. Included are works by such authors as Malory, Spenser, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, and Galileo. The database also includes musical exercises by Henry Purcell, novels by Aphra Behn, prayer books, pamphlets, proclamations, almanacs, calendars, and many other primary resources. This is the online equivalent of the Early English Books microform series, which is based on the Short-Title Catalogue (Pollard & Redgrave, 1475-1640); the Short-Title Catalogue II (Wing, 1641-1700); the Thomason Tracts, and the Early English Books Tract Supplements.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: annual
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Books and other materials are arranged in five main subject areas - business and economics, career and general education, computers, engineering and applied sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and life/physical sciences. The ebrary reader is required to view books and can be downloaded for free from ebrary. A free account is needed In order to access some features (i.e. saving notes and highlights).
Vendor name: Ebrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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Simultaneous search of books published between 1475-1800 in England and America.
Selected texts from EEBO, Early American Imprints and Eighteenth Century Collections Online have been rekeyboarded and edited to provide accurate and easily searchable texts.
Alternate name: TCP
Vendor name: University of Michigan
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Books on all subjects published in English between 1701 and 1800.
Digitized books, pamphlets, broadsides and ephemera in English and foreign languages published in the British Empire and in English elsewhere in the world, from 1701-1800. It includes digital reproductions of every page of a variety of primary source materials-by many well-known and lesser-known authors.
Alternate name: ECCO
Vendor name: Thomson Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: The collection is an ongoing project based on The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), a machine-readable union list of the holdings of the British Library, as well as those from more than 1,500 university, private, and public libraries worldwide.
Journal and magazine articles about film and television.
Film & Television Literature Index indexes articles covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Alternate name: FLTI
Vendor name: Ebsco Publishing
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom
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Online index of print Gale literary criticism sets. See Literature Resource Center for online content.
Locate biographical information about authors and excerpts of literary criticism in the print volumes of the Gale literary series: Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC), and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB). For the full text of some of this material, use Literature Resource Center.
Alternate name: CLC, TCLC, DLB
Vendor name: Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
A magazine with firsthand information on social, historical and cultural aspects of the 19th century.
Godey's Lady's Book provides information on 19th century American history including important social issues of the day and information on social history, women's issues, material culture, textile studies, and contemporary literature. Also appearing in this publication are pieces of sheet music, stories, poetry, book notices, and historical writing.
Vendor name: Accessible Archives Inc.
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: ;
Finley, Priscilla
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Journal articles and books about world history from 1450 forward (Does not include the United States and Canada).
Historical Abstracts identifies journal articles about the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada (See: America: History and Life). Articles from over 2,000 journals are indexed and annotated, and the database includes over half a million entries in all. A select 3,000 books are also listed.
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Bills, reports, correspondence and command papers all highlight Britain's role in the political, social, economic and foreign policy arenas.
Indexed by author, title, subject, and Parliamentary session.
Alternate name: Parliamentary Papers
Vendor name: ProQuest
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Major dictionary of information on dance and related subjects
The International Encyclopedia of Dance contains nearly 2,000 articles on all aspects of dance, including dance forms, music and costumes, perfomances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers. Its scope is complete in that it covers a full spectrum of dance styles, including social, ethnic, and ritual dance to ballet and modern dance. It is a major resource for research and information on any aspect of the dance world.
Vendor name: Oxford University Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Taranto, Cheryl
Database of grants, fellowships and scholarships for individuals and institutions.
Over 9,000 funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities can be located in this resource. Advanced and basic search features are offered as well as links to the websites of the funding organization. The database has an alert service that allows users to be notified of relevant funding. An expertise service allows individuals to create a profile by institution for others to view their activities.
Vendor name: Illinois Researcher Information Service
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
Index of literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
Iter's bibliography includes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books, journal material (articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies) are included, as are citations for essays in books, including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues. (Covering period: 1784 - present. )
Vendor name: University of Toronto
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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An archive of more than 700 important scholarly journals covering business, ecology, education, ethnic studies, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology with content ending 3-5 years ago.
JSTOR digitally archives more than 700 scholarly journals. Subjects include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and mroe.
Vendor name: JSTOR
Update frequency: constant
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Novels, short stories and poems, and plays written by Americans of Spanish or Latin American heritage.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
LINK+
Books available for 1-3 day delivery to UNLV Libraries.
LINK+ is a book request service that uses a shared library catalog to allow UNLV students, staff and faculty to search for and borrow over 8 million books and documents from over 40 libraries throughout California and Nevada.
More borrowing options.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Author biographies and overviews of literary criticism from every period.
Designed to meet the research needs of undergraduates, the Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. LRC covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Search by author name, title, genre, literary movement, or literary themes.
Vendor name: Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1984 with searchable full text.
Complete issues of the Los Angeles Times, including news, ads, obituaries, reviews, editorials, legal notices, comics, and photographs. Search by full text and view digital reproductions of newspaper pages. Output is a PDF image of the article as it appeared in print.
Alternate name: LA Times
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Major daily newspaper from Los Angeles.
With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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ProQuest Newspapers
Editorial contact information as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines for 7100 journals in modern languages and literature.
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, of which 4,400 are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. Entries include editorial contact information as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines. This directory has publication information only - use the MLA International Bibliography to locate journal articles in literature.
Vendor name: Chadwyck-Healey
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Browse e-books for quick research and reference or create a free account to check out items, create notes, and list favorites.
Vendor name: NetLibrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the New York Times with searchable full text.
For 2003- present see ProQuest Newspapers
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Regional newspapers and broadcast television transcripts.
Newspaper Source provides selected full text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Times (London), as well as selected full text from more than 180 regional newspapers including: Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, etc. Full text transcripts are also included from Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, National Public Radio, and more.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
Indexes of nineteenth century books, journals and newspapers.
Search up to 60 indexes (list) of publications issued between 1774 - 1925 to find citations to articles and books accessible by subject, by date, and more. 19th Century Masterfile includes Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Palmer's Index, indices to specific periodicals, catalogs of scientific papers, patents and government documents, and bibliographic records for 19th century books and serials published in English in all subject areas. Most citations do not link to full text, but many of the books and periodicals indexed are available in microform.
Alternate name: 19th Century Masterfile
Vendor name: Paratext
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Personal narratives, including letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories about immigrating to the U.S. or Canada.
People from many countries are represented, including more recent waves of immigrants from Latin America and Asia. In selected cases, audio files let users hear the actual voices of the immigrants and facsimile images show pages of their scrapbooks.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Plays written by women in the United States and Canada.
Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print. Almost a quarter of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays. Plays are also included in North American Theatre Online.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: ;
Finley, Priscilla
Diaries, journals, and letters written by famous and not-so-famous North American women.
Drawn from sources including articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings, the material represents diverse age groups, geographical regions, and ethnicities. Advanced search features allow limiting by age, marital status, age at marriage, number of children, race, occupation, religion, and much more.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: ;
Finley, Priscilla
Information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to current developments around the globe.
This encyclopedia provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. In addition to performances in playhouses, it covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions. Entries range from short definitions of terms to lengthy considerations of genres and movements, such as feminism and psychoanalytic criticism. Entries on cities and regions place performance in its local social and political context.
Vendor name: Oxford Reference Online
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Subject dictionaries and reference works.
Access to over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works containing over 60,000 pages of material. Includes sources covering general reference, language, science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and business. List of full text reference books.
Vendor name: Oxford University Press
Update frequency: Updated regularly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
Journal articles in the humanities and social sciences published between 1802-1995.
Search international scholarly literature in the humanities and social sciences disciplines from 1802 to 1995. PAO includes pre-1995 issues of over 400 journals, including many journals published in languages other than English.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
Vendor name: Johns Hopkins UP
Update frequency: monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Searching in JSTOR will link you to results available in Project Muse.
ProQuest Newspapers
full text
1980s-.
Searchable current and recent newspapers from ProQuest.
Full text of articles from nine major national newspapers: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Also included are the New York Times Book Review, the New York Times Magazine, and the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Retrospective
1890-1982.
Index to articles in popular magazines before 1983.
Citations to articles in U. S. general-interest magazines, providing coverage of events prior to 1983. Covers nonfiction, fiction, poems, short stories, and reviews of books, dance, motion pictures, musicals, operas and operettas, radio and television programs, and theater.
Vendor name: H. W. Wilson
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
Streaming video of theatre productions.
Theatre in Video presents online streaming video of complete professional performances of more than 250 well-known plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries. View and bookmark specific scenes, monologues, and staging examples.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Full text of the London Times though 1985
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, presents searchable full text and page images of The Times (London). The Times is the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. Search the full text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, and advertising.
Alternate name: London Times
Vendor name: Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Page images of the London Times Literary Supplement.
More than 250,000 reviews, letters, poems and articles in more than 5,000 issues of the TLS are available, and the identities of anonymous contributors are disclosed.
Vendor name: Gale
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Plays from the United States and Canada.
In addition to providing a comprehensive full-text resource for students in the performing arts, the collection offers a unique window into the economic, historical, social, and political psyche of two countries. Plays are also included in North American Theatre Online.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Browse DVDs available by subject area.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom
UNLV Library Catalog
Find out which books, encyclopedias, periodicals, audiovisual items, maps and government documents are available from UNLV Libraries by searching the library catalog.
The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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To discover whether UNLV Libraries offers online access or owns a print copy of a particular journal, search for the name of the magazine or journal in this list.
A link to "University of Nevada Las Vegas Holdings" will show you information about print copies of the journal. Links to online subscriptions will list the range of dates available for that journal.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Women and Social Movements in the United States
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1600-2000.
Publications on women's reform activities.
Books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies which document reform activities by and affecting women.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: ;
Finley, Priscilla
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Annotated citations of scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare.
Books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, information about theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, and electronic media
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.
This union catalog contains records of books and other items in libraries worldwide. Items owned by UNLV Libraries are indicated; UNLV students, faculty and staff may request books via Document Delivery Services.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information;
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General Indexes
Academic Search Premier
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1975-present.
Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.
This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection.
Alternate name: EbscoHOST, ASP
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.
Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Alternative Press Index Archive for 1969-1990.
Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.
Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.
Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Alternative Press Index for 1991-.
Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.
Historical newspapers from every state in the U.S.
Search full text and view page images for articles in categories such as news/opinion, election returns, letters, poetry, legislative information, prices, advertisements, matrimony notices and death notices.
Alternate name: Archive of Americana, Early American Newspapers Series 1-3
Vendor name: Readex
Update frequency: complete
Scope: U.S.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Can also be searched in combination with Early American Imprints I and II.
Series I, 1690-1876: provides images and full-text content access to historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's bibliography, History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820, as well as other bibliographies; Series II, 1758-1900: focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860; Series III, 1829-1922: focuses on the period between 1861 and 1920 providing in-depth coverage of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era and beyond.
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Magazines and journals published in the U.S. before 1900.
Use this resource to search the full text of American journals and magazines published between 1741 and 1900, including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal.
Alternate name: APS Online
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Derived from the microform collections--American periodical series, eighteenth century; American periodical series, 1800-1850; and: American periodical series, 1850-1900.
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Articles in all subject areas from more than 16,000 journals.
Subject coverage in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture is particularly strong.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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A group of indexes covering criminal justice, design, education, environment, geoscience, government, political science, and sociology with links to full text articles.
More than 20 indexes searchable through the Illumina interface. Areas of focus include criminal justice, design, education, environment, geoscience, government, political science, and sociology. Citations have links to the full text of articles. Use the "Specific databases" link to see a list of more than 20 databases with a brief description of each. From the list choose a single database to search or select multiple databases to search simultaneously.
Alternate name: CSA Illumina
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: varies most are weekly or monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Chicago Tribune, 1849-1985
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1849-1985.
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Chicago Tribune from 1849-1985 with searchable full text.
Complete issues of the Chicago Tribune, including news, ads, obituaries, reviews, editorials, legal notices, comics, and photographs. Search by full text and view digital reproductions of newspaper pages. Output is a PDF image of the article as it appeared in the paper.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
More info: Can be searched in combination with historical NY Times, historical LA Times, and American Periodical Series.
For access to the text of Chicago Tribune articles after 1985 see ProQuest Newspapers.
CQ Electronic Library
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Combined access to the CQ Public Affairs Collection, the CQ Researcher and the CQ Weekly.
These three resources can be searched simultaneously or individually.
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
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Reporting on vital public policy issues with statistical and historical analyses; also includes the full text of historic documents and primary source materials concerning public affairs.
Organized by key public affairs subject headings - like advocacy and public service, education, environment and natural resources, health, and national security - the CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth reporting on vital public policy issues, statistical and historical analyses, and the full text of many historic documents and primary source materials.
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Comprehensive roundup of virtually all Capitol Hill activity from the previous week.
Excellent source of current information on hot legislative topics in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
Alternate name: Congressional Quarterly
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Dictionaries, specialized encyclopedias, quotations, thesauri, and bilingual dictionaries.
Full text of encyclopedia entries plus over 20,000 searchable images including photographs, fine art, scientific diagrams and more. Covers a broad range of topics from biography to medicine and Shakespeare to technology.
Alternate name: xreferplus
Vendor name: Credo Reference
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
Alternate name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Books and other materials are arranged in five main subject areas - business and economics, career and general education, computers, engineering and applied sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and life/physical sciences. The ebrary reader is required to view books and can be downloaded for free from ebrary. A free account is needed In order to access some features (i.e. saving notes and highlights).
Vendor name: Ebrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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More than 30 databases indexing all subject areas with a heavy focus on business, education, film, health, psychology, sociology, and sports.
Lists more than 30 databases available through the EBSCOhost interface. The databases index all subject areas with solid coverage of business, education, film, health, psychology, sociology, and sports. For each database there is a description of the content and some link to a Tit
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