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  • Historical Abstracts with Full Text

    What? Historical Abstracts with Full Text is a full-text database covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century to the present. It includes hundreds of history journals and books, plus useful features such as the ability to search by time period.

    When? Varies by Publication

    Why? World history since 1450 (excluding U.S. and Canada)

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  • Book Review Index

    What? Book Review Index is a citation index to reviews of books, periodicals, audio books (on tape or CD), and ebooks. Many of the sources for these reviews are available online (click on the Check MSU Availability link) or in the MSU Libraries' print collection. Contains citations to over 5 million book ...

    When? 1965-Present

    Why? Citations to book reviews and links to full text.

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  • Oxford English Dictionary

    What? The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) contains the complete text of the OED's twenty-volume Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series draft material from the current OED project, representing the latest progress towards a completely revised and updated Third Edition. Updated quarterly

    When? NA

    Why? Definitions, etymology, and usage of English-language words

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  • Oxford Reference Online

    What? Oxford Reference Online (ORO) combines over 100 dictionaries and reference books, including an encyclopedia from Oxford Press, into a single cross-searchable database over a broad range of subjects: everything from General Reference, Language and Quotations to Science and Medicine, and from Humaniti...

    When? Varies

    Why? Definitions & brief reference articles from on many subjects

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  • American Periodicals

    What? American Periodicals Series includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. Titles range from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository; popular magazines suc...

    When? 1740 - 1940

    Why? Magazines and journals chronicling the development of America from 1740-1940

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  • British Periodicals

    What? British Periodicals offers facsimile page images and searchable full text for nearly 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries. British Periodicals is available in two separate collections, British Periodicals Collection I and British Periodicals Collection ...

    When? Late 17th century to early 20th century

    Why? To find articles in magazines and journals published in Great Britain

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  • Reader's Guide Retrospective

    What? Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 provides citations to more than three million articles from over 550 leading magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. This resource provides researchers with access to a wide range of informat...

    When? 1890 - 1982

    Why? Provides indexing of popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.

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  • Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online

    What? Search biographical and critical essays on the lives, works and careers of the world's influential literary figures

    When? varies

    Why? Search biographical and critical essays on the lives, works and careers of the world's influential literary figures.

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  • Nineteenth Century Index

    What? C19: The Nineteenth Century Index is a growing all-inclusive bibliographic spine for 19th-century research. C19 is a one-stop finding tool covering multiple content types, providing records for millions of documents ranging from books and newspapers to government documents and periodicals at the art...

    When? 1790-1919

    Why? Find books, periodicals, government documents, newspapers, archives, and reference material supporting research pertaining to the 19th century and beyond.

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  • Chicago Manual of Style

    What? The Chicago Manual of Style Online offers the full contents of the 17th and 16th editions and provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age

    When? 16th and 17th Editions

    Why? Search and review the editorial style and publishing practices of the Chicago Manual of Style

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  • Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive

    What? The Times Literary Supplement offers comprehensive coverage of the important publications, in every subject, reviewing theatre, cinema, music and exhibitions.

    When? 1902-2014

    Why? Search the fully digitized Times Literary Supplement