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Literature

A mix of databases and useful weblinks on English and American literature.

LiteRom This link opens in a new window
LiteRom contains book reviews, author interviews and other articles about Dutch literature and authors, which have been published in Dutch and Belgian newspapers and weeklies from 1900 onwards and contains book reviews, author interviews and other articles on (translated) non-Dutch literature that have been published in Dutch and Belgian newspapers and weeklies from 1976 onwards.

Luminarium

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
linguistics and literature studies, journal articles, books
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) contains references to journal articles and books in the fields of modern language and literature. Coverage from 1963.
Coverage: 1963 - present
Middle English Compendium This link opens in a new window
Middle English, dictionary, texts, bibliography
The Middle English Compendium consists of three electronic sources for Middle English texts: the Middle English Dictionary, a Hyperbibliography of Middle English Prose and Verse (based on the Middle English Dictionary Bibliographies), and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. These can be searched and used separately or in combination.

About Shakespeare:

Explore Shakespeare Explore Shakespeare in the collections of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and in blogs, courses, digital tools and online communities
The Folger Shakespeare Library
Internet Shakespeare Editions
Shakespeare's Globe

Linguistics

A mix of databases and useful weblinks on linguistics.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
linguistics, journal articles, books, dissertations
In Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts (LLBA), there are references to journal articles, books, American dissertations and book reviews in the field of linguistics and language behaviour.
Coverage: 1973 - present
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
linguistics and literature studies, journal articles, books
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) contains references to journal articles and books in the fields of modern language and literature. Coverage from 1963.
Coverage: 1963 - present

World Wide Words

American studies

A mix of databases and useful weblinks on American studies.

America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
United States, Canada, history, journal articles
America: History & Life contains references of journal articles, book reviews and audio-visual products about the history and culture of the United States and Canada from the prehistory till now.
Coverage: 1964 - present

American archive of public broadcasting

American National Biography Online This link opens in a new window biographies, United States
The American National Biography Online offers portraits of more than 19,000 men & women - from all eras and walks of life - whose lives have shaped the nation.

Digital Public Library of America
Documenting the American South
Independent Voices Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
Library of Congress digital collections A digital archive with audio, video, images and texts about the history of the US, created by the Library of Congress.

Digital book collection 1400-1800

Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new window
English books, period 1470-1700, facsimile
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
books, pamphlets, 18th century, England, United States, digitised works

Theses, open access resources and inspiration ►

General databases

RUQuest This link opens in a new window all subjects, collection Radboud University, journals, books, journal articles
RUQuest is a search engine for the collection of the RU University Library, Nijmegen, and for collections of other libraries worldwide.
RUQuest contains printed and digital books, periodicals, journal articles, book chapters and more.
Full text publications can be opened by clicking 'View full text'.
Tutorial: RUQuest
JSTOR This link opens in a new window all subjects, journal articles

A searchable archive of journal articles, in which the articles are available in full texts and retrievable from the first volume of a journal to three, four or five years ago.
Self-teaching: How to search JSTOR
Related archive: Periodicals Archive Online
Web of Science This link opens in a new window all subjects, journal articles, books, conference proceedings, citation scores

The Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics contains the Web of Science Core Collection (from 1945-...) with references of international journal articles, conference proceedings, books and book chapters from all scientific disciplines.
It includes data from eight citation indexes:
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S)
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH)
- Book Citation Index - Science (BKCI-S)
- Book Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (BKCI-SSH)
- Emerging Sources Citation Index
Chemical indexes:
- Current Chemical Reactions (CCR-EXPANDED)
- Index Chemicus (IC)
Citation indexes offer a unique search method to find later-published journal articles, in which a publication is cited.
Coverage: daily updates

Note: When you, as student/employee of Radboud University/Radboudumc, create alerts and/or save information in Web of Science, Clarivate asks you to create a personal account. If you choose to create a personal account, the responsibility for this Processing of Personal Data lies with you as student/employee.

Self-teaching module: Web of Science Help, Web of Science Platform: Training Resources
Related: Journal Citation Reports

English grammar checker

Check your English texts for grammar, spelling, and interpunction mistakes.

Grammarcheck

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Van Dale online woordenboeken This link opens in a new window Dikke Van Dale, vertaalwoordenboeken (Engels, Frans, Duits, Spaans, Italiaans, Portugees, Zweeds)
Van Dale online woordenboeken bevat:
- Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal - de Dikke Van Dale
- Van Dale Groot woordenboek Hedendaags Nederlands
- Van Dale Nederlands-Engels / Engels-Nederlands
- Van Dale Nederlands-Duits / Duits-Nederlands
- Van Dale Nederlands-Frans / Frans-Nederlands
- Van Dale Nederlands-Spaans / Spaans-Nederlands
- Van Dale Nederlands-Italiaans / Italiaans-Nederlands
- Van Dale Nederlands-Portugees / Portugees-Nederlands
- Van Dale Nederlands-Zweeds / Zweeds-Nederlands
- Van Dale Taalhandboek Nederlands
- Van Dale Taalhandboek Engels
- Synoniemen
- Spellinghulp
- Juridisch (Fockema Andreae's Juridisch woordenboek)
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) This link opens in a new window

Literature

History

Newspapers & news magazines

In Nexis Uni, a newspaper database, you can read articles from newspapers and news magazines from all over the world. For example Dutch, English, American, French, German and Spanish papers. Useful when you want to stay informed about language, literature, culture and politics.

Nexis Uni / National and international newspapers This link opens in a new window all subjects, newspapers, magazines, web news, transcripts of news items on radio and TV, company information

Nexis Uni is a database with full text articles derived from Dutch newspapers (national and regional), foreign newspapers and Dutch news magazines.
Coverage: circa 1990 - present, daily updates
Manual: Help Topics for Nexis Uni

The Times

Times Digital Archive
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The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times.
Each year the coverage of the archive will be extended by one year.
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive 1902-2014