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Databases

Major Indexes & Article Databases
MLA International

Literature, language, linguistics, folklore.

1926-present

Related Indexes & Article Databases
A&H Search

Arts and humanities literature

1980-present
Academic Search Complete

A multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 5,500 journals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles.

1887-present
ARTFL

French language texts and philological resources

varies
ClasePeriodica

Scholarly literature of Latin America

1975-present
Die Deutsche Lyrik

German lyric poetry

1457-1929
Film & Television Literature Index

Scholarly and professional literature of film

1975-present
JSTOR

Archives of humanities, social, and natural sciences journals

1687-2005
LexisNexis Academic

News sources include U.S. regional newspapers, international newspapers, wire services, and magazines.

varies
NewspaperDirect PressDisplay

Current international newspapers, full text full-color format

60 day ago-present
PAIS International

International and public affairs literature

1972-present
Project Muse

Journals in the humanities and social sciences

1996-present
WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide

1000BC-present

Research & Citation Guides

Finding Books

Finding books in an academic library can be challenging. This guide offers an introduction to finding books in the ODY Library and the Launders Science Library. Remember that you are always welcome to ask a librarian should you need assistance.

Identifying Scholarly Literature

Can't decide whether an article is scholarly or not? This guide will give you some tips and criteria to help in your decision making process.

Introduction to Library Research - Advanced Spanish

This guide covers: Finding books and videos at SLU using ODYsseus and Encore; Finding journals by title; Using Academic Search Complete to find journal aricles ; RefWorks - setting up an account, exporting, creating bibliographies; and Interlibrray Loan.

Modern Languages and Literature - Selected Resources

Looking for resources to use for your research? The following is a list of selected resources for research in Modern Languages and Literature. It includes links to websites, books in our reference collection and more.

RefWorks - Importing References from Academic Search Complete

For Direct Export:

1. Conduct a search.

2. Click on the Add to folder icon for each of the results you want to save.

3. Click on the Go To Folder View text link on the right side of the screen.

4. In the folder view select the references to export.

5. Click on the Export icon.

6. Click the radio button in front of Direct Export to RefWorks to initiate a direct export.