Women Writing Worldwide
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Find Critical Perspectives
- Google Scholar (HPU-specific link) This link opens in a new windowConnects the Google Scholar interface with HPU's collection of full-text journals. Due to the large amount of sources in Google Scholar, it's helpful to have a very specific search.
- Gale Literature via NC LIVE This link opens in a new windowArticles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
- MLA International Bibliography on EBSCO This link opens in a new windowProvides access to scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations on the subjects of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism.
- Gender Studies Database on EBSCO This link opens in a new windowGSD offers over a million records from scholarly and popular publications, including journals, books, conference papers and theses.
Find Contextual Research and Real-World Connections
- Credo Reference via NC LIVE This link opens in a new windowCredo contains background content, historical and biographical information, definitions, as well as more in-depth books and articles
- Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new windowCollects sources on current, highly debated topics and categorizes them into "issues." Useful for finding news, essays, opinions, and scholarship on social issues.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides access to scholarly journals, primary sources, and images in a wide range of disciplines. Includes historical coverage for the included journals.
- Films on Demand via NC LIVE This link opens in a new windowEducational and documentary film content which can be viewed either in its entirety or by small segments, covering specific topics.
- AVON (Academic Video Online from Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new windowMore educational and documentary streaming video content.
- Online Catalog (WorldCat Discovery) This link opens in a new windowSearches the entire library collection. I prefer to use it when searching for physical and e-books by keyword, or if I'm checking full-text access to a specific article.
