Bruce T. Halle Library
Eastern Michigan University

Native American Literature (LITR 204) Resources
Selected by Margaret Best

Types of Books:

Reference Books Websites Relevant Databases Other Databases of Possible Relevance

Wilson Select Plus (Full-text)
Index to the contents of about 1300 periodicals, all with ASCII full text online. List of periodical titles. Coverage started: 1994. Updated weekly. (via FirstSearch)

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (Full-text)
Access to a wide range of FULL-TEXT news, business, legal and government information sources, as well as company, country, financial, market research and industry reports, biographical and medical and health information. List of titles. Updated daily.

Literature Resource Center (Full-text)
LRC combines biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information to deliver a complete reference/resource package on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism). Centering on Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism, this data set is augmented with full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material illuminating an oeuvre or era. In partnership with Merriam-Webster, Inc., LRC offers the Encyclopedia of Literature including over 10,000 entries for authors, works, literary landmarks, literary and critical terms, mythological and folkloric figures, fictional characters, literary movements, and prizes.

America: History and Life
America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database. In addition to articles, each year America: History and Life includes approximately 6,000 citations of book and media reviews from a selection of over one hundred key journals in US and Canadian history and related fields. The database also includes citations to abstracts of dissertations published in thes areas. Coverage started: 1964. Updated 3 times per year.

JSTOR (Full-text)
Complete text of the backfiles of about 150 core scholarly journals in the fields of history, economics, political science, population/demography, philosophy, mathematics, sociology, ecology and botany. List of full text periodicals by title and discipline.

Book Review Digest (Some full-text)
Indexes 100 periodicals published in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, covering over 7,000 adult and children's books each year. Includes English-language fiction and nonfiction. List of periodical titles. Coverage started: 1983. Updated monthly. (via FirstSearch)

Reader's Guide Abstracts (Some full-text)
Index to the contents of about 180 popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. List of periodical titles. Coverage started: 1983. Updated monthly (via FirstSearch)