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Latin American Newspapers [from Readex/NewsBank]Latin American Newspapers includes the full text of more than 35 nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American newspapers, featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere.
The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) is the premiere academic institution carrying out surveys of public opinion in the Americas, covering 26 nations in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Each year it publishes dozens of high quality academic studies and policy-relevant papers. The principal focus is on citizens and democracy in Latin America. LAPOP also publishes the AmericasBarometer survey every two years, a multi-country survey of democratic values and behaviors in the Americas. The AmericasBarometer is the most expansive regional survey project in the Western Hemisphere.
Latin American Women WritersLatin American Women Writers is a full text database containing prose, poetry, and plays by women writers from Mexico, Central, and South America from the colonial era to the present. The writings are in their original language (Spanish or Portuguese).  How to Search This Database
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and FictionContains approximately 380 plays and over 67,500 pages of prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States. LALI also includes full-color images of book jackets, brochures and flyers. Documents are available in English, Spanish, and Italian. Coverage ranges from 1872 to present.  How to Search This Database
Learning Express offers access to a wide variety of test preparation and skill building resources. For elementary students to adult learners, Learning express offers ebooks, online courses and scored practice exams. Topics include computer basics, occupational practice tests and graduate school entrance exams. First time users will need to register.
Legal POWERSEARCHSearches the following databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete, Essay & General Literature Index, Legal Collection.  How to Search This Database
Matthew Arnold was the preeminent poet/critic of the second half of the nineteenth century. This digital edition represents the most comprehensive and assiduously annotated collection of his correspondence available. It is fully searchable and includes both a linked index and a complete chronological listing of almost 4,000 of his letters.
Lexis-Nexis is an index to a wide variety of local, state, national, and international newspapers. Lexis-Nexis also contains business and industry newspapers, company information, SEC filings and reports, and accounting literature. The legal research section of Lexis-Nexis contains federal and state court decisions, federal and state codes, and articles from law reviews. How to Search This Database
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LexisNexis Statistical
(now ProQuest Statistical Insight)		ProQuest Statistical Insight is a full-text database containing thousands of statistical charts and tables derived from federal and state government agencies, international bodies, and private organizations. ProQuest Statistical Insight's content is quite broad and includes demographic data as well as data about crime, economics, health, education, labor, and the environment. Older paper copies of these indexes (American Statistical Index, the Index to International Statistics, and the Statistical Reference Index) are available on microfiche for 1974-2000 in the Microform Index Area.  How to Search This Database
LexisNexis Statistical Datasets
(now ProQuest Statistical Datasets)		Resource for building statistical tables from over 100 licensed and public domain datasets. "ProQuest Statistical Datasets is a Web-based research solutions tool that provides fast and easy access to 1.5 billion data points from licensed and public domain datasets within an easy-to-use interface. With this dynamic new tool, you can scan the contents of over 530 datasets, select subjects and variables of interest, and view your data in side-by-side tables and charts."   How to Search This Database
Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) is an international index of information sciences articles. LISA indexes over 440 periodicals from at least 68 countries and includes articles in more than 20 languages. The index starts in 1969.  How to Search This Database
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (LibraryLit) is an index and full-text source of library and information science-related materials. It indexes over 400 English and foreign-language periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, library school theses, and books, dating back to 1984. In addition, it provides cover-to-cover full-text of articles from over 155 journals, dating back to 1997.
Searches the following databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete, Book Review Digest Plus, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA), Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts.  How to Search This Database
Library, Information Science & Technology AbstractsLibrary and Information Science Abstracts (LISTA) is an international index of information sciences articles. LISTA indexes over 440 periodicals from at least 68 countries and includes articles in more than 20 languages. The index starts in 1969. Many full-text articles are included.   How to Search This Database
Linguistics & Language Behavior AbstractsAn international index to journals, books, dissertations, and reports about language, linguistics, speech, communications and related topics. The index starts in 1973. Each document in Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts contains a summary. How to Search This Database
Linguistics POWERSEARCHSearches all of the following databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete,  Humanities Abstracts, MLA International Bibliography.  How to Search This Database
The Listener was a weekly publication, established by the BBC in 1929 as the medium for reproducing radio - and later, television - programs in print. With major contributors including E. M. Forster, George Orwell and Bertrand Russell, it also provided an important platform for new writers and poets, W. H. Auden, Sylvia Plath and Philip Larkin being notable examples. As well as expanding on the intellectual broadcasts of the week, The Listener also discussed major literary and musical programs and regularly reviewed new books.   How to Search This Database
Searches all of the following databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete, Book Review Digest Plus, Essay & General Literature Index, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities International Index, MLA International Bibliography, America: History & Life, Historical Abstracts.
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Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors. LRC also has access to full-text critical essays on major authors from more than 260 journals. Other products available in LRC are explications and overviews of prominent literary works; links to websites focusing on major authors and their works; timeline events to help place literature in its historical and social context, including author portraits; and a guide to writing a Modern Language Association-style research paper.  How to Search This Database
  



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