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	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) Gale's Literary Index Online index to more than 130 literary criticism and literary biography reference sets. Hekman owns many of these reference sets (up to 2008) in print in the Reference Collection; read the full annotation to see a list of the sets owned by the library (with call numbers). Online full-text access is also available for a number of these titles (selected coverage from 1998-current) through the database Literature Resource Center. View: Online Annotation LexisNexis Academic LexisNexis Academic is an extensive set of full-text electronic databases of news, business, company, and legal information. It contains major archives of federal and state case law, media transcripts, and other full-text material. For more information consult the LexisNexis Academic help documents and/or search tutorial. View: Online MLA International Bibliography The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. MLA International Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers. Subscription to the MLA International Bibliography also includes access to the MLA Directory of Periodicals database. View: Online Annotation


	Reference Materials Dictionary of German Biography (DGB) - CT759 .D4813 2001 The DGB is a complete and comprehensive reference work with biographies of some 55,000 people from the German-speaking world. View: In Print Annotation Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture - DD290.26 .E53 1999 From the extensive overview articles of up to 2,000 words, to the shorter factual entries, the encyclopedia is thoroughly cross-referenced and includes useful further reading suggestions, along with a comprehensive index. View: In Print Annotation Encyclopedia of German Literature - PT91 .E53 2000 Includes topical essays, author entries with biographies and works lists, works entries with information on critical editions, and English-language translations. View: In Print Annotation Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia - DD157 .M43 2001 View: In Print Oxford Companion to German Literature - PT41 .G3 1997 This book covers literature from German-speaking countries from the eighth century through the mid-1990s. View: In Print Annotation Platt Duutsch = Low German: A Brief History of the People and Language - PF5606 .S76 1998 This book traces the development of Platt through European history and shows its relationship to other Germanic languages. View: In Print Annotation


	Web Sources Intute: Arts and Humanities A major UK web portal for the finest Arts and Humanities web resources for education and research. More than 18,000 sites have been selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists and made available through an intuitive search interface. View: Online


	Periodicals ejournal locator (SFX) The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. View: Online Annotation Monatshefte Monatshefte offers scholarly articles dealing with the language and literature of German-speaking countries and with cultural matter which has literary or linguistic significance. View: Online Annotation

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