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Literature databases for NSU patrons

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  1. 1. Alexander Street LiteratureLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Cross-searchable collection of databases containing literature, drama, and primary texts in postcolonial, black, gender, and regional literatures. It contains more than 3,900 plays and more than 450,000 pages of poetry, fiction, and essays from Africa and its Diaspora, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and other regions.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  2. 2. American Film Scripts OnlineLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Provides accurate and authorized versions of 1008 copyrighted screenplays. Titles include Bringing Up Baby, Network, In the Company of Men, Drugstore Cowboy, Marty, Your Friends and Neighbors, The Thomas Crown Affair, Suspicion, The Shawshank Redemption, Fort Apache, Notorious, and The Last Detail.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  3. 3. Archives UnboundLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level. Collections in Archives Unbound cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Collections are chosen for Archives Unbound based on requests from scholars, archivists, and students.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  4. 4. Asian American DramaLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    This edition of Asian American Drama contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
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  6. 5. Black DramaLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    This edition of Black Drama contains approximately 1200 plays by 201 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  7. 6. Black Short Fiction and FolkloreLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Black Short Fiction is the most comprehensive collection yet created of stories from Africa and the African Diaspora. When complete, it will offer more than 8,000 short stories and folktales, ranging thematically from oral traditions that date back many hundreds of years to contemporary tales of modern life.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  8. 7. Black Thought & CultureLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Provides approximately 100,000 pages of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to the present.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  9. 8. Black Women WritersLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Black Women Writers celebrates the many voices of women from Africa and the African Diaspora. Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and 20 countries, the database gives an unparalleled view of black women's struggles through time.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
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  11. 9. Cambridge CoreLocal access only for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU. - Cambridge University Press
    Cambridge Core includes content from Cambridge Journals Online and Cambridge Books Online under one unified site. E-books include subjects in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Computer Sciences, and Sciences. E-books are presented in full image PDF using Adobe Reader and are supported by all popular browsers for viewing. The Cambridge Core also hosts the NSU Libraries full text journal subscriptions of almost 350 titles.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
  12. 10. Caribbean LiteratureLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Presents fiction and poetry of hundreds of authors in their original language. Also includes manuscripts, archival materials, interviews, photographs, and audio files.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  13. 11. Chicago Manual of Style OnlineLocal access only for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU. - University of Chicago Press
    Chicago Manual of Style Online provides full-text access to the guide's 17th edition. Aside from the full-text, the site contains an extensive FAQ section and additional tools, such as sample letters to editors and a citation quick guide.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
  14. 12. ComicsPlus Full CollectionLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - LibraryPass, Inc.
    ComicsPlus offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of publishers. Explore a diverse selection of titles from ABDO, Andrews McMeel, BOOM! Studios, Capstone, Dark Horse, Europe Comics, Fantagraphics, Humanoids, Image Comics, Kodansha, Lerner, Manga Classics, Papercutz, Tokyopop, TOON Books, UDON Entertainment, Yen Press, and more.
    After logging in, users must create a ComicsPlus Full Collection personal account to use this database and the associated LibraryPass ComicsPlus app. When signing into the app search for Alvin Sherman Library. Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  15. 13. ComicsPlus Kids LibraryLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - LibraryPass, Inc.
    ComicsPlus Kids offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of publishers. Explore a diverse selection of titles from ABDO, Andrews McMeel, BOOM! Studios, Capstone, Dark Horse, Europe Comics, Fantagraphics, Humanoids, Image Comics, Kodansha, Lerner, Manga Classics, Papercutz, Tokyopop, TOON Books, UDON Entertainment, Yen Press, and more.
    After logging in, users must create a ComicsPlus Kids Library personal account to use this database and the associated LibraryPass ComicsPlus app. When signing into the app search for Alvin Sherman Library. Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
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  17. 14. Ebook CentralLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - ProQuest
    Ebook Central is the new platform for accessing the NSU Libraries EBL e-books and former MyiLibrary ebook collections. Subject content includes Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Health & Medicine. E-books are downloadable for offline reading in both PDF and EPUB or can be read online with the e-book viewer.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  18. 15. eBook CollectionLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - EBSCOhost
    e-Book database Ebsco eBook Collection provides full-text e-books and e-audio books in all subject areas. Current collection includes over 50,000 titles. Find e-books and e-audio in all subject areas and over 90 percent of the titles are downloadable. Many titles in this collection are shared with other institutions and have single-use access. Need help downloading ebooks? Try this guide!
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  19. 16. Encyclopedia of Romantic LiteratureLocal access only for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU. - Wiley - Blackwell Publishers
    The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature is an authoritative resource that covers British artistic, literary, and intellectual movements between 1780 and 1830, within the context of European, transatlantic and colonial historical and cultural interaction.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
  20. 17. Essay & General Literature (H.W. Wilson)Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - EBSCOhost
    Citations for essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works. Also provides full citations on collective titles indexed. Emphasis on the humanities and social sciences.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
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  22. 18. Gale Literary IndexLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    Master index to Gale series on literary biography and literary criticism. It indexes author names and titles and provides citations to the print series.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  23. 19. Gale LiteratureLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    This searchable database has a comprehensive collection of literature criticism, biographies, analysis, citations and more from the entire suite of Gale Literary products. The criticism covers all varieties of literature from the 1400s through the current.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  24. 20. Gale Literature CriticismLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    Presents a wide range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Includes criticism of drama, short stories, Shakespeare, classics, children's literature, and Western literature from the 1400's to the present.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  25. 21. Gale Literature Resource CenterLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    Provides bibliographies and critical analyses of authors from various literary disciplines. Features primary works in a variety of genres, up-to-date analysis, biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  26. 22. Gale Literature: Dictionary of Literary BiographyLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    Over 16,000 biographical and critical essays on predominantly American and British authors from all eras and genres.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  27. 23. Gale Literature: LitFinder - Florida Electronic Library ResourceLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    International in scope, LitFinder covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content. This includes approximately 140,000 full-text poems, 800,000 poem citations and excerpts, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays, 2,000 full-text speeches and 1,700 full-text plays. It also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs and a glossary.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  28. 24. Gale Literature: Scribner Writer SeriesLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    Includes Scribner literature titles that focus on different aspects of world and genre literature. Titles include African Writers, Latin American Writers, Ancient Writers, and more. Covers authors from the late 19th century to the present. Genre titles include Mystery and Suspense Writers, Science Fiction Writers, Writers for Young Adults, and more.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  29. 25. Gale Literature: Something About the AuthorLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    Provides comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. The collection also includes the Something About the Author Autobiography Series.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
  30. 26. Gale Literature: Twayne’s Author SeriesLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Gale Cengage Learning
    Provides in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers of the world within the context of the time period in which they lived. Features the content of more than 600 books from the print series United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors. Users can search for a specific author, combine search criteria for a more complex search, or explore thematic and chronological topics.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
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  32. 27. Irish Women Poets of the Romantic PeriodLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period includes more than 80 volumes of poetry by approximately 50 Irish women writing between 1768 and 1842.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
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  34. 28. JSTORLocal access only for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU. - JSTOR
    Full-text articles from scholarly journals are available (from Volume 1 to issues published 2-5 years ago) in the arts, business, humanities, literature, social sciences, general science, mathematics and statistics
    To view full-text PDF articles, you must allow popups for this site. Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
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  36. 29. KanopyLocal access only for NSU. Remote access only for NSU. - Kanopy
    Kanopy is a video streaming database featuring more than 60,000 films. Subjects covered in our collection include the Arts, Business, Education, Global Studies & Language, Media & Communications, and the Social Sciences. Films range from documentaries, indie and foreign films, classics and blockbuster movies. Download the Kanopy app from the Apple App Store or Google Play store. Users must create an account to use as a login for the mobile app.
    Local access only for NSU. Remote access only for NSU.
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  38. 30. Latin American Woman WritersLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Latin American Women Writers is an extensive searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Also included are essays by Latin American feminists and revolutionaries, who address both the universal concerns of women in every age and the distinctive issues of their struggles in the region.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  39. 31. Latino LiteratureLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Latino Literature includes over 100,000 pages of poetry, short fiction, novels, and more than 450 plays written by authors of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central American, and South American descent living in the United States. The majority of works are in English, but approximately 25% of the collection is presented in Spanish. It also includes more than 6,000 pages of bilingual text and many Spanglish works.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
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  41. 32. MIT Press D20Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni. - MIT Press D2O
    Collection of Open Access (OA) ebooks from MIT Press on business, arts and humanities, education, computers and engineering, medicine, psychology, political science, social sciences and science.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
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  43. 33. New York Times, The (Online)Local access only for NSU. Remote access only for NSU. - The New York Times
    Online version of The New York Times includes all articles, features, interviews, columns, obituaries, audio/video/images, and multimedia since site was launched in 1996 (no crosswords). Also includes some content from 1851 to the present and content from pre-1981 is growing. The New York Times is a critical source of journalism for politics, finance, health, science, the arts, sports, and fashion in the U.S. and abroad. Mobile apps available for multiple devices, including Apple, Android, Kindle, Windows, and Blackberry. Personal registration is required for using this resource. For additional help with activating your account please see this video tutorial. For help using New York Times on mobile devices see this guide!
    Local access only for NSU. Remote access only for NSU.
  44. 34. North American Indian DramaLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    This first release of North American Indian Drama contains 93 plays by 18 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes the Native Playwrights' Newsletter, a unique resource, containing a wealth of original essays, articles, photographs, interviews, reviews, and production information related to the plays.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  45. 35. North American Theatre OnlineLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Provides in-depth detail records for more than 10,000 plays, including many previously unpublished works by major authors; more than 1,000 playbills, posters, photographs, and related theatrical ephemera; and 40,000-plus pages of in-copyright reference texts.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  46. 36. North American Women's DramaLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    This edition of North American Women's Drama contains 1,517 plays by 330 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
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  48. 37. Project MuseLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni. - Johns Hopkins University Press
    Full-text ebooks and journals from scholarly journals and publishers in the humanities and social sciences, including arts, history, literature, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and more. All ebooks and journals are fully integrated for search and discovery.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU Broward and Alumni.
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  50. 38. Salem PressLocal access only for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU. - Salem Press
    Salem Press provides ebooks for broad informational and educational purposes only. Readers will discover a wealth of information in the following subjects: history, health, environmental sciences, and literature. Find critical reviews for fiction, primary source documents from History and biographies. The platform includes access to Magill's Literary Annual from 1977 to present.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
  51. 39. Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic PeriodLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    In addition to 60 volumes of Romantic poetry composed by Scottish women, the database includes extensive contemporary critical reviews and numerous scholarly essays specially commissioned for the project.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  52. 40. South and Southeast Asian LiteratureLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    South and Southeast Asian Literature is a searchable collection of fiction and poetry written in English by authors from South and Southeast Asia and their Diasporas. Focusing on works composed during the late-colonial and postcolonial eras, the collection will also feature author interviews and manuscript materials that will shed additional light on the rich literary heritage and emerging traditions of this region.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
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  54. 41. Theatre in VideoLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    Contains performances of the world's leading plays and more than 100 film documentaries.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
  55. 42. Twentieth Century North American DramaLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - Alexander Street Press
    This edition of Twentieth Century North American Drama contains 1,386 plays by 209 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
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  57. 43. University of California Press JournalsLocal access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users. - University of California Press
    University of California Press Journals contains access to 31 peer reviewed publications covering humanities and the social sciences.
    Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.

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