Language & Literature Databases

Academic Search Premier - funded by the New Jersey State library, it provides full-text for nearly 3,180 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

Bloom's Literary Reference Online - Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.

Contemporary Authors - provides access to current biographical and bibliographical data on modern authors.

Discovering Collection - a comprehensive reference database for the study of literature, history, science, biography and social sciences.

Informe is a Spanish language full-text database containing articles from popular Spanish and bilingual periodical/reference materials. Funded by the New Jersey State Library.

JerseyClicks - is the NJ statewide portal of full-text databases from the NJ State Library, the New Jersey Network, and with funds from the Library Services and Technology Act. In addition to health, history, business and other databases, is Informe, a Spanish language full-text database containing articles from popular Spanish and bilingual periodical/reference materials. To access Jersey Clicks from off campus, enter your library card number when prompted (barcode on the back of your Caldwell student ID).

Lexis-Nexis Academic - provides access to a wide range of news from English and non-English sources, business, legal, and medical information. Contains the full text for most of the articles.

Literature Resource Center - provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. All full-text articles.

LRC: Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive full-text literary reference database which provides users with a broad spectrum of information from antiquity to the present day. LRC combines information from books, monographs, major literary encyclopedias, and literary journals. Funded by the New Jersey State Library.

MLA International Bibliography - contains bibliographic records pertaining to literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Covers journals, monographs, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats. Contains citations only.

Omni Full-Text - a cross-disciplinary database which combines and searches Education Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Business Abstracts, and Social Science Abstracts. Contains the full text for some articles.

The Oxford English Dictionary - The Oxford English Dictionary is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of the English language.

Proquest Research Library - a general interest database covering popular to scholarly journals. Contains the full text for some of the articles.

SIRS - SIRS Government Reporter contains current and historic government documents, directories and almanacs. SIRS Renaissance contains current perspectives on the arts and humanities. SIRS Researcher contains selected articles from popular journals and newspapers regarding current social issues, health, science, and business.