Oxford Art
Oxford Art Online is the access point for Grove Art Online, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships and a digital image search.
Oxford Art
Oxford Art Online is the access point for Grove Art Online, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships and a digital image search.
Literature
- Gale Literature Resource CenterA literature database combining biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism). Draws from Gale Group's core literary databases including Contemporary authors, Dictionary of literary biography, and Contemporary literary criticism. Provides additional search capability for Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of literature and Gale literary index.
Literature
- Gale Literature Resource CenterA literature database combining biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism). Draws from Gale Group's core literary databases including Contemporary authors, Dictionary of literary biography, and Contemporary literary criticism. Provides additional search capability for Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of literature and Gale literary index.
African-American History
- Oxford African American studies centerComprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. 8,000+ articles by top scholars, 1,750+ images, 300+ primary sources, commentaries, maps, charts, tables, biographies, encyclopedias...
African-American History
- Oxford African American studies centerComprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. 8,000+ articles by top scholars, 1,750+ images, 300+ primary sources, commentaries, maps, charts, tables, biographies, encyclopedias...
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- Reference UniverseA searchable database of back-of-the-book indexes to subject encyclopedias and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas. Search the contents of more than 6,000 reference titles.
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Looking for subject encyclopedias on different or on narrower subjects? Try this database:
- Reference UniverseA searchable database of back-of-the-book indexes to subject encyclopedias and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas. Search the contents of more than 6,000 reference titles.
Specialized Reference Works
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History by Call Number: Online and Olin Reference (Non-Circulating) E185 .E54 2006ISBN: 0028973453Publication Date: 20065-vol. work covering all aspects of African-American life. Using biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces -- many by the foremost scholars in the field -- it addresses a wide array of subjects in more than 2,300 articles to fully define in one source the history, cultural roots and current condition of the African-American community.
Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history by Call Number: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
E169.1 .E624x 2001ISBN: 0684805618Publication Date: 2001v. 1. Historical periods, Early America, 1771-1838, 1838-1877, 1878-1912, 1913-1940 -- v. 2. Historical periods, 1941-1959, 1960-1980, 1981-2000, peoples, places, God & nature, political order -- v. 3. Economic order, social order, knowledge, the arts, methods, index.
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society by Call Number: Olin Reference (Non-Circulating)
HQ767.84 .E53x 2003 (3 vols.) and onlineISBN: 0028657144Publication Date: 1905-06-01This three-volume set presents the social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present. "Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society examines this history through articles on education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system and social welfare. Comparative articles include information about childhood in cultures throughout the world. Features 250 photographs representing the visual images of childhood.
Faces Around the World by Call Number: Uris Library (Circulating) QM535 .D46 2012ISBN: 9781598846171Publication Date: 2012-02-01"This book provides a comprehensive examination of the human face, providing fascinating information from biological, cultural, and social perspectives"
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 0801880106Publication Date: 2004-11-03Also in print: Olin Reference (Non-Circulating) PN81 .J554 2005
While concentrating on the explosion of contemporary critical and theoretical works, the Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of ideas and individuals ranging from Plato and Aristotle to twentieth-century scholars. It includes entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Encyclopedia of Life Writing by Call Number: Olin Reference (Non-Circulating) CT21 .E53 2001ISBN: 157958232XPublication Date: 2001-08-01Explores not only autobiography and biography proper, but also letters, diaries, memoirs, family histories, case histories, and other ways in which individual lives have been recorded and structured. It includes entries on genres and subgenres, national and regional traditions from around the world, and important auto-biographical writers, as well as articles on related areas such as oral history, anthropology, testimonies, and the representation of life stories in non-verbal art forms.
Enslaved Women in America by Call Number: Olin E443 .E57 2012 +ISBN: 9780313349089Publication Date: 2012-06-01Slavery in the history of the United States continues to loom large in our national consciousness, and the role of women in this dark chapter of the American past is largely under-examined. This is the first encyclopedia to focus on the daily experiences and roles of female slaves in the United States, from colonial times to official abolition provided by the 13th amendment to the Constitution in 1865.
Contains 100 entries written by a range of experts and covering all aspects of daily life. Topics include culture, family, health, labor, resistance, and violence. Arranged alphabetically by entry, this unique look at history features life histories of lesser-known African American women, including Harriet Robinson Scott, the wife of Dred Scott, as well as more notable figures.
The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory by Call Number: Olin Reference (Non-Circulating) PN81 .E435 2011ISBN: 1405183128Publication Date: 2011-01-25Arranged in three volumes covering Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the present, and Cultural Theory, this encyclopedia provides accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory. With explanations of complex terms and important theoretical concepts, and summaries of the work and ideas of key figures, it is a highly informative reference work for a multi-disciplinary readership. Provides explanations of complex terms, important theoretical concepts, and tools for critical analysis; summaries of the work and ideas of key figures such as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Slavoj.
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas by Call Number: Online and Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating) CB9 .N49 2005aISBN: 0684313774Publication Date: 2005An essential tool to make the often complex history of "what we think" accessible to students and general readers. Brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society. A distinguished team of international scholars explore new thinking in areas previously covered (communism, linguistics, physics) and present cross-cultural perspectives on more recent topics such as postmodernism, deconstruction and post-colonialism.
