LibGuides: World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Resources: Find Articles

Article Databases from Tredway Library

For journal articles, book chapters, and/or reviews:

Many of the databases below contain material in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, and/or Swedish. On the advanced search screen, or in your results list, look for an option to limit by language.

MLA International Bibliography
What's included?
*Bibliography of resources covering literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts
Historical Abstracts
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present
Bibliography of Asian Studies
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to Asian Studies

Clase & Periodica
A database of 2,600 scholarly journals from 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and published in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English. These journals specialize in science, technology, the social sciences, and the humanities.
Subject areas: World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; History; Political Science
PRISMA
PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas) is a comprehensive reference resource providing full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America, and the Caribbean Basin. PRISMA features Spanish, Portuguese and English language content. Articles examine all aspects of Hispanic Studies, from research on indigenous cultures past and present to current economic indicators, politics and society, and Hispanic theatre. Coverage includes Anthropology, Business and Economics, History, Literature, Political Science and Sociology.
Subject areas: Anthropology; World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; History; Political Science; Sociology & WGS

JSTOR
What's included?
*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
Academic Search Ultimate
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources relating to multiple subject areas
*Access to articles in the journal Science from 1990 to the present
Project MUSE
What's included?
*Full access to the Humanities Collection

For international news articles:

Nexis Uni and NewsBank index articles from news organizations--English- and non-English-language--across the globe. For Nexis Uni, in addition to a keyword search, try the "Country Info" option under "Guided Search." For NewsBank, try a heading under the "International Studies" button or the "Map Search" feature. Results can be limited by language, geography, and publication in which the article appeared.

Nexis Uni
What's included?
*Full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources
*Company Dossier containing company information
*Shepard's Citations service for all federal and state court cases from 1789 to the present
**To access Nexis Uni from off-campus, you must first register (create an account) while on campus.

NewsBank
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues including 12,000 total sources with 300+ Illinois publications and 200 countries represented along with diverse news media such as trade journals, video, audio files, broadcast transcripts.