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Credo Reference

features encyclopedia and other references sources - a good starting point for getting background information and a big-picture overview of your topic


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Academic Search Complete

scholarly and peer-reviewed journals - a good choice for most topics

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Gale Ebooks: Virtual Reference Library

access to online reference books about business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation & world, and science

Watch Films - English

English - Films on Demand

Drama Online - The National Theatre Collection

Filmed performances of 30 enduring classics, including comedies, Shakespeare, literary adaptations, ancient Greek tragedies, and modern classics.

Literature - Kanopy

Documentaries & feature films about poetry, Shakespeare, European authors, female authors, film adaptations of literary works, and more.

Literature - Academic Video Online (AVON)

Streaming video from well-known producers like BBC, PBS, and History.

Drama Online - The Hollow Crown

An all-star cast performs several of Shakespeare's History plays documenting key decades of British dynastic history: Richard II, Henry IV in two parts, Henry V, Henry VI in two parts and Richard III.

Web Resources - English

Purdue OWL

The Literature Network

JURN

Electric Lit

Poetry Foundation

Project Gutenberg

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