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From the Oxford English Dictionary.

Modern Languages

1. pl. Living or modern-day languages (often contrasted with ancient languages, esp. classical Latin and Greek) as a subject of study; spec. the modern European languages, esp. French and German, as a subject of study.

2. Any one of these languages.

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Albertsons Library provides access to over 230 research databases and indexes via its "Articles, Databases" link on the library's homepage: http://library.boisestate.edu

We have created several subject-specific lists of databases germane to your topic. The following databases cover the spectrum of Modern Languages & Literatures research and scholarship: 

Basque Database

• Created at the Basque Studies Library at the University of Nevada, Reno.
• Access to information about Basque topics written or produced after 1994.
• Topics include culture and society, literature, language, women, feminism and gender studies, history, philosophy & religion, music and the arts.

ChicanoDatabase

• Comprehensive bibliographic resource covering the Mexican-American, Chicano and the broader Latino experience.
• Includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database, covering psychological, sociological and educational literature.
• ndex; the Chicana Studies Index: Twenty Years of Gender Research, 1971-1991; and Hispanic Mental Health Research: A Reference Guide, covering 1920-1980 .

Ethnic NewsWatch

• An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.
• This current database begins its coverage in 1990. 

Fuente Académica

• Collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain.
• All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion, and sociology.
• Updated on a weekly basis and currently offers the full text for more than 450 publications from 18 countries. 

HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) online

• Over 275,000 journal article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
• Provides over 60,000 links to the full text of articles appearing in more than 600 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. 

Literary Index

• Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale.
• Combines and cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source.

MLA International Bibliography

• The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
• Electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers.
• International coverage is represented by literature from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America, and while the majority of records are from English-language publications, at least sixty other languages are represented including French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Interdisciplinary databases:

Academic search premier

• Full text articles available
• Cross-discipline scholarly database

Essay and Literature Index

• 65,000 essays contained in some 5,300 anthologies and collections
• 300 single and multi-author collections are indexed annually
• Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, art history, drama, and film.

JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive

• Full text articles available
• Cross-discipline scholarly database

ProQuest Dissertations

• Comprehensive collection of multidisciplinary dissertations and theses

SAGE Premier

• Cross-discipline scholarly database

This screencast shows you how to start your article search using the 230+ research databases avialable to you at the Albertsons Library. Access to these databases from home/office will require you to login using your BroncoWeb ID and password.

Since there are so many different online resources to begin your search, consider starting it by asking someone at the reference desk for assistance. We can help you make informed decisions as to the best way to utilize these resrouces for your research.

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