An archive of indexed essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. It indexes essays from anthologies and collections covering a wide range of humanities and social sciences disciplines.

Search this digital master index to find coverage of authors and works in products published by Gale. This resource does not contain any full text. Full text may be located in other databases or requested via Interlibrary Loan.

Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements. Provided by NC LIVE.

A full-text literary database providing a complete collection of reference works across all genres and time periods. It contains thousands of poems, short stories, classic novels, plot summaries, critical essays, literary journals, reference books and author biographies, plus lesson plans and literary study guides.

This resource combines an extensive collection of full-text journals with the definitive index for the study and teaching of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric, writing studies, folklore, film, theater, and other dramatic arts.

Full-text literary works, along with sources such as author biographies,critical essays, reviews and interviews. Provided by NC LIVE.

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This database features authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring, significant, and timely issues. This rich online resource helps users investigate controversial topics by framing thoughtful questions, revealing the background story behind the issues and providing scholars' perspectives and analyses, allowing students to formulate educated opinions on hotly debated "gray area" subjects.

Points of View Reference Source covers hundreds of topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

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Find pro/ con essays about social issues and newspaper articles. Provided by NC LIVE.

Launched by Oxford University Press in 1995, Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subjects from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to Islamic History, Economics to Literary Theory.Includes Teacher Resources.

Since the series was launched it has continued to offer new books each year for students and scholars, offering a bridge between reference content and higher academic work. All titles provide intelligent and serious introductions to a range of subjects, written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable

Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion.

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Ebooks from North Carolina publishers and authors. Includes fiction, non fiction and poetry. Provided by NC LIVE.

Find poems written by both American and British authors between 1900-1999. Provided by NC LIVE.

Provides access an open bookshelf of more than 11,000 openly licensed titles available in high-quality epub format. The collection includes classics, contemporary fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and textbooks