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Indexes that primarily cover the subject "American Studies"

America: History and Life Authentication Required
Coverage: 1964 - present
This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
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Anthropology Plus Authentication Required
Coverage: Late 19th century - present, updated quarterly.
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK.
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Art Full Text Authentication Required
Coverage: 1997 - (full text) and 1984 - (abstracts)
Art Full Text, produced by The HW Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world.
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ArtBibliographies Modern Authentication Required
Coverage: 1974 - present
Index and abstracts of articles from periodical articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and index entries for dissertations.
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index Authentication Required
Coverage: 1975 - present
AHCI covers arts and humanities, including archaeology, architecture, area studies, art, classics, dance, film, folklore, history, language and linguistics, literature and literary reviews, music, philosophy, poetry, radio and television, religion and theology, and theater. Indexes articles, book reviews, performance reviews, fiction, poetry, editorials, letters, etc.
Location: Wilson Library (3rd floor) Quarto AI3 .A63 Non-Circulating
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ATLA Religion Database Authentication Required
Coverage: 1949 - present
A limited number of periodicals are available as full text in this database, some going back as far as 1949.
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Authentication Required
Coverage: 1930s - present, updated daily
Recognized as one of the world's leading databases of the architectural literature.
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Business Source Premier Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies By Title
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
Business Source Premier database includes both scholarly journals and periodicals for practitioners.
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Communication and Mass Media Complete Authentication Required
A comprehensive resource for articles relating to various forms of communication, Communication and Mass Media Complete provides journal articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more.
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EconLit Authentication Required
Coverage: January 1969 - present, updated quarterly.
Contains bibliographic citations and selected abstracts to the professional and scholarly literature in the field of economics and allied disciplines, including journals, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings and dissertations.
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Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective Authentication Required
Coverage: 1906 - 1983
Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective searches nearly 1200 of the most important journals in these subject areas.
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LexisNexis Congressional Authentication Required
Coverage: 1789 - present; updated daily/monthly
Provides easy to use and comprehensive access to US legislative information.
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LexisNexis Government Periodicals Authentication Required
Coverage: 1988-present
Provides bibliographical information about articles in US government periodicals in all fields, and provides links to the web sites for most of the titles.
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MLA International Bibliography Authentication Required
Coverage: 1926 - present
Indexes scholarship on English and American Literature, folklore, language and linguistics, and dramatic arts.
Location: Wilson Reference Quarto PB6 .M61x
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PAIS International Authentication Required
Coverage: Coverage dates 1972 - present (abstracts from 1985 - present)
Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide.
Location: Wilson Reference Quarto H1.A3 P82x
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PCI: Periodicals Contents Index Authentication Required
Coverage: 18th Century - early 1990s
This title has changed its name to Periodicals Index Online.
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PsycINFO Authentication Required
Coverage: 1872 - present, updated monthly
Covers all areas of psychology.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (included in Web of Science) Authentication Required
Coverage: 1975 - present, updated weekly.
Covers the social sciences, including anthropology, history, industrial relations, information science and library science, law, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, political science, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, substance abuse, urban studies, and women's studies.
Provides bibliographic citations, plus author abstracts "for approximately 60% of the articles in the database." Each citation also includes a list of references cited in the source article.
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Sociological Abstracts Authentication Required
Coverage: 1963 - present, updated monthly
Updated bimonthly, this core database for the field of sociology contins information on sociology and social policy worldwide.
Location: Print Version: Quarto HM1 .S67 (1952/53-present) WILSON Reference
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Authentication Required
Coverage: 1975 - present
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000.
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Other Indexes that may include resources for "American Studies"

Academic Search Premier Authentication Required
Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index Authentication Required
A comprehensive index to more than 12 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering over 4 million contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
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CQ Public Affairs Collection Authentication Required
Coverage: 1972 - present
This database includes historic documents and primary source materials, CQ reports and analyses of public policy issues, bibliographies, chronologies, statistical information, and directory listings for government, nonprofit, and private organizations in major policy areas such as agriculture, business, education, environment, health, international relations, justice, media, national security, and social welfare.
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LexisNexis Academic Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies by title.
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference.
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LexisNexis Statistical Authentication Required
Index to statistical publications from US and state government agencies, international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, and universities.
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LitFINDER Authentication Required
LitFINDER provides either the full text or a citation to a print source in which to read any of 125,000 poems, 5000 stories, 2800 essays, 1000 plays, and 1800 speeches, with new material added regularly.
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New York Times Index (via 19th Century Masterfile)
Coverage: 1863 - 1906

Nineteenth Century Masterfile Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies, primarily 19th century
Current Contents of 19th Century Masterfile:

Series I: Multi-Title Periodical Indexes
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Index to Legal Periodical Literature (Jones and Chipman), Catalogue of Scientific Papers, the Religion Index and more.
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ProQuest Newsstand Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies by newspaper
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
ProQuest Newsstand provides indexing and abstracting for 150 full-text titles, plus another 200 regional news sources.
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Readers Guide Retrospective Authentication Required
Coverage: 1890 - 1982
The database allows for searching the records of a century (1890-1982) of popular magazine coverage, reflecting the history of the 20th century America and its evolving attitudes and cultures.
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Television News Archive Authentication Required
Coverage: 1968 -
The Television News Archive available from Vanderbilt University, is an index to more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, and NBC (August 1968 - present), and CNN daily news (1995 - present).
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