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is a multi-disciplinary database containing full text journals in disciplines such as History, Economics, Asian Studies, Classics, Archeology, Ecology, Education, Finance, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population, Sociology, and Statistics as well as core titles in African, Latin American, Slavic, and Middle Eastern studies. The journals are complete runs, starting with the first issue through the most recent year that has been digitized so far.

The Literature Resource Center provides researchers access to biographical, bibliographical and contextual information from the Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literacy Criticism Select databases. Also available are more than 285,000 full-text journal articles, 38,000 critical essays, 122,000 author biographies, and the Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature.

This site holds a selection of poems from a number of authors. Sound recordings of readings of select poems are available under Звуки поэзии--литературный аудио архив (Sounds of poetry--literary audio archive), found on the right side of the screen.

The Russian Dictionary Tree is a computer-based, on-screen dictionary of contemporary Russian with English definitions, glosses and comments. It is a reference and learning tool for all users of Russian, from a student with only basic knowledge of the language to an individual proficient enough to write in Russian.