New E-Resources at Northwestern

Literature Criticism Online

Literature Criticism Online is a database of 10 individual Gale reference titles representing a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres:

Contemporary Literary Criticism
A reference staple! Each volume profiles influential writers via excerpted passages from selected criticism. “An indispensable source for both public and academic libraries.” —ARBA

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers of 1900 to 1999—the era most frequently studied in high schools.

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
Each volume presents overviews of four to eight authors of 1800 through 1899 with chronologically arranged criticism representing the entire range of response to each author.

Shakespeare Criticism
This comprehensive survey of the Bard includes general and specific critical interpretations from the 17th century to the present.

Literature Criticism 1400-1800
This authoritative resource on the greatest writers of the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Restoration eras fulfills a need for information on historical periods, literary trends and topics, and the achievements of noteworthy individuals.

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
As a convenient source of critical opinion on early literature, this series excerpts criticism on the works of philosophers, poets and playwrights, political leaders, scientists and writers from other genres.

Poetry Criticism
Support students and enhance the understanding of poetry lovers with this collection of biographical sketches, author portraits, primary bibliographies and much more.

Short Story Criticism
The most-studied short story writers of yesterday and today are profiled in volumes that deliver a historical survey of the critical response to their work.

Drama Criticism
For each play or playwright featured, a full range of critical opinion is presented, along with a biographical sketch, a chronological list of the writer’s major works and more.

Children’s Literature Review
From Louisa May Alcott to Judy Blume, the most popular and influential authors of the genre are assessed through criticism of their major works.

Al-Qantara

Al-Qanṭara está dedicada a la civilización del Islam clásico (hasta el siglo XVII incluido) con especial atención al Occidente islámico. Se publica en forma de dos fascículos anuales de unas 250 páginas cada uno. Una sección monográfica aparece en el segundo fascículo de cada año. – Publisher’s blurb.

Al-Qanṭara is dedicated to the civilization of the classic Islam (through the 17th century) with special attention to the Islamic West. Each is published in the form of two annual fascicles of 250 pages. A monographic section appears in the second fascicle of every year. – Publisher’s blurb.

Functiones et Approximatio Commentari Mathematici

Functiones et Approximatio, Commentarii Mathematici is a mathematical journal edited by the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of Adam Mickiewicz University since 1974.  The journal publishes original papers in mathematics, with special attention to analysis (in a broad sense) and number theory.  – Publisher’s blurb.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part II – New editions

Northwestern University Library has access to the latest update of the Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part II.

In addition to over 46,000 new works and 6 million pages of material based on the English Short Title Catalogue, ECCO II also provides your institution with a new user interface with a number of new enhancements, some of which are listed below:

• Research Guide section with contextual essays and chronology to serve as a starting point for beginning researchers
• Image Gallery, Most Popular Searches and Key Documents section
• Citation generator and bibliographic citation export functionality
• Expanded download and email features
• Keyword in Context feature from within the results list

Forrester Research : Consumer Market Research

Formerly known as Jupiter Research, Forrester Research expands upon that content.

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology.  Forrester focuses on the business implications of technology change. Uniquely, Forrester guides marketing executives, business strategists, and IT professionals to create a unified technology plan that gains business advantage. – Publisher’s blurb.

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation Plus – NDT Plus

NDT PLUS is a bi-monthly journal which enhances, complements and adds value to the leading nephrology journal NDT.  NDT PLUS is an essential educational and training resource. It publishes practical and clinically orientated content and provides a valuable teaching tool to help inform, guide and improve practice and training for nephrologists. – Publisher’s blurb.

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy explores the shared themes and concerns of philosophy and the medical sciences. Central issues in medical research and practice have important philosophical dimensions, for, in treating disease and promoting health, medicine involves presuppositions about human goals and values. Conversely, the concerns of philosophy often significantly relate to those of medicine, as philosophers seek to understand the nature of medical knowledge and the human condition in the modern world. – Publisher’s blurb.

Public Health Ethics

Public Health Ethics (PHE) is a peer-reviewed international journal with a focus on the systematic analysis of the moral problems that arise in public health and preventive medicine. PHE combines theoretical and practical work from many different fields, notably philosophy, law, and politics, but also epidemiology and the medical sciences. – Publisher’s blurb.

Irish Economic and Social History

Edited by the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, Irish Economic and Social History comprises articles and shorter notes on all aspects of Irish economic and social history from the Middle Ages to the present day; a document – and – sources article; abstracts of recent postgraduate theses; and a bibliography of writings on Irish economic and social history appearing in the previous year. – Publisher’s blurb.

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

An authoritative and comprehensive guide to the major issues, challenges, methods, and approaches of global public health. This encyclopedia will cover all dimensions of the field, from details of specific diseases to the organization of social insurance agencies. A significant percentage of the articles will cover public health aspects of diseases and conditions. – Publisher’s blurb.