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Bleil: Keyword Assignment

Select a Term or Concept

Keywords for African American Studies

Keywords for American Cultural Studies, 3e

Keywords for Asian American Studies

Keywords for Children's Literature, 2e

Keywords for Comics Studies

Keywords for Disability Studies

Keywords for Environmental Studies

Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies

Keywords for Health Humanities

Keywords for Latina/o Studies

Keywords for Media Studies

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Oxford English Dictionary
Guide to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Search for a broad subject that covers your term. For example, medical AND dictionary, or health AND encyclopedia.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Search your term or concept to get full-text encyclopedia entries.

Popular & Scholarly Articles

Gale Power Search This link opens in a new window
Simplifies browsing through Gale's publications and documents in one platform.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Search the majority of our ProQuest databases at one time. Subjects include the arts, business, health & medicine, history, literature, science & technology, and social sciences.

List of Databases
A-Z list of the library's databases. Filter the list by subject as well as by database type (articles, books, standards, etc.)

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search across many disciplines and sources for scholarly articles, theses, books, abstracts, patents and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other reputable websites.

Books

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Use this to search your term or concept to get a list of books, etc. in our collection. You can also use this to search for book titles listed in the Works Cited of the essay on your term or concept.

Google Books
Use this to search your term or concept to get a list of books that may include free previews or full-text. You can also use this to search for book titles listed in the Works Cited of the essay on your term or concept and get a copy through Madigan Library.