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  • Newspaper Resource

This database contains the full text of many 19th and 20th-century Latin American newspapers, including Spanish, Portuguese and English titles from North and South America.

The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) contains high quality surveys of the democratic values, opinions and behaviors of citizens in the Americas, including North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
  • E-book Resource

This full text database contains prose, poetry, memoirs, and essays by women writers from Mexico, Central, and South America. Materials are presented in their original language (Spanish or Portuguese). With coverage spanning from the colonial era to the present, it is a vast resource of feminist literature and feminine perspective during the development of an entire continent.

  • E-book Resource
  • Audio Streaming Resource

Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction (LALI) is comprised of hundreds of plays and more than 100,000 pages of fiction and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States. Documents are available in their original language. A considerable quantity of rare or previously unpublished works may also be found here, in addition to supplementary materials like playbills, book covers, photographs, and audio files.

  • Access not available for Community Users
LearningExpress offers access to a variety of test preparation and skill building resources. From elementary students to adult learners, LearningExpress offers ebooks, online courses and scored practice exams. Topics include computer basics, occupational practice tests and graduate school entrance exams. First time users will need to register.
Searches following databases simultaneously: Legal Collection, and Legal Information Reference Center.
This digital edition represents the most comprehensive collection of correspondence of 19th century poet and critic Matthew Arnold. It is fully searchable and includes both a linked index and a complete chronological listing of thousands of his letters.
The LGBT Magazine Archive features periodicals related to LGBT+ interests and chronicles more than 60 years of the community’s history, culture, and arts. Noted publications include Gay Times and The Advocate, which is the oldest surviving continuously published title of its type in the United States. More specialist magazines and newsletters are also included and are digitized from cover to cover in full color with coverage dating back to 1954. There is also subject material related to sociology, political science, psychology, health, and the arts.
  • E-book Resource
  • Audio Streaming Resource
  • Access not available for Community Users
Alternate Name(s):Overdrive

The OverDrive collection contains thousands of popular ebooks and audiobooks available for reading in your web browser or for download using the Libby app on any iOS (Apple App Store) or Android (Google Play) device. Titles span a variety of bestselling and leisure reading genres: science fiction and fantasy, mysteries, thrillers, romance, self-improvement, self-help, history, true crime, LGBTQA+, and much more.

After installing the Libby app on your device, add “University of Texas at Dallas” as your library. For more help with the Libby app, see the Libby Help page.

Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) indexes hundreds of international periodicals about all aspects of librarianship, library users, and the retrieval and management of information.
This database contains cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting of hundreds of library and information science periodicals, many of which are available in full text. Subject coverage includes librarianship, information retrieval and management, censorship, copyright, and more.
  • Newspaper Resource

This comprehensive archive begins with the first issue in November 1936 through December 2000. Published by Time Magazine, this periodical covered events with the United States and around the world through informative captions and documentary photography. Database Includes fully indexed articles and cover pages. In addition, advertisements are individually identified.

This database abstracts and indexes international journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers in the field of language sciences including the subjects of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
This searches all of the following databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete and MLA International Bibliography.
  • Video Streaming Resource
  • Access not available for Community Users
Alternate Name(s):Lynda

Update: LinkedIn Learning will remain as a resource for the UTD campus through the 2025 calendar year. For questions, please contact davin.pate@utdallas.edu.

LinkedIn Learning is now available to all currently enrolled students as well as current UT Dallas faculty and staff. This service is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. With over 12,000 courses and an average of 60 courses added per month there is something for everyone.

Developed as the medium for reproducing broadcasts, The Listener was the weekly newspaper published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It included additional discussion of the news of the day, reviews of literature and music, and more. This complete archive is a chronicle of cultural history and the progression of radio and television in the twentieth century.
  • E-book Resource

This database contains hundreds of volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts in a variety of subjects including epic and lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy, history, philosophy, theology, oratory, and more. Greek and Latin Classical heritage is represented here with up-to-date texts and English translations. Users may browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content.

  • Newspaper Resource

Description: This crucial resource documents the history of the Los Angeles African American community. Access news articles, photographs, advertisements, obituaries, cartoons, and more available as downloadable PDFs. The paper covers the years 1934 - 2010. For current Los Angeles Sentinel content, please see ProQuest Global Newsstream.

  • Newspaper Resource

The Los Angeles Times informs readers of the latest news from the Los Angeles area, the nation, and the world. Content is updated daily and is thoroughly indexed.

  • Newspaper Resource

Access the archives of the award-winning Los Angeles Times with its unique coverage of Southern California and the American West. News articles, photographs, advertisements, cartoons, and more are available as full-page scans in PDF format. For current Los Angeles Times content, please see ProQuest Global Newsstream.

  • Newspaper Resource

Frank L. Stanley, Sr. was the senior editor and publisher of the Louisville Defender for 38 years. This African-American newspaper includes first-hand coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr, desegregation, equal job opportunities, and local civil rights leader protests. Frank L. Stanley, Sr., was senior editor and publisher for the paper for 38 years.

  • E-book Resource

Collection of earth science literature; includes the Journal of the Geological Society, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, the Society's Memoir series, Special publications series, and the Engineering geology special publications series.

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