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Bloomsbury Collections This link opens in a new window Ebooks from the following collections: Zed Books Asia Studies Archive, Zed Books Asia Studies 2017-2020, Greenwood Asia Studies 2009-2022. Click "Only Show content which I have full access to" in the left sidebar. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1996-2024.
Elgar Online This link opens in a new window Access to the Essentials in DEI and Accessibility, Essentials in Climate Change, and MBA Essentials collections, as well as over 100 open access titles from many disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Terms of Use. Coverage: 2007-2024.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources from a wide range of disciplines. Terms of Use.
Lived Places Publishing This link opens in a new window A collection of short ebooks exploring the intersection of identity and place. Topics include ethnic, gender, disability, and queer and LGBT+ studies, education, and more. Terms of Use. Coverage: 2023-present.
Routledge Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Chapman’s access includes specific Asian Studies, Communication and Media, Health and Social Care, History, Music, Performance, Philosophy, and Security Studies collections. To access, click a subject in the middle of the page, then check "Full access only". | Terms of Use. Coverage: 2010-2016.

Asian American Drama This link opens in a new window More than 250 plays. Topics include railroad construction, Japanese American internment, the Vietnam conflict, assimilation, integration, and cultural identity in a Western context. Terms of Use. Coverage: Late 19th century-present.
Black Drama: Third Edition This link opens in a new window Contains full text for 1400 plus works from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and African diaspora. Includes rare, hard to find, out of print and previously unpublished plays. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1850-present.
Black Short Fiction and Folklore This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of stories from Africa and the African Diaspora. Additionally, the database includes complete runs of selected literary magazines (e.g. Kyk-Over-Al, The Beacon). Terms of Use
Black Women Writers This link opens in a new window A collection of fiction, poetry, and essays by women from Africa and the African Diaspora on three continents and in 20 countries, providing a view of black womens struggles through time. The database currently features over 50,000 pages of poetry and prose. Terms of Use.
Caribbean Literature This link opens in a new window A searchable collection of literature produced in the region during the 19th and 20th centuries, including hard-to-find works written in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creole languages. Terms of Use. Coverage: 19th century-present.
Latin American Drama This link opens in a new window Contains plays written by Latin American playwrights in the 19th-21st centuries, with the majority of works from the period spanning the Chicano Renaissance to the present day. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1800s-present.
Latin American Women Writers This link opens in a new window Prose, poetry, and drama by women in Mexico, Central America and South America. Includes Latin American feminists and revolutionaries on concerns of women and their struggles in the region. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1837-present.
Latino Literature This link opens in a new window Over 100,000 pages of poetry; fiction; and drama in English and Spanish by Latino/a/x authors in the U.S. Includes unpublished items, Chicano folk tales, and audio files of selected poems and plays. Terms of Use.
North American Indian Drama, 2nd Edition This link opens in a new window Full-text plays from twentieth century American Indian and First Nation playwrights. Many are previously unpublished or hard to find. Represents groups across the United States and Canada. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1930s-present.
South and Southeast Asian Literature This link opens in a new window A collection of English-language literature by diasporic South and Southeast Asian authors. Focuses on the late-colonial and postcolonial eras, and features author interviews and manuscripts. Terms of Use.

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