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Contains hundred hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
Category: Theatre & Dance
Material Type: Audio and Visual
Access: On & Off Campus
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Electronic Spanish dictionary.
Category: Foreign Language & Literatures
Material Type: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Access: Thompas Cooper Library Only
Coverage: 21st Edition
Notes: CD-ROM available on stand-alone computer in Thomas Cooper Library only. Ask at Reference Desk for assistance with CD-ROM 06. Print version is available in Thomas Cooper Library at Call Number PC 4625 .A3 1992b.

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Provides biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.  Comprised of Dictionary of Literary Biography, Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, and Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series.
Category: Comparative Literature, English Literature, Theatre & Dance
Material Type: Biographies, Reference Sources
Access: On & Off Campus
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An illustrated collection of more than 50,000  biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped all aspects of Britain’s history and culture from the Romans to the 21st century. 

Provided by the Katharine Otis and Bruce Oswald Hunt Biography Collection endowment.
Category: General Purpose Databases, History
Material Type: Biographies, Reference Sources
Access: On & Off Campus
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Notes: Replaces and extends the original Dictionary of National Biography. This edition includes re-written biographies of all subjects included in the Victorian DNB as well as 16,500 biographies of new subjects from all periods.

CD-ROM version of the Dictionary of National Biography published between 1885 and 1985 is available on the stand-alone computer in Thomas Cooper Library. Ask at Reference Desk for assistance with CD-ROM 07.

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Electronic version of the first seven letters of the Old English alphabet. Contains over 3,016 headwords.
Category: English Literature, Linguistics
Material Type: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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Notes: CD-ROM available on stand-alone computer in Thomas Cooper Library only. Ask at Reference Desk for assistance with CD-ROM 27.

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Includes the full text of both the 1755 and the 1773 (1st and 4th) editions of the Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson. Also includes digitized images of all original pages of both editions.
Category: English Literature
Material Type: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Access: Thompas Cooper Library Only
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Notes: The CD-ROM provides browsing and side-by-side comparison of the two editions. CD-ROM available on stand-alone computer in Thomas Cooper Library only. Ask at Reference Desk for assistance with CD-ROM 17.

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Provides all South Carolinians with access to an electronic library of essential information resources.
This is a sponsor that provides resources for the University Libraries. Below are the resources that are provided courtesy of this sponsor. For more information on this sponsor click on the link above or on Full Details.

AGRICOLA - Agricultural Online Access
Alt HealthWatch
AP NewsMonitor Collection
Applied Science & Technology Full Text
Auto Repair Reference Center
Biography in Context, formerly known as Biography Resource Center
Bloom's Literary Reference Online
BrainPOP Jr
Britannica Online
Britannica Online - School Edition K-12
Computer Source
Consumer Health Complete
Credo Reference
CultureGrams
Education Full Text
Education Full Text and ERIC
Enciclopedia Juvenil
ERIC (EBSCO)
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Fuente Academica
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Gale Virtual Reference Library
GreenFILE
Health Source - Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
History Reference Center
Kids InfoBits (InfoTrac)
LearningExpress Library
Literary Reference Center
Literature Resources From Gale
MAS Ultra - School Edition
MasterFILE Premier
Middle Search Plus
Military & Government Collection
Newspaper Source Plus
NoveList K-8 Plus
NoveList Plus
Nursing Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Points of View Reference Center
Primary Search
Professional Development Collection
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Regional Business News
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Science Reference Center
Searchasaurus
Small Business Reference Center
Student Research Center: High School
Student Research Center: Middle School
Teacher Reference Center
TOPICsearch
Vocational and Career Collection

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Dissertations & Theses @ provides access to the citations,abstracts, and possibly the full text of dissertations and theses graduate students at the University of South Carolina have published through UMI Dissertation Publishing.  
Category: General Purpose Databases, South Carolina Research
Material Type: Dissertations & Theses
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: 1948 - current (not inclusive)
Notes: In addition to citations and abstracts, the service provides free access to 24 page previews and the full text in PDF format, when available. In most cases, this will be graduate works published in 1997 forward.

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Contains citations,abstracts and possibly full text for over 2 million dissertations and theses. The database accepts over 90 percent of doctoral dissertations in North America.
Category: African-American Studies, Anthropology & Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Business, Business-Economics, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Consumer Health, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Engineering, English Literature, Environment, Exercise & Sports Science, Film Studies, Foreign Language & Literatures, General Purpose Databases, Geography, Geology, History, Hospitality & Tourism Management, Journalism & Mass Communications, Library Science, Linguistics, Marine Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Military Science, Music, Nursing, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Health, Religious Studies, Science - General, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology, Sport Management, Statistics, Theatre & Dance, Women's & Gender Studies
Material Type: Dissertations & Theses
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: 1861 - current
Notes: No additional information provided.

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Dolley Payne Madison was the most important First Lady of the nineteenth century. The DMDE will be the first-ever complete edition of all of her known correspondence. Material continues to be added.
Category: History, Women's & Gender Studies
Material Type: Reference Sources
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: 1788 - 1837
Notes: No additional information provided.

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DRAM is a not-for-profit resource providing educational communities with on-demand streaming access to CD-quality audio (192kbps Mp4), complete original liner notes and essays from independent record labels and sound archives. 
Category: Music
Material Type: Audio and Visual
Access: On & Off Campus
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Notes: DRAM content by Label

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Covers more than 22,000 Rx, almost 6,000 OTC, and orphan and investigational drugs.
Category: Consumer Health, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy
Material Type: Reference Sources
Access: On & Off Campus
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Notes: No additional information provided.

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