Covers the history of black American poetry, from its beginnings through the 20th century.
This database includes two collections:
African American Poetry covers the early history of black American poetry, from the first recorded poem by an African American to the major poets of the nineteenth century.
Twentieth Century African American Poetry covers modern and contemporary African American poetry, featuring almost 9,000 poems by 62 of the most important African American poets of the last century, including Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde, and Rita Dove.
Health and medical research database for openly available content related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.
Collections of works by Brecht, Goethe, Kafka, Schiller
Includes these collections, which may be searched separately:
• Bertolt Brechts Werke: The dramatic, poetical and theoretical texts of Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
• Die Deutsche Lyrik in Reclams Universal-Bibliothek: Covers almost 500 years of German lyric poetry and includes the work of over 500 authors from the 15th to the 20th century.
• Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker: Regarded throughout the world as the premier collection of German writing.
• Goethes Werke: The definitive, Weimar edition of the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), originally published between the years 1887 and 1919, together with separately-published supplements of Goethe's letters and conversations.
• Kafkas Werke: A critical edition of the complete works of Franz Kafka (1883-1924).
• Schillers Werke: Comprises the complete works of Friedrich von Schiller, including his poetry and plays, the translations, minor prose works, historical and philosophical writings, letters to and from Schiller and the Conversations.
Find available federal funding opportunities from 26 different federal grant-making agencies including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Department of Defense.
Tool for finding important topics and keywords within a text and matching them to JSTOR content. Upload text or a text file for analysis.
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You can adjust your results by adding or removing "prioritized terms," changing the publication dates for results, or including non-subscribed content.
Seven collections of poetry from the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom.
Includes the following collections, which can also be searched separately:
• African American Poetry
• American Poetry
• Canadian Poetry
• English Poetry, Second Edition (8th - early 20th centuries)
• Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
• Twentieth-Century African American Poetry
• Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Comprehensive 3D atlas of the human body.
[Trial access ends June 22, 2020. Send feedback to pgstreby@umich.edu]
• Complete male and female gross anatomy with thousands of 3D models that span 11 systems: nervous, skeletal, circulatory, muscular, digestive, urinary, lymphatic, endocrine, and reproductive.
• Interact with every structure in 3D to simulate a dissection lab experience. Rotate, zoom in and out, dissect through superficial anatomy to study deep and hidden structures, or see structures in complete isolation.
• Study detailed information, learn about common pathologies, and compare 3D models side-by-side with cadaver and diagnostic images.
• Delve into the microanatomy of tissue and special organs, including the eye, ear, and tongue, or sink your teeth into special 3D dental anatomy models!
• Test your knowledge with hundreds of dissection quizzes.
Detailed guide to understanding how muscles and bones interact, and how common injuries and conditions occur.
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3D models of bones, ligaments, bursae, and skeletal muscles with blood supply and innervation, and origins and insertions
• Includes male and female musculoskeletal systems
• See detailed information for each skeletal muscle: blood supply, innervation, attachments, and muscle actions
• Study the relationships among bursae, ligaments, muscle, and bone
• Interact with muscle actions like adduction, pronation, flexion, and more from various angles and zoom levels
• Watch video presentations by subject matter experts on topics such as rotator cuff tear, hip biomechanics, osteoarthritis, and more!
• Review and teach about common musculoskeletal injuries and conditions (including cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, sciatica, plantar fasciitis), and compare with normal anatomy
Interactive guide to core processes and common diseases of the human body.
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• Compare 3D models of normal anatomy to models of common diseases and conditions
• Set the heart rate and visualize conduction in a dissectable, beating 3D heart, and follow along on an ECG
• Watch animations that present the physiological processes of gas exchange, pulmonary ventilation, fluid balance, peristalsis, and more
• Walk through interactive lessons to understand the progression of atherosclerosis, kidney stones, lung cancer, and other common conditions
• Test your knowledge of various physiological processes and pathologies with quizzes
Video reference atlas with 3D animations that communicate core physiology and common conditions.
[Trial access ends June 22, 2020. Send feedback to pgstreby@umich.edu]
Animations present overviews of system functions and detailed physiology:
• System Overviews
• Bones and Skeletal Muscles
• Respiration and Circulation
• Respiratory and Circulatory Pathologies
• Nutrition and Elimination
• Digestive and Urinary Pathologies
• Cells and Tissues
• Reproduction and Fetal Development
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