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Research
Tisch Library
The Tisch Library provides access to a wide
range of print and electronic reference tools,
including the MLA International Bibliography,
the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (from
the Web of Science), Project Muse and JSTOR
(collections of full-text electronic journals
including journals in literature and, more broadly,
the humanities), and Early English Books Online
(database comprising all known English language
books from the beginning of printing to 1700).
These and additional resources are listed at:
http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/Subject/englang.htm.
The Tisch Library is also linked to other
Boston-area libraries. Graduate students are
eligible for borrowing privileges with the Boston
Library Consortium, which includes Boston College,
Boston University, Brandeis University, Brown
University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Northeastern University, State Library of Massachusetts,
University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts
(Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and Worcester),
University of New Hampshire, Wellesley College,
and Williams College. The Consortium also includes
the Boston Public Library, which boasts one
of the nation's strongest research collections.
For additional information about the Consortium
as well as about borrowing through interlibrary
loan see:
Boston
Tufts is close to mass transit systems that
provide ready access to the rich cultural and
educational resources of the Boston area. Graduate
students and faculty participate in an extensive
array of literature seminars and presentations,
such as those sponsored by the Harvard University
Humanities Center. In addition to the lectures,
programs, and conferences sponsored by the many
local colleges and universities, Boston is home
to such renowned institutions as the American
Repertory Theater, the Huntington Theater, the
Institute of Contemporary Art, the Museum of
Fine Arts, The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for
Afro-American Research, the Gardner Museum,
the Harvard Art Museums (Fogg, Sackler, and
Busch-Reisinger), the Boston Ballet, and the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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