Most Useful
| Database | Full Text | Coverage | Scholarly |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLA International Bibliography i
Includes abstracts of articles from critical literary and language journals. |
Links to full-text via Get-It | 1963 to current | All |
| Project Muse i
Full-text coverage for hundreds of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics |
Full-text | 1993 to current | All |
| JSTOR i
Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American & Asian studies, literature, humanities, music, and biological, health & general sciences. |
Full-text | 1838 to most recent five years | Most |
| Literature Criticism Online i
Extensive collection of literary criticism authors and their works from antiquity to present. |
Some full-text | current | Some |
| ProQuest - Literature & Language i
Search among ProQuest’s Literature & Language databases |
Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It | 1985 to current | Most |
| Contemporary Authors i
Biographies and bibliographies of 90,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world.
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Full-text | current to current | All |
| Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism i
Informative introduction to major people and ideas in the world of literary theory and criticism. |
Full-text | current to current | None |
| Oxford English Dictionary i
A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It includes etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet |
Full-text | current to current | None |
Also Useful
| Database | Full Text | Coverage | Scholarly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary of Literary Biography
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Biographical and critical reception studies of over 140,000 authors as well as year-in-review articles. |
Some full-text | current | Some |
| Dissertations and Theses Database: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
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Dissertations and Theses Database includes digitized dissertations in a variety of subject areas including Art, Communications, Education, History, Linguistics, Literature, and Social Sciences. |
Some full-text | 1979 to current | All |
| UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004
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A variety of books on art, science, history, music, religion and fiction from academic publishers. |
Full-text | 1982 to 2004 | All |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
Full-text | current | Some |
| HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
i
Indexes journals from 1970 on providing information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean as well as Latinx and Chicanx people in the United States. |
None | 1970 to current | All |
| Victorian Women Writers Project
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Features the works of British women from the Victorian period (1830-1910), including anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children’s books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama. |
Full-text | 1830 to 1910 | None |
| Wright American Fiction
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A collection of nearly 3,000 19th Century American fiction books, available online in full-text. |
Full-text | 1851 to 1875 | Most |
| Accessible Archives
i
A good source for 19th Century American History; includes newspapers on the Civil War and African Americans. |
Full-text | 1728 to 1900 | Most |
| Arts and Letters Daily
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Compilation of opinion pieces on current events and book reviews. |
Full-text | 1998 to current | Some |
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