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Literature Databases
BookSource: NonfictionA resource aimed at public and school libraries. Includes full text from over 2000 books.
Books In Print Books In Print database offers valuable information on more than 7.5 million U.S. book, audio book, and video titles, as well as another 10 million international titles, making it the industry’s largest bibliographic database.
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AuthorsProvides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary CriticismContains more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Users can search Contemporary Literary Criticism by entering author name, title of work, nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic name, and more.
Dictionary of Literary BiographyProvides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & CriticismContains nearly 300 alphabetically arranged entries and subentries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
JSTORJSTOR includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
Literature Resource CenterContains critical and biographical information on literary figures in a wide variety of genres and throughout history.
Literature Resources from GaleSearches literature databases including LitFinder, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers Series, and Twayne's Author Series.
LitFinderLocate poetry, plays, essays, short stories and speeches in publications. Also includes biographical information on authors.
MLA Directory of PeriodicalsContains detailed information on over 5,500 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in MLA International Bibliography. The entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
MLA International BibliographyProduced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920's and contains over 2.3 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers.
Oxford Dictionary of National HistoryOver 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond.
Scribner Writers SeriesIncludes 1,564 essays on authors of all nationalities and time periods.
Twayne's
Authors SeriesTwayne Authors Series offers the full-text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.
World Shakespeare Bibliography OnlineThe World Shakespeare Bibliography Online is a searchable electronic database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide
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Century British PamphletsMore than 20,000 pamphlets from UK research libraries focus on the socio-political and economic history of 19th century Britain.
Academic OneFileOffers peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources in the areas of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Academic Search PremierA multi-disciplinary resource that spans virtually every area of academic study.
JSTORJSTOR includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
Oxford JournalsFull text from over 150 journals published by the Oxford University Press.
Oxford Reference Online PremiumAllows cross-searching of prestigious reference works published by Oxford University Press.
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