LibGuides: ENGL 362: Major American Writers I: Literary Texts and Criticism

Literary Databases

These databases are very useful for finding secondary research (criticism and theory) about literature. Search for the title of the book, the author, and/or a keyword such as "Puritans" or "slave narratives".

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive database with literary criticism and author information.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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This database is rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, and contains information on literary figures from all time periods, writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.
Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new window
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This database is a great source for full-text literary criticism and reference sources. Also includes full-text of poetry and prose fiction from almost every period and genre of English literature.
Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
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A full-text database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing.
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Additional Databases

These databases will be useful when searching for secondary research related to the time period or historical movement. JSTOR in particular includes journal issues back to the very first issue (limit your search to the decade(s) after an event happened to see what was written about it at that particular time).

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Online access to core scholarly journals in business, education, health, arts & humanities, life sciences, literature, physical sciences, and social sciences. Coverage begins with the first issue of each journal.
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Includes: Arts & Sciences 1-15, Business 2-4, & Life Sciences
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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For Optimal Performance, use Firefox or Edge. Full-text access to current content from high quality, peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences, including literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics. Coverage varies.
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