Articles & Databases: English
| There is a separate page for English 100 |
For additional English resources see Research Guides: English. For personal assistance please contact Martha Johansen, English Librarian. |
Highly Recommended
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| Academic Search Elite | Scholarly and popular articles on many subjects; a good source for book reviews. More Details... | Can limit to peer reviewed |
1982 to present |
| JSTOR | Journal backfiles in many subject areas; fulltext is included for each article. More Details... | Yes | From the first issue to 5 years ago for each publication included |
| MLA Bibliography | Comprehensive, international listing of literary criticism and theory, linguistics, film and drama criticism, cultural studies, and folklore, covering articles, book chapters, books, and more. Can limit to items in English and to type of resource, such as journal articles. More Details... | Yes | 1926 to present |
| OmniFile Full Text Mega | Scholarly and popular articles on many subjects, a good source for book reviews. More Details... | Can limit to peer reviewed | 1984 to present |
| Project MUSE | Searchable fulltext of about 200 scholarly journals on subject in the arts and humanities. Includes many criticism journals. More Details... | Yes | Vary for each publication; some are backfiles only |
Also Recommended
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| ArticleFirst | Search for keywords in the titles and authors of articles from thousands of journals on many subjects. More Details... | Scholarly and professional journals | 1990 to present |
| ERIC | Education literature including journals and unpublished reports. More Details... | Scholarly and professional articles are included, but cannot limit to these | 1966 to present |
| Essay and General Literature Index | Lists chapters in scholarly books, mostly on topics in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. All are in English, our library has many; others can be obtained on interlibrary loan. More Details... | Chapters in scholarly books | 1985 to present; for 1900 to 1984, use print volumes on Index Table 2. |
| Gale Literary Databases | The online fulltext version of Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography, which may be searched separately or together, provides basic biographical and critical information for thousands of authors. More Details... | No | Vary; entries are updated frequently |
| Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Online | Fulltext resource containing over 240 literary essays on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historic periods. More Details... | Essays by scholars | 2nd edition, 2005 |
| Scribner Writers Series | Includes 1,600 brief bio-critical essays on international authors from Edward Abbey to Louis Zukovsky. Can search by nationality, gender, etc. Also includes essays on topics such as Arthurian Legend, Bioregionalism in Nature Writing, The Gothic Novel, The Slave Narrative in American Literature, and more. More Details... | No | Vary; entries are updated frequently |
Other Databases to Consider
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| Dissertations | Includes fulltext for thousands of dissertations and masters theses produced in the United States. If fulltext is not linked, order the item on interlibrary loan. Don't use their "order a copy" link. More Details... | Dissertations are prepared under scholarly direction | 1637 to present |