English Language Literature
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Finding Literary Criticism
MLA (Modern Languages Association International Bibliography)
The premier database for citations to literary criticism. Includes references to articles from periodicals and books on literary criticism, linguistics, and folklore. Covers over 3,000 journals. Also covers books, bibliographies and other formats. (1926-present)
ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature)
Citations (some full-text) to published scholarly literature in the humanities. Contains records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1921 onwards.
Includes compilations of literary criticism from the classical and medieval period to contemporary literature. This collection complements the Literature Resource Center that focuses on authors and overviews of author works.
Literature Resource Center
Bibliographical, biographical and critical reviews of authors and their works. Covers fiction and nonfiction.
Humanities International Complete
A comprehensive database of humanities literature with coverage of over 1,900 titles dating as far back as 1925.
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
A searchable electronic database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1963 and 2006. Containing over 107,000 annotated entries, this collected information is an essential tool for anyone engaged in research on Shakespeare or early modern England.
Essay and General Literature Index
Author and subject index to essays and articles in collections of works. (Available online 1985-present. In print, 1900-present)
International Medieval Bibliography [TIPS]
European and North African Middle Ages. Includes indexed bibliographic information about journal articles, books, conference publications, and chapters in books published since 1984.
ITER Guide
Iter's bibliography includes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books, journal material (articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies) are included, as are citations for dissertation abstracts, and essays in books (including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues).
Project Muse
A collection of electronic journals. Full text of articles from journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Covers the humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Journals include such titles as The Arizona Quarterly, The Henry James Review, Modern Fiction Studies, and New Literary History. The database is searchable. (Dates vary from journal to journal)
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
The Online Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources
Based upon the Schomburg Centers collection. Citations from significant journals,magazines, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets and reports relevant to the entire history and culture of the Black experience that was published between 1938-1986.
Black Literary Criticism - PS 153 N5 B556 1992 Main Reference
Literary Criticism on African American writers of the past 200 years
Ethnic Newswatch
Full-text of articles from ethnic and minority newspapers and magazines in the United States. (1990-present)
InfoTrac OneFile
A multidisciplinary index. Covers popular magazines as well as scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. (1982-present)
Academic Search Complete
A multidisciplinary index. Includes some full-text articles. (Full text 1992-present) (Index 1980-present)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Index to core journal articles and cited works in the fine arts and humanities, including folklore, history, language and literature, linguistics, theater and classics. (Available online, 1975 present)
See also:
American Indian Studies Subject Guide - UA Library
Creative Writing Subject Guide - UA Library
Women's Studies Subject Guide - UA Library