Research Resources: English
Subject-Specific Online Databases
| Literature Resource Center |
Comprehensive reference database of criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, periodical articles, author’s works, and reading lists. Includes MLA International Bibliography. Full text from Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Twayne’s (English, US & World), Scribner Writers Series and selected journals. |
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| MLA International Bibliography |
Foremost subject index for books and articles, conference papers, and dissertations published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics from 1963 – present. Searched via Gale’s Literature Resource Center. Some full text. |
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| World Shakespeare Bibliography Online |
Annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, and electronic media, published or produced between 1961 and the present. |
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General Online Databases
| Academic Search Complete |
An excellent starting point for finding articles in magazines and journals, mostly from fairly recent time periods. Some full-text. |
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| JSTOR |
A full-text collection of over 1,000 major scholarly journals. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals. |
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| Project Muse |
Full text access is available to over 380 journals in the humanities and social sciences. |
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Newspapers and Current News
| New York Times (1995-Present) |
Full text of the New York Times (1995 to the present) |
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| New York Times, Historical (1851-2005) |
Searchable full-text newspaper articles from the New York Times from 1851 to 2005. |
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| Newspaper Abstracts |
Citations and abstracts for articles from about 50 national and regional newspapers published 1989 – present |
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| Newspaper Source |
Coverage for over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers. Includes The Times (London) and full transcripts from selected newscasts, including Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, CNN®, CNBC, National Public Radio (NPR). Full text for most articles |
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| Wall Street Journal |
Citations for significant articles in the 3-star Eastern Edition of the Wall Street Journal from 1971 – present. Complete full text on microfilm (1972 – 2001): AN2 .W2 Full text online for issues published 1984 – present. |
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Print Indexes
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Index Area: AI3 .P7
Citations for articles in U.S. and British general interest periodicals published 1802 – 1907. Subject index only.
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Index Area: AI3 .I6
Citations for articles in English language general interest magazines published 1890 – February 1983.
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Index Area: AI3 .W45
Subjects: literature, politics, religion, economics, and science. Citations for articles in 45 19th century British general interest periodicals.
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Internet Resources
| Literary Resources on the Net |
A compilation of literary resources from academic Web sites. |
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| Voice of the Shuttle |
An extensive database of Internet resources in the humanities. |
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Print Reference Resources
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Reference PS153 .N5 A344 2001 v.1-2
Critical anthology of authors and topics related to African American writers. Biographical information and references.
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Reference PR85 .B688 v.1-8
Multi-volume series provides a broad biographical and critical overview of each author’s work.
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Main Stacks PR821 .C65 1994
Contains articles about the history of the British novel and individual authors. Consult the contents and the index.
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Main Stacks PN451 .D5
More than two hundred volumes of biographical and critical essays on literary figures in historical context.
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Reference PS153 .N5 E49 2007
This two volume set provides critical overviews of African American women writers. Each entry includes a biography, major works, criticism, and select bibliography.
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Reference PN41 .E487 1998 v.1-2
Entries on novelists, selected works, formal aspects and critical approaches to the novel.
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Main Stacks PS201 .G84 1989 v.1-2
Extensive bibliography on American poetry, arranged alphabetically by poet. Volume one: Colonial and nineteenth century. Volume two: Modern and contemporary.
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Main Stacks PR861 .B38 1997
Bibliography of articles on British prose fiction works, arranged alphabetically by author and title. Useful for finding explications of British fiction from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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Reference PF153 .N5 R65 1990
Consult the contents for the alphabetical list of biographies on women writers who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance. A selective bibliography accompanies each entry, with full bibliography at the end.
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Reference PS147 .O94 1995
Signed critical essays on women writers, feminism and related literary topics. Full biographies.
Style Manuals & Writing Guides
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Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 2009
Modern Language Association style manual, 7th edition
