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- MLA International Bibliography
Indexes articles, books, chapters of books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and working papers on topics relating to literature, modern languages, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage: 1926-. Format: Articles: Newspapers & Magazines, Articles: Scholarly Journals, Literary Criticism & Reference
- ABELL - Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Indexes and selectively abstracts periodical articles, monographs, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world. Emphasis is on British, American and Commonwealth writing. Also includes links to the full text of more than 60 journals. Coverage: 1920-. Format: Articles: Newspapers & Magazines, Articles: Scholarly Journals, Literary Criticism & Reference
- Gale Literature
Combined interface for searching across multiple literature criticism resources simultaneously. Sources searched include Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Shakespearean Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and more. Coverage: varies. Format: Encyclopedias & Reference, Literary Criticism & Reference
Articles: Newspapers & Magazines (2)
- ABELL - Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Indexes and selectively abstracts periodical articles, monographs, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world. Emphasis is on British, American and Commonwealth writing. Also includes links to the full text of more than 60 journals. Coverage: 1920-.
- MLA International Bibliography
Indexes articles, books, chapters of books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and working papers on topics relating to literature, modern languages, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage: 1926-.
Articles: Scholarly Journals (2)
- ABELL - Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Indexes and selectively abstracts periodical articles, monographs, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world. Emphasis is on British, American and Commonwealth writing. Also includes links to the full text of more than 60 journals. Coverage: 1920-.
- MLA International Bibliography
Indexes articles, books, chapters of books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and working papers on topics relating to literature, modern languages, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage: 1926-.
Books & E-Books (1)
- NoveList
NoveList is a readers' advisory tool to find books of fiction based on books already read or on topics of interest. Searchable by reading level (adult, young adult, child, and easy), author, title, subject, and plot. NoveList also provides lists of award winning books, such as the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Caldecott Medal winners. Coverage: varies.
Curriculum Resources (K-12) (1)
- NoveList
NoveList is a readers' advisory tool to find books of fiction based on books already read or on topics of interest. Searchable by reading level (adult, young adult, child, and easy), author, title, subject, and plot. NoveList also provides lists of award winning books, such as the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Caldecott Medal winners. Coverage: varies.
Encyclopedias & Reference (5)
- ABC-CLIO E-book Collection
Formerly called the Greenwood Digital Collection. A collection of reference e-books published by Greenwood.
- Gale Literature
Combined interface for searching across multiple literature criticism resources simultaneously. Sources searched include Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Shakespearean Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and more. Coverage: varies.
- Gale Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Literature Resource Center combines Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, and other reference sets into a single service. Coverage: varies.
- NoveList
NoveList is a readers' advisory tool to find books of fiction based on books already read or on topics of interest. Searchable by reading level (adult, young adult, child, and easy), author, title, subject, and plot. NoveList also provides lists of award winning books, such as the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Caldecott Medal winners. Coverage: varies.
- ProQuest Learning: Literature
Provides full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world. Also offers secondary sources such as author biographies and multimedia, as well as literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews drawn from full-text literary magazines and journals.
Literary Criticism & Reference (6)
- ABELL - Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Indexes and selectively abstracts periodical articles, monographs, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world. Emphasis is on British, American and Commonwealth writing. Also includes links to the full text of more than 60 journals. Coverage: 1920-.
- Early European Books
Early European Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access printed sources. Access to content from Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) only (Collections 8 & 12).
- Gale Literature
Combined interface for searching across multiple literature criticism resources simultaneously. Sources searched include Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Shakespearean Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and more. Coverage: varies.
- Gale Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Literature Resource Center combines Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, and other reference sets into a single service. Coverage: varies.
- MLA International Bibliography
Indexes articles, books, chapters of books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and working papers on topics relating to literature, modern languages, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage: 1926-.
- New Oxford Shakespeare Online
The New Oxford Shakespeare presents an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, edited from first principles from the base-texts themselves, and drawing on the latest textual and theatrical scholarship.
Literary Texts (4)
- ARTFL - American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language
The main ARTFL database includes over 3000 French texts. The full text may be searched and results will be displayed in context. However the complete text cannot be displayed. Other databases available through ARTFL include sources like Textes de Français Ancien and Provençal Poetry. Coverage: 12th-20th centuries.
- New Oxford Shakespeare Online
The New Oxford Shakespeare presents an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, edited from first principles from the base-texts themselves, and drawing on the latest textual and theatrical scholarship.
- NoveList
NoveList is a readers' advisory tool to find books of fiction based on books already read or on topics of interest. Searchable by reading level (adult, young adult, child, and easy), author, title, subject, and plot. NoveList also provides lists of award winning books, such as the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Caldecott Medal winners. Coverage: varies.
- ProQuest Learning: Literature
Provides full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world. Also offers secondary sources such as author biographies and multimedia, as well as literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews drawn from full-text literary magazines and journals.
Primary Sources: Documents & Manuscripts (1)
- Early European Books
Early European Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access printed sources. Access to content from Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) only (Collections 8 & 12).