Databases by Subject -- Language & Literature

Find Articles in Databases

Use the following databases to find articles in scholarly journals, magazines, conferences, etc.

Literature Resource Center (Full-Text)
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles.

Academic OneFile (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
Comprehensive database with millions of articles from journals and other reference sources. Includes articles on a variety of subjects such as: business and small business, communications and mass media, computers, criminal justice, diversity, education, environmental studies, health and medicine, landscaping and horticulture, military and terrorism, pop culture, psychology, religion and philosophy, and science. Includes the full-text coverage of The New York Times from 1995 to present.

General OneFile (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

Humanities Index (Partial Full-Text)
1984 - present
Use this database to find articles on many subjects in the humanities such as: archaeology, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, history, literature, music, philosophy, religion, etc. Many articles are full-text. The content in this database is also part of OmniFile Mega.

Readers' Guide Index (Partial Full-Text)
1983 - present
A multidisciplinary resource. Use this database to find articles on many topics such as: arts, business, computers, dance, drama, education, entertainment, fiction, film & television, food, health & medicine, history, literature, music, news & current events, politics, religion, science, sports, travel, and more. Many articles are full-text. The content in this database is also part of OmniFile Mega.

SIRS (Full-Text)
Current
Provides access to full-text articles and internet resources on a variety of subjects such as economics, health, history, business, science, literature, the arts, philosophy, film, etc. An excellent source for government information and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

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If you are looking for a list of journal or magazine titles about Language & Literature, go to the Full-Text online versions of these titles.

Useful Books Located in the Library

Black Literature Criticism [Ref] PS153.N5 B556 1992	Black Writers: Selection of Sketches From Contemporary Authors [Ref] E185.96 .B545 1994
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism [Ref] PN681.5 .C57	Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography [Ref] PR19 .C64 1991
Contemporary Authors [Ref] PN451.C6	Contemporary Literary Criticism [Ref] PN771 .C59
Critical Survey of Drama [Ref] PN1620 .C75 1994	Critical Survey of Long Fiction [Ref] PN3450 .C7 1991
Critical Survey of Poetry [Ref] PN1050 .C85 1992	Critical Survey of Short Fiction [Ref] PN3321 .C7 1993
Dictionary of Literary Biography [Ref] PS21 .D5	Drama Criticism [Ref] PN1601 .D59
Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism [Ref] PN86 .E63 1999	Great Women Writers [Ref] PN471 .G74 1994
Hispanic Literature Criticism [Ref] PQ7081.A1 H573 1994	Hispanic Writers [Ref] PQ7081.3 .H58 1991
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism [Ref] PN81 .J554 1994	Literature Criticism From 1400 to 1800 [Ref] PN86 .L56
Magill's Survey of American Literature [Ref] PS21 .M34 1991	Masterplots: 1,801 Plot Stories and Critical Evaluations of the World's Finest Literature [Ref] PN44 .M33 1996
Masterpieces of American Literature [Ref] PS94 .M34 1993	Masterpieces of Latino Literature [Ref] PQ7081.A1 M29 1994
Masterplots II: African American Literature Series [Ref] PS153.N5 M2645 1994	Masterplots II: American Fiction Series [Ref] PN846 .M377 2000
Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series [Ref] PR881 .M39 1987	Masterplots II: Drama Series [Ref] PN1620 .M37 1990
Masterplots II: Poetry Series [Ref] PN1110.5 .M37 1992	Masterplots II: Women's Literature Series [Ref] PN471 .M37 1995
Modern Black Writers [Ref] PN841 .M58	Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors Through the Beginning of the Twentieth Century [Ref] PR85 .M68
Native North American Literature [Ref] PS508.I5 N38 1994	Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism [Ref] PN761 .N5
Poetry Criticism [Ref] PN1010 .P63	Shakespearean Criticism [Ref] PR2965 .S44
Short Story Criticism [Ref] PN3373 .S386	Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism [Ref] PN771 .G27
World Literature Criticism: 1500 to the Present [Ref] PN523 .W67 1992

Call Numbers for Browsing

PA 1-8595	Classical Languages and Literature
PN 1-6790	Literary History and Collections (General)
PR (All)	English Literature (British)
PS (All)	American Literature

Selected Web Sites

Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism
Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

Voice of the Shuttle - Literature in English
Structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources about Literature in English

Voice of the Shuttle - Literary Theory
Structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources about Literary Theory

Voice of the Shuttle - Literatures other than English
Structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources about Literatures other than English

Yahoo! Directory for Literature

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