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Literature Databases

Contemporary Literary Criticism
In-depth information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors along with critical reaction to their works from three different sources; Comtemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select), and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB).

Dictionary of Literary Biography
Documents the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres. Also provides biographical and critical studies written by scholars and academics.

LION (Literature Online)
LION is a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, 180 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

Literature Resource Center
Selected materials from the following Gale resources: Children’s Literature Review, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Drama for Students, Literature from 1400 to 1800 , Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature of Developing Nations for Students, Literature and Its Times, Novels for Students Poetry Criticism, Poetry for Students, Shakespearean Criticism, Shakespeare for Students, Short Story Criticism, Short Stories for Students, and Twentieth-Century Literacy Criticism.

JSTOR
A collection of full-text journals in the arts, humanties, and social sciences that are exact images of the original journals. Every title in the collection begins with the first volume and issue and runs to within 5 years of the present date if the journal is still published.

MLA Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), this database offers a detailed bibliography of thousands of journal articles, books, and dissertations. International coverage in subjects including literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. The history, theory, and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.

Twayne Author Series
Criticism on hundreds of years of literature. Provides critical introductions to the lives and works of approximately 600 authors and introductions to the history and influence of literary movements and the development of literary genres.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full-text for over 7,500 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and more.

Print Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks

A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory (REF PN44.5 H37 1998)
London; New York: Arnold, 1998

A Handbook to Literature (REF PN41 H355 2003)
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c2003

Literary Research Guide (Stack Level 6, Z6511 P37 1984)
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1984

Oxford Companion to English Literature (REF PR19 094 2000)
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms  
(Stack Level 5, PN41 C67 1991)
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1991

The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature (REF PR19 C66 2003)
New York: Continuum, 2003

The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature (REF PS21 E537 2004, v. 1-4)
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004

Print Indexes

Search the Library Catalog (CONSULS)

Note: REF = Reference Dept. – Third Floor

Granger’s Index to Poetry (REF PN1022 G7, 1950 – 1990)
New York: Columbia University Press

Play Index (REF Z5781 P72)
New York, H.W. Wilson Co. (1949 – 1952 through 1998 – 2002)

Print Bio-Bibliographical Works

Note: REF = Reference Dept. – Third Floor

American Writers (REF PS129 O34 2004)
New York: Facts on File, c2004

British Writers (REF PR85 B688 v. 1 – 7)
New York: Scribner, c.1979-c1984

Literature Websites

Bard
Selected Internet literature resources maintained by the Bodleian Library/Oxford

Literary Resources on the net
Maintained by Jack Lynch, Associate English Professor at Rutgers University

 

 

 

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