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Databases for Researching Literature
Library databases provide access to scholarly journals and peer-reviewed articles. Here are a few databases that specialize in literature, literary criticism and related subjects.
- JSTOR
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Full text of language and literature journals, social sciences, and natural sciences, as well as a general ebook collection.
- Literature Resource Center
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Contains biographical information, critical essays, and overviews of authors and their works.
- Literary Reference Center
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Provides information on approximately 140,000 authors from a wide range of literary disciplines and time frames as well as plot summaries, synopses, and overviews of their works. In addition, it also includes 14,500 short stories and 54,000 poems.
- Academic Search Complete
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A very large general academic database covering a broad range of topics. It includes a mix of magazine and journal articles. Many items are full text.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete
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Provides information about language, mass media, communication, and advertising with many articles available full-text.
- Biography in Context
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Contains biographical information from encyclopedias, biographical dictionaries, and other publications.
