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Find articles that critically interpret various literary works! The Libraries' Indexes & Databases are rich sources of these articles that can help you with your literary assignments and those that require an analysis. The following links lead to various sources:
Academic Search CompleteThis link opens in a new windowThe world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study, including arts and literature.
Essay & General Literature IndexThis link opens in a new windowCites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. This resource focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subjects ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.
Funded by statewide allocation.
More than 2000 scholarly journals in education, humanities, mathematics, science, and social science disciplines.
MLA International BibliographyThis link opens in a new windowProvides a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations . The indexed materials coverage is international. Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
Funded by statewide allocation.
Film & Television Literature IndexThis link opens in a new windowContains approximately 700,000 citations to articles, film reviews, and book reviews.
MLA Directory of PeriodicalsThis link opens in a new windowProvides all information available on the journals and series on the bibliography's Master List of Periodicals. Also provides statistics on the number of articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as the number submitted.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984This link opens in a new windowOffers a broad range of subject coverage in the humanities and social sciences with high-quality indexing of more than 1,300,000 articles in nearly 1,100 periodicals, dating as far back as 1907, as well as citations of over 240,000 book reviews.
Times Literary Supplement Historical ArchiveThis link opens in a new windowSearch with the Times Digital Archive on Gale NewsVault.
Includes the complete run of The Times Literary Supplement from 1902 to 2008, including reviews, letters, poems, articles and literary criticism. The TLS has attracted the contributions of the worlds most influential writers and critics, from T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf in the 1920s and 30s to A.N. Wilson and Christopher Hitchens in the 1990s and 2000s.
Art Index RetrospectiveThis link opens in a new windowIncludes citations of over 25,000 book reviews.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerialsThis link opens in a new windowAn index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all scholarly fields of religion.
Books & AuthorsThis link opens in a new windowBooks & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together.
Journals
Each journal has online availability through various sources. Its library catalog record link will provide additional ones to the sources with information about their coverage.
