Databases in Literature
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Database details Academic OneFile

Coverage: 1980-present
Scope: A huge and highly heterogeneous multidisciplinary mix of scholarly, journalistic, practitioner and popular sources, with much direct full-text included. Use the tabs to identify scholarly, newspaper or other sources as necessary.
Notes: Scholarly, journalstic, practitioner, popular sources. Thanks to Mel
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Database details Book Review Digest

Coverage: 1983 to present
Scope: Includes book reviews for English-language fiction and non-fiction books that have appeared within 18 months of each book's publication.
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  Cambridge Companions

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Database details Contemporary Authors

Scope: Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
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Database details Dictionary of Literary Biography

Coverage: DLB Complete Online includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Seri
Scope: Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
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Database details Encyclopedia of American Studies

Scope: This source brings together a wide range of disciplines related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present. It features broad, synthetic articles covering areas such as history, literature, art, photography, film, architecture, urban studies, ethnicity, race, gender, economics, politics, wars, consumer culture, and global America.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Essay and General Literature Index

Coverage: 1985 to present
Scope: Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other collected works in the humanities and social sciences literature.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Google Scholar

Scope: You can check the availability of article full text from within Google Scholar - see how!.
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Database details Humanities Abstracts

Coverage: 1984 to present
Scope: Abstracts covering diverse subject areas of the humanities. Includes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

Scope: Historical survey of the most important critics and theorists, critical schools, and movements in literary theory and criticism. Includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries, including the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Notes: Scholarly
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Database details JSTOR

Coverage: 1665 to present
Scope: Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately one year ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and statistics. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. Especially good for historic or classic articles in most fields.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details MLA Bibliography

Coverage: 1925-
Scope: a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details MLA Directory of Periodicals

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details New York Times Historical

Scope: Offers full-text, full-image articles from1851 – 2003 of The New York Times. The database can be used to search national and international news, editorials, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, plus historical photos and advertisements. The documents are downloadable in PDF format
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Database details Nineteenth Century British Pamphlets

Coverage: 19th century
Scope: Online access to the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. Focus is on the political, economic and social issues of the time.
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Database details NoveList

Coverage: Provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles.
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Database details Project Muse

Notes: Scholarly.
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