--Annual Bibliographic Essays
American Literary Scholarship--annual bibliographic essays covering "current critical analysis of American literature." Online from 1998.
Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory--annual "narrative bibliography of works in the field of critical and cultural theory." Online from 1996.
Year's Work in English Studies--annual "narrative bibliographical reviews of scholarly work on English language and literatures written in English." Online from 1996.
--Journal Collections
ProjectMuse—collection of over 300 journals primarily from over 60 scholarly publishers. Beginning date of holdings varies—some as early as 1995. Includes over 100 literature journals.
E-Duke Scholarly Collection—includes the Duke titles (e.g.,American Literature) that left ProjectMuse in 2005.
JSTOR—back issues of well over 700 journals including over 75 in language and literature. Holdings usually begin 1 to 5 years ago all the way back to volume 1.
--Online Books
Brand New!!--Cambridge Companions Online--more than 160 volumes containing specially commissioned essays. Volumes cover specific literary periods (British Romanticism), genres (crime fiction), and authors (Arthur Miller, Dickens, Chaucer). We also have access to around 100 volumes dealing with philosophy (Nietzsche, Kant). Collection describes itself as "written by experts and designed for student readers."
--Reference Works
Oxford English Dictionary
Credo Reference—includes several literature reference books
Contemporary Authors
Encyclopedia of American Studies
Historical New York Times—1851-2004
--Current Trials (click here for list)
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