English Databases
There are a variety of databases you can use for research in English language and literature. Please read the descriptions below, as some have specific focus areas (ex. linguistics vs. literary criticism, definitions vs. academic articles). If you would like to discuss which database might work best for you, please contact your librarian (info to the right).
- MLA International BibliographyCoverage: 1920s to present
Index of international journal articles, books and dissertations on literature; language and linguistics; folklore; literary theory & criticism; dramatic arts; historical aspects of printing and publishing; rhetoric and composition; and the history, theory, and practice of teaching language and literature. - JSTORCoverage: Varies
A digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. Access more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Temporary access to: JSTOR Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Jewish Studies, Lives of Literature, 19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sights: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa. Ends July 1, 2021 - Oxford English DictionaryCoverage: Current
A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. - Project MuseCoverage: Varies
Full-text online access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press and other scholarly publishers. Includes literature, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. - Gale Literature CriticismCoverage: 1400 to present
Contains scholarly and popular commentary of literature from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals.
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