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To access these and other electronic resources from off campus, use the Proxy Server
 Academic Search Complete (1984 - present)- A multi-disciplinary database that indexes over 10,900 journals,
popular magazines, and other publications. Includes full-text access to
over 5,000 peer-reviewed journals. Some content goes back as far as 1867.
- America: History and Life (1964 - present)
- Citations to articles on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Excludes world history outside these two countries, which is covered in Historical Abstracts , below. The two databases can be searched simultaneously and in conjunction with other databases available from this publisher, by using the "choose databases" link from the top of the page.
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Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) (1920 - present)
- Index
to books, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works,
book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations
published anywhere in the world. ABELL is available through the larger
database LION: Literature Online.
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Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)
- Access to leading scholarly literature in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and arts.
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Book Review Digest 1983-present
- An excellent source for current literary criticism, including
citations and abstracts of book reviews for fiction and nonfiction.
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Essay & General Literature Index (1985 - present)
- Citations to essays and articles in collections and anthologies published in the US, Great Britain and Canada.
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Historical Abstracts (1955-present)
- Citations to articles in over 40 languages on the history of the world, fromfrom 1450 to the present. Excludes the history of the US and Canada, which is covered in America: History and Life , above. The two databases can be searched simultaneously and in conjunction with other databases available from this publisher, by using the "choose databases" link from the top of the page.
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Iter: Gateway to the Renaissance (1843 - present)
- Approximately 1 million records from scholarly
journals, essays, books and dissertations pertaining to the Middle Ages
and Renaissance. .
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The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
- Over 240 alphabetically arranged entries on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods
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JSTOR (dates vary)
- An archive of the full-text content of scholarly journals from
early editions to roughly 3-5 years from the present.
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LION: Literature Online (dates vary)
- A huge literary database that contains the full text of more than
350,000 works of poetry, drama and prose written between the 7th
century and the present day. Includes criticism, reviews, essays, biographies, plus the full text of over 200 literary journals.
From the LION home page, click "Criticism and Reference", then limit
your search to "criticism".
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Literature Resource Center
- Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of
more than 130,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. The
Advanced page allows you to limit your search to critical essays. An excellence resource for literary biographies.
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MLA International Bibliography (1881 - present)
- One of the first places to start in a search for literary
criticism of all types. The bibliography covers the world's research literature in language, linguistics,
literature, and folklore in all languages. Access to scholarly research
in journals, series, monographs, working papers, proceedings,
bibliographies, and other formats. The scope is so large that you may
want to first limit your search by language, format, or year.
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Periodicals Index Online (1665-1995)
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Millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years. The scope is
international.
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Periodicals Archive Online (1665-1995)
- An archive of many of the digitized journals indexed in
Periodicals Index Online, above.
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Project MUSE
- Full-text access to hundreds of university press journals.
Search by author, year, journal title and keywords from titles,
subjects or full-text.
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Voice of the Shuttle
- Considered by many to be the best humanities resource on the Web,
maintained by Alan Liu at UCSB and including countless links to
literary and general humanities websites. Relevant topics for literary
criticism include Literature (in English) and Literary Theory.
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| Twentieth-Century American Literature | Ref PS 221 T834 1985 |
| Black Literature Criticism:excerpts from criticism of the most significant works of Black authors over the past 200 years | EGSL Ref PS153 N5 B556 |
| The Critical Temper: a Survey of Modern Criticism | Ref PR83 C68 |
| The New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism | Ref PR85 N39 1985 |
| Twentieth-Century British Literature | Ref PR 473 T84 1985 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism | Ref PN 771 C59 |
| Critical Survey of Long Fiction | Ref PN3451 C75 |
| Critical Survey of Short Fiction | Ref PN3373 C7 |
| Critical Survey of Drama | Ref PR23 C75 1985 |
| Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism | Ref PN 523 M25 |
| Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism | Ref PN 761 N56 |
| Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism | Ref PN 771 T84 |
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| Cambridge Guide to Literature in English | Ref PR 85 C29 1992 |
| Literary Criticsm Index | Ref PN 523 W45 1994 |
Common Knowledge: a ...Guide to Literary Allusions | Ref PN 43 G68 1987 |
| Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs. 2 vols | Ref PN 43 D48 1988 |
| Key Sources in Comparative and World Literature | Ref Z 6511 T47 1982 |
| Literary Research Guide. 3rd ed | Ref PR 83 H34 1998 |
| Oxford Companion to American Literature. 6th ed | Ref PS 21 H3 1995 |
| Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed. 2nd.rev | Ref PR 19 D73 1998 |
| Reference Guide for English Studies | Ref PR 56 M37 1990 |
| Reference Works in British and American Literature. 2nd ed | Ref Z 2011 B74 1998 |
| Themes and Motifs in Western Literature: a Handbook | Ref PN 871 D33 1987 |
| Who Was Really Who in Fiction | Ref PN 41 B57 1987 |
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| American Women Writers | Ref PS147 A42 2000 |
| American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies | Ref PS129 A55 |
| British Writers | Ref PR85 B688 |
| Contemporary Authors | Ref CT100 C64 |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography | Ref PN141 D52 |
| European Writers | Ref PN501 E9 |
| Literature Online: LION |
| Literature Resource Center |
| 20th-Century Author Biographies Master Index | Ref Z5304 A8 T83 |
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| Benet's Readers Encyclopedia of American Literature | Ref PN 41 B4 1996 |
| Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms | Ref PN 41 C67 1990 |
| Dent Dictionary of Fictional Characters
| Ref Pn 56.4 S495 1991 |
| Dictionary of Critical Theory
| Ref Pn 98 S6 O77 1991 |
| Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century
| Ref Pn 771 E5 1999 |
| Glossary of Literary Terms
| Ref PN 41 A184 1993 |
| Magill's Literary Annual
| Ref PN 44 M32 |
| Masterplots 1: 801 Plot Stories and Critical Evaluations
| Ref PN 44 M33 1996 |
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Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism Collection and blogs
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Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism Guide
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Yahoo's Literary Authors Listing
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Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
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Literary Resources on the Net (Jack Lynch, Rutgers University)
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Voice of the Shuttle (Alan Liu, UCSB)
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