Library Guide to the Research Process
Literature Article Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Cambridge Journals This link opens in a new window
- Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window Humanities Full Text covers all key fields of the humanities, including art, classical studies, dance, film, journalism, philosophy, religion and more. Content includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and reviews.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and diverse primary sources.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the bibliography contains citations from journals and book publishers. Coverage is international and includes titles from JSTOR’s Language and Literature Collection as well as links to full text.
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- Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Access to e-journals in the College Collection and open access e-books.
Literature Reference Databases
- Contemporary Authors / GALE Literature This link opens in a new window Biographical information on more than 149,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.
- Credo General Reference This link opens in a new window Provides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.
- GALE eBooks This link opens in a new window GALE eBooks is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
- Literature Criticism / GALE This link opens in a new window Literature Criticism offers critical responses to the writings of the world's most renowned novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers.
- Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window LRC combines information from reference works, books, literary journals and original content from EBSCO Publishing. It contains full text for plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticisms, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, author interviews, classic texts and much more.
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- Literature Resource Center / GALE This link opens in a new window Literature Resource Center offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.
- MLA Directory of Periodicals The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on more than 5,500 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
- Oxford Reference: Premium This link opens in a new window Oxford Reference offers full text access to numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press as well as selected titles from the Oxford Companion series.
- WorldCat.org This link opens in a new window Search the collections of libraries in numerous countries and territories that participate in the OCLC global cooperative. You can use 'worldcat.org' in a browser if you don't need ILL services off campus.
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Intro to Research Guide Artwork
Civic library, Newcastle, 18-9-1957, by State Library of New South Wales collection, via Wikimedia Commons.
MLA (Modern Language Association)
MLA Handbook (9th Edition) by Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2016 -- copies at Library Information DeskISBN: 9781603293518Publication Date: 2021-04-01
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