Subject: English Literature
Key Databases
Literature Resource Center
Full-text access to biographical and critical information on authors and their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism
MLA International Bibliography
Considered a primary research tool for literary studies, this database indexes books, journal articles and dissertations. Coverage is from the 1920’s to the present.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Online access to the world renowned etymological resource.
Related Databases
Academic Search Premier
This large multidisciplinary database includes full-text for approximately 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. Searchable cited references are also included for 1,000 titles.
Annual bibliography of English language and literature, 1920-
Indexes more than 850,000 books, articles, essays, and literary analyses. This database provides basic citations—use the USF library catalog to determine if a particular book or journal is available at any of the Libraries of the USF System.
Essay and General Literature Index
This database provides indexing to individual critical essays that are published as part of a collected work. The database provides basic citations—use the information listed in the “Essay Source” section of the Essay and General Literature record to check the USF library catalog to find out if the book is available within the USF Library system.
Humanities Full Text
Indexes articles pertaining to a wide variety of humanities-related subjects including classical studies, linguistics, and literary criticism. Searches may be limited to peer reviewed journals. Coverage is from 1984 to the present.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Provides access to the older volumes of the Humanities Index. Coverage is from 1907-1984.
Literature Compass
Locates peer reviewed articles in many areas relating to literary studies. Coverage back to 2003.
Literature Online (LION)
Combined access to 9 full-text literary databases.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text access to biographical and critical information on authors and their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism
MLA International Bibliography
Considered a primary research tool for literary studies, this database indexes books, journal articles and dissertations. Coverage is from the 1920’s to the present.
Project Muse
Provides the full-text of more than 300 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities.
World Shakespeare bibliography online
A listing of
books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1963 and 2006.
E-journal collections
JSTOR
This unique resource was created to provide searchable, full-text access to the older editions of a vast number of scholarly journals. Coverage goes back to volume one of the journal but does not include the most recent few years of the title. A wide selection of disciplines are included.
Oxford Journals
Searchable access to the journals from Oxford University Press.
Project Muse
Provides the full-text of more than 300 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities.
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