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Databases by Subject:   Literature and Literary Criticism
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See also: Gill Library Subject Guides for more research resources.

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Literary Reference Center - Ebsco
  a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day.
   
Academic Search Complete- Ebsco  
  A multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,600 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,500 peer-reviewed journals.
   
Expanded Academic ASAP - Gale CENGAGE Learning NOVELNY
 
   
Academic OneFile - Gale CENGAGE Learning NOVELNY
  Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
   
Essay and General Literature Index H.W.Wilson/Ebsco
 
...produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, is a unique reference database that cites records contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 320 single and multi-authored volumes are indexed annually with more than 20 selected annuals and serial publications.
   

 
J-STOR
  Offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines.
   
In the First Person - Alexander Street Press
  an index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories. ...from hundreds of published volumes—those that are publicly available on the Web and those that are held by repositories and archives around the world....In the First Person is updated on a quarterly schedule.
   
DOAJ:  Directory of Open Access Journals
  Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals and aims to cover all subjects and languages.
   
You may also find the following databases useful:
   

 

 

Credo General Reference A completely customizable online reference solution for learners and librarians offering 530 highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers. Credo General Reference covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
   
EJS Electronic Journals Service - EBSCO
  Puts all the e-journals made available to you by your library in a single place on the Web. 
   
Google Scholar
  From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles.
   
Gale CENGAGE Learning (lists all CENGAGE Learning databases) NOVELNY
  Contains all Gale CENGAGE Learning Novel Databases covering a wide range of subjects.
   
Virtual Reference Library - CENGAGE Learning NOVELNY
  is a full text database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research including health, history and business references.
   
   
Newspaper Databases
   
Gale News Stand - Gale CENGAGE Learning NOVELNY
 
Gale®, part of Cengage Learning, is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform.
   
New York State Newspapers - Gale CENGAGE Learning NOVELNY
Full text access to the papers from Binghamton, Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County, New York. Full text coverage is 365 days  for the New York Times. 
   
Newspaper Source - EBSCO
Full text for a total of 174 full text newspapers and other sources.
   
Encyclopedia Databases
   
The Encyclopedia Britannica
  the complete encyclopedia, with related Internet sites and more including Britannica's Internet Guide and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
   
Grolier Online
  Grolier Online is published by Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., a division of Scholastic Inc. It includes seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.

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