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Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory & criticism
A full-text searchable database of articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Literature resource center
Good source for biographies of authors from every age and literary discipline. Contains text from the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Literature On-line (Chadwyck-Healey)
Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
Cross-search full-text journal articles, bibliographic citations from the MLA International Bibliography and ABELL (the MHRA's Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature), biographies, reference works and web sites.
- Once connected, Select Criticism and Reference
Best Places to Start:
Tripod library catalog.
Start with a general Keyword search, e.g. "transnational culture", or a Subject search for an author or key work.
Subject searches can include:
- author names: "Sanchez, Luis Rafael"
- regional literature: "Arabic Literature"
- genres and categories: "literature, comparative", "surrealism", etc.
Subdivisions of subjects can be very valuable.
- criticism & interpretation
- history & criticism
- bibliography
WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Obtain materials not owned by the Tri-Colleges through EZ-Borrow/Interlibrary Loan.
MLA international bibliography
Provider: ProQuest
The core database for finding journal articles in literature; wide ranging scope includes many foreign publications. Also provides citations to books, conference proceedings and other materials. Other areas covered include language, linguistics, film, theatre and folklore. Covers 1926-present.
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JSTOR
Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
Project Muse
Provides access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.
Dissertation abstracts online
Provides citations to approximately 99 percent of all American dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Masters theses selectively included since 1962.
- Request dissertations through Interlibrary Loan
- Dissertation bibliographies can be very useful.
Periodicals index online (Chadwyck)
Index to journal articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, including some published as far back as 1770. Includes periodicals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages.
Yearbook of comparative and general literature.
Publisher: [Bloomington] : Indiana University.
Indexed by MLA from 1952- present.
Publishes articles on the comparative study of the arts, film studies with a focus on literature, international literary relations, pedagogy, and the theory and practice of translation, as well as on the study of genres and modes, themes and motifs, periods and movements.
Publishes articles on the comparative study of the arts, film studies with a focus on literature, international literary relations, pedagogy, and the theory and practice of translation, as well as on the study of genres and modes, themes and motifs, periods and movements.
Regional Literature Resources:
HAPI
Provider: UCLA
Contains citations to scholarly journal articles published in Latin America, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and to materials that address this region and U.S. Hispanic topics. Covers political, economic, social issues and literature. Some citations link to full-text articles. Covers 1970-present.
Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft.
Publisher: Frankfurt am Main, V. Klostermann.
A major resource for German language and literary studies. Covers 1945 - present.
Journal of Arabic literature
Holdings:
(Haverford College) Available from 1970-present.
Publisher: [Leiden, the Netherlands] : Brill Academic Publisher.
Online access 2002-present. Print issues available 1970 - present.
Indexed in MLA international bibliography 1970 - present.
Indexed in MLA international bibliography 1970 - present.
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Citation and Style Guides
See the Library's page on Citing Research Sources for guidance on properly referencing the others who have influenced your work. Includes a help guide on creating an annotated bibliography.