Literature

Literature Databases

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	MLA International Bibliography	Citations to literature, language, linguistics and folklore publications, 1963 to present.
	Humanities Abstracts/Full-Text	Subjects covered include: Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Communications, Dance, Film, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Literary & Social Criticism Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religion and Theology.
	Contemporary Authors	A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical references for more than 90,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world.
	Black Drama	This edition of Black Drama contains 207 plays by 65 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
	Columbia Granger's World of Poetry	This is a searchable index of poetry. You can search by keyword, title, first or last line, or author. Granger's will tell you in what print anthology the poem appears, and in some cases, it will also provide you with the electronic full text of the poem as well. You can also find biographical information about poets and critical contexts for the poetry.
	Early English Books Online	From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this incomparable collection contains over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection. Covers: English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, and the fine arts.
	JSTOR	Full-text reproductions of dozens of scholarly journals in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies and sociology. (5 year moving wall)
	NCM - 19th Century Masterfile (includes Poole's index)	(NCM) 19th Century Masterfile is the largest resource for pre-1925 studies online, with more than 60 indexes to periodicals, books, newspapers, patents and US/UK Government Documents. NCM is a vast 'index of indexes' to the entire output of pre-1925 Anglo-American publishing--books, periodicals, newspapers and government publications.
	Project Muse	Full-text articles from at least 190 scholarly electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences. Literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many other fields are represented. Coverage varies; the earliest available issues of journals date from 1995 onward.