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    Literature Guide     

    Text in BROWN indicates that the item is located in Hoover Library.
    Dewey call numbers for books of Literature and Literary Criticism: 800s.

    Literary Criticism - Databases with Full-Text Articles

    • Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing over 3000 journals and magazines and full text for over 1,200 titles (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1990 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • Expanded Academic Index ASAP (InfoTrac)
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing about 2000 journals and magazines with about 1000 titles in full text (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1980 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • JSTOR
      • Full text of 254 journals in 19 academic disciplines.
      • Consists of first issue of journal up to the most current 2 to 5 years, i.e. 1995 to 1999.
    • MagillOnLiterature
      • Brief plot summaries, critical analysis, and biographies.
      • Includes nearly 20 Masterplots and Masterplots II titles, the Cyclopedia of World Authors, the Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, and 10 years of Magill's Literary Annuals and Magill Book Reviews.
      • Warning: This is NOT a scholarly source.
    • Project Muse Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Search from over 100 journals in the humanities and the social sciences.
      • Only journals from the 45 Johns Hopkins Press are full text.
      • Dates vary widely, mostly 1996 to present.
    • See also Subject Guide for Book Reviews.

    Literary Criticism - Periodicals with Full-text Articles
    Note: Some of these journals may also be available from the databases above.

    Literary Criticism - Indexes with Citations

    • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
      • Note: This is the main index to literary criticism in English.
      • Covers nearly 4,000 journals and series, as well as monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats with scholarly research in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
      • 1963 to the present.
      • Note: this database allows only one user at a time. You could get a message saying the database is busy. In that case, try again later.
      • Paper format: 1926 to 1991; (Call number: R801.6 M689)
      • Includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals. Coverage from 1963 to present.
    • FirstSearch (OCLC) - includes the following databases:
      • ArticleFirst - index to items from table of contents of journals, 1990 to present;
      • ECO - index to scholarly journals, 1995 to present;
      • UnionList - list of periodicals held by OCLC member libraries;
      • WorldCat - catalog of all items cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
    • Humanities Index (H.W. Wilson)
      • Indexes about 500 journals and magazines in 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.
      • 2/1984 to present.
      • Note: this database allows only 4 users at one time. You could get a message saying the database is busy. In that case, try again later.
      • Paper format:  4/1974 to 12/1991; (Call number: Index 001.3 H918)
    • ingenta
      • Search article summaries from over 20,000 publications.
      • Searching is free; viewing the article requires a fee.
    • World Shakespeare Bibliography
      • Provides annotated entries for 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 worldwide between 1972 to present.
    • Essay and General Literature Index 1900 to present
      • (Call number: Index 040 E78)
      • Author and subject index to essays published in books of collected essays.

    Literary Awards

    • Nobel Prize in Literature
      • Official site listing laureates from 1901 to present. Includes a biography. Searchable.
    • Pulitzer Prizes
      • Official site with winners from 1917 to present. Full texts of winning journalism entries for 1995-2000 are available including photographs and cartoons. Searchable.
    • Recent Winners (Poets & Writers Magazine)
      • Listing of the most recent recipients of literary prizes.

    Literature Collections

    Detective and Mystery Fiction

    Glossaries of Literary Terms

    Interviews with Writers

    • Wired for Books (Ohio University)
      • Listent to Don Swaim's interviews with authors on CBS Radio. Requires RealAudio.

    Poetry.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

    Literary Theories

    • Theoretical Sources (Martin Ryder, University of Colorado at Denver)
      • Links to biographical information, essays, and readings on Constructivism, Postmodern Thought, Semiotics, etc. Excellent site.
    • Voice of the Shuttle: Literary Theory Page (Alan Liu, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
      • Many links. Excellent site.
    • The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. Eds. Michael Groden and Martin Kreiswirth. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
      • (Call number: 016.809 J65)
      • Good introduction to different literary theories.