Recommended Reseources for English Research
The following databases include research and other materials with a heavy emphasis on all literary studies (in English and many other languages), covering topics such as theory, criticism, ages/periods, genres, formats, and much more.
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MLA International BibliographyAn index of journals, books and dissertations covering literature, language and linguistics, folklore, dramatic arts, printing and publishing, rhetoric, and composition.
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Literature Criticism Online
Compilation of literary commentary covering centuries of analysis, both scholarly and popular commentary. Includes the series Children's Literature Review, Classical And Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, Literature Criticism From 1400-1800, Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
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Literature Resource CenterA literary reference database which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day.
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Children's Literature and CultureA digitized collection of rare books, games, ephemera, and artwork focused on the history and literature of childhood between the 1820s and 1920s.
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Project MUSE Premium CollectionProvides full text of a growing number of scholarly journals in the arts and humanities.
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JSTOR Collection
Digital library of academic journals, ebooks and primary sources. Includes content across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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International Medieval BibliographyMultidisciplinary bibliography of Europe, North Africa, and the Near East (300-1500). Indexes 365,000 articles with subject, location, and date.
Google Scholar Search
| Google Scholar is a good resource for finding articles from across the internet. Use the search below to include results that MRU has access to, then look for the "Full-Text@MRU Library" tag. |  |
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