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.
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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.
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Academic Search CompleteJournal and magazine articles across a broad range of subject areas.
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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