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The Modern Language Association's index to literature. Search MLA to find literary criticism, book reviews, and just about anything relating to communication.
Literary criticism, authors' biographies, reference resources with citations. PQ1L provides useful information for researching literature. Includes the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL), which has scholarly book reviews.
Find books, journals, and archival collections from libraries around the world. Request items through interlibrary loan. Great for English majors because many records include a book's table of contents.
Literatures of different people and groups: African & African American, Hispanic & Latin American, Jewish, Native American, Disabilities, Women & Gender, and LBGTQIA
Contains the odd database that may be of use, book reviews, dictionaries, finding biographical info, LC Call #s for literature, and MLA citation style help.
Background Information
Reference Universe
Search thousands of reference books, such as subject encyclopedias. Learn the fundamentals of your topic.
Suggests the best scholarship across a wide variety of subjects. Includes: American Literature, British and Irish Literature, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature.
Literary Research Guide
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms