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Recommended Databases
Cambridge Companions Complete Collection
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Includes the full-text of books, such as the Cambridge Companions to:
Literature of the American West, Travel Writing, and more.
JSTOR
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Full-text of articles for the full-runs of many seminal journals. See all
JSTOR's Language and Literature titles
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Library Catalog - Advanced
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A subset of Library Search that finds only materials owned by SMU Libraries, such as books, journals, movies, etc.
MLA International Bibliography
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Modern Language Association's index to literature
Project MUSE
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Provides full-text online access to all journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
ProQuest One Literature
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Literary criticism, authors' biographies, reference resources with citations
WorldCat
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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.
All English databases
Primary Sources
History Vault: American Indians and American West
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Covers Native Americans & the westward migration of White settlers from 1809-1971, includes primary sources
Background & Reference
The American West
Find detailed information on a vast array of topics related to the American West.
Dictionary of the American West
Explains terms and expressions, from cowboy culture, to native flora and fauna of the West.
A Literary History of the American West
Covers regions, history, and stories of the West.
A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West
Presents essays exploring the historic and contemporary cultural of America's western states.
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American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism
West (U.S.) -- In literature
Western stories -- History and criticism
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