Research Guide: English Language & Literature Databases

Available through FirstSearch. A citation index. References to over 1100 arts and humanities sources.

Gives citations to sources of biographical information for contemporary and historical figures around the world.

Provides access to over 5 million books, audiobooks, and video titles as well as reviews, award listings, and best sellers.

Guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, drama, and other fields. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical references.

Master index to 40 Gale literary publications including Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Resource Center. Updated twice/year.

Includes all data from Humanities International Index (indexing to more than 2,100 journals and 2 million records) as well as access to about 900 full-text journals.

Covers aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countrys from more than 200 periodicals and books.

"Iter, meaning a journey or a path in Latin, is a not-for-profit research project with partners in Toronto (the headquarters), New York City, and Tempe. Iter was created for the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development of online resources."

Provides access to the full text of over 300 scholarly journals across many subject areas. The objective of JSTOR is to provide all issues back to Volume 1, Issue 1 for all journals. (Due to copyright restrictions, the most recent 3-5 years are unavailable.)

Contains full text general news and reference information, as well as legislative, legal, business, financial, and health sources. Includes the full text of major newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Le Monde. Updated daily.

Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline including the full text of selected literary works from LitFinder.

Provides access to about 125,000 full text poems, 850,000 poem citations, 5,000 full text short stories, 3,000 full text essays, 2,000 full text speeches, and 1,000 full text plays.

Index to scholarly research in literature, linguistics, and folklore. Indexes material published since the 1920's including 4400 journals, books, proceedings, and bibliographies

Full text/full image version of The Nation magazine, "a dissenting, independent, trouble-making, idea-launching journal of critical opinion", from 1865 to the present. Searchable by author, keyword, title, date range. Includes articles, book reviews, film reviews, poems, cartoons, and illustrations.

Contains over 1000 audiobooks and stories, including classic works, plays, and poetry.  Eight simultaneous users. Works best in IE Explorer.

Provides access to full text electronic books.

The New York Times archive provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. It is possible to limit by article type including: classified ad, display ad, editorial cartoon, letter, comic, editorial article, review, stock quote, weather, legal notice, and real estate transaction.

Provides 50,000 signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000 .

Online version of the print dictionary.

Provides access to back files of over 550 complete full-image journals spanning 200 years in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Provides access to about 125,000 full text poems, 850,000 poem citations, 5,000 full text short stories, 3,000 full text essays, 2000 full text speeches, and 1,000 full text plays.

Provides access to over 2000 magazines and journals from 1981 to the present. Includes some full-text.