LibGuides: English Subject Guide: Find Articles

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This guide includes the "best bets" for resources to consult as you to begin or continue your research on literature and writing topics.

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Find Articles in the Best Databases for Literary Scholarship

MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
The definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, film and teaching with an extensive collection of full text.
1920's-present
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from more than 100 scholarly journals published by Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Indiana, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Oxford and Penn State university presses, as well as the presses of the Universities of Hawaii, Texas, and Wisconsin.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR project seeks to develop online access to the full back files of selected journals. The database contains a digitized image of every page and is searchable by every word.
varies;Most articles are older than the past 3-5 years.

Other Scholarly Research Sources

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Contains definitions for most of the words in the English language. It also provides information on the words origins and quotations showing the range of meanings from the time they entered the language to the present.
11th century-present
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window
The authoritative resource in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought, providing access to more than 1,450 full-text journals dating back to 1907.
1907-present
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 350 publications (and selected coverage of nearly 300), as well as full text for more than 100 journals and nearly 100 books.
1914-present