LibGuides: English & Literature: Find Articles/Databases

Featured Journals

These selected peer-reviewed journals cover various areas in literature and writing. To find more journals, visit the Journals by Discipline page.

American Literature
Features articles dealing with American literature, writers and poets, book reviews and lists of recently published books dealing with literary criticism.
Comparative Literature Studies
Comparative critical essays that range across continents and that examine the literary relations between East and West, North and South. Articles may also explore movements, themes, forms, the history of ideas, relations between authors, the foundations of criticism and theory, and issues of language and translation.
Critical Inquiry
Essays on areas of interest in literary criticism and lists of recently published books of critical interest.
International Journal of English Studies
Seeks to reflect developments in the general field of English Studies. Monographs in the fields of Language & Linguistics, Language Learning & Teaching, Literature, & Cultural Studies.

Topics & Issues

Brainstorming? Looking for background information on a topic? Try the following resources to start your research and help you understand various perspectives and issues around a topic:

Gale in Context: Global Issues
Designed by information professionals & subject experts, supports global awareness & the development of critical thinking & information literacy skills, & provides international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, & current events.
Gale in Context: Opposing ViewPoints
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Contains information on today's hottest social issues. Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, statistics, links to web sites and more.

More than 400 reference book titles and over 8,700 pro and con viewpoint articles
Points of View Reference Center
Contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.

Standalone database. Not searchable with other EBSCO databases.
Issues & Controversies (Facts on File)
Facts On Files Issues & Controversies explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.

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Recommended Humanities & Literature Databases

Use these recommended research databases to find subject-specific journal, magazine, & news articles, as well as ebooks, reviews, & more.

*Note: If you are off-campus or using a personal device, you may need to login using your LC portal information to access these databases.

Gale Literature
Integrates resources from Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers Online, Twayne's Authors Online, LitFinder, LitFinder for Schools, MLA International Bibliography, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and Literature Criticism Online.
Bloom's Literature
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Formerly Bloom’s Literary Reference Online, Bloom's Literature features hundreds of Harold Blooms essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world, and thousands of critical articles published by noted scholars under the Bloom’s Literary Criticism imprint.

Full text. This accessible database also contains an archive of more than 46,000 characters; extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, genres, and authors; almost 200 video segments and more.

Humanities Full Text
This database provides coverage of feature articles, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and book reviews, as well as reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, radio and television programs, plays, operas and more.
Literature Criticism Online
Includes information from Poetry Criticism and Literary Index.
Literature Resource Center
Combines biographies, literary criticism, web sites and other resources on topics. Includes information from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revisions, Contemporary Criticism as well as other respected Gale reference.
MLA International Bibliography
The Modern Language Association's comprehensive index of scholarly journals and series in literature, languages, and folklore. Covers 1920s to the present.
Women's Studies International
Covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 871,000 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to the present.