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Literature Criticism Online Provides access to online editions of Contemporary Literary Criticism, 20th Century Literary Criticism, 19th Century Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Shakespearean Literature Criticism, and Short Story Criticism. The critical analyses are about authors throughout the ages of literature derived from books, journals, magazines, broadsheets, pamphlets, diaries, and newspapers. (Gale - Direct) Remote Access with University Network Account
Humanities International Complete Scholarly research material from a diverse humanities subject area. Covers dissertations, books, & journals. (EBSCO) Remote Access with University Network Account.
JSTOR An archive of scholarly journals in full text, starting with the first issues. Covers material from the 1800s up to between 1 and 8 years before current publication. (JSTOR) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Literature Resource Center with Twayne's and Scribner Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. (Gale-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
MLA International Bibliography The Modern Language Association of America indexes critical literary & language scholarship internationally. Includes case studies, dissertations, essays, journals, proceedings, & working papers. (EBSCO) Remote Access with University Network Account.
MLA Directory of Periodicals The Modern Language Association of America Directory of Periodicals lists editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines of the periodicals indexed in MLA. (EBSCO) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Project Muse Online collection of full text peer-reviewed journals from scholarly publishers. This collection complements JSTOR. (Muse) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Contemporary Authors Search biographical details of journalists, novelists, poets, & script writers with translated English works. Covers early 20th century to the present. (Gale-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Contains literary history & criticism of novelists, poets, short story writers, playwrights internationally from the 20th century to the present. (Gale-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Contains literary topics, periods and genres of American and English authors. May be used in conjunction with the print series. (Gale-TexShare) Remote with University Network Account.
Scribner Writers Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 Scribner print series. (Gale-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Twayne's Authors Series Provides Twayne's World, US, and English Authors, each of which contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books. (Gale-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
World Shakespeare Bibliography A comprehensive source of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1962 and 2006. Includes over 110,000 annotated entries from books, articles, dissertations, theatrical productions, audiovisual materials, and electronic media.
Academic Search Complete Includes more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals; in addition to full text, offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Remote Access with University Network Account.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index Provides indexing to arts and humanities topics, and related social science and science references. Cites who published what. (Extended FirstSearch) Library access only.
Directory of Open Access Journals This service provides full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly, peer reviews journals in many subjects and languages. It includes academic, government, commercial, non-profit private sources. (Lund Universities/TexShare) Free Web Access
Encyclopaedia Britannica The Encyclopaedia Britannica is the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. Its broad scope includes statistics, classics, definitions, articles in journals, and maps. (Britannica - Direct) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Library of Latin Texts,CLCLT This database contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (240 B.C.) through the Second Vatican Council (1965) and provides an extensive corpus of classical and medieval Latin literature, including the complete works of Cicero, Virgil, Augustine, Jerome, Thomas a Kempis and many others. The texts have been taken from the Corpus Christianorum and from many other leading editions. It is formerly known as CETEDOC. (Brepolis) Remote Access with University Network Account.
MasterFILE Premier Index to general interest subjects in many disciplines. (EBSCO-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Oxford English Dictionary An online version of the leading historical dictionary of the English language includes etymology, philology, and quotations. It is updated quarterly. (Oxford University Press) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Perseus Digital Library An online version of the Perseus Project which contains documentation, with sketches and photographs, of archaic and classical Greece to 146 BC. Also in CD format. (Tufts University) Free Web Access
Perseus A comprehensive multimedia collection of primary sources on the study of archaic and classical Greece to 146 BC. Covers archaeology, art, history, and literature with about 25,000 images. Check CD out at CIRCULATION DESK to use on PRIORITY SEATING stand alone computer in Library. Also available online as Perseus Digital Project. Library access only.
Wilson Select Plus Contains citations & abstracts from: Readers Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts & Wilson Business Abstracts. (Extended FirstSearch) Library access only.
WorldCat Locate books and other materials, such as musical scores & internet resources, in libraries worldwide, including the University of Dallas. Coverage is from 1200 to present. (FirstSearch-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.
Google Scholar Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts & articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities & other scholarly organizations. (Google) Free Web Access
NetLibrary A collection of full text reference, scholarly, and professional electronic books (eBooks) available for 24 hour electronic use. (OCLC-TexShare) Remote Access with NetLibrary Account.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (also in print at Ref PN 81 .C97 J67)
eScholarship Editions From the University of California, the eScholarship Editions collection includes almost 2000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. (Univ. of CA) Free Web Access
American Literary Scholarship
American Literature
Atlantic Monthly
Boundary 2
Children's Literature in Education
Classical Review
College English
Contemporary Literature
Critical Quarterly
English Studies
Milton Quarterly
Modern Language Quarterly
Modern Language Review
Nineteenth Century Literature
PMLA
Poetics Today
Profession
Romance Quarterly
Review of English Studies
Complete Works of William Shakespeare Offers full-text of Shakespeare's plays and poetry.
Dickens Project This site is dedicated to promoting the study and enjoyment of the life, times and work of Charles Dickens.
Feminae, Medieval Women & Gender Index (Medieval Feminist Index) Provides selected full text articles, book reviews, & essays in books and journals.
Intute: Arts & Humanities Offers an easy-to-use and powerful tool for discovering the best Internet resources for education and research in creative arts and humanities topics, including literature, art, architecture, music, etc.
Literary Resources on the Net This comprehensive site provides links to literature resources categorized by broad literary periods and genres.
Merrycoz.org Provides transcriptions and images from various children's books and magazines from the 1800 - 1872 and includes extensive commentary.
Princeton Dante Project Combines a traditional approach to the study of Dante's Comedy with new techniques of compiling and consulting data, images, and sound. The text of Dante's poem is always at the center of the user's attention and commentaries and links to additional Dante resources are included.
The Victorian Web This hypertext resource of Victorian literature source materials is maintained at Brown University.
Voice of the Shuttle Literature Literature resources are included in the categories of Literature (in English) and Literatures (other than English) on this award-winning academic research site.
The Works of the Bard This resource includes the capability of searching the text of Shakespeare's plays and poetry and a list of additional Shakespeare links.
General
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia Ref PN 41 .B4
Book Review Index Ref Z 1035 .A1 B6
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms Ref PN 41 .C67
Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series Ref Ref Z 1224 .C762
Contemporary Authors; a Bio-Bibliographical Guide Ref Z 1224 .C76
Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref PN 771 .C59
Contemporary Novelists Ref PR 881 .C69
Critical Heritage Series (individual volumes of criticism of major writers) various call numbers
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters Ref PN 44 .M3
Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref PN 501 .D5
Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms Ref PN 41 .D4794
Glossary of Literary Terms Ref PN 41 .A2
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Ref PN 81 .C97 J67 or online.
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 Ref PN 86 .L56
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism Ref PN 761 .N56
Research Guide to Biography and Criticism Ref Z 2011 .R47
Survey of Contemporary Literature Ref PN 44 .M34
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Ref PN 771 .G27
Specialized
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Ref PN 41 .B8d
Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters Ref PR 19 .D52
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism Ref PN 86 .C573
Dictionary of Fictional Characters Ref PR 19 .2.F85
Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature Ref PN 485 .E53
Fiction Catalog Ref Z 5916 .W74
Index to Fairy Tales Ref Z 5983 .F17E2
International Literary Market Place Ref N 161 .I52
Literary Market Place Ref PN 161 .L5
Modern Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings Ref PN 6403 .W48
Speech Index Ref PN 6121 .S9
Quotations
Familiar Quotations Ref PN 6081 .B280
Magill's Quotations in Context Ref PN 6081 .M292
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Ref PN 6080 .O95
American and British
Companion to Faulkner Studies Ref PS 3511 .A86 Z758
English Novel 1878 - 1956, a Checklist of Twentieth Century Criticisms Ref Z 2014 .F4 B4
English Novel Explication Ref Z 2014 .F5P26
Modern American Literature Ref PS 221 .M53 1999
Modern American Women Writers Ref PS 151 .M54 1990
Oxford Companion to African American Literature Ref PS 153 .N5 O96 1997 or online (NetLibrary).
Oxford Companion to American Literature Ref PS 21 .H325 1995
Oxford Companion to English Literature Ref PR 19 .D73 2000
Palgrave Literary Dictionary of Chaucer Ref PR 1903 .A53
Reference Guide to American Literature Ref PS 21 .R43 1987
Southern Writers: a New Biographical Dictionary Ref PS 261 .S595
International
African Writers Ref PL 8010 .A453
Cervantes Encyclopedia Ref PQ 6337 .A2
Contemporary Foreign Language Writers Ref PN 771 .C585
Dictionary of Mexican Literature Ref PQ 7106 .D53
The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia Ref PG 3328 .A09 L36
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century Ref 771 .E5
European Writers Ref PN 501 .E9
Guide to French Literature Ref PQ 41 .L48
Great Foreign Language Writers Ref PN 524 .G74
Handbook of Russian Literature Ref PG 2940 .H29
Latin American Writers Ref PQ 7081 .A1 L37
New Oxford Companion to Literature in French Ref PQ 41 .N48
Oxford Companion to German Literature Ref PT 41 .G3
Oxford Companion to Irish Literature Ref PR 8706 .O88
Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature Ref PQ 6006 .O93
Spanish American Authors, the Twentieth Century Ref PQ 7081.3 F57
Poetry
Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works Ref PN 1021 .G78
Contemporary Poets Ref PR 603 .C6
Last Lines; An Index to Last Lines of Poetry Ref PN 1022 .K55
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Ref PN 1021 .N39
Poetry Handbook; A Dictionary of Terms Ref PN 1021 .D3
Words to Rhyme With: for Poets and Song Writers Ref PE 1519 .E87
Drama
American Drama Criticism: Interpretations Ref Z 1231 .D7 P3
Contemporary Dramatists Ref PR 737 .C57
Drama Criticism Ref PN 1601 .D59
Dramatic Criticism Index Ref Z 5781 .B8
European Drama Criticism Ref Z 5781 .P2
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama Ref PN 1625 .M3
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections…between 1900 and 1985 Ref Z 5781 .O8
Play Index Ref Z 5781 .W51
Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama Ref PN 1625 .G3
Shakespeare
The Essential Shakespeare: an Annotated Bibliography of Major Modern Studies Ref Z 8811 .C53
Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare: a Comprehensive Guide for Students Ref PR 2976 .G739
Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare Ref PR 2892.S63
Quotable Shakespeare: A Topical Dictionary Ref PR 2892 .D37
Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare Ref PR 2892 .C3
Shakespeare A to Z; the Essential Reference…. Ref PR 2892 .B69
Shakespeare Glossary Ref PR 2892 .O6
Shakespeare Survey Ref PR 2888 .C3
Short Stories
Short Story Criticism Ref PN 3321 .S5
Short Story Index Ref Z 5917 .S5 C6
Twentieth Century Short Story Explication Ref Z 5917 .S5 W2
Children's Literature
Children's Literature: a Guide to the Criticism Ref Z 2014 .5 .H46
Dictionary of American Children's Fiction 1859-1959 Ref PS 374 .C454 H45
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature Ref PN 1008 .5.C37
American Scholar Per AP 2 .A5s3
Arthuriana Per PN 685 Q65
Atlantic Monthly Per PN 2 .A8m6
Ben Jonson Journal Per PR 2638 .B465
Bulletin of the Comediantes Per PQ 6098 .C64
Children's Literature in Education Per Z 1037 A1c5
Christianity and Literature Per PN 49 .C49
Comparative Literature Per PN 851 .C6L5
Conradiana Per PR 1 .C6
Contemporary Literature Per PN 2 .C6L5
Critical Quarterly Per PN 2 .C7
Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos Per AP 60 .C8h5
Dickensian Per PR 1 .D5
Eighteenth Century Theory & Interpretation Per DA 506 .B9B8
English Per PR 1 .E5
English Language Notes Per PN 2 .E5L2
English Studies Per PR 1 .E8s5
Esprit Createur, L': A Critical Quarterly of French Literature Per BX 4700 .T5 A3 1925
Essays in Criticism Per PN 2 .E8i5
Explicator, The Per PN 2 .E9
Georgia Review Per PN 2 .G4r3
Hispanofila Per PQ 6001 .H55
Hopkins Quarterly Per PR 4803 .H44Z649
Insula Per PQ 6001 .S2i5
James Joyce Quarterly Per PR 1 .J3j5
Kenyon Review Per PN 2 .K4r3
Literary Imagination Per PN 2 .L56
Medium Aevum Per PN 2 .M3a3
Midwest Quarterly Per PN 2 .M5q8
Milton Quarterly Per PR 1 .M5
Mississippi Quarterly Per PS 1 .M5q8
Modern Age Per PN 2 .M7a3
Modern Language Review Per PN 2 .M7L3
Moreana Per BQ 6727 .M6
Nineteenth Century Literature Per PN 2.N5 C3
Notes and Queries Per PR 1 .N5A5
Nouvelle Revue Francaise, La Per PN 3 .N5r3
Papers on Language and Literature Per PR 1 .P3
Poetry Per PN 1010 .P6
Ramus, Critical Studies in Greek and Roman Literature Per PA 1 R35
Religion and Literature Per PN 49 .R39
Renascence Per PN 2 .R3
Review of English Studies Per PR 1 .R5o4
Revista Hispanica Moderna Per PQ 6001 .S2r3
Revue de Litterature Comparee Per PN 1 .R3
Revue des Deux Mondes Per PN 3 .R6d3
Revue d'histoire Litteraire de France Per PQ 2 .R4h5
Romance Notes Per PC 1 .R58
Romance Quarterly Per P 1 .K4
Sewanee Review Per PN 2 .S3r3
Shakespeare Newsletter Per PR 1 .S2n3
Shakespeare Yearbook Per PR 2885 .S647
Southern Humanities Review Per PN 2 .S6h8
Southern Review Per PN 2 .S7r2
Southern Studies Per PS 1 .L6s6
Speculum Per PR 1 .S6
Studies in Romanticism Per PN 2 .S8r6
Studies in the Novel Per PN 3311 .S82
Twentieth Century Literature Per PN 2 .T8c3
University of Toronto Quarterly Per PN 2 .U5t5
Victorian Newsletter Per PR 1 .V5n4
Yale French Studies Per PQ 1 .Y3
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