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Database	Full Text	Coverage	Scholarly
MLA International Bibliography Includes abstracts of articles from critical literary and language journals. Report Problems	Links to full-text via Get-It	1963 to current	All
Project Muse Full-text coverage for hundreds of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics Report Problems	Full-text	1993 to current	All
JSTOR Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American & Asian studies, literature, humanities, music, and biological, health & general sciences. Report Problems	Full-text	1838 to most recent five years	Most
Literature Criticism Online Extensive collection of literary criticism authors and their works from antiquity to present. Report Problems	Some full-text	current	Some
ProQuest - Literature & Language Search among ProQuest’s Literature & Language databases Report Problems	Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It	1985 to current	Most
Contemporary Authors Biographies and bibliographies of 90,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world. Report Problems	Full-text	current to current	All
Twayne's Authors Online <p>This series provides literary criticism for approximately 600 authors, including critical introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements, or the development of literary genres.</p> Report Problems	Full-text	current to current	All
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism Informative introduction to major people and ideas in the world of literary theory and criticism. Report Problems	Full-text	current to current	None
Oxford English Dictionary A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It includes etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet Report Problems	Full-text	current to current	None

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Database	Full Text	Coverage	Scholarly
Dictionary of Literary Biography <p>Biographical and critical reception studies of over 140,000 authors as well as year-in-review articles.</p> Report Problems	Some full-text	current	Some
Dissertations and Theses Database: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection Dissertations and Theses Database includes digitized dissertations in a variety of subject areas including Art, Communications, Education, History, Linguistics, Literature, and Social Sciences. Report Problems	Some full-text	1979 to current	All
UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 A variety of books on art, science, history, music, religion and fiction from academic publishers. Report Problems	Full-text	1982 to 2004	All
Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Report Problems	Full-text	current	Some
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index Indexes journals from 1970 on providing information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Hispanics in the United States. Report Problems	None	1970 to current	All
Victorian Women Writers Project Features the works of British women from the Victorian period (1830-1910), including anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children’s books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama. Report Problems	Full-text	1830 to 1910	None
Wright American Fiction A collection of nearly 3,000 19th Century American fiction books, available online in full-text. Report Problems	Full-text	1851 to 1875	Most
Accessible Archives A good source for 19th Century American History; includes newspapers on the Civil War and African Americans. Report Problems	Full-text	1728 to 1900	Most
Arts and Letters Daily Compilation of opinion pieces on current events and book reviews. Report Problems	Full-text	1998 to current	Some

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