English 185A: Literary Studies (Cherewatuk)
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- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowScholarly journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, and dissertations in literary studies, folklore, languages, and linguistics. Covers materials published 1923-present.
Finding the Full Text of Articles in MLA International Bibliography
Other Sources for Literary Criticism
- Catalyst Advanced Books SearchSearch Catalyst, the shared catalog of the St. Olaf and Carleton Libraries, to find books.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowEncompasses Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism Online, LitFinder, Scribner Writers, and Twayne's Authors in a unified interface.
- Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new windowFull-text primary and secondary sources in literary studies. Primary materials include British and American poetry from the eighth century to the contemporary period, drama from 1280 to 1915, and prose from 1500 to 1914, plus streaming video of poets reading poetry and dramatized audio recordings of Shakespeare's plays. Secondary materials include major dictionaries and encyclopedias in literary studies, author bibliographies, and scholarly journal articles.
Reference Resources
- Cambridge Companions Online This link opens in a new windowThe Cambridge Companions are introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods. All are collections of specially commissioned essays, and each title is supported by reference features such as a chronology and guide to further reading.
- Columbia Granger's World of Poetry This link opens in a new windowPoems (over 250,000 full text, plus more citations), supplemented by full-text introductory essays in literary history, poets' biographies, commentaries, a glossary, and audio files of poems read aloud. Includes poems in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and other modern and ancient languages.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new windowFull-text author biographies with critical overviews of major works plus lists of secondary sources for further research. Discusses literary authors working across genres and historical periods (classical to contemporary). Covers criticism published 1978-present.
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowOnline version of the complete Oxford English Dictionary. The OED includes current definitions but is also a historical dictionary, allowing users to trace the changing meanings of words through the centuries. Also available in print.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowOxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest and most trusted reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.
More Expansive Searching
- A-Z DatabasesTry your search in some of the other English databases St. Olaf provides access to!
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar searches scholarly literature and provides a simple interface for accessing full-text content, tracking citations, and citing sources.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly journals articles in many disciplines. Dates of coverage vary by title, typically from the journal's first issue (sometimes in the eighteenth century or earlier) through about five years ago.
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