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English 408: The Composition Process

Literary Criticism Databases

Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Offers nice overviews of major authors and works. This interface searches Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography simultaneously.
NOTE: If you have difficulty navigating the documents that are scans from books, try downloading it as a PDF, the download icon is on the top right.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from around 325 language and literature journals, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago usually (around 25 have current articles).
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) -- 1923-present This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database for literature and languages, plus folklore, drama and rhetoric. Indexes over 5,000 journals, plus books and dissertations.