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MLA International Bibliography
Contains citations to books, journal articles and dissertations published on literature, modern languages, linguistics, and folklore. In addition to English and American literature, it also covers European, Asian, African, and Latin American literatures. The database has millions of citations from thousands of journals and series published worldwide from 1926 to the present.  More Info

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ABELL
The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) as found on Literature Online. Contains over 750,000 citations leading to monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. ABELL also includes links to the full text of over 60 journals from 1998 to the present. (ABELL) as found on Literature Online.  More Info

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Academic Search Complete
Provides coverage of articles from thousands of scholarly, trade, and general-interest periodicals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. Subject coverage includes literary topics.  More Info

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Literature Online
A set of databases which provide access to full-text, fully searchable electronic versions of poetry, fiction, drama, and reference works, as well as links to additional relevant web resources, and selected secondary sources.  More Info

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Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
Provides full-text access to over 9,000 critical and biographical essays on British and American authors from all eras and genres. DLB can be searched in conjunction with Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism.  More Info

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Twayne Authors Series
The Twayne Authors Series is an online literary reference resource comprising Twayne's Unites States Authors, Twayne's English Authors, and Twayne's World Authors. This database offers criticism by scholars on hundreds of years of literature--from Aristophanes to Bharati Mukherjee. It provides critical introductions to the lives and works of writers, to the history and influence of literary movements, and to the development of literary genres.  More Info

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Literature Resource Center
A complete literature reference database designed for undergraduate students. Electronic version of biographical, bibliographical and contextual information on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism).  More Info

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Scribner Writers Series
Provides access to more than 2,000 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of more than 1,400 important authors from around the world.  More Info

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Arts & Humanities Citation Index
As a part of Web of Science, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database indexing more than 1,100 arts and humanities journals. A good resource for retrieving scholarly book reviews.  More Info


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Early English Books Online
Contains over 22 million digital page images of virtually every work printed in the English language as well as works printed in Great Britain and its dependencies from 1473-1700 in any language.  More Info


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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Includes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books, journal material (articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies) are included, as are citations for essays in books (including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues).  More Info


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JSTOR
Presents the full text, in facsimile form, of the complete back files of important scholarly journals, generally from the first volume through issues published prior to the most recent three years.  More Info


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LLBA
linguistics & language behavior-related research  More Info


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Periodicals Index Online
Indexes over 3,000 academic and popular periodicals published from as early as 1770 to the present in the humanities and social sciences. Full-text images are available for over 100 journals.  More Info


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Project Muse
Provides full-text journal articles , largely in the disciplines of Cultural Studies, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion and Theater.  More Info


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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
A listing of dissertations back to 1861 including many full-text dissertations from 1997 to the present, including those done at UB.  More Info


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Women Writers Online
Includes full-text, fully searchable electronic versions of poetry, fiction, drama, and prose works by women from 1400 to 1850.  More Info


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World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
Provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book chapters, reviews, dissertations and more related to Shakespeare. It is international in scope and is searchable by author, title, subject, keyword, date, language, publisher, and/or periodical title. Dates covered include 1972-2001.  More Info


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Wright American Fiction 1851-1875
Online collection attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875.  More Info


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Encyclopedias


Dictionary of Old English: Old English Corpus
An online concordance to old English text. More Info

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Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
This Guide is a full-text searchable database of articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also treats related persons and fields that have been shaped by or have themselves shaped literary theory and criticism. More Info

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Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
A historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. More Info

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WorldCat
A mega-library catalog containing more than 55 million records contributed by 20,000 libraries around the world. More Info

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Library Guides

American Literature: A Research & Reference Guide
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American Literature: Accessing American Periodical Literature & Newspapers
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Classics
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English Literature: A Research & Reference Guide
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English Literature: Accessing English Periodical Literature and Newspapers
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Fantasy Literature & Film: Selected Resources
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Locating Literary Manuscripts
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Locating Short Stories
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Mystery and Crime Fiction
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Plays: Locating Plays
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Poems - Locating and Researching Poetry
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Romance Languages & Literature
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Selecting & Evaluating Editions
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Shakespeare - A Research & Reference Guide
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Short Story Criticism
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