LibGuides: American Literature: Databases

Multi-Discipline Databases

Multi-Discipline Databases

Multi-discipline databases provide access to scholarly articles, research papers, and other resources across a wide range of academic fields. These databases are useful when exploring topics spanning multiple disciplines or starting broad research before narrowing your focus. Below is a short list of starting points.

For the full list of databases, click here: A-Z Databases.

Academic Search Ultimate
A multi-disciplinary database designed specifically for academic institutions. With a large collection of peer-reviewed full-text journals, the database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: biblical studies, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
Cambridge Companions Online: Complete Collection
The Cambridge Companions Online: Complete Collection is a fully searchable, full text collection of from the renowned Cambridge Companions series. The Complete collection includes: The Companions to Literature and Classics; The Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture; and, The Companions to Music.
JSTOR Arts & Sciences I-XV
JSTOR's archival journal collections include more than two thousand journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. It ontains the entire runs, from the first volume up to the volumes published only a few years ago. Currently published titles have a "moving wall" of 3-5 years after which the current issues are added to JSTOR.

Subject Specific Databases

Subject Specific Databases

Subject-specific databases provide access to focused scholarly articles, research papers, and other resources across a particular topic. Selecting databases that fit the category of research will help focus the results.

To Filter databases by subject, type, or vendor, follow the steps below (Figure 1).

Select the filter, for example, "ALL Subjects"
Select a subject that fits your topic or subject, for example, "Language & Literature"

Click here for the full A-Z Databases list.

Figure 1: Filter databases based on a subject.

Starting Points

Below are some databases to start with. Feel free to explore:

Gale Literary Sources
A wide range of literary criticism and analysis from a variety of Gale Company databases, including Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism Online, Twayne's Authors Series, and more.
LitFinder
LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.
Oxford Scholarship Online Literature
The Oxford University Press Literature list has enormous range, from Medieval (Blamires, Cooper, Gaunt, O'Donoghue) to Twentieth Century and all-but Contemporary (Corcoran, Gillis, Eaglestone, Robinson), with a powerful grouping in the Renaissance/Early Modern (Hughes, Lockwood, Pollard, Rhodes, Rosenblatt, Stevenson, Walker).