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Journal Locator

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Selected Databases

Use databases to find articles on your topic. These databases are the best place to start.

Humanities Full Text
Humanities Full Text contains full text, abstracts and bibliographic indexing of scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as specialized magazines. Also includes: feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more.
Coverage: 1984 - Present. Updated: Daily.
Literary Reference Center Plus (replaces LION)
Contains MLA Bibliography, full text journal articles, reference books and more on a wide range of literature and literary criticism.
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Criticism Online provides online access to Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, and Children's Literature Review, Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online and Something About the Author.
Updated: Regularly.
Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center contains full-text articles, critical essays and reviews from scholarly journals and literary magazines. Identifies authors and works that share characteristics such as genre, time period, themes, nationality, ethnicity and gender.
Updated: Continually.
Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a general interest database containing scholarly and popular articles on a variety of topics including: Physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Contains audio, images and video.
Coverage: 1980-present.
New York Times - Historical
New York Times - Historical offers full-page images with searchable full-text articles back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Includes advertisements.
Coverage: 1851 - 4 years ago. Updated: Annually.
Cinema Image Gallery
Cinema Image Gallery contains still images from movies, television and the entertainment industry. Include, still images of films in production, directors working on-set with the stars, set, costume and production design, as well as, hair and make-up shots and rare behind-the-scenes material. Contains images.
Updated: Regularly.
Pop Culture Universe
Pop Culture Universe is a digital library including information on American and world popular culture, past and present, including entries on: new technology, internet memes and chatspeak, movies, TV, radio, music, comics and graphic novels, sports and pastimes, fads, fashion, and fast food. Contains images.
Updated: Regularly.

Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks

When searching databases, use AND, OR, and parentheses to focus your search.

The asterisk * symbol will search for all variations of a word. For example: basket* will search for baskets and basketry. Using quotes will search for a phrase.