Research Guides: Literature: Research

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MLA International Bibliography
Index of scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
Literature Criticism
Includes: Contemporary Literary Criticism; Drama Criticism; Poetry Criticism; Shakespearean Criticism; Short Story Criticism; and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.
Black Studies Center
Fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies, including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and more. Includes the Black Literature Index (1827-1940) and Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience.
COVE Studio
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Use this platform to create course anthologies and annotate texts.

BBC Literary Adaptations in Video
BBC productions of literary works from many authors, including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Henry Fielding, George Eliot, Arthur Miller, and Mary Shelley.

Royal Shakespeare Company
Video recordings of 30 productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

JSTOR
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Academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Humanities International Complete
This resource provides full text of journals, books, and other published humanities sources from around the world.
Academic Search Complete
Includes scholarly and peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of subject areas.

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Literature Resource Center
Biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on various literary figures.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete
Provides reliable information on authors and their works, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.

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