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MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
Research on all aspects of modern literature, languages, and linguistics.
Humanities Full Text
Not always full-text. Range of academic and popular publications. Feature articles are indexed, as are interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, and reviews of plays, operas, ballets, dance, musicals, movies, television and radio.
Essay & General Literature Index
Cites essays contained in anthologies and collections published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Coverage spans the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film. Indexing: 1985 to present.
ProQuest Central
Multi-disciplinary database providing abstract & indexing with select full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals
Project Muse
Scholarly academic journal articles and books in many disciplines.
Oxford English Dictionary
Definitive record of the English language.

Literary Reference Center
Background information about authors and their works.

More than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticisms, more than 253,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), more than 460 literary journals, more than 693,000 book reviews, nearly 78,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 19,600 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 6,500 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more.
Oxford English Dictionary
Definitive record of the English language.
Britannica Academic
General encyclopedia covering a wide range of contemporary and historical topics.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures.

Most databases contain book reviews.

The New York Times publishes book reviews each Sunday.

New York Times (1851 to 3 years ago)

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The New York Times [newspaper in print]
Newspapers, second floor
Library has: the last 30 days

The New York Times Index [in print]
Reference Storage, AI21 .N48
Library has: 1851 - 1997

The New York Review of Books (not affiliated with the New York Times)
In Print: Newspapers, second floor
Library has: last 90 days (until microfilm arrives)

Times Literary Supplement (TLS)
In Print: Newspapers, second floor
Library has: Current year

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
Indexes and abstracts general interest and popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada.
Readers' Guide Full Text Mega
Index to recent general interest and popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. From 1982 to present.

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