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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.

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Literary Reference Center
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Background information about authors and their works.

Includes over 14,000 short stories and 54,000+ poems. Covers information on thousands of authors and their works. Topics include: plot summaries, literary criticism, book reviews, novels, and author interviews.
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
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)
Index to popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada.
Readers' Guide Full Text Mega
Index to recent popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. From 1982 to present.

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