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Recommended Databases

MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
Scholarly sources on all aspects of modern literature, languages and linguistics, theatre and drama.
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
Citations of essays in anthologies and collections published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Covering the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film. Indexing: 1985 to present.

ProQuest Central
Multi-disciplinary database with scholarly journals, news sources, magazines, and more!
JSTOR
Scholarly, academic journal articles, books, and book chapters.
Project Muse
Scholarly academic journal articles and books in many disciplines.

Oxford English Dictionary
Definitive record of the English language; provides the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words - past and present - from across the English-speaking world.

Literary Reference Center
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Covers literature and authors, including literary journals, plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, author biographies and interviews, and book reviews.
Oxford English Dictionary
Definitive record of the English language; provides the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words - past and present - from across the English-speaking world.
Britannica Academic
General encyclopedia covering historical and contemporary topics of the world, such as world history, biography, geography, sociology, and more. Includes a world atlas and country statistics comparison tool.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of worldwide influential literary figures.

Most databases contain book reviews.

The New York Times publishes book reviews each Sunday.

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

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

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
Index to popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes Time, Newsweek, US & World News Report, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Harpers, The New Yorker, and many more.
Readers' Guide Full Text Mega (1982-Present)
Index to recent popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada.