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Resources for Literary Analysis: Lit. Crit. Databases

Drop-in Workshop on how to find literary criticisms in books and academic journals. Learn how to use Gale Literary Sources (which includes Literature Resource Center), Poetry and Short Story Reference Center, JSTOR, EBSCO databases Infobase Academic eBoo

Literary Criticism

Find FULL-TEXT literary criticisms and biographies of authors in our scholarly journals and E-Books!

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Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory

Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory

Gale Literary Index

Search for what books we have in the Literature subject guide

Gale Literary Index This link opens in a new window

Artemis Literary Sources

Gale Literature (Literature Resource Center, Literary Criticisms and More!) This link opens in a new window

Chabot Library OneSearch: Literature

Articles Plus: Literature This link opens in a new window
Cross searches literary criticism and biography databases.

Short Story, Poetry and Drama Criticisms

Literature Criticism Online (Short Story, Poetry, Drama Criticism, Children's Literature Review) This link opens in a new window

The Explicator

The Explicator

Literature and Its Times

Literature and Its Times
Selections available online in Literature Resource Center. On the top right click on "Search Within" and then type the name of the work and if needed, add "And" and then the name of your author

Poems and Short Stories (Full Text and Criticisms)

Poetry & Short Story Reference Center This link opens in a new window

MasterFILE Complete

MasterFILE Complete (All Articles) This link opens in a new window

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window

Humanities International Complete

Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window

JSTOR and Taylor/Francis

JSTOR Arts & Sciences This link opens in a new window
Taylor & Francis Social Sciences and Humanities Library This link opens in a new window
Search hundreds of scholarly journals on the humanities, social sciences, literary criticism, ethnic studies and more!

Literary Criticism Books

Gale Ebooks: Literature This link opens in a new window
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
ABC-CLIO E-Books This link opens in a new window

Diversity Literature Criticisms, Etc.

Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Gender Watch This link opens in a new window
Archives of Sexuality and Gender This link opens in a new window
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window