LibGuides: English Literature and Language: Literary Criticism Databases

Library One Search

Library One Search is the best starting point for your research. It is like a Google search for resources in the ASU Library. You will retrive books, journal and magazine articles, dissertations, media and anything else that may be relevant from the Libraries' collections. A majority of items you retrieve include links to the full text online.

Google Scholar

ASU Library Link to Google Scholar
The ASU Library's link will provide links to the content in the Libraries' collections.

Most Useful Literature Indexes

MLA Bibliography, 1963--
This is THE index for language and literature. Indexes articles in the subjects of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore from journals, books, proceedings, dissertations, etc.
Literature Online (LION)
Includes full text of original creative works in American and English literature, plus criticism from ABELL, a standard British database and index.
Literature Resource Center (LRC)
Includes biographies, bibliographies & critical analysis of authors from every age & literary discipline. Includes full text of journals on literature and literary criticism. A good beginning index for literature. The biographies are a especially useful.
Periodicals Index Online
An electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in thehumanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. Every article is indexed. 1700-1995
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
Shakespeare citations from 1968 to 2003.
Salem Literature: Critical Insights Series
Collections of essays on well-know authors and their works.

General Indexes with Literary Content

The first two Academic Search Premier and Humanities Full Text are the most useful for starting research.

Academic Search Premier, 1975--
Covers a wide range of academic subjects. Features full text for selected journals, abstracts and indexing for over 3,600 scholarly journals. Good coverage of literature.
Humanities Full Text, 1984--
Humanities and Social Science Retrospective, 1907-1984
Periodicals Index Online, 1700-1995
An electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. Includes some journals in full text.

Link to Literature Research Databases

Literature Databases
Here you will find ALL of the Libraries' online indexes and databases with literature content.

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Google Books

A Google Books search can be invaluable for finding relevant information buried in books. Since Google Books can search through the whole text of a book title, you can uncover material that previously would have required you to read the whole book.