Research Guides: HLI 114: Western Lit II: Reference & Biography

Useful Databases

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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
The MLA International Bibliography, an EBSCOhost database, collects citations and abstracts for articles, books and other scholarship on literature, modern language, linguistics, and folklore.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR, a scholarly database, provides access to scholarly journal articles on the arts, sciences, social sciences, management, mathematics, and statistics, as well as images and primary sources. As JSTOR is an archival database, full-text availability of most journals starts from their first year of publication, while more recently published journal content is available after an embargo period.

Biography Resources

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Literary Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
A full-text reference database that includes synopses, author biographies, literary criticism, bibliographies, and more.

Finding Background Information: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

The S.C. Williams Library subscribes to many databases that contain full-text dictionaries and encyclopedias, which can be excellent tools for collecting background information on any topic.

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Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
Britannica Online is the online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica, a comprehensive reference work encompassing all knowledge, first published in print in 1768 and updated regularly since.