Librarian for English, Music, and Theatre
Glenda Insua
Contact:
801 S. Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60607
Chicago, IL 60607
312-996-4032
Databases
These databases are the key resources for finding research in literary studies. If you'd like help with your research, please feel free to contact me. I'd be happy to meet with you or answer questions via phone or e-mail.
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MLA International Bibliography with Full TextProduced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s. The database contains millions of citations as well as full text for 1,000 journals.
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JSTORDigitized back issues of scholarly journals with a rolling date of five years ago. Covers a wide variety of disciplines. A portion of this resource was acquired with funding from the Library/IT Assessment.
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Project MuseJournals in literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
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Gale Literature Criticism OnlineThis is an amalgam of ten databases in which you will find literary reviews and essays written throughout all eras of the English language. This database may not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
Reference Books
It can be a good idea to consult reference books when starting your research. The resources here include a mix of dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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Dictionary of Literary BiographyBiographical and critical information on influential literary personalities from all geographical areas, periods and genres.
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Gale Virtual Reference LibrarySearch hundreds of encyclopedias and other resources; especially useful for biography and historical background. This database may not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
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Oxford English DictionaryDefinitive record of the meaning, history and evolution of English words over the last 1500 years.
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Oxford Reference OnlineOxford Reference Online is a digital reference shelf of topical encyclopedias, handbooks, thesauruses and dictionaries with emphasis on Literature and Western Civilization . Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
