English Databases

Connect to ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) on the Web
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Index to monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world on English language and literature topics. 1920-present.
Connect to APS Online (American Periodical Series) on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. A collection of full-text periodicals and primary source materials related to the American experience from the colonial days to 1900. The database is divided into 3 series : 1741-1800, 1800-1850, and 1850-1900.
Connect to Arts and Humanities Search on the Web
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Citation index to the world's leading arts and humanities journals. 1980-present. Updated weekly.
Connect to Black Drama Database on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Contains the full text of 1,200 English-language plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by black playwrights from North America, Africa, and elsewhere in the world.
Connect to Book Review Index on the Web Provides citations to reviews of books, periodicals, audiobooks, and electronic media that have appeared in a wide range of journals, popular magazines, and newspapers. Coverage is 1965 - present.
Connect to Essay and General Literature on the Web Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Focuses on humanities and social sciences literature. 1985-present. Updated annually.
Connect to Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective on the Web Indexes nearly 1200 scholarly journals covering the entire range of the humanities and social sciences from 1907-1984. Also covers many important scientific journals through the 1950s. For indexing of articles appearing 1985-present., use Social Sciences Full Text and/or Humanities Full Text.
Connect to Humanities Full Text on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. A mini-guide on searching Humanities Full Text is available Indexes and abstracts English-language articles in the most important journals in the humanities, from 1984-present. The full text of many of these articles is available online from 1995 forward. Updated daily. For indexing of articles appearing prior to 1984, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective.
Connect to International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance on the Web Indexes and abstracts over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles, and dissertations on all aspects of theatre, dance, and other performing arts worldwide. Years of coverage vary by title. Updated regularly.
Connect to Literature Resources from Gale on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Literary criticism and reviews, biographies, and links to multimedia productions and selected web resources on authors and their works. Covers authors from all times and places. Updated continually.
Connect to MLA International Bibliography on the Web Also available via Literature Resources from Gale.
Indexes scholarly research published in books, articles, & dissertations in the fields of modern literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, & film. 1926-present. Updated 10 times a year.
Connect to North American Theatre Online on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Provides detailed reference information on over 10,000 dramatists, plays, theatres, productions, and production companies in the U.S. and Canada from the 1600s to the present, and links to carefully selected, high- quality theatrical sites on the Web. Updated continually.
Connect to OED (Oxford English Dictionary) on the Web The Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world.
Connect to Play Index on the Web Tells where to find over 30,000 plays written in or translated into English, published in single volumes as well as in anthologies and collections of plays. 1949-present.
Connect to World Shakespeare Bibliography on the Web A comprehensive, annotated listing of materials on Shakespeare, covering books, articles, audio-visual materials, electronic media, and reviews of books and productions. 1967-present.
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