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- Literature Resource CenterA reference database designed for the undergraduate student in literature, which includes some full-text journal articles.
- Resources by SubjectSelect an subject appropriate to your topic to find resources by that subject.
Getting Started
Reference works are an excellent place to begin a research project. They can help you get background information on an author or genre of literature and often supply bibliographies of primary and secondary texts associated with the author or genre.
Gale Literature is an excellent resource for locating biographies of major authors, critical works on these authors, or works on specific genres of literature. The database includes full text.
The Libraries' online Resources by Subject can help you find reference sources, both subscription and free.
Reference works, including print ones, can be identified in OneSearch. For example, to search for a dictionary of French literature, try the following as subject searches:
french literature women authors encyclopedias
french literature dictionaries
When less material is available on a given subject, try a broader subject search:
french literature
french poetry
french-canadian literature
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Gale Literary Sources draws together several important research databases from Gale: including Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Scribner's Writers, and Twayne's Authors.
Cambridge Companions Online
These volumes offer short, critical summaries.
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Covers: 1991-. Offers the full text of reference works in literature, classical studies, philosophy, religion, and music.