WMU Research Guides: ENGL 1100: Literary Interpretation: Home

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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1843 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers.
Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new window Gale Literary Sources brings together Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism, Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, LitFinder, and Something About the Author into a single cross searchable platform.
Proquest Central This link opens in a new window ProQuest Central combines the complete content of over thirty of the most heavily used ProQuest databases across all major subject areas, with deep coverage in business, health and medical, news, social sciences, arts and humanities, and science and technology. It provides access to scholarly journals, high value market research, country, economic, and industry reports, pre-print working papers, full text dissertations, and a vast number of newspapers, professional journals, and general interest periodicals.“Proquest Central currently includes all the content available in these Proquest Databases:ABI/INFORM CollectionABI/INFORM Dateline (1985-Current)ABI/INFORM GlobalABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (1971-Current)Accounting, Tax & Banking CollectionArts & Humanities DatabaseAsian & European Business CollectionAustralia & New Zealand DatabaseBiology Database (1998-Current)Business Market Research CollectionCanadian Business & Current Affairs DatabaseCanadian Business & Current Affairs Database: BusinessCanadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Health & MedicineCanadian Business & Current Affairs Database: HistoryCanadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Literature & LanguageCanadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Science & TechnologyCanadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Social SciencesCanadian Business & Current Affairs Database: The ArtsCanadian NewsstreamCareer & Technical Education DatabaseCareer & Technical Education Database: BusinessCareer & Technical Education Database: Health & MedicineCareer & Technical Education Database: HistoryCareer & Technical Education Database: Literature & LanguageCareer & Technical Education Database: Science & TechnologyCareer & Technical Education Database: Social SciencesCareer & Technical Education Database: The ArtsComputing Database (1998-Current)Continental Europe DatabaseCriminal Justice Database (1981-Current)East & South Asia DatabaseEast Europe, Central Europe DatabaseEducation Database (1988-Current)Family Health DatabaseGlobal Breaking NewswiresHealth & Medical CollectionHealth Management DatabaseIndia DatabaseIndia Database: Business (1998-Current)India Database: Health & Medicine (1998-Current)India Database: History (1998-Current)India Database: Literature & Language (1998-Current)India Database: Science & Technology (1998-Current)India Database: Social Sciences (1998-Current)India Database: The Arts (1998-Current)International NewsstreamAfrican NewsstreamAsian NewsstreamAustralia & New Zealand NewsstreamEuropean NewsstreamLatin American NewsstreamMiddle East NewsstreamLatin America & Iberia DatabaseLibrary Science Database (1970-Current)Linguistics DatabaseMiddle East & Africa DatabaseMilitary DatabaseNursing & Allied Health DatabasePolitical Science Database (1985-Current)Psychology DatabasePublic Health DatabaseReligion Database (1986-Current)Research LibraryResearch Library: BusinessResearch Library: Health & MedicineResearch Library: HistoryResearch Library: Literature & LanguageResearch Library: Science & TechnologyResearch Library: Social SciencesResearch Library: The ArtsScience DatabaseSocial Science DatabaseSociology Database (1985-Current)Telecommunications Database (1995-Current)Turkey DatabaseUK & Ireland DatabaseUS NewsstreamCBS News 60 MINUTESUS Hispanic NewsstreamUS Major DailiesUS Midwest NewsstreamUS North Central NewsstreamUS Northeast NewsstreamUS South Central NewsstreamUS Southeast NewsstreamUS West Newsstream”
Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new window Search and Browse the Dictionary of Literary Biography, containing more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres . Includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series.
Salem Literature This link opens in a new window Searchable database that includes the complete full text of the print reference sets: Critical Insights: Isabel AllendeCritical Insights: James BaldwinCritical Insights: Charles DickensCritical Insights: Tennessee WilliamsCritical Insights: One Hundred Years of SolitudeCritical Insights: Things Fall ApartMasterplots - 4th edition.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window Represents a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres including: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism and Children's Literature Review. This database can be cross searched with the database Something About the Author.