LibGuides: Literary Criticism and Language: Find Articles

Criticism

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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Comprehensive, multidisciplinary database. Indexing for 9,300 journals; full text for 5,300 journals.
Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new window Search all ISU Gale literary resources at once with this tool.
Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new window Subjects: Creative Writing | Biography | Literature and Literary Criticism Funded by ISU Libraries
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 This link opens in a new window Broad coverage of humanities and social sciences. Indexes 1,100 periodicals. Date range: 1907-1984.
Humanities International Index This link opens in a new window Comprehensive source for humanities topics. Indexes 2,000 journals. Includes original creative works.
JSTOR (Arts & Sciences I-XV, Ecology & Botany I, Life Sciences) This link opens in a new window Full text of 1,400 journals in humanities, social sciences and sciences back to volume 1. ISU has Arts & Sciences I-X and Ecology & Botany.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window Subjects: Audiology; Communication Sciences and Disorders; Counseling; Education; Education of the Deaf; Health Sciences; Languages, Occupational Therapy; Psychology; Sign Language Interpreting; Social Work; Special Education; Speech Language Pathology Funded by ISU Libraries
Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window Covers plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, literary criticism, review. Full text of poems and short stories, interviews.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window For "Text Not Available Online," please ask at Reference Desk. Contains:--Children's Literature Review--Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism--Contemporary Literary Criticism--Dictionary of Literary Biography--Drama Criticism--Literature Criticism 1400-1800--Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism--Poetry Criticism--Shakespearean Literature Criticism--Short Story Criticism--Something about the Author--Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window Biographical information, overviews, criticism, reviews. All time periods. All major genres.Contains--Contemporary Authors--Selections of Contemporary Literary Criticism--Dictionary of Literary Biography
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window Created by the Modern Language Assn. Analysis and criticism of short stories, plays, poetry, plays and novels. Includes linguistics, folklore, rhetoric, education, composition, etc. Journal coverage from 1920's.
MUSE This link opens in a new window Full text for 250 journals in humanities and sciences. Covers literature, language, economics, mathematics, history, art and more. Title coverage from 2000.
Something About the Author This link opens in a new window Subjects: Biography, Literary Criticism, Creative Writing, Business Writing,Technical Writing Funded by ISU Libraries

Journals by Title

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Reference/Background

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Dictionary of Old English: A to I This link opens in a new window Covers vocabulary of the first six centuries of the English language.
Dictionary of Old English: Web Corpus This link opens in a new window Includes at least one copy of every surviving Old English text. Three million words of Old English, less than a million words of Latin.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Standard reference works. Literary works include--American Writers--British Writers--works on individual authors in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish languages and more
Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window Covers plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, literary criticism, reviews. Full text of poems and short stories, interviews.
Oxford English Dictionary Online This link opens in a new window Comprehensive historical and etymological dictionary of the English language.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection This link opens in a new window Standard reference works. Literary works includeOxford Companions to American, Australian, Canadian, Classical, English and New Zealand Literature, among others.

Biography/History

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America: History & Life This link opens in a new window History and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. For students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history.
BGMI - Biography and Genealogy Master Index This link opens in a new window Biographical and genealogical information. Includes biographical sketches from biographical dictionaries, directories, subject encyclopedias, selected literary criticism and other sources.
Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new window Subjects: Creative Writing | Biography | Literature and Literary Criticism Funded by ISU Libraries
Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window Subjects: Biography | Geanealogy and Family History | History Funded by ISU Libraries
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window History of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window Biographical information, overviews, criticism, reviews. All time periods. All major genres.Contains--Contemporary Authors--Selections of Contemporary Literary Criticism--Dictionary of Literary Biography
LitFinder This link opens in a new window All genres of literature from around the world and from all time periods. Indexes poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays. Also included are biographies, author work summaries, photos and a glossary of literary terms. Covers literature from more than 600 nations and ethnic groups and women writers.

Interlibrary Loan

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