LibGuides: IST 605: English Literature Resources for Undergraduates: Resources

Literature Resources

JSTOR
JSTOR is a database providing access to millions of journal articles, books, and images. JSTOR is one of your best bets for finding quality articles and book chapter literary criticism for works of art, humanities, or social science. There are a wealth of advanced search options available such as searching by title, author, abstract, or caption text.
JSTOR offers full-text keyword searching across its entire digital library collection, including images and content from articles, books, and pamphlets. Search results default to content licensed or purchased by the UAlbany Libraries, but you can change this setting for your session. JSTOR provides both Basic and some Advanced Search options, to help you find the content they need.
Guide: How To Use JSTOR
Gale Literature: Criticism
This database indexes Gale's literary criticism. See above.
MLA International Bibliography
Find full-text journal articles, books, websites, and other items related to your search subject. This is a great resource filterable by author, date, genre, subject, and more.
WorldCat Discovery
This Index allows you to search for any material held by member libraries of the OCLC. This means that you find any material in a library based on location. This is indispensable for quickly tracking down physical copies of items owned by libraries. This is a great resource for finding more niche items like physical CD audiobook recordings or films on DVD.

Oxford English Dictionary
The online version of the 23 volume print set. This resource is great for researching the etymological origins of words and for looking up terms. Search by keyword, quotations, or authors. Track the history of a word or phrase and its indexed usages across history. This is a great tool to find the origin of a phrase or an obscure word.