ENGL 303: Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism

University Libraries Online Catalog

• Classic Search Screen

Databases for Scholarly Journal Articles, Book Chapters, etc.

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles.
• American Periodicals Series (1741- circa 1900)
  • Growing collection of magazines & journals published in late colonial Anglo-America and the U.S., valuable for research in History, Literature, Journalism, and other disciplines. Microform edition also available.
• Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (1920- present)
  • Over 900,000 searchable records of monographs, scholarly articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, and collections of essays and dissertations.
• Arts & Humanities Search
  • A citation index covering over 1,136 titles from leading arts and humanities journals. Includes the ability to search particular authors' works to find out who is citing them. 1980- present.
• Historical Abstracts
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada.
• Index to Early American Periodicals
  • References to articles from U.S. periodicals from 1700-1935. Full articles can be found in the American Periodicals Microfilm Collection in the Reference Department.(microfilm S1, S1a, S1b)
• JSTOR
  • Core academic journals in mathematics, humanities and social sciences disciplines, beginning with their first volumes (sometimes dating back to the 1800s). Issues from the most recent 3-5 years are not available electronically through JSTOR; however, they may be available through their publishers or other vendors.
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
  • Index to literature on all aspects of the study of the nature and use of language. 1973 - present.
• MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Over one million citations to books, scholarly journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies from languages, literatures, linguistics and folklore. 1926 - present. [This is the core database for literary research, but it is not full-text.]

Full-Text Resources

• ACLS History E-Book Project
  • Over 950 eBooks from the American Council of Learned Societies. View list of titles.
• LION - Literature Online
  • A searchable library of English and American literature, poetry, Shakespeare, the Bible, and literary reference sources.
• Literature Criticism Online
  • Find articles from these collections: Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (LC), Nineteenth-century Literature Criticism (NCLC), Poetry Criticism (PC), Short Story Criticism (SSC), Twentieth-century Literary Criticism (TCLC).
• Literature Resource Center
  • Comprehensive literary database for biographical and critical coverage of major authors, including fiction, drama, and poetry throughout history. Drawn from Contemporary Authors & Dictionary of Literary Biography and many other literary reference sources published by Thomson Gale.
• netLibrary
  • Academic and general interest books on a wide range of subjects, including eBooks in the public domain. See Using netLibrary (top 3 hints!) or netLibrary Help (detailed).
  • To "checkout" netLibrary titles, you must have a personal netLibrary account. To create one, click "create an account" on the netLibrary home page. Then select a user name and password.
• Style Guides for Research Papers
  • Links to information about APA style, MLA style, citing government publications, and EndNote Web.

When You Need a non-UNR Libraries Resource

• ILLiad - Document delivery service for journal articles, books, book chapters, and some dissertations/master's theses (based on availability)
• LINK+ - Our online library catalog provides a LINK+ link when you search for a book we do not own. Click on the link to request the book from a participating library. Allow time for delivery. LINK+ is also convenient when UNR's copy of a book is checked out to another patron.