Literature Databases

Database Full Text Coverage

Academic Search Premier Authentication Required Tutorial available
Provides full text for over 4,650 periodicals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, etc.

 most 1975-

Expanded Academic ASAP Authentication Required Tutorial available
Database indexes almost 2,000 magazines and scholarly journals in all subjects.

 some 1980 -

Literature Resource Center Authentication Required
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.

 some varies

Project Muse Authentication Required
Full text of scholarly articles from over 100 online journals covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.

 all 1995 -

JSTOR Authentication Required
Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American studies, Asian studies, and biological, health & general sciences.

 all varies

Discovering Collection Authentication Required
Contains thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, primary sources, creative works and multimedia elements...in five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies.

 most varies

Literary Index
Master index to major literature reference books, such as Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Poetry Criticism, etc.

 no varies

LitFinder Authentication Required
Search all of the LitFinder collections by genre or format.

some varies

Play Index Authentication Required
Index to plays.

 no 1949 -

Tales Online Authentication Required
Folktales, fairytales, legends, myths, sagas, and fables of world cultures.