Literature Databases
Databases & Core Resources Poetry Collection
MLA International Bibliography via EBSCO MLA International Bibliography is a bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers.
Literature Resource Center via Gale Group The foundation of the Literature Resource Center is built on Thomson Gale's three hallmark author databases: Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.
The Arts & Sciences I Collection includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, it is JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
MLA Directory of Periodicals via EBSCO The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
Critical
Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers
via Greenwood
An in-depth analysis of current, best-selling fiction providing details about the complexities of these carefully selected titles.
NoveList
via EBSCO NoveList
A readers' advisory service that is searchable by author, title, series name, and plot (including character, topic, time period, and setting) to retrieve descriptions, reviews, discussion guides, and feature articles related to books of interest.
Poetry Collection Top
African-American
Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
The early history of African American poetry, from the first recorded poem by an African American (Lucy Terry Prince's 'Bars Fight', c.1746) to the major poets of the nineteenth century, including Paul Laurence Dunbar and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
American
Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century.
English
Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
The complete English poetic canon from 600 to 1900. Over 165,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources.
Faber
Poetry Library via Chadwyck-Healey
A collection of some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century.
Literature
in Context via Greenwood
A rich collection of primary source material, collateral readings, and commentary that helps students understand the historical, social, and cultural milieu associated with major literary works.
Twentieth
Century African-American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
A database of modern and contemporary African American poetry, featuring almost 9,000 poems by 62 of the most important African American poets of the last century, including Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde and Rita Dove.
Twentieth
Century American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
A database of 36,000 modern and contemporary American poems from the early twentieth century to the present.
Twentieth-Century
English Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
Containing tens of thousands of works by 288 poets, Twentieth-Century English Poetry provides an overview of poetry written in the 20th century by both established and emerging writers.
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