Ritz Library: English and Literature: Databases & Journals

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Best Bet Databases

Gale Literature
You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across your library's Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
JSTOR
Articles from current issues & archives of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences. Contains almost 400 journals in covering all major academic fields of study. As of August 1, 2024, ArtStor is now included in JStor.
Literature Criticism (Gale)
Criticism of literary works by major authors, including poems, short stories, plays & novels. Also includes biographical information. Best database for Shakespeare criticism.
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Contains biographies, overviews, literary criticisms and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines from all time periods world-wide.
LitFinder (Gale)
Accesses literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. Also included are biographies, images and more.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
If you have to do a paper on a social problem, this is a great place to start! Provides overviews, pro/con essays, articles from reference books, newspapers, and magazines, and links to websites, podcasts and videos on over 5,000 topics that concentrate on social issues.
Critical Survey of Graphic Novels
Information pertaining to graphic novels