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ENGL 2341 - Forms of Literature Library Research (Tony Procell): Databases

EBSCO Discovery Service

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) allows you to search multiple databases and the Library Catalog from a single search box. Results may include articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals; books; and e-books.

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Video Databases

AVON (Academic Video Online) -- [Videos | Alexander Street] 

It delivers more than 66,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 14,000 titles are exclusive to Alexander Street. https://search.proquest.com/avon

Credo Video Collection -- [Videos | Credo] 

A collection of video segments on various topics such as anatomy,  art history, biology, food and cooking, medicine, political leaders, and National Geographic videos covering a range of disciplines including astronomy, anthropology, atmospheric science, botany, chemistry, geography, zoology and more. https://search.credoreference.com

Literary Databases

Bloom's Literature -- [Full Text | Infobase]  

Bloom’s Literature contains a wide range of reference essays and scholarly criticism examining great authors; features more than 400 full-length videos of great literary works, from comedies to dramas to musicals; offers specific, user-friendly guidance on how to write good essays on the most assigned authors and works of literature. https://online.infobaselearning.com

JSTOR Archival Journal & Primary Source Collection  -- [Full Text |JSTOR] 

Foundational content in the Humanities and Social Sciences with nearly 700 core titles across 45 disciplines. https://www.jstor.org

Literary Reference Center -- [Full Text | Ebsco]

A literary database that includes author biographies and interviews, plot summaries and work overviews, criticism, literary journals, book reviews, and full text for selected poems, short stories, and classic books. Also includes a citation tool and literary glossary. Includes Masterplots and Masterplots II as well as the Bloom Series on Literary Criticism. (Does not duplicate information from the Literature Resources from Gale database below.) http://search.ebscohost.com/

Gale Literature Resource Center -- [Full text | Gale]

Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available. https://infotrac.galegroup.com/

Bloom's Literary Criticism eBook Collection -- [Full Text | Infobase]  *NEW*

Collection of Literary Criticism eBooks owned by the EPCC Libraries.
https://ebooks.infobase.com

Gale Literature -- [Full Text | Gale]

Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews. Also, cross-search these Gale literature archive resources which look and feel like the print originals which include Drama Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, 19th Century Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Something About the Author.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/ 

History Study Center -- [Full text | ProQuest]  

Offers valuable historical reference material that covers 14 centuries of history. Contents include reference books, essays, journal articles, historical newspaper and magazine articles, maps, rare books, government documents, transcripts of historical speeches, images and video clips.
http://www.historystudycenter.com  

Salem Press Online -- [Online Books - EPCC owned titles]  [Full Text | Salem Press]

Provides searchable full text for EPCC owned literature books from Salem Press. http://literature.salempress.com

 

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Open Access libraries, repositories and directories

The following is a list of suggested open access sites offering scholarly eBooks and eDocuments related to the discipline of English Literature.

An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation

 

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