Databases: English

English & Literature Databases and Websites

Primary Databases

	PowerSearch
	Cross-searches seventeen scholarly databases at once! Or search individually: Expanded Academic, OneFile, more...
	Discovery Education
	Download educational videos and clips from sources like PBS, Clearvue, more (What Is The Password To This Database?)
	Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
	Critical survey of figures, schools and movements in literary theory
	JSTOR
	Excellent source for fulltext articles from a range of scholarly sources
	Literature Resource Center
	Fulltext access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses
	Newsbank - World News
	Full Text Newspaper Articles from around the world!
	Open Access Journals Database
	A database of 400+ scholarly online journals maintained by Lund University Libraries
	Research Channel Videos
	Over 3,500 streaming videos on a wide variety of subjects
	Scribner Writers Series
	Essays on more than 2000 authors and genres
	Twayne Authors Series
	Critical information on authors
	UnitedStreaming [MOVED]
	Now titled Discovery Education (see above).
	Vault Career Library
	World's leading source of Career Information: Find careers in english
	What Do I Read Next?
	Information on authors and titles
	Women And Social Movements In The U.S., 1600-2000
	Full Text database

eBook Collections

	Cambria Press eBooks
	FullText Reference eBooks
	Credo Reference - Literature
	Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
	Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks
	FullText Reference eBooks
	netLibrary
	Over 50,000 fulltext ebooks covering all areas
	Oxford Reference Online - Literature
	Twelve fulltext reference books in literature

Secondary Databases

	American National Biography Online
	Biographies of 18,000 Americans
	Encyclopedia Britannica
	The complete multi-volume encyclopedia
	SIRS Researcher, Renaissance and Government Reporter
	FullText arts and humanities

Web Resources

	American Columnists
	Links to newspaper cartoonists, columnists, editorials
	Bartleby.com
	Great reference books online
	Bibliomania
	Searchable online classical literature library
	Book Lovers
	Links to publishers, booksellers, libraries and useful resources for writers
	Children's Literature Web Guide
	Internet resources related to books for children and young adults
	Free Booknotes
	Free cliff notes, book summaries, and study guides
	IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection
	Critical and biographical websites about authors and works
	Literary Resources on the Net
	Links to sites on English and American literature
	Opinion Pages
	Search for editorials, columns, commentaries from international newpapers
	Plays of William Shakespeare
	Free access to the works of Wm Shakespeare with search options and commentary
	poetry.org
	The Academy of American Poets
	Searchebooks.com
	Search a collection of ebooks
	Southern Literature Library
	Literary Texts of the south published up to 1920.
	Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
	Multilingual, open content encyclopedia on the Internet

CD-ROMs

	Elizabethan Review
	In libray only
	Masterplots complete
	Critical essays on works of literature - In libray only
	Scribner Writer Series
	Specific writers and writings - in library only