*Literary Studies

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The top pick for research in literary studies for journal articles, and book chapters

Full-text access to back issues of 2,300+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, business, life and general sciences, and more. Coverage: 1900 - 2011 subjects include: accounting, biology business, communication, computer science, counseling psychology, criminal justice, economics, education, English, political science, psychology, religious studies, theater arts, social work, and many more.

A strong comprehensive database that covers literary studies and related humanities like religious studies, art, history, etc.

A good source for biographical information and background information for literary studies, as well as sources on literary theory and limited full-text literary criticism

"Poetry & Short Story Reference Center is a rich full-text database containing thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides. It also includes high-quality videos and audio recordings from the Academy of American Poets."

A database that focuses on film and televisions scholarship, which is very applicable to literary studies

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A solid comprehensive database covering many subject areas that includes scholarly articles, magazine and newspaper articles, reports, etc.

Full-text access to back issues of 2,300+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, business, life and general sciences, and more. Coverage: 1900 - 2011 subjects include: accounting, biology business, communication, computer science, counseling psychology, criminal justice, economics, education, English, political science, psychology, religious studies, theater arts, social work, and many more.

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"Biography Reference Center provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, activity, nationality, gender, birthplace and more."

Provided by Gale Cengage, Biography in Context contains more than 600,000 biographical entries with links to relevant videos, images, magazines and newspapers. Subjects include English, History, Political science, Sociology and Cultural Anthropology.

This database specializes in Washington news sources, as well as national and international news coverage

This database has good coverage of national and international news sources

This database focuses on psychology sources, which can help with psychological approaches to literature

A database provided by the American Psychological Association that could help with psychological approaches to literature

This database gives access to sources in the social sciences in general that could help with more sociological approaches to literature like cultural studies or Marxist criticism

A database that focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which could be useful for psychological, sociological, and gender approaches to literature