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UT English Department


Contact Information:

Lindsey Schell
English Literature Bibliographer

PCL 3.317
(512) 495-4119

Find Articles using Databases


See the Find Articles Using Databases> Resources by Subject list for access to all databases for English literature.

The best databases for finding literary criticism include the MLA Bibliography and ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature). Some databases provide full-text articles while others are "citation only".

Additionally, many databases offer "primary source" material in full-text, the most popular being LION, EEBO, ECCO and C19.

There are numerous specialty databases such as World Shakespeare Bibliography, International Medieval Bibliography, Linguistics Abstracts and North American Theatre Online.

If the database you use does not provide full-text:

 

Below is a list of the most popular print indexes, which are not available electronically:

American Humanities Index (1975-present)
PCL Reference AI 3 A295.

British Humanities Index (1962 - 1992)
PCL Stacks AI 3 B7

Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies and Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works
PCL Reference PN 1022

Contact the English Literature Bibliographer for more resources.