Find Articles--Databases - ENGL 102 - Seeger - Gregg-Graniteville Library at University of South Carolina Aiken

Accessing Databases and Ebooks

To access the library's databases and ebooks, you will log in with your full USCA email address and your email password. If you have trouble logging in, visit our E-Resources Login Help guide.

Databases

MLA International Bibliography
This database primarily provides access to literary criticism. While there is some full text, most articles are not available as full text in this database. Use the "Find it" buttons under specific results to see if those items are available in another database. If not, you can request items via InterLibrary Loan.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a humanities database that covers many different subject areas, so you can use it to find both literary criticism and articles that explore the cultural/contextual aspects of the work you're interested in. Click on the "Advanced Search" option to get multiple search boxes, and limit your search to articles.
Project MUSE
Project Muse is a humanities database that covers many different subject areas, so you can use it to find both literary criticism and articles that explore the cultural/contextual aspects of the work you're interested in. Currently there is no Advanced Search option on the main page, but once you execute a search, you'll see multiple search boxes in the upper left corner of the results page.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Premier is a good, general database that covers all subject areas, so you can find both literary criticism and cultural/contextual information.
Gale Literature Resource Center
In this database you can find literary criticism, along with book reviews and news.
Gale Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a general database where you can find both literary criticism and cultural/contextual information. Click on the "Advanced Search" option on the hope page for multiple search boxes.
Bloom's Literature
You can search by author, and at the top of the results page, you can limit to "Literary Criticism."
Oxford English Dictionary Online

Why search here? The dictionary of record for the English language, including the origins, etymology, and both historical and modern meanings of words.
Content type: Dictionary entries

InterLibrary Loan

If you come across an article that we don't have full-text access to in our collection, you can request it via InterLibrary Loan.

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Interviews and Book Reviews

If your author and poem are more contemporary, newspaper databases can be particularly useful tools. In them you can find interviews and book reviews which you might be able to use if scholarly journal articles aren't available.

ENGL 102 - Seeger: Find Articles--Databases

Accessing Databases and Ebooks

Databases

InterLibrary Loan

Interviews and Book Reviews

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