Subject Guides: World Literature: Articles and Databases

Databases

To find journal articles, search the journal indexes covering journals in your discipline. Remember that elements of a topic may fall into other disciplines. Hence, you may find that you also need to search journal indexes that cover other disciplines. Below are a selection of databases that index journals related to World Literature.

Academic search complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is a large multidisciplinary resource that includes the full text for most of the publications in its index.
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Defining Gender, 1450-1910 This link opens in a new window
The documents in the Defining Gender database reflect changing notions of masculinity and femininity and the social climate in which they developed during the 15th through 19th centuries, particularly in Great Britain, with an emphasis on social conduct and etiquette, marriage and family life, consumption, leisure activities, and the philosophy and practice of education.
Literature resource center This link opens in a new window
The Literature Resource Center allows users to simultaneously search Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, the Literary Criticism series, and a collection of scholarly journals. This resource contains in-depth information on the lives and writings of over 100,000 authors from all genres, time periods and locations, along with critical reaction to their works.
InteLex Past Masters This link opens in a new window
The InteLex Past Masters provide full text databases in the humanities in original languages and translations which include philosophy, English letters, women writers, religious studies, political thought & theory, and Germanic studies.
Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory and criticism This link opens in a new window
The Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory and criticism includes almost 300 alphabetically arranged entries and subentries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides image and full-text online access to selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Medieval travel writing This link opens in a new window
The original multiple manuscript sources contain the journeys of famous travelers from Prester John and Marco Polo to Sir John Mandeville and John Capgrave. These sources talk about the attitudes and preconceptions of people across Europe in the medieval period, shedding light on issues of race, economics, trade, militarism, politics, literature and science.
MLA international bibliography This link opens in a new window
MLA International Bibliography is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations. Coverage is international and dates back to 1963 subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
MLA directory of periodicals This link opens in a new window
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
Nines : Nineteenth-century scholarship online This link opens in a new window
NINES is an aggregator of digital resources that provide a comprehensive research environment for scholars working on Victorian and Romantic literature, history, the fine arts, and philosophy of the long nineteenth century (1770-1920).
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE provides access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press primarily covering the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

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