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• Contemporary Authors

  
  A bio-bibliographical guide to modern authors, including those who were active prior to 1960 and whose works continue to influence contemporary literature. (Full-text)

• Contemporary Literary Criticism

  
  Criticism on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers now living or who died after December 31, 1959. (Full-text)

• Dictionary of Literary Biography

  
  Essays that outline the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres and summarize the critical response to their work. (Full-text)

• Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text

  
  Includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews, for use by film scholars, college students, and general viewers.

• InfoTrac Pop Culture Collection

  
  A collection of 100 full-text periodicals providing information on popular music, art, and culture. (Some full-text)

• Literature Resource Center

  
  Literature criticism from journals, reference books, and books, including biographies, literary criticism, & links to author-related Web sites. (Full-text)

• MLA Bibliography

  
  Over one million citations for items from journals and series published worldwide. Indexes books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. (Bibliographic; no full-text)

• Scribner Writers

  
  Includes 1,564 essays on authors of all nationalities and time periods. Each essay includes a concise introductory preface and a biography placing the author's work within a personal and historical framework. (Full-text).

• Twayne's Author Series

  
  Provides the full text of over 600 books about U.S., European, and world authors. (Full-text).

• Twentieth Century Poetry

  
  Twentieth Century American Poetry is an unprecedented collection of poetry written by the most important and influential poets of the 20th century.

Multi-subject Databases Recommended for
Literature Research
 

• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)

  
  (Some full text)

• Academic Search Complete

  
  Provides more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals, with indexing and abstracts for 10,900 publications. Content goes back as far as 1865. Covers many academic disciplines including art, music, literature, history, sociology, psychology, government, and science. (Some full-text)

• General Reference Center Gold

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac OneFile

  
  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.

• JSTOR

  
  Includes articles from over 300 research journals covering a wide range of academic fields. (Full-text)

• Project Muse

  
  This multi-purpose database offers the full text of over 300 scholarly journals covering the humanities, arts, and social sciences. (Full-text)

• ProQuest Direct

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• Wilson OmniFile

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)