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Citations to nearly 86,000 essays in over 7,000 printed anthologies and collections covering the entire range of the humanities and social sciences dating as far back as 1985. (No full-text)

A comprehensive, full-text database of information from respected reference works, books, literary journals, and more, including author biographies, work overviews, and essays in literary criticism. Also includes poems and short stories. Comparable to Literature Resource Center. (Full text) Learn to Use Literary Reference Center

A selection of short story criticism. (Full-text) Currently not available for off-campus use.

Selected authors and works from the Critical Insights series.

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