Research Guides: Literary Criticism Research: Journal Articles

Specialized Databases

Explore these literature-based databases for biographical information and literary criticism.

Literary Criticism Online
Includes full text access to the essays found in Classic and Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Allows for cross searching of any or all of the sources included.

Drama Online This link opens in a new window
This award-winning digital library has been created as a response to the need for a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers. It is the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations, and audio plays.
Explicator, The This link opens in a new window
An international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on literature ranging from ancient Greek and Roman times to modern prose and poetry.
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Cross searches Gale’s Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism Online and all Gale Virtual Reference Library Literary Titles. Includes full text of criticism of classical and medieval literature, 19th and 20th century literature, contemporary literature, drama, poetry, and short stories. Also includes biographical essays on authors, poets, and playwrights.
Salem Literature This link opens in a new window
Contains links to the full-text of critical commentary on authors and literary works.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Multidisciplinary databases will also cover research in the field of literature. Use multiple meaningful keywords when searching these databases.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides access to magazines and journals. You can limit to scholarly (peer reviewed) journals as needed.
Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
Offers the full text of articles from over 300 scholarly journals and magazines dating back to 1995, and indexing for almost 700 journals—of which 470 are peer-reviewed—dating as far back as 1984. Includes feature articles, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and book reviews, as well as reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, radio and television programs, plays, operas, and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides full text to an archive of scholarly journals covering a wide variety of disciplines such as ethnic studies, social sciences, art, business, economics, history, sciences, math, area studies, and language and literature.
OmniFile Full Text Mega This link opens in a new window
Includes the full text of articles from over 2,500 publications, and indexing and abstracts from nearly 3,600 publications. This multi-disciplinary database covers all subject areas.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
It offers full-text current and archival articles from 600+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.
Research Library (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Includes full text articles from scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and general interest magazines covering business, health & medicine, history, literature & language, science & technology, social sciences, and arts.