Find Articles: English Literature
| (R) = Restricted to authorized MTA University users (FT) = Includes or links to Full Text articles |
Literature-specific Indexes and Databases: |
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| MLA (Modern Language Assocation) International Bibliography (R) | |
| Description: | Index to scholarly research in several languages covering topics in language, literature, linguistics, folklore and film. Includes citations from more than 4,400 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers as well as series, proceedings, theses. |
| Years indexed: | 1925 - Current + JSTOR journals back to 1881 1921 - 1980 (print version) |
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1925 - present: On-campus | Off-campus 1921-1980: Z 7006 M68 REF |
| MLA + ProQuest Language and Literature (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Simultaneously search the MLA database, Alt-PressWatch and the Language and Literature content in three other ProQuest Databases: CBCA Complete, Canadian Periodicals and ProQuest Research Library. Descriptions of each individual database can be found in the "Multidisplinary" section below. Check the "peer reviewed" and/or "scholarly journals" box if you wish to limit your search results to articles from scholarly or peer-reviewed journals. |
| Years indexed: | Varies by database (see entries on this page for MLA, Alt-PressWatch, Canadian Periodicals, CBCA, and ProQuest Research Library) |
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| World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (R) | |
| Description: | Index to Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide. Includes "annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, a-v materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare." |
| Years indexed: | 1961 - 2008. Updated regularly. |
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| Gale's Literary Index | |
| Description: | Master index to major literary products published by Gale, including Contemporary Literary Criticism, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volumes of these Gale series are available in print in the Reference Collection (check Library Catalogue for holdings details). |
| Years indexed: | Varies by title |
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May be accessed on and off campus |
Multidisciplinary Databases with Literary Content: |
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| Alt-PressWatch (ProQuest) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Full-text access to over 210 publications of the alternative and independent presses. Good source for book reviews. |
| Years indexed: | 1970 to present. Varies by title. |
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| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) (ProQuest) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | CBCA COmplete is Canada's largest database of articles and other publications from a broad range of Canadian sources. Covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information on a wide range of topics, produced in Canada. Includes over 500 periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian). |
| Years indexed: | 1971 - present (full-text 1985 - present). Varies by title. |
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| Canadian Periodicals (ProQuest) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and current affairs. Includes several key Canadian literature journals. |
| Years indexed: | Varies by title |
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| Directory of Open Access Journals (FT) | |
| Description: | Directory of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals covering all subjects and languages. Includes over 300 language and literature journals. |
| Years indexed: | Varies by title. |
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http://www.doaj.org |
| Eighteenth Century Journals I & II (Adam Matthew Digital) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Eighteenth Century Journals: A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals brings together rare journals printed between c1685 and 1815, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Mount Allison user have access to sections I and II only; publications in section III are not available. |
| Years indexed: | 1683 - 1799 |
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| Electronic Enlightenment ( FT ) (R) | |
| Description: | Electronic Enlightenment is an online collection of edited correspondence of the early modern period. Includes interconnected letters and documents linking people across Europe, the Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. Also includes biographical notes. |
| Coverage: | Early 17th century to mid-19th century |
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| InteLex Past Masters (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Past Masters includes 117 full-text humanities databases that make available cohesive collections of editions, in both original language and in English translation, of seminal figures in the humanities and social sciences. Past Masters titles are usually comprised of the complete works of individual authors. Includes works and letters of Jane Austen, Aphra Behn, Thomas Hardy, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Wordsworth, and more. |
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| Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (R) | |
| Description: | Index to over 1.1 million citations for material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Also indexes books, essays in books and dissertations. |
| Years indexed: | 1784-present |
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| JSTOR (Arts & Sciences Collections I - VIII) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Full-text archive of journals in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Current and recent volumes (last 2 to 5 years) not available for most titles. |
| Years indexed: | varies by title; complete run for most titles excluding last 2-5 years. |
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| Oxford English Dictionary (OED)(FT) (R) | |
| Description: | The OED is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language. It traces the development of the language from 1150 AD to the present, with usage examples from many sources. |
| Coverage: | Includes the full text of the 20-volume 2nd edition, the 3-volume Additions Series, and is updated quarterly with revisions and new terms. |
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| Oxford Journals Online (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Fulltext access to 170+ scholarly journals published by Oxford University Press. |
| Years indexed: | Varies by titles (all have archives to 2002; some titles to 1995) |
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| Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | PAO provides access to international, scholarly literature in the humanities and social sciences disciplines from 1802 to 1995 in thirty-seven subject areas. The database combines six separate collections (I - VI) together comprising 500 full-run titles (including over 60 non-English titles) spanning 200 years. Please note that Collection 7 is not included. Includes over 100 literature journals. |
| Years indexed: | 1802 - 1995 (varies by title) |
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| Project Muse (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Full-text access to the Project Muse Standard Collection of peer-reviewed journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Also serves as an index to addtional Humanities and Social Sciences journals not included in the Standard Collection. |
| Years indexed: | 1963 - present (varies by title, emphasis on recent years). |
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On-campus | Off-campus | List of journals |
| Research Library (ProQuest) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Broad coverage of a wide range of subject areas, including arts, education, general interest, humanities, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Includes scholarly literature journals as well as magazines and newspapers. |
| Years indexed: | 1971 - present. Varies by title. |
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| Sage Journals Online (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | SAGE Journals Online provides online access to the full text of more than 560 SAGE journals. The SAGE Full-Text Collections, SAGE's discipline-specific research databases, are now integrated into SAGE Journals Online. |
| Years indexed: | varies by title |
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| Taylor & Francis Online (SSH Collection) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | All Taylor & Francis Social Sciences and Humanities journals; includes many language and literature titles. |
| Years indexed: | January 1997 - present |
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| Wiley Interscience (now includes Blackwell titles) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | Wiley Interscience provides access to the electronic journals published by Wiley (1997 onwards) and also includes titles that used to be published by Blackwell Synergy which recently merged Wiley. Subject areas covered include: business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, education, engineering, humanities, law, the life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology, and the social sciences. |
| Years indexed: | Indexing coverage varies. Fulltext articles are generally available for 1997-present. Updated continuously. |
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See also:
Multidisciplinary Indexes, especially Ingenta, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Canadian Periodical Index (Canadian Studies section); Cambridge Journals Online and Wiley Interscience also include full-tex coverage of small number of literary journals.