English

The standard source for information on articles about English, literature, and literary criticism. WARNING: most articles are not full-text.

An excellent source for articles on literature and literary criticism, among other fields. A good place to find articles older than 1980.

A selective database including some of the most prestigious journals in the area of literary criticism, among others.

A good source for literary criticism and the full texts of some poems, plays, and prose.

Also known as the OED; the most comprehensive dictionary and word history resource for the English language.

A comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day.

Also known as ECCO; includes English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the UK, and many from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800.

Also known as EEBO; the full text of 125,000 books published in English before 1700.

Searchable full-text of EEBO from the University of Michigan.

A complete record of surviving Old English texts.

The vocabulary and usage of English from the years 600-1150. Links to the Oxford English Dictionary. Further letters beyond G are added as the project progresses.

Poems by American poets from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries with criticism and biographical information. Part of Literature Online (LION).

Poems by African American poets 1800-present. Part of Literature Online.

Searchable subject terms, reviews, and notes for over 135,000 fiction titles.

Detailed indexing for over 100,000 short stories, with full text for thousands of them.

General database with good subject coverage across all fields.

Full text access to more than 1,200 journals in many areas of the humanities, including English and literature.

Detailed information on journals including peer review status and frequency of publication. WARNING: not a full-text database.