English, Literature, & Creative Writing Guide

Provides citations for items from journals and series, published worldwide, on literature and language topics.

Full-text access to scholarly research in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.

This excellent resource for research in English and literature combines multiple databases, including the Gale Literature Resource Center and Gale Literature Criticism.

Access to full-text information on authors and their works across many literary disciplines and time frames.

A trusted archive of full-text scholarly journals across all disciplines.

Access to some of the best scholarly sources for all topics in humanities research, including articles, as well as original works of fiction, drama, poetry, and more.

An excellent resource for information about controversial global topics and issues. Use in conjunction with the CQ Researcher database.

Helpful for locating articles on a wide-range of topics.

Helpful for news and information on global current events and issues. Use in conjunction with the Opposing Viewpoints database.

The authoritative source on words in the English language.

Presents modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras, and genres.

Access a wealth of literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and authors throughout history. Including more than 132,000 full-text poems and 670,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.

Browse original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context.

Find in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers. Includes influences of literary movements.

A readers advisory database that will help you find books you enjoy.

Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.

An excellent resource for topics with a sociological perspective.

Consider using to supplement your research about philosophical or religious topics in literature.

Consider using to supplement your research about topics in American literature.

Contains access to the "Critical Insights" series on a number of authors, themes, and specific works of literature.

Search millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sourcesincluding thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.

Use to find full-text American poetry from the 20th century.

Use to find full-text English poetry from the 20th century.

Access a wealth of literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and authors throughout history. Including more than 132,000 full-text poems and 670,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.

This database is an index for short stories. Note that this resource does not contain full-text; you will need to use interlibrary loan to get anything from it.

Stream award-winning theatre productions, as well as workshops, interviews and analysis.

Contains lots of videos on English literature. At the top, go to "Menu" --> "Subject Index" and scroll down to browse the English category.