LibGuides: THEA 3890 Porterfield: Finding Literary Criticism

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Databases Helpful for Finding Literary Criticism

Literary Reference Center Plus
Articles and reference sources about literature, including thousands of plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full-text literary journals; book reviews; classic and contemporary poems and short stories; classic novels; author interviews; and images of key literary figures
Part of the Database Offerings in GALILEO, Georgia’s Virtual Library.
MLA International Bibliography
Scholarly articles about literature, including language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
Part of the Database Offerings in GALILEO, Georgia’s Virtual Library.

Searching Literary Reference Center and MLA Bibliography

The basic concepts that work in Discover GALILEO will also work in MLA Bibliography and Literary Reference Center. Since these are smaller, more focused databases, it can be helpful to keep your searches simple.

MLA Bibliography

MLA Bibliography is a great source for abstracts and/or citations for the books and articles on your topic. The information from MLA Bibliography can be used to order an article or book through ILL.

Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Center can provide more focused results from any searches that you do. In addition, it offers the ability to limit results by Source Type, which includes Plot Summaries and Literary Criticism.