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Magill OnLiterature Plus
A definitive online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses. It also includes brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature.
Literature Criticism Online
A digitized collection of ten Gale series solely comprised of literary criticism. These series include the following topics: contemporary literature, 20th century lit., 19th century lit., Shakespeare, lit. from 1400-1800, classical and medieval lit., poetry, short stories, drama, and children's literature.
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Entries are viewed in a reader embedded in the browser (akin to reading the print version) or can be downloaded as PDF files.
Literature Resource Center - LRC
Identifies biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Coverage of more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
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This database only allows 4 simultaneous users.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Select Literature from the Subject list to search and browse literature reference sources.

Google Scholar

This service is Google's method of searching the invisible web. To see the full text of many of these sources, you need to be "authenticated" as a legitimate UIUC user. Do so by searching for the source title on the A-Z list of electronic journals and newspapers. Also try the advanced search.

Journal Articles

MLA International Bibliography
Indexes literary criticism from 1963 to the present.
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Note that it contains both full-text and non-full-text resources. When you find a promising citation that doesn't have the full text, search for the journal title in the list of UIUC Online Journals and Newspapers. If the title isn't available through another database, click on the link that will take you to a search in the online catalog.
JSTOR
Searches full-text for back-file articles and reviews in over 130 multi-disciplinary journals. See Project Muse (below) for more recent articles.
Project Muse
Searches full-text in over 150 journals supplied by 10 university presses. Click on the search button to start your search. Muse works well for more recent periodical issues, while JSTOR (see above) reproduces older volumes.
Academic Search Premier
General periodical database.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Database of book titles, reviews, award lists, etc.

Creating Citations

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Books

UIUC Online Catalog - Searches all UIUC libraries.

If a book is not available at UIUC . . .

I-Share - Searches for items in more than 80 academic libraries in Illinois, including UIUC.
WorldCat - Searches for items in libraries throughout the world.

Mr. Mitchell's blog & wiki

History As Fiction blog
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Find copies of assignments and other useful course information.

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