Our library subscribes to many databases that provide citations, abstracts, and sometimes links to full-text articles. This page identifies useful databases to which the library subscribes.
Using a licensed database rather than a regular search engine finds articles in respected journals rather than miscellaneous stuff on the internet.
Our library subscribes to many databases that provide citations, abstracts, and sometimes links to full-text articles. The Modern Languages Associations International Bibliography is an enormous database, including material that goes back to 1963, on all aspects of language and literature in all languages. The MLA database includes journal articles, books, and chapters of books.
You may limit your search to journal articles and limit it further to peer-reviewed articles. You may also limit by language of the article. (Remember that many articles on foreign literatures are in that foreign language.)
ALWAYS USE THE ADVANCED SEARCH OPTION. IF THE DATABASE SUPPLIES SUBJECT HEADINGS, USE THEM.
If we don't have an article, you may request a copy through interlibrary loan. A copy of the article will be sent to your email address.
This is a library tutorial on understanding citations found in searches of online databases and bibliographies.
Understanding Citations Tutorial
Tutorial: Reading Citations in an Online Database
Self Assessment: Reading Citations
JSTOR stands for Journal Storage. It is an electronic archive of older issues of some important academic journals. Some faculty members like to search it by topic because of the convenience of the full text.
I do not recommend searching JSTOR by subject unless you are looking for a very specific unusual word or phrase you can find no where else! Why:
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