LibGuides: Course Guide for ENGL 240: Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama: Resources

Recommended Databases for English

LION: Literature Online
Full-text English and American poetry, drama, and prose, as well as literary criticism and author biographies.
Project MUSE
WILL BE DISCONTINUED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.
Articles and book chapters covering the humanities and social sciences.

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JSTOR
Articles and books from many subject areas (anthropology, art, business, education, history, literature, science, etc.) from the 1900s - present.
Literary Index
Citations to biographical information and literary criticism for major international authors and individual works.
Literary Sources (Gale)
All of Gale's literary databases into one cross-searchable environment. Literary works, journal articles, literature criticism and analysis, reviews, author biographies, and a rich collection of expertly written work overviews.
Literature Resource Center
Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers.
Humanities Source Ultimate
Subjects include archaeology, the arts, communications, gender studies, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, and religion.
Academic Search Ultimate
Arts, humanities, science, social sciences, business, and technology journals, e-books, and other resources from 1887 - present.
MasterFILE Premier
Full-text articles, reference book entries, primary source documents, and more, in a variety of subject areas, from 1975 - present.

If you're looking for background information about a writer or text, try these resources:

Oxford Reference
Subject, language, and quotations dictionaries, as well as in-depth subject encyclopedias and other reference books.
LION: Literature Online
Full-text English and American poetry, drama, and prose, as well as literary criticism and author biographies.
Gale eBooks
Encyclopedias and other background reading in a variety of subject areas.

Dictionary of Literary Terms
Provides short definitions for hundreds of literary terms.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Society of America
Project Gutenberg
A source of e-books for works of literature in the Public Domain.

Articles

UMGC Library OneSearch
Simultaneously searches multiple Library research databases. Note: Does not include all databases.
Databases by Title (A-Z)
Alphabetized list of research databases.

E-Books

UMGC E-Book Collection
Searches approximately 90% of the Library’s e-book collection. E-books can be read online, and in some cases, downloaded.
Additional E-Book Collections
Access to additional Library e-book collections.

Print Books

Library Catalog
Searches the 17 University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI).