English : Author Info & Literary Criticism
Context & Background Information
Use these databases to find author information, overviews and reviews of literary works, and literary criticism.
- Gale Literature[From Gale] Provides access to biographies, summaries, and overviews. It also contains full text literary works, journal articles, criticism, and reviews. [Databases searched include Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers, and Twayne's Authors Series.]
- Oxford Reference Online (ORO)Searches multiple Oxford reference sources which contain information about authors, literary works and terms, and more.
- Proquest One Literature[Replaces LION] Contains multiple reference materials such as author pages, book reviews,and historic literary criticism as well as journal articles, ebooks, primary texts and more.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides
Find brief information about literary terms, genres, authors and more.
- Columbia Granger's World of PoetryBiographies, commentaries, and glossaries focused on classical and contemporary poets and poetry, as well as 250,000 poems in full-text.
- Oxford Reference Online (ORO)The Premium collection of language and subject reference works published by the Oxford University Press. Search individual titles or across all titles. Oxford Islamic Online database retired June 21, 2022 and is now a part of Oxford Reference Online.