English and Literature Databases

Academic Search Complete:
Full text for nearly 4000 scholarly publications in almost every discipline including social sciences, humanities, education, arts & literature, and many more.

Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes

Book Review Digest:
Rather than consult the physical Book Review Digest books for post-1983 publications, you can look up the title of a book here and get citations to reviews of the book. For titles published pre-1983 you can find BRD shelved in the reference collection under REF Z1219 .C96.

Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: Yes

Discovery:
Search all of the Proctor Library’s print books, e-books, DVDs, and almost all databases.

Has Peer Reviewed: Yes

JSTOR:
Our only database dedicated solely to scholarly literature with articles in the fields of history, political science, archaeology, art history, anthropology, literature and languages, music, and more; however, JSTOR usually is unable to provide access to the most recently published articles.

Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes

Literary Reference Center Plus:
Features an expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries and work overviews, full-text essays, literary reference books, full text for literary magazines and journals, book reviews, poems, short stories, classic texts, author interviews, and much more.

Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes

MLA Directory of Periodicals:
Contains information on over 6,000 journals and book series that fall within the scope of the MLA International Bibliography. Does not have full text articles.

Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes

MLA International Bibliography with Full Text:
Remarkably comprehensive database with over 1.5 million U.S. and international citations from 4,400+ journals or books with full text for 1,000 journals.

Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online:
A historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day.

Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No

Project MUSE:
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content.

Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes