LibGuides: English 101: Literature

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EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Discovery Service searches multiple NCC Library databases, as well as our Library Catalog. Quickly discover the best articles and books on your research topic!

Literature

Use the databases below to research Literature topics.

If you can't find the article you need through the library, try Interlibrary Loan.

Literature Databases

African American Experience This link opens in a new window
The African American Experience is the widest ranging collection on African American history and culture represented in speeches, photos, reference articles, biographies, cultural documents and timelines about people, places, and events.
Great African American Authors This link opens in a new window
Great African American Authors is a video series that tells the history of African American literature in the United States from 1761 to the present.
Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
This source is best for students performing literature research. Search by title of story, poem, novel or play in order to find criticism and analysis. You can also search by author, character, theme and more. It includes content on Shakespeare too.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Streaming video (similar to YouTube) covering educational topics in the humanities, social sciences, science, business, economics, and health. Features content from PBS, NBC News, Nightline, the History Channel and more.
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Looking for literary criticism? Start here! Full-text literary criticism, author biographies, and commentary of literary works. Includes the Gale eBooks, Gale Literature Criticism, and Gale Literature Resource Center collections as well as content unique to Gale Literature .
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly articles from journals and books covering the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
Gale Literature Criticism This link opens in a new window
Digitized full-text literary criticism, author biographies, and commentary of literary works appearing in Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, and other print Gale literature series titles.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
One of the essential databases to your NCC research experience! Search for your topic here to find articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and other reference sources. Many articles are full text.
Salem Literature This link opens in a new window
A collection of searchable e-books covering literature according to title, author or theme.