Literary Research Databases
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Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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Salem Literature Online This link opens in a new window
Literary reference resources, including critical surveys of long fiction and poetry and Masterplots.
Media and Pop Culture Journals
Popular culture
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Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC)TWC publishes articles about transformative works, broadly conceived; articles about media studies; and articles about the fan community.
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Response JournalOpen-access, peer-reviewed publication from the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association
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Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception StudiesOpen-access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to audience and reception studies, with a focus on dialogue across traditions and approaches
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Journal of Popular CultureOfficial publication of the Popular Literature Section (Comparative Literature II) of the Modern Language Association of America. Citations and abstracts only for current issues. Full text of articles can be requested via interlibrary loan.
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World Literature TodayArticles, essays and criticism on recent belles lettres in all the major and many of the minor languages of the world, short articles on contemporary writers and literary movements.
Gaming
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Critical DistanceThis site's mission is "to bring together and highlight the most interesting, provocative and robust writing, video and discussion on games from across the web."
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First Person ScholarWeekly critical essays, commentaries, and book reviews on games.
The internet
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First MondayFirst Monday is one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet.
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Media, Culture & SocietyA major international forum for the presentation of research and discussion concerning the media, including the newer information and communication technologies, within their political, economic, cultural and historical contexts.
Multidisciplinary Databases
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Articles from scholarly and professional journals, magazines, and newspapers on a wide range of subjects, many full text.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Primary sources from around the world and scholarly journal articles spanning a wide range of fields and going as far back as the 1800s. Coverage for most journals in this database ends 3-5 years ago. -
ProQuest Central Premium This link opens in a new window
Includes 47 complete, full-text ProQuest databases in major subject areas such as Science, Technology, Business, Health, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, as well as national, regional, and international newspapers.
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Sage Premier All Access This link opens in a new window
Electronic access to over 645 peer-reviewed journals spanning subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, technology, and medicine.
Current Newspapers
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ProQuest US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowContains coverage of over 1,000 news sources including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important U.S., international and minority interest papers.
Newspaper Archives
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Historical New York Times This link opens in a new windowSearch and browse the New York Times from 1851 until 2020.
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The Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowMore than 200 years of The Times of London, one of the most highly regarded resources for 19th and 20th-Century history detailing every complete page of every issue from 1785.
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