Comparative Literature Article Databases
Core Resources
MLA International Bibliography (1926-Present) 
Core resource for literary and linguistic research; find critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. What Is It? Index to scholarly literature for language, literature, linguistics and related areas. Published by the Modern Language Association. MLA indexes primarily journal articles and book chapters, selected dissertations and web sites are also indexed.
Additional Resources
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (1990-Present) What Is It? An index to North American scholarship on Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union that includes journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications published in the United States and Canada.
Why Use It? Research Russian, Soviet, and East European history, culture and literature. Find reviews of books written by historians.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1975-Present) What Is It? One of three databases included in Web of Science. It indexes scholarly journal articles in the arts and humanities.
Why Use It? Find authors that cited a particular paper. Track research by moving backward and forward in time through a specified discipline.
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Black Literature Index (1827-1940) What Is It? Electronic index to the Black Literature microfiche collection. Includes over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827 and 1940.
Why Use It? To research black literature
Essay and General Literature Index (1985-Present ) What Is It? Index to essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Covers humanities and social sciences.
Why Use It? Identify essays, articles, and chapters found within books. Find biographical and critical essays about famous people, authors, politicians, literary works, films, etc.
Humanities Abstracts (1980-Present ) What Is It? Abstracts for scholarly journal articles in the humanities. Covers archaeology, art, architecture, literature, history, music, philosophy and religion.
Why Use It? Find articles on topics in the humanities, including archaeology, classical studies, folklore, history, journalism, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion. Find literary and political criticism. Find book reviews.
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