English Article Databases
Core Resources
Essay and General Literature Index (1985-Present ) 
Identify essays, articles, and chapters found within books. Find biographical and critical essays about famous people, authors, politicians, literary works, films, etc. 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.
Humanities Abstracts (1980-Present )
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. What Is It? Abstracts for scholarly journal articles in the humanities. Covers archaeology, art, architecture, literature, history, music, philosophy and religion.
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
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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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1995-Present) What Is It? Index to Middle Age and Renaissance articles, reviews, catalogs, abstracts and discographies.
Why Use It? Find scholarly articles about the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (400-1700 AD). Find a discography of medieval music.
JSTOR (Coverage Varies) 
What Is It? Digital archive of core scholarly journals in arts, humanities, general science and social sciences. Historical collection covering complete run of each journal from its inception to 1-5 years ago.
Why Use It? Search a full-text archive of multi-disciplinary scholarly journals.
Project MUSE (Coverage Varies) What Is It? Collection of electronic journals published by major university presses, especially journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Why Use It? Search a selection of current humanities and social sciences ejournals.
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (1961-) What Is It? Searchable electronic database consisting of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide since 1961.
Why Use It? Research the production history Shakespeare plays since 1961. Find scholarly articles about Shakespeare and his works.
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