Literature, Journalism & Modern Languages

ARTICLES

The databases below are especially helpful for accessing articles and citations in your discipline.

If you are off-campus, use the link for off-campus access to our databases provided at the end of each description on the Find Articles page.

Academic Search Premier - large interdisciplinary database, with much full-text content
Cambridge Histories Online - full-text content of histories of many areas, including literature
Gale Literature Resource Center - information on authors and their works, including timelines
JSTOR - full-text journal articles, including older issues of many journals
MLA International Bibliography - bibliography of sources regarding authors and literary works
OmniFile Mega Full Text - multi-disciplinary database, with much full-text content 
Oxford English Dictionary - full-text content of the complete Oxford English Dictionary
Women and Social Movements in the U.S. - reference materials, documents, and chronology

Here is a list of all Ryan Library databases.
Also try Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles.

BOOKS

The databases NetLibrary Collection and Oxford Reference Online have full-text books online.
Below is a representative list of subject encylopedias held at Ryan Library's reference area.

British Writers 
Contemporary Authors 
Contemporary Literary Criticism 
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Modern Women Writers
New Oxford Companion to Literature in French

Check Phineas, Ryan Library's online catalog, for additional books available in the library.

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Use InterLibrary Loan (LINK+ and ILLiad) to request books and articles not owned by Ryan Library.

WEB RESOURCES

Literature, Journalism and Modern Languages

• 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century - This scholarly, refereed web journal explores interdisciplinary study of the long nineteenth century.  It provides accompanying links to relevant websites and primary sources.
• American Journalism Review (AJR) - Offers weekly articles reviewing the current state of affairs in US journalism and provides more than 8,000 links to magazines, broadcasters, news services, and newspapers around the US and the world.
• Annotated Bibliography Help - Part of the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue, this page provides descriptions and examples of annotated bibliographies. Use this page to access other writing resources, as well.
• Center for Applied Linguistics - Provides extensive resources regarding language and culture.
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet - An annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available online, including a Shakespeare timeline.
• Online Literary Criticism Collection - Contains 3936 critical and biographical website about authors and their works, browsable by author, title, nationality, or literary period.
• Romantic Circles - This scholarly, refereed website is devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.
• ViVa Bibliography of Women's History - Indexes articles on women's history and gender issues from numerous American and international journals.
• Voice of the Shuttle - An extensive database of resources on literary theory.
• Words Without Borders - Words Without Borders is an online magazine that promotes and provides translation of international literature. The site also provides a blog, discussion forum, and newsletter.

Directories

Librarians' Internet Index
InfoMine
BUBL Link

Search Engines

Google Advanced - provides more options for your search strategy
Google Scholar - Search for scholarly articles.
Google Book Search - Search for books on your topic.
Zuula - A meta-search engine that searches more than one search engine at a time.

Citation Help

Endnote is a Web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies.  EndNote has numerous citation styles including APA, MLA, and Chicago (Turabian).  EndNote is available to current members of the PLNU community.

Denise D. Nelson, Liaison to the Department of Literature, Journalism and Modern Languages
Ryan Library, Office 208E
619-849-2477
DeniseNelson@pointloma.edu