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This guide contains links to resources in the Library, in our research databases, and online. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to Ask Us!
See our Composition Guide for resources and topics specific to Composition I and Composition II coursework.
Best Bet Literature Research Databases
- Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
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Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. *This is a Traveler resource. The Traveler Statewide Resource project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Contemporary Authors This link opens in a new window
Offers biographical information on more than 149,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Sketches typically include personal information, contact information, career history, writings, biographical and critical sources, authors' comments, and informative essays about their lives and work.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowGale Literary Sources brings together Gale's premier literary databases Contemporary Authors and Literature Resource Center. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres and find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
- Literary Reference Center This link opens in a new window
This comprehensive full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time-frames—to give students, professors, and researchers a foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs. Also includes full-text ebooks of literary classics.
- Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new windowLiterary commentary in ebook format. Good for historic and older works.
- ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
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For literature scholars who need an exhaustive set of scholarly resources around a literary topic for research and course planning. 500,000 primary works and millions of records from journals, monographs, and dissertations. *This is a Traveler resource. The Traveler Statewide Resource project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Research Appointment with a Librarian
Librarians are available to help with all stages of the research process from picking a topic to finding sources, citing them correctly, and formatting your paper or presentation. For the best help, please attach your assignment guidelines.
- 30-minute appointments
- Individualized - select the focus & tell us what you need
- Interactive
- Online Research AppointmentGet help with any research assignment via Microsoft Teams. A microphone is required.
- In-Person Research AppointmentThese appointments are held in the Library spaces in Burns Hall on the Rogers/Bentonville campus.
Quick Links
- NoodleTools This link opens in a new window This research companion helps you cite your sources in MLA, APA and Chicago styles, organize your notes, and collaborate in real-time from anywhere.
