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Discovering Collection -a comprehensive cross-curricular source containing thousands of full-text entries on a broad range of topics.

Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.

Humanities Full Text - Humanities Full Text contains articles from scholarly journals and specialized magazines covering archaeology, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, literary criticism, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and theology.

Literature Resource Center - Contains overviews, biographical, and critical essays on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

Oxford Reference Online -  contains searchable access to 100 dictionary and reference titles published by Oxford Press including The Consise Oxford Companion series (African American Literature, American Literature, Classical Literature, English Literature, Irish Literature, Twentieth-Century Poetry in English), A Dictionary of Shakespeare, and A Dictionary of Writers and their Works.

• American Literature   
• Explicator
• Mississippi Quarterly http://www.missq.msstate.edu
• Modern Fiction Studies http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/ 

• Sewanee Review
• Southern Review  http://www.lsu.edu/thesouthernreview
• Studies in Short Fiction 
• Twentieth Century Literature 

Black Literature Criticism. James P Draper, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1992. 3 volumes. REF PS 153 .N5 B556 1992 This three volume series presents excerpts from criticism of the most significant works by Black authors over the past 200 years. Each author entry includes background information about the life and works of the author, a list of principal works, and critical essays. BLC has three indexes: author, nationality, and title.

Contemporary Literary Criticism. Matuz, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1973-. REF PN 771 .C59 This series provides critical commentary and information on more than 2,000 international authors now living or who died after December 31, 1959. It includes excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and script writers.  Includes a cumulative title index.

Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism. Laurie Lanzen Harris, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1981-. REF PN 761 .N56 Includes excerpts from criticism of the works by authors who died between 1800 and 1900. A variety of genres and nationalities are represented. A cumulative author index appears in many of the volumes. A paper cumulative index is available.  Includes a cumulative title index.

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1978-. REF PN 771 .G27 This offers excerpts from criticism, with citations to the original sources, of the works of international writers who died between 1900 and Dec. 31, 1959. Each author is briefly described and principal works listed. A paper cumulative index to the series is available.  Includes a cumulative title index.

World Literature Criticism: 1500 to the Present. (all campuses) Draper, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1992. REF PN 523 .W67 1992 This six volume set provides extensive critical coverage on the life and works of 225 authors. Each entry contains an author portrait and brief biographical information, a critical introduction, list of principal works, criticism, explanatory notes, a complete bibliographic citation for each essay or book discussed, and an annotated list of sources.

Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection (http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/) - The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 3810 critical and biographical web sites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

Librarian's Internet Index - Literary Criticism (http://www.lii.org/pub/subtopic/3033) - The Literary Criticism page of the Librarian's Internet Index contains an annotated list of links about various literary genres and time periods.