Academic Search Complete
Provides references to articles from scholarly journals and magazines. Full text is available for many articles.
Book Review Digest Plus (1983-)
For references to book reviews published in magazines and journals.
Google Scholar
Provides references to scholarly books and articles.
Humanities Abstracts (1984-)
Provides references to articles from academic journals in language and literature.
Humanities Source
Provides references to articles from scholarly journals. Includes some coverage of literary scholarship. Full text is available for many articles.
JSTOR
Provides full text articles from academic journals.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (1973-)
Provides references to books and academic journal articles in the field of linguistics.
Literary Reference Center
Includes plot summaries, reviews, biographies, and the full text of selected works of literature. Provides very limited coverage of journal articles.
MLA International Bibliography
This is the most comprehensive database for research on language and literature. It includes references to books, articles and dissertations. It may occasionally provide links to the full text of articles.
Nexis Uni
This full-text database provides extensive coverage of articles from domestic and international newspapers. It can be used to locate information on contemporary writers and is also an excellent resource for locating book reviews.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
Includes biographies and other reference material, and the full text of poems and short stories. Provides very limited coverage of journal articles.
WorldCat
Provides references to books, videos, cds and other items in academic and public libraries.