Language and Literature

For more information about Language and Literature resources, contact Molly Susan Mathias.

Contents: Databases | Guides | Web Sites

Library Databases (For Finding Articles) UWM only

Academic Search
1984-present; indexes over 3,400 scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in the areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education, and multi-cultural studies. Full-text is available for 2,000 journals starting with January 1985. Guide
Black Drama
1850-present; over 1,200 plays, with information on related authors, productions and theaters. Guide
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
Dates vary; diaries, letters and other personal writings of women, with biographical information and annotated source bibliographies. Guide
 
Contemporary Authors
Biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. Guide
Early English Books Online
Over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). Guide
HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
1970-present; covers political, economic, social, and cultural issues of Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean as well as Hispanics in the United States. It includes citations to articles, books reviews, and documents indexed in over 500 international journals. Guide
Humanities Full Text
1984-present; more than 530 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature. Full-text is available for 185 journals starting with 1983. Guide
IngentaConnect [Formerly Carl Uncover] FREE ACCESS
Current; free abstracting service covering over 29,000 scholarly journals in many academic fields including engineering, library science, medicine, science, and technology. Full-text of selected journal articles is available to signed in UWM users. Individual users can order articles for a fee. Free e-mail alert service is also available. Guide
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
Major landmarks of criticism from classical antiquity to the present day, including entries by literary critics, philosophers, political theorists, anthropologists, psychologists, and psychiatrists.
JSTOR
Back to 1800; does not include recent years; full text, searchable backfiles of over 600 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
1973-present; all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. Over 330,000 records. Guide
LitFinder
Dates vary; Indexes and full text for poems, short stories, plays, speeches and essays. Entries include biographies, author pictures and entry explanations. Guide
Masterplots - This item is not on the library network. Please ask for assistance at the Information Desk.
MLA Bibliography
1926-present; indexes international scholarly materials, including over 4,400 journals, books, working papers, and conference proceedings on language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. It is updated 10 times a year. Guide
MLA Directory of Periodicals
2003; lists over 4,400 periodicals in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore thatare covered regularly in the MLA International Bibliography. The directory provides addresses, advertising rates,and information about submissions for publication.
Oxford English Dictionary
Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. Includes 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas)
Dates vary; Full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities covering Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. Subjects include Anthropology, Business, Economics, History, Literature, Political Science and Sociology. English, Spanish and Portuguese content is available. Bibliographic records are based on the Hispanic American Periodical Index of 500 journals.
Project Muse
Recent years; selected journals go back to 1993. Project Muse provides access to the full-text of over 220 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
Readers' Guide Full Text
1983-present; indexes over 360 popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes current events, news, and many other subject areas. Full-text is available for most journals starting with January 1994. Guide
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Dates vary; 60 volumes of romantic poetry and contemporary critical reviews. Guide

Research Guides

For more information on finding resources, see the following guides.

To find books and other materials in the library, use PantherCat, the online library catalog (guide).

Selected Language, Literature and Communication Web Sites FREE ACCESS