eResources by Subject: Creative Writing

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• MLA International Bibliography

  Literature, languages, linguistics and folklore.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1926 - present; updated quarterly
• Project MUSE

  Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, to high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by title; updated monthly
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index

  Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1975 - present
• Literary Index

  Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• Literature Resource Center

  Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, Gale's Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication

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• African-American Poetry

  Contains nearly 3,000 poems from African-American poets in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1760 - 1900
• African-American Poetry (20th Century)

  Contains nearly 9,000 poems from African American poets of the 20th century.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1900 - 2000
• American Poetry

  Over 40,000 poems by American poets from the Colonial Period to the early 20th century.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1600 - 1900
• American Poetry (20th Century)

  50,000 poems by American poets from the early 20th century to the present.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1919 - present
• English Poetry

  
  Over 160,000 English poems.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 600 AD - 1900
• English Poetry (20th Century)

  600 volumes of poetry by 283 poets.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1900 - present; not updated
• Faber Poetry Library

  Poets of the twentieth century.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 20th century
• LexisNexis Academic

  News, business, legal and reference information.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1970 - present; updated continuously
• Oxford English Dictionary

  The Oxford English Dictionary is the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: latest edition
• Oxford Journals

  Collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law, and include some of the most authoritative journals in their fields.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a

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• Academic Search Complete

  Academic Search Complete offers critical information from many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• Cambridge Journals Online

  Cambridge Journals Online is the online Cambridge University Press’s collection of several journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. 

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

  Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• Literary Reference Center Plus

  Literary Reference Center™ Plus is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• MasterFILE Complete

  This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1975 - present
• WorldCat

  Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1200 - present; Updated daily