The top databases for literary criticism & research are listed below. Need more specialized research help? Contact Kate Kasten (kathleen.kasten@stonybrook.edu) or Darren Chase (darren.chase@stonybrook.edu).
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Coverage spans 1280 - present. Criticisms are published from 1884-present.
Search criticisms by author -- authors from 8th century to present day.
ex: Aesop (view texts and criticisms)
Search criticisms by general subject -- criticisms published from 1884 - present.
Search texts -- includes a library of 350,000 texts from 1477 - present day.
Coverage as early as the 1600s until 1 year ago. Archive of scholarly journals (scanned pages).
Excellent resource for scholarly articles in a variety of disciplines. Criticisms can be found by searching ["title of work" literary criticism] in search bar.
Date coverage varies. Critical essays searchable by work or author. Featured Authors & Featured Works
ex: Margaret Atwood
ex: Frankenstein
Topic finder (words most frequently used in articles about an author or work)
Term frequency (how often and author or work is mentioned over a period of time)
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