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Literary Research: Common Scholarly Resources

This guide provides resources for undertaking research on literature.

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Reference Books

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Cambridge Companions to Literature 
Cambridge University Press publishes numerous companions to national literatures, major literary genres, and individual authors.

Oxford Handbooks to Literature 
Oxford University Press publishes handbooks to literature and literary theory.

Journals

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New Literary History 
New Literary History focuses on questions of theory, method, interpretation, and literary history.

PMLA 
PMLA is the official journal of the Modern Language Association (MLA).

Databases

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JSTOR
This database is one of the premier resources for journal articles in the humanities.

MLA International Bibliography
This resource indexes all published scholarly works in literature and languages.

Project MUSE
This database is one of the premier resources for scholarly articles in the humanities.

Digital Humanities

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DH Resources 
dh+lib features a short resources section with links to library guides and other online resources for DH research.