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Literature Databases

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Coverage is international and includes literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and their proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors within the Bibliography are included.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and around the world.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Access to portraits of more than 18,700 men and women, updated quarterly, features hyperlinked articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1-5 This link opens in a new window
Digital access to Series 1-5 of the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
America's Historical Newspapers (“Early American Newspapers, Series 1”) This link opens in a new window
Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Access to selected newspaper pages from 1836 to 1922. Use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information on newspapers published between 1690-present.
Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
History Commons: North American Collections (formerly Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new window
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
Making of America (Cornell University Library) This link opens in a new window
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists.
Official publication of C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists, available in Project Muse
C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists
The first academic organization dedicated to nineteenth-century American literary and cultural studies. Website has information on membership, conference calls/announcements, references to J19, podcasts, teaching resources, etc.
Nineteenth-Century American Writers: Novelists, Poets, Story Writers, Essayists & Autobiographers
Literaryhistory.com is a free, public service reference site for online literary criticism maintained by Jan Pridmore, a Boston-based independent scholar.

Walt Whitman Manuscripts
Over 1,000 items, including manuscripts, printed works, and portraits of Walt Whitman (1819-1892), the leading American poet of the 19th century.
Walt Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman Quarterly Review
Mickle Street Review: an electronic journal of Whitman and American Studies