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Literary Criticism Databases

Academic Search Complete
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This general reference database provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 publications in a wide range of disciplines, including full text for more than 5,000 peer-reviewed titles.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
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Provides access to more than 820 journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study, including full text for more than 500 journals.
Horn Book Guide Online
The Horn Book Guide publishes short, critical reviews of virtually every hardcover trade book published in the United States for young people.
Literature Criticism Online
Offers a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras, and genres in a format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
MLA International Bibliography
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Contains citations and links to full-text articles from more than 4,000 journals in the fields of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
Project Muse
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Provides full-text online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.

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Collections Databases

Wilson's Children’s Core Collections
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Containing over 13,000 titles, this rich resource covers fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books and magazines recommended for readers in preschool through sixth grade.
Wilson's Graphic Novels Core Collection
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"Graphic Novels Core Collection covers a variety of genres including adventure, biography, fantasy, superhero, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and more."
Wilson's Middle and Junior High Core Collections
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Contains over 9,000 entries for nonfiction works, fiction and collections for children and adolescents, plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists.
Wilson's Senior High Core Collections
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Contains more than 40,500 entries for fiction and nonfiction works, including listings of review sources and other aids for librarians and school media specialists.

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