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Literary Criticism

Resource Name	Description	Who Can Access
MLA International Biography (via EBSCOHost)	MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR's language and literature collection as well as links to full text. Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. Covers from 1963 - present.	CSUDH Students Only
Gale Literary Index (via Gale Ebooks)	This allows you to search, through author name and title of the work, to find which Gale literature series include entries on an author, and see who wrote it and/or where it's discussed in Gale's literature criticism series.	Anyone Can Use
Contemporary Authors (via Gale Ebooks)	This allows you to search simultanously all these EBooks: Contemporary Authors 2003-2005 (vol 206-228), Contemporary Authors New Revision Series (vol. 114-117) 2003, Contemporary Novelists 2001, Contemporary Poets , 7th ed., 2001.	CSUDH Students Only
Modern American Literature & World Literature (via Gale Ebooks)	Modern American Literature, 5th ed., 3 vols, 1999: Contains excerpts by noted critics on 489 of significant American authors of the twentieth century. Reference Guide to World Literaturem, 3rd ed., 2 vols, 2003: Contains biographical and critical essays on authors from throughout the world.	CSUDH Students Only
Encyclopedia of Literature (via Gale Ebooks)	Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature includes over 10,000 articles. Type in a term, name, literary time period, or genre to get exact results, or type in a few letters of a term to get a list of possible matches.	CSUDH Students Only