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Loyola College English Dept.

Electronic Databases

Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Citations only
Index of reference books covering contemporary and historical figures.

Expanded Academic ASAP - Some full text
Articles in a variety of subject areas from scholarly journals and general periodicals.

Literature Resource Center - Full text
Critical analyses of literature and biographies of authors.

LexisNexis Academic - Full text
Full-text of national and regional newspapers, including book, movie, and music reviews. (1990-present). Note: Click on "News," then click on "Arts & Sports"

MLA Bibliography - Some full text
References to sources on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore (1963-present).

Books in Print (Global) - Some full text reviews
Publication information on books in print and some out of print, with some reviews. Includes titles from the U.S., Canada and the U.K.; also videos and audiocassettes from the U.S.

Web Sites

Biography Index Extensive alphabetical list of biographies; emphasis on mathematicians.

LitCheck Consise bibliographies of authors since 1950.

New York Times Book Index (www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html)- Reviews since 1996. (Note: Use search box provided at the right of the screen, under "Book Search.")

Selected Reference Books

Print Reference Sources (located on first floor in Reference Section)

Book Review Digest (Indexes and Abstracts -- Range 108)
Book Review Index (Indexes and Abstracts -- Range 109)
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (PN681.5.C57 1987)
Contemporary Authors (PS129.C623)
Contemporary Black Biography (E185.96)
Contemporary Literary Criticism (PN771.C59)
Current Biography (CT100 .C8)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (PS21 .D5)
Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (PN761.N5 1981)
Poetry Criticism (PN1010.P499 1991)
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (PN771.G27)
Women in World History (HQ1115 .W6)