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Find Articles
Discover the best places to find articles on literature, and other places to search for information.
Databases
Literary Databases
Literature Databases
Literature Databases
- Essay & General Literature Index This link opens in a new window
- Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
- Literary Reference Source Plus This link opens in a new window
General Literature Text
General Literature Text
- Project Gutenberg This link opens in a new window
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
General Humanities Databases
General Humanities Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Genre-Specific Text
Genre-Specific Text
- Play Index This link opens in a new window
- Short Story Index This link opens in a new window
Literary Text Databases
English Literature Databases
Literary Resources
Literary Resources
- Literary Reference Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Journal Finder
Journal Finder
Humanities Databases
Humanities Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
About Databases
About Databases
Proprietary databases to which Taylor University subscribes have distinctive differences from search engines such as Google or Google Scholar. A database, generally, is a collection of information organized to provide efficient retrieval of subject matter, specifically scholarly subject matter. They tend to be narrower in scope than Google or Google Scholar.
Prominent features of proprietary databases generally:
- Cover specific discipline area/s.
- Include academic (peer-reviewed) articles from journals or magazines, electronic books, newspapers, images and research related resources.
- Provide citation information or full text to what may be included in the text of the article (a works cited or bibliography.)
- Are subscriptions for which Zondervan pays. Whereas Google is free some databases are thousands of dollars per year.
Zondervan Library subscribes to over 75 research databases that contain journal, magazine, and newspaper articles on both general and specific disciplines. There are pros and cons for each option. Awareness of the content, organization, precision of search capabilities can save you time and yield the most appropriate and relevant results.
For more information see What is a library database? (Western Oregon University) http://www.wou.edu/provost/library/clip/tutorials/lib_database.htm