Article Databases

From the Library home page, www.nvcc.edu/library , select Articles & More
          

Good databases to start with:

Literature Resource Center (under "Humanities-Literature") - Provides author information, criticism and interpretation, and plot summaries. An Author Search will find the broadest amount of information. Advanced and Keyword searches allow you to be more specific about the information you need.

JSTOR has the complete text of journal articles going back many years, but not the most recent few years. On the Advanced Search page, you can specify certain journal collection(s) in which to search (e.g., Language & Literature; Asian Studies).

ProQuest, Academic Search Complete, and Factiva - Provide articles on many topics, including articles with reviews, criticism, and background infromation on literature.

Sample searches:
Kemal and memed my hawk
pamuk and snow
anchee min and empress orchid
cultural revolution and mao
tanizaki and shigemoto
tale of genji and superstition and murasaki

Reference Books

Great Literature of the Eastern World Ref PJ307 .G74 1996
The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature Ref PL493 .C55 2003
Modern Arabic Literature Ref PJ7538 .M58 1997
Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature Ref PJ7510 .E53 1998
Handbook of Twentieth Century Literatures of India Ref PK5416 .H27 1996
A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature Ref PL717 .R55 1991
Modern Japanese Writers Ref PL723 .M563 2001
Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism Ref PN610 .C53

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