LibGuides: ENG 123 Literary Critique: Articles from Databases

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This guide is provided to help you find examples of literary criticism in OhioLINK databases.

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What is Literary Criticism?

Literary criticism is the comparison or evaluation of a work of literature. It’s primarily an opinion, but it’s supported by evidence found in the text. This could be related to theme, style, setting or historical context.

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EBSCO Databases

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A rich full-text database providing a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It gives students, professors and researchers a foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs.

Using Literary Reference Center
Step-by-step directions to using this resource

Academic Search Complete

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Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is considered the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.

Using Academic Search for Literary Research
Step-by-step directions to using Academic Search Complete