Library Guides: English Literature: Indexes to Criticism and Reviews

Indexes to Criticism and Reviews

General

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
The standard resource for identifying books, articles and digital resources published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
The MLA International Bibliography contains more than 1.7 million records for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) This link opens in a new window
Use to find books, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, reviews, essays, and dissertations published since 1920.
Coverage of monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. Includes links to the full text of 120 journals.
International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Find articles and other materials dealing with all aspects of the period from 400 to 1500.
Indexes articles in journals, conference proceedings, and essay collections published worldwide. Publications dealing with the period 400-1500 and published since 1967 are covered. Subject areas include: Classics, Language and Literature, History and Archaeology, Theology and Philosophy, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Art History, Music, Theatre and Performance Arts, Crusades, Hagiography, Onomastics, Numismatics, Historiography, Epigraphy, medieval Manuscripts, Charters, Documents. Middle Ages.

Chaucer Bibliography Online
A database of books, articles and other forms of scholarship about Chaucer published from 1975 to the present.

World Shakespeare Bibliography This link opens in a new window
A database of scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare produced since 1972.
A database of scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1972 and the present. Includes books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, and electronic media.

James Joyce Checklist
Searchable database of citations and links to publications relevant to Joyce in any language and in any medium, from the early twentieth century to the present.

Dissertations & Theses This link opens in a new window
Searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world, with more than 2.5 million available in full text PDF.

Surveys of Criticism

American Literary Scholarship
An evaluative guide to published studies of American literature.
The Year's Work in English Studies
A quarterly qualitative review of scholarly work on English language and literatures written in English.
The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
A companion volume to The Year’s Work in English Studies. Provides a narrative bibliography of published work across a broad range of research in the humanities and social sciences.

Book Review Sources

TLS (Times Literary Supplement) Historical Archive 1902-2014 This link opens in a new window
A digital reproduction including reviews, articles, advertising, and letters.
A digital reproduction of every page of every issue of the Times Literary Supplement through 2007. All content including reviews, articles, advertising, and letters is searchable by word, date, or format. Supplements and expands the range of the TLS Centenary Archive.