7. Indexes to Scholarly Journals and Searchable Electronic Journal Collections
Tools to find articles in Harvard's collections
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Indexes
There are many print and electronic indexes and bibliographies that serve as indexes to the literature, covering specific periods, places, or genres. These are examples of a few major sources that identify literary criticism:
MLA International Bibliography
A core resource which gives citations to journal articles, chapters in books, dissertations, books, etc. in literature, linguistics, folklore, film. The online version is 1926- present. There is some full text available, and you can use the "Findit@Harvard" icon once you are in an individual record, to link to journal articles in full text or to locate journals in Harvard’s collections.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Included in Literature Online's "Criticism and Reference" section. When used through this portal, it provides access to the full text of articles in a number of scholarly journals, as well as to the JSTOR collection's journals. Coverage goes back to 1920. Reviews are included.
Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI)
A retrospective index to articles in over 3500 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues through 1990/91. Journals in English and other European languages are indexed. PCI includes the complete table of contents for each issue of each journal. Coverage includes 19th and 20th century. For more 19th century publications, use Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900 (Widener RR663.34 and CD-ROM RR 138) and 19th century Masterfile.
Essay and General Literature Index
Includes citations to essays and articles contained in collections of essays and various works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Emphasis on the humanities and social sciences, including economics, political science, history and criticism of literary works, drama, and film.
Widener RR 671.5 = 1900/1933
Widener RR 671.6 = 1933-present
Additional E-Resources for criticism
Multi-disciplinary database that includes citations and abstracts from over 4,500 scholarly publications (journals, magazines and newspapers). Full text is available for more than 3,500 of the publications and is searchable. Dates: Indexing and full text availability varies with title. Most complete coverage begins in the 1990s. Useful for recent reviews.
The Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive includes complete page images of the Times Literary Supplement (TLS), a leading book review periodical, from its inception in 1902 to 1990. Searchable by: book author, review author, book title, subject, date, issue; full text is not searchable. Subject search terms are drawn largely from the printed TLS cumulative indexes. Prior to 1974, the book reviews were published anonymously. This electronic version supplies contributor names.
CLC/Contemporary Literary Criticism
Excerpted criticism on works of selected novelists, poets, critics, dramatists, short story writers, and other creative writers now living or who died after 1959. Each entry contains a short biography, critical introduction, and excerpts from essays and book reviews taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers, and scholarly journals, and, if available, interviews with the author. Coverage is mixed, so this is a starting place, rather than an exhaustive source.
Electronic Journals and Collections:
To see other e-journals and collections, go to E-Research, choose Find E-Journals, and search by title words or subjects. E-Journals are also included in HOLLIS catalog. Select the Journals tab and search.
This collection includes an extremely useful searchable collection of digitized back files of scholarly journals in language and literature, as well as many in other fields. They can all be searched in full text. Its coverage begins with the first issue of each journal included, but does not include the latest five years.
Muse is a collection of scholarly journals with recent years of many of the same journals included in JSTOR, as well as a significant and growing collection of other titles. Very interesting for interdiscipinary work.
A complete run of The Nation, America's oldest weekly magazine of reporting, commentary, and opinion on national and international politics, government, social policy, economics, arts, religion, and culture. Full text is delivered in Acrobat portable document format (pdf). Dates: 1865-present (annual 12-month archive update lags by one year).
Harper's Magazine Online Index
An index to the full run of Harper's Magazine, with links to
full text and page images. Harper's (also known as Harper's New Monthly
Magazine and Harper's Monthly Magazine)is the nation's oldest
continuously published monthly magazine, publishing reports, essays, criticism,
fiction, poetry, art, humor, and argument.
Godey's Lady's Book, 1830-1880
Indexed full-text of Godey's Lady's Book, one of the most significant American periodicals of the 19th century, which published a wide variety of fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, music, and illustrations, including fashion plates. Database includes digital images of illustrations, but does not contain images of text pages.
