FAQ: What are good sources for literature?

The library has and subscribes to many good literature resources. What resources you'll need depends on your topic, scope, assignment requirements, and more. Contact the library through chat or by email at ask@snhu.libanswers.com to get help finding appropriate, scholarly resources for your research.

Here are some good sources for literature to get you started:

Databases

• Literature Criticism - Gale This link opens in a new window
  • Large, extensive compilation of literary commentary.
• JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive This link opens in a new window
  • Database of archival issues of scholarly journals. SNHU Subscribes to Arts & Sciences I, II, & IV.
• MLA International Bibliography with Full Text - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
  • Electronic version of the premier bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations journal articles, books and dissertations produced by the Modern Language Association.
• Humanities International Complete - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
  • Comprehensive collection of journals in the humanities, with full-text for approximately 1,200.
• Project Muse - Standard Collection This link opens in a new window
  • We have access to full-text, current, peer-reviewed journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Access to eBooks is not available at this time.

Journals

• American Literature This link opens in a new window
• Contemporary Literature This link opens in a new window
• Nineteenth-Century Literature This link opens in a new window
• Review of Contemporary Fiction This link opens in a new window
• World Literature Today This link opens in a new window

Additionally, search the Library Book Search to find print books and eBooks in our collection on literature.

Further Help

• Literature Research Guide (Shapiro Library)