Finding Sources - ENG 331: Major American Prose Fiction - The Gothic - Research Guides at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Source Requirements

For your upcoming assignment, you are able to use a variety of different types of sources including:

scholarly peer reviewed articles
popular sources like newspaper articles or magazine articles that reflect on your pop cultural phenomenon
blogs written by reputable authors

When looking for blogs or news sources you can find those outside the library resources. However, be sure you evaluate them for credibility by looking up information about the publication and the author who wrote it. If you need help with this, navigate to the research help page to connect with a librarian.

Below you will find recommendations for places to look for sources through the library.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A wide range of subjects covered. Find academic journals, reviews, articles, and books & book chapters.
JSTOR is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines, including scholarly and peer-reviewed articles as well as e-books. Coverage varies by title but ranges from the 1800s to the 2010s.
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A wide range of subjects covered; multidisciplinary database with significant full text. Find scholarly, trade, and popular titles.
Includes more than 10,000 full-text periodicals, including 9000+ peer-reviewed journals. Coverage of information spanning a broad range of important areas of academic study including: anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields.
Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include literature, literary criticism, and general humanities. Find reference works, monographs, classic books and anthologies, and literary journals.
Contains full text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism; more than 252,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios); 450 literary journals; more than 693,000 book reviews; more than 78,400 classic and contemporary poems; more than 19,700 classic and contemporary short stories; more than 6,600 author interviews; more than 8,200 classic texts; and much more.

In addition, Literary Reference Center includes Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Beacham's Research Guide to Biography and Criticism (six volumes), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature, The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story, all of MagillOnLiterature Plus™ and much more.
Literature Criticism Online (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include literature, literary criticism, and general humanities. Find a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres.
Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - online format that matches the look and feel of the print originals.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include humanities, area studies, classics, linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and performing arts. Find articles, academic and trade journals, books, and book chapters.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include humanities, arts, and social sciences. Find academic journal articles & books.
Coverage 1995 -
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Find scholarly articles, books & book chapters, and editorial content.
Coverage: 1926 to the present.

New York Times Online
Full access to The New York Times Online. When first using the Libraries subscription to NYT Online, you will be prompted to create an account or associate an existing account with the UWGB subscription.
Pop Culture Studies This link opens in a new window
A range of humanities and social sciences covered. Find scholarly, trade, and popular articles.
Ethnic Diversity Source This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include multicultural & ethnic studies. Find scholarly, trade, and popular titles.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A wide range of subjects covered. Find citations to primary sources: popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982.
Readers' Guide Retrospective is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.
MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A wide range of topics covered. Find news and articles from popular and trade publications.
Searchable full text for over 1,860 journals. Full text dating as far back as January 1990 abstracts and indexing for over 2,800 journals, many dating back to 1984. This is a Badgerlink resource, if you are unable to access please visit the Badgerlink site: https://badgerlink.dpi.wi.gov/
Newswires (EBSCO)
Subjects covered include news and current events. Find real-time access to world-wide news from the Associated Press.
Formerly AP Newsmonitor.