Literary Databases - WRIT 014 - Critical Writing and Reading - LibGuides at Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Reference sources

When you are not familiar with a concept or term it is a good idea to start your research by clarifying the things you don't know. A great place to start is reference sources.

Click on the links below to browse some of the GU-Q Library reference collections online

Credo Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Verify online sources

Be careful with the sources you find on the Internet. Make sure you use authoritative, credible sources. Take the CRAAP test to quickly assess a resource you found on the internet. Contact us if you have questions about your sources.

Selected Databases in Humanities and Social Sciences

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Full-text publications from all academic areas of study, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, education, computer science, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Provides access to worldwide scholarly research in literature (including drama), language, linguistics, folklore, film, radio, television, and theater, representing all national literatures. Does not include book reviews.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) This link opens in a new window The largest dictionary and the most complete historical record of the English language. Use for: --How a word was used in a specific time period --When a word or phrase (e.g., fagged out) was first used --Where words come from (etymology) --Sample quotations using a particular word
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Web database for scientific research that contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of Elsevier journal articles, mainly in science and medicine, with some coverage of social sciences and humanities, particularly business, economics, and psychology. The full text of most journals is available to Georgetown users. You can search across all journals or browse/search in an individual journal.
SpringerLink Journals This link opens in a new window
Includes over 2,700 journals published by Springer. Disciplines covered include the sciences, medicine, engineering, social sciences, and law. Full-text articles are available for most journals from 1997 to present.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text and indexing for journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields. This link searches both Communication & Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts.
Emerald Intelligence + Fulltext This link opens in a new window
This source has over 130 full-text journals published by MCB University Press. Subjects include: general management, human resources, information management, library & information services, marketing, property, engineering, quality, training & education, operations, production & economics. Most of the journals have an international perspective.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Search citations and abstracts from over 1,000 journals in the arts and humanities. Part of Web of Science.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text (in PDF format) of selected, important scholarly journals in a number of fields. Note: journals in JSTOR usually do not include the most recent three to five years.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others. Full text is available for titles marked with a green arrow.
Dissertations & Theses (Georgetown-authored) This link opens in a new window
Recent online theses and dissertations from selected Georgetown programs and departments. For access to Georgetown theses and dissertations authored prior to 2006, see the Georgetown catalog or refer to ProQuest's Dissertations & Theses database.