Subject Guides: Comparative Literature: Getting Started

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Welcome to the Comparative Literature subject guide! The purpose of this guide is to provide a comprehensive list of resources that will be relevant and useful for anyone studying in the field of comparative literature. The tabs on the left-hand side will help you navigate through this guide. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact the Comparative Literature subject librarian. Happy researching!

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Recommended Databases For Starting Your Research

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Primarily a journal archive with some current content. If you are looking for current information, you may want to try other databases as well.

JSTOR has a "moving wall," which represents the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal. Publishers determine the moving wall length in their license agreements with JSTOR. Moving walls may range from zero to ten years, and those with walls from zero to seven years participate in our revenue sharing program. In calculating the moving wall, the current, incomplete year is not counted.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts. Citations of journal articles, books and dissertations are included.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals from several university presses.

Coverage: Varies by title; earliest from 1990.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Covers over 11,000 journals in all fields of study.

Peer-reviewed, full-text journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 500,000 articles from academic and popular film journals. Also includes the International Index to TV Periodicals, Treasures from the Film Archives, silent film holdings archives and International Directory of Film/TV Documentation Collections.

This film studies database was created by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). Coverage: 1972 - present.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
Covers a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres.

Coverage: 2009-present.

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