Find Articles: English & Literature
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Open access. No login required. |
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Requires login when Off Campus. Limited to Atlantic Cape students, faculty and staff |
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Many items full-text |
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Some full text. |
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No full text. |
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Complete videos |
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An Ebscohost Database. |
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A Proquest Database. |
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Gale-Cengage Resource. |
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Digital Commons/bepress |
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Infobase Resource |
Databases for Research on English & Literature
- Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Provides information on approximately 140,000 authors from a wide range of literary disciplines and time frames as well as plot summaries, synopses, and overviews of their works. In addition, it also includes 14,500 short stories and 54,000 poems.
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
This classic reference work traces the history and etymology of words and phrases in the English Language.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Large interdisciplinary database that contains articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines, and popular magazines.
It offers broad subject coverage, including anthropology biology chemistry, computer science, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion, women's studies, and many more.
- New York Times This link opens in a new window
A highly respected newspaper covering national, international, and regional news. Special sections on science, education, arts, book reviews, and food. Through the library, students, faculty and staff can set up a personal account to access this resource. Set up your account
- Philadelphia Inquirer This link opens in a new window
News from Philadelphia and the PA-NJ-DE tri-state area.
- NoveList This link opens in a new window
NoveList is an electronic readers' advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. It includes titles, authors, publication information, subjects, book reviews, over 1200 theme-oriented booklists, 150 award lists and links to 1000 fiction related web sites.
- NoveList K-8 This link opens in a new window
NoveList K-8 provides capsule descriptions of fiction for children and young adults. A good resource for students of children’s literature, and for anyone who works with children up through grade 8.
- Arts and Humanities Commons This link opens in a new window
A free collection of research on arts and humanities. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A free multidisciplinary index to scholarly articles.
Consult a librarian before purchasing articles!
See a list of all Atlantic Cape Libraries databases in alphabetical order.
Working Off Campus?
Off-campus access to most library resources is password-protected. 3 ways to get the user name and password:
- Visit the library.
- Go to Blackboard.
- Students: Look on the Institution Page for Student Tools to Stay Connected at Atlantic Cape
- Faculty: Look on the Institution Page for Key information about Libraries and Tutoring.
- Send an email request to library@atlantic.edu
Let Us Get It For You!
Not all articles found in our databases include the complete text. Need something that's not available full-text? Ask for an Interlibrary Loan. It's fast and easy.
Interlibrary Loan for Articles
Each of the three Atlantic Cape libraries has a selection of magazines available in print fo casual reading. Most magazines can be borrowed, as well.