Literary Research Tools

A compilation of all the major research tools associated with professional literary study


GENERAL CATALOGS

  1. On-line Literary Resources Index (UPenn)
  2. UTNetCAT, University of Texas Libraries
  3. Internet Search Engines (via UT-Austin)


SPECIAL ACCESS LITERARY RESEARCH TOOLS
University of Texas-Austin identification required for the following:
Academic Periodicals Index - Telnet Access, 1988 - present.
Updated monthly. Index of articles from over 1600 periodicals (arts, humanities, science, social sciences and general news). Full-text articles (without graphics), 1991-present, from 520 periodicals. Indexing and text coverage vary from Expanded Academic ASAP (Web). [User's Guide]

ArticleFirst - Web Access | Telnet Access, 1990 - present. (FirstSearch)
Updated daily. Indexes 13,500+ journals (business, humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social sciences and technology). Some abstracts.[User Guide]

Books in Print - Web Access | Telnet Access (FirstSearch)
Updated weekly. 1.8+ million records of in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books from over 44,000 North American publishers.[User Guide]

Humanities Abstracts - Web Access | Telnet Access, February, 1984 - present. (FirstSearch)
Indexes more than 300 key humanities publications, including articles, book reviews, play reviews, ballets, dance, interviews, musicals and television and radio programs.[User Guide]

LEXIS-NEXIS
Coverage varies. Full-text and abstracts for legal information, newspapers, periodicals, wire services, broadcast transcripts, annual reports, government and others. For a full list of publications, see the LEXIS-NEXIS Web. [User Guide]

MLA Bibliography - Web Access | Telnet Access, 1963 - present. (FirstSearch)
10 updates a year. Abstracts 4000+ journals and series published worldwide in criticism, folklore, languages, linguistics and literature.[User Guide]

OCLC WorldCat - Web Access | Telnet Access (FirstSearch)
Updated daily. Union catalog of materials held by OCLC libraries. 30,000,000+ citations to audio-visual materials, books, maps, musical scores, newspapers, periodicals and more.[User Guide]

Periodical Abstracts - Web Access | Telnet Access, 1986 - present. (OVID)
Covers current affairs, business, industry news, cultural events, editorial material and general interest topics in top general and academic periodicals, as well as full-text from more than 600 journals.[User Guide]

RLIN Bibliographic File - Web Access | Telnet Access (Eureka)
Updated daily. Incunabula to the present. Research Libraries Network's (RLIN) Union Catalog. 22,000,000+ items worldwide in all languages. Books, sound recordings, periodicals and more.[User Guide]

UTCAT Library Catalog - Telnet Access | UTNetCAT - Web Access, Updated daily.
[User Guide (Telnet Access) | UTNetCAT User Guide]

WorldCat - Web Access | Telnet Access (FirstSearch)
Updated daily. Union catalog of materials held by OCLC libraries. 30,000,000+ citations to audio-visual materials, books, maps, musical scores, newspapers, periodicals and more.[User Guide]


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Last updated: 27 December 1997