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CANADIAN LITERARY CENTRE This link opens in a new window
A database focused on Canadian literature and includes biographies, essays, literary criticism.
EBSCOHost Research Databases This link opens in a new window
Select all databases and search by your chosen author or work.
ie. "Margaret Atwood literary criticism"
"Handmaid's Tale literary criticism"
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
As with Ebsco, search by your chosen author or work to find what the database has to offer. You may wish to narrow by subject area, or limit the dates on the left side to only find more current articles.

Literary Criticism Websites

Literary Criticism by IPL
This contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Book Reviews - New York Times
On their free website. Access to book reviews from 1981 and onwards.
New York Journal of Books
Reviews of modern texts. Can search by fiction, non-fiction or keyword.
Luminarium - Classic Literature
Extensive resource covering: Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century, Restoration works.
Voices from the Gaps - Women Writers and Artists of Colour
Can search for author by keyword or access reviews - specific to women writers and artists.
Literary Criticism Overview - Purdue OWL
From the OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University. Provides concise descriptions of different schools of thought. A good place to go for an introduction/overview of literary theory.
Lit Hub - The best of the Literary Internet
A wonderful resource for all things literary. Try the Craft and Criticism tab for literary criticism resources.

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Online Style Guides & Recommended Books

APA Style Guide from Purdue OWL

MLA Style Guide from Purdue OWL

A Concise Guide to MLA Style and Documentation by Thomas Fasano A CONCISE GUIDE TO MLA STYLE AND DOCUMENTATION is an affordable and classroom-tested resource that provides only the information students need most often and -- according to the author's own students -- is easier to use than the actual MLA Handbook. This edition incorporates several major changes from the new MLA Handbook, Seventh Edition. It also has a two-color design, a numbering system, and an index to help students find information quickly and easily. Here students will discover useful advice on gathering sources, compiling notes, summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting properly, and avoiding plagiarism.
ISBN: 9780982129814
Publication Date: 2009-07-14
A Guide to MLA Documentation by Joseph F. Trimmer
ISBN: 9781111837075
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Briefer, more affordable, and easier to use than the MLA's own handbook, this popular booklet features current MLA guidelines, a new section on evaluating online sources, and an up-to-date APA appendix. The guide also provides numerous examples, a sample research paper, and helpful hints on such topics as avoiding plagiarism and taking notes.

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