Below are our databases related to Literature and the Humanities. Use these databases to find peer-reviewed journal articles on your topic. Some of these databases also contain books and book chapters.
Online archive of eBooks and complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields.
Full text access to scholarly humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals.
Indexes books, essay collections and bibliographies on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore.
Indexing and full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world on various humanities topics.
Over 1100 titles, many published on behalf of prestigious societies, organizations and associations such as: Association of American Geographers, American Planning Association, British Educational Research Association, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Search and explore the millions of quality, peer-reviewed journal articles published under the Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Dove Medical Press imprints.
Below are some additional databases that may have relevant content for your research. For a complete A-Z list of databases, and databases grouped by academic discipline, go to our Databases Home.
Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.
This bibliographic database offers informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy. The literature covered goes back to 1940 and includes journal articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to an anthology and book reviews.
Indexes the literature of psychology provided by American Psychological Association (APA) PyscNET.
Biographical information on people from throughout history. This resource is provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) in partnership with the Massachusetts Library System (MLS). The purchase is supported by funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
You can search for more books using the WPI Library Search box above, or the one on the library home page. Enter the name of your author and/or their work. Then click on the Peer-reviewed filter to the left of the search results.
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