Authors and their Works - WRT 102 - West (Wiley) - Research Guides at Pima Community College

Literature Databases

You can use literature databases to find criticism, biographies, and journal articles.

When accessing the databases from off campus, you will be asked to input your MyPima username and password.

Literature Databases:

Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Mostly scholarly articles and book chapters
Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
Literary criticism and author biographies
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Full text poems, commentaries & biographies.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Academic journals, books, and primary sources as well as current issues of journals in the humanities and social sciences.
MegaSearch This link opens in a new window
Search dozens of databases and the library catalog. Find articles, books, eBooks, videos, and more. This cross-curricular research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop criticalthinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Salem Press This link opens in a new window
* Access to the Critical Insights series and other literature reference works.
* Overviews of key events and people across history.
* Science, Health
* Careers

Search the Library Catalog to find books on your topic.

Tips for searching the catalog:

Keep your keywords and topics short and concise, avoiding long sentences or phrases.
Find books at a specific campus by clicking Limit/Sort Search.
Or request books from another campus by clicking Request.

For current literature, find reviews or interviews in magazines & newspapers. Example searches:

Rupi Kaur interview

Rupi Kaur book review

ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Proquest's general platform allows searching across journal articles, ebooks, dissertations, and more.
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
ProQuest News and Newspapers This link opens in a new window
"Collection of digitized news content, spanning the latest headlines and developments in contemporary politics, culture, health and technology, to historical coverage of important (and sometimes forgotten) people, places and events dating back to the 1700s." -ProQuest
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
"Provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks." -EBSCO