Research Guides: GERN 441/541: Databases

General Databases for German Literature

Esearch This link opens in a new window
Search the library’s collection of books, articles, ebooks, dissertations, videos, music, and more.
Search Instruction: Finding Articles using Esearch
ProQuest PowerSearch This link opens in a new window
ProQuest PowerSearch allows combined searching of up to 22 databases including ERIC, MLABib, PsycINFO and Sociological Abstracts. Disadvantage: no single thesaurus or set of subject terms. Advantage: quick overview of topic range and depth.
MLA Bibliography (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Literature, Folklore, Film, Theater, Languages, Linguistics
Info type: scholarly articles, book info

Databases for Historical Aspects/Criticism

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of back issues for many journals, some academic ebooks, and research reports.
Subjects: Covers most subjects
Info type: scholarly journals, professional periodicals, ebooks.
Access Tips: Usually the most recent 3-5 years are not available in JSTOR. However, EMU may have a current subscription. Check the Journal Titles search.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Large collection of journals published by universities and scholarly societies.
Subjects: Humanities & Social Studies--especially History, Literature, Political Science, Women's Studies, some Science and Mathematics
Info type: scholarly journals, literary magazines
Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
This is the best tool to use for citation searches, where you have a key article and wish to discover what other articles cite it.
Google Scholar with EMU Full Text This link opens in a new window
Search for scholarly materials on any topic
Info type: scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, working papers, cited sources
Access Tips: Use link above to get access to EMU subscriptions with Findtext+ links.
If this link does not work and you receive an error message from Google then use this alternate link to Google Scholar and also set your Google Scholar preferences to show EMU library access links.
Search Instruction: Google Scholar Video
Literature Online (ProQuest One Literature) This link opens in a new window
Search the text of literary works and find literary criticism.
Subjects: Literature, Literary Criticism
Info type: ebooks, novels, poems, plays, scholarly articles, professional articles, reference book entries
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Find literary criticism, author biographies, overviews of texts, and more. This database searches Gale resources, with a new interface:Literature Criticism Online, Something About the Author Online, and Gale Virtual Reference Library.