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A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words - past and present - from across the English-speaking world.

Citations to critical research of language, literature, and folklore for all periods beginning with the Middle Ages.

Contains 3 million literature citations from thousands of journals, monographs, dissertations, and more than 500,000 primary works. Provides diverse, global perspectives with sources from all over the world. Content types include: primary texts, criticism, reference works, full text journals, audio and video, eBooks, and dissertations. Database Guide

Articles in important academic journals from all disciplines (latest few years not available); also eBooks from leading academic publishers, as well as some images.

Current humanities and social science journals from a variety of university presses.

Cross search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography for biographical and critical information on authors and their works.