Finding Literature Criticisms
Print Materials
Ask your librarian or search the catalog here.
Electronic Literature Criticism Databases
To find electronic literature criticisms, access the databases listed below.
To access databases at home, log in to Mackin Via with your ID number and 8 digit birthday.
Gale
- Go to the Gale database.
- Click "Literature Resource Center"
- Type in your search terms (author, title of piece of literature).
- Click "search".
- Choose "Literature Criticism" in the tools on the right
- Refine by subject with the tools on the right.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Go the the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
- Search by title of work or author.
- Use the tools on the right to refine to critical essays only.
Ebsco
- Go to the Ebsco database.
- Click "Literary Reference Center"
- Click "Advanced Search" under the search box.
- Limit results to full text, literary criticisms, and use a title or author as your search term.
- Click search and refine by subject or publication date using the tools on the left as well.
If you still can't find one, try Google Scholar
- Go to Google Scholar
- Type in the title of your piece of literature in quotation marks, the name of the author in quotation marks, and literary criticism in quotation marks
- Click enter on your keyboard.
*If you get too many results, you can try doing an advanced search (down arrow in the search bar).