Finding Literary Criticism
at the Dana Library

Search Steps

1. Go to the VALE Literature Resource Center for background material.
2. Consult appropriate Library Guides for more sources.
3. Search IRIS, the Rutgers online catalog, using the author's name as a SUBJECT.
4. Search Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) using the title of the work. If you fail to find enough material, try the author's name. Although Academic Search Premier is not a literary database, some literary articles are available here in full text. If Academic Search Premier fails to yield enough material, do not hesitate to move along to Humanities Abstracts and MLA International Bibliography.
5. Search Humanities Abstracts using the title of the work as SUBJECT. If you fail to find enough material, try the author's name as SUBJECT.
6. Search MLA International Bibliography using the title of the work as SUBJECT. If you fail to find enough material, try the author's name as SUBJECT.