Alumni Library

Research by Subject: Humanities

Research Guides

Composition and Literature

This guide provides access to resources that support study and research in composition and literature focusing on American literature and cinema.

Course Guides

Find resources and tools aggregated especially for your course.

Core Resources

Academic Search Premier | tutorial

Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database providing full text articles from more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles.

Biography in Context | tutorial

Use Gale Biography in Context to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

Literature Resource Center | tutorial

Literature criticism, biographies, work and topic overviews, reviews, and full text of many literary works—all searchable at the same time and returned in lists organized according to the type of research needs they serve.

Gale World History in Context | tutorial

Gale World History in Context is a compilation of authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Art Full Text

Art Full Text offers an international array of peer-selected publications covering Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism.

Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth.

JSTOR | tutorial

Used by millions for research, teaching, and learning. With more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources, JSTOR is one of the world's most trusted sources for academic content.

Proquest Humanities Articles

Find articles covering topics in Humanities.

Additional Resources

Books & Authors | tutorial

Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together. By leveraging the reviews and the 'What Do I Read Next?' collection faculty, staff, and students alike can be sure that their next big read comes with a BIG recommendation.

Article Databases A-Z

Browse all our resources and article databases A-Z.

Subject Specialists

Walter Punch
punchw@wit.edu
617.989.4097

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