Research Guides: Finding Literary Criticism: Novels

Criticism of Novels

We recommend searching the following databases for criticism of novels:

Literary Reference Source
1. In the search box near the top of the page, type in the novel's title.
2. On the results list, and under "Source Types," click on Literary Criticism.
3. Click on Access now or the title to view an article.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Share button, then select Create Link.
MLA International Bibliography
1. Type in the book's title in the search box and search.
2. Use the "peer reviewed" box on the top of the screen to choose only peer reviewed material.
3. Beneath the article title in the search results, a link for "Access now" or "Access now (PDF)" will appear if the full text of the content is available.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Share button, then select Create Link.
ProQuest Central
1. Type in the novel's title in quotation marks followed by the terms: AND critic* e.g."Huckleberry Finn" AND critic*.
2. Quotes are used to tell the database that the words enclosed must be searched as a phrase.
3. The asterisk (*) is a truncation symbol which allows the computer to search for variant word endings such as critic, criticism, etc.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Copy URL button.
Academic OneFile
1. Type in the title of the book in the search box.
2. On the left-hand side underneath "Filter Your Results" use the drop-down menu that says "Document Type" and choose Critical Essay, then search.
3. Select Full Text and Peer Reviewed Journals from the "Limit Your Results" menu.
- To save documents, you will need to have a Google account to save to a Google Drive.
- To hear a document read aloud, click or tap Listen to expand the player and begin playback.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Get Link button.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
1. Type in the book's title in the search box and search.
2. Beneath the article title in the search results, a link for "HTML Full Text" or "PDF Full Text" will appear if the full text of the content is available.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Share button, then select Create Link.

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