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Subjects: Comparative Literature, English, Philosophy

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In order to critically engage with scholarly discourse, researchers need to be aware of the inherent problems within the system of academic scholarship. Those problems could be anything from standards set by white hegemonic systems to subject terms with implicit biases. By acknowledging these inherent problems, all scholars can participate in improving the academic and public discourse.

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Welcome to the UCI Libraries' Comparative Literature Research Guide. This guide serves as your portal to the UCI Libraries and its resources.

Please direct any questions to Richard Cho, your Research Librarian for Humanities and Literature.

Highlights

Proquest One Literature
ProQuest One Literature brings together the most comprehensive collection of primary texts, ebooks, reference sources, full-text journals, dissertations, video and more, for unparalleled access to historical and contemporary content by and about celebrated and lesser-known authors from around the world.
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Very Short Introduction
This series offers concise introductions to a range of subjects, written by experts.
American Fiction, 1774-1920.
American Fiction, 1774-1920 (Gale) encompasses more than 17,500 works of prose fiction written by Americans from the political beginnings of the United States through World War I, including thousands never before available online.

Past Masters This link opens in a new window
Past Masters is a collection of primary source full-text editions in philosophy. The series includes collections in the history of political thought and theory, religious studies, education, German studies, sociology, the history and philosophy of science, economics, and classics. The publisher acquires and develops definitive editions of the full corpora of the seminal figures in the history of the human sciences, including published and unpublished works, articles, essays, reviews, and correspondence.

MLA International Bibliography
The MLA International Bibliography is an essential tool for research in all aspects of modern languages and literature. Available as a searchable online database of more than 2.8 million records and constantly updated by scholars in the field, the bibliography is used by academics and teachers around the world to find and share their work.

Literary and Critical Theory - Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Oxford Bibliographies in Literary and Critical Theory will offer clearly-signposted pathways through the different areas of literary studies, and will make clear references to the other disciplines which feed in to, and are often transformed by, literary theory.

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ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
Compiles a collection of primary texts, ebooks, reference sources, full-text journals, dissertations, video and more, for access to historical and contemporary content by and about celebrated and lesser-known authors from around the world.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is an index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. International in scope, it includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations, with links to full text in other subscription databases. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus.
Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Good place for biographies of authors or introductions to literary works. Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Searches across Oxford Handbooks. Each Handbook offers thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship, creating an original conception of the field and setting the agenda for new research. Handbook articles review the key issues and cutting-edge debates, as well as providing arguments for how those debates might evolve.