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Finding Articles and Books on Literature

The Loyola Notre Dame Library provides access to journals and databases that include ebooks, print books, and resources on literature. Conduct a search through our OneSearch search tool or search in one of our specialized databases.

Featured Databases

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate offers access to resources cited in key subject indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline.
Baltimore Banner This link opens in a new window
Baltimore news coverage, including politics, business, entertainment, food, and events.
Account creation must be made using a Loyola or Notre Dame email address.
Please read all terms and conditions carefully before agreeing. For security purposes, accounts are reset on January 1 of each year and require reverification for continued access.
Directory of Open Access eBooks (DOAB) This link opens in a new window
The Directory of Open Access eBooks (DOAB) is a freely accessible index of academic eBooks. Titles are submitted directly from publishers for inclusion into the DOAB.
Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
Digital Library of the first 125,000 books printed in English from 1475-1700.
Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
eBook Central is an interactive eBook database that covers all academic subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 100,000 titles from more than 220 academic, scientific, medical and professional publishers.
EBSCO eBook Comprehensive Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
The Comprehensive eBook Collection combines EBSCO’s Academic, Business, Engineering, History, and Religion eBook collections allowing you to discover over 200,000 eBooks.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Previously Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
Full access to encyclopedias on religion, world biography, countries and cultures, education, American history and foreign policy, public health, aging, law, business and multiculturalism.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Critical analyses & biographies of authors.
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Includes English translations of epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory and other documents of Greek and Latin Classical importance.
OneSearch This link opens in a new window
An all-encompassing database, OneSearch searches books and media from LNDL as well as newspaper, magazine and journal articles, business publications and more.
Open Research Library This link opens in a new window
The Open Research Library (ORL) is planned to include all Open Access book content worldwide on one platform offering a seamless experience navigating more than 20,000 Open Access books. This vital infrastructure is slated to comprise the most comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed Open Access books accessible for everyone.
Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
Citations of articles on a variety of topics, from the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
Sage Books This link opens in a new window
Hosting more than 5,800 titles, Sage Knowledge is home to a prestigious range of eBook and eReference content, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, and professional development titles. With a diverse and robust collection of titles Sage Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty.
Sage Campus This link opens in a new window
SAGE Campus supports the teaching and learning of skills and research methods through 280+ hours of structured online learning. Our online courses are self-paced and instructor-led, comprising an engaging mix of SAGE-quality content, video, interactives, and formative assessments. The topics cover critical skills and research methods for across all stages of academic study; navigating information, data literacy, research skills, data science skills, and getting published.
Sage Explorer This link opens in a new window
Sage Explorer delivers an expansive collection to support every stage of social science research and learning directly to your library all with unlimited access. Equip your faculty, students, and researchers with a digital collection of over 30,000 cases, videos, datasets, books, courses, and more. The cross-disciplinary nature of Sage Explorer ensures faculty and students will have vast and varied content available to enhance their teaching and research.
Sage Skills: Student Success This link opens in a new window
More than 1,100 topics across 10 comprehensive modules, this digital resource provides a flexible and engaging learning journey through interactive scenarios, self-assessments, downloadable exercises, videos, and more.