Literature Resource Center best searched by author, great source of biographical and critical info
Oxford Reference Online Oxford subject encyclopedias; search authors, terms, works
Cambridge Collections Online subject encyclopedias from Cambridge
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism definitions of terms, theoretical approaches, and more
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) THE dictionary of English
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry locate a poem by author, title, first line, last line, subject
In the catalog, try a subject heading search for "author's name and criticism" without the quotes.
The MLA Bibliography and ABELL also include listings for book-length critical works.
Literature Criticism Online a compendium of critical essays from classical to contemporary periods, good coverage of "canonical" works and authors
MLA International Bibliography core literature database, indexes articles and books
ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature UK literature database, full text searching
Humanities International Complete good coverage of literature and other humanities sources
ProQuest click tab at top of results list to limit to scholarly sources
Project Muse (current) and JSTOR (historical issues) full-text collections of core scholarly journals in all fields
Periodicals Index Online particularly good coverage of 19th century criticism
FRANCIS European and world literature
Book reviews appear immediately after a book's initial publication, and anytime up to several years after that.
For Reviews of Trade/Popular and Academic Publications
Proquest, Academic Search Complete, and Academic OneFile current coverage of multidisciplinary journals, magazines and newspapers
Book Review Index (1965-now)
Book Review Digest (1983-now) and Book Review Digest Retrospective (1905-1982)
America's Newspapers and Lexis/Nexis Academic current newspaper reviews and author interviews
Literature Resource Center reviews in journals, see also "further reading" sections in author entries
Readers Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) scholarly and general interest periodicals
For Reviews of Academic Publications
ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (1920-now)
Project Muse (current) and JSTOR (historical issues)
H-Net Reviews (1995-now)
Web of Science (1975-now for Arts & Humanities)
World Shakespeare Bibliography (1977-1 year ago)
