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Finding Scholarly Journals in English Literature

Please use this guide as needed for your E. Lit. 402 class. Look for added information and resources as the semester progresses.

Finding scholarly jourals (online directory)

Modern Language Association (MLA) Directory of Periodicals

Other sources

The Handbook to Literary Research by Edited by Delia da Sousa Correa and W. R. Owens
Call Number: PN73 .H36 2010
ISBN: 0415485002
Publication Date: 2010
Literary Research Guide : An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English literary studies by James L. Harner
Call Number: Z2011 .H34 2008
ISBN: 0873528085
Publication Date: 2008

Finding scholarly journals (print directory)

A Directory of Scholarly Journals in English Language and Literature by L.L. Lee and Ellwood Johnson
Call Number: Z6944 S3 L43 1990
ISBN: 0878754016
Publication Date: 1990
A bibliography of scholarly journals for the study of English literature and language. Journals are listed alphabetically with annotations as well as in a thematic index.

(This is an older source but the most recent edition.)

Catalog search terms

The terms below will help with subject searching in the catalog. You will also find field-specific literary research guides (e.g., modernism, romanticism, etc.).