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A Guide to Comparative Literature

Research Guide to support Comparative Literature at Washington University.

Quick Search searches across our catalog and an enormous index for books, articles, films, and more. After searching by keyword, you can filter by time period, source, language, and more. For articles, you can use limit your search to "Articles" under "Resource Type" using the filters on the left-hand side of the page. This is a great place to start looking for scholarly literature before turning to more subject-specific databases.

Best Databases for Comparative Literature

Tools for finding full text of academic articles

These tools can help you find full text of an article when you have a citation (Citation Linker) or when you see references to articles or paywalled articles online (Libkey Nomad).  They will save you a lot of time!

Other Relevant Databases