Databases

MetaLib: your resource gateway provides access to a vast range of online resources, including databases, search engines, subject gateways, and selected Internet resources.

There are two main types of database. The first is the bibliographical database or index. This aims to compile a list of scholarship about a subject or group of subjects. Some bibliographical databases provide abstracts, or summaries, of the scholarship that they index. The second is the full text database. As its name suggests, this contains the full text of primary or secondary works.

• Databases for English via MetaLib
  This link takes you to online databases and other research resources for English, via MetaLib. If you intend to use these resources away from the University, please be aware of the off campus-access advice.
  

• Summary of major databases for English (Word, 39KB)
  This link will take you to brief descriptions of the major databases for English studies.