The databases highlighted on this page:
1. Provide indexing to literary works
2. Cover specialized subject areas within literature, including children's and young adult literature, drama and theatre, Shakespeare, and themed literature
3. Offer results in media format
Index of short stories searchable by author, title, subject, genre, keyword, date, literary technique, and source
Shakespeare's house at Stratford-on-Avon
JSTOR and Shakespeare's Sonnets
Literary criticism of Shakespeare's sonnets
JSTOR Understanding Shakespeare
In-depth coverage of all of Shakespeare's works
Full text of electronic journals published by the Oxford University Press from 1996 to the present.
Ebooks of peer-reviewed essays about Shakespeare studies and production, including Shakespearean images and photographs, published from 1948 to the present
These media and online print resources specialize in the dramatic arts.
Reference materials and records to plays, people, theatres, productions, and production companies covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre, including images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks, and other resources
Videos covering a wide range of 20th century theatre history, including documentaries as well as interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances
Streaming video clips and select full-length documentaries and other educational films from acclaimed producers
Video streams of films for education, enrichment, and entertainment. (Please note that there may be films in this collection that do not align with the views of Liberty University. It is expected that students will abide by the Liberty Way and use discretion.)
E-books and audiobooks covering a wide range of popular interests including young adult and juvenile titles, all of which can be streamed online or enjoyed via the free Libby app
Video streams of films and documentaries in categories such as drama, adventure, comedy, fantasy, science fiction, and western
This list includes literature resources focused on a particular time period, people group, or literary movement.
Black Short Fiction and Folklore: African, African American, and Diaspora
Works of short fiction produced by writers from Africa and the African ancestry from the earliest times to the present, including materials from early literary magazines, archives, and the personal collections of the authors, many of which have never been previously published
Full-text periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth covering literature, philosophy, history, science, social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology, and architecture
EEBO (Early English Books Online)
Extensive full-text collection of early English books, including titles by John Locke, Captain John Smith, William Shakespeare, and others
Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Full-text volumes of poetry by approximately 50 Irish women written between 1768 and 1842 as well as biographical and critical essays prepared by leading scholars
Up-to-date texts and accurate English translations of all important aspects of Greek and Latin Classical heritage, including epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; and Church Fathers who made particular use of pagan culture
Poets of the Romantic Period: Lord Byron, William Blake, and Percy Bysshe Shelley
Full-text electronic collection of works focusing on the period between 1800 and 1830, including canonical and previously unrecognized poetry, prose, drama, letters, and diaries as well as political, philosophical, scientific, and sociological works from Britain, the British Empire, and North America as well as the full run of The Wordsworth Circle
Reference works, handbooks, classic folk tales, contextual material, multimedia resources, images, and maps that address holidays, festivals, language, stories and fairy tales, proverbs, foodways, and folk remedies that define our society and our place within it
These databases are dedicated to the coverage of books aimed at children and young adults and the authors who write them.
Resource for children's books and media, including reviews of thousands of children's books ranging from the earliest baby board books to novels and nonfiction for young adults. Also includes awards and reading lists for items reviewed.
Something About The Author Online
Illustrated biographical profiles of authors and illustrators for children and young adults, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers
Illustration from Little Women and picture of Louisa May Alcott