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English & Comparative Literature at Wellesley
This guide will help you find resources for researching English and Comparative Literature. It aims to point you to the most useful starting points for your research.
If you have any questions about doing basic or in-depth research relating to English or Comparative Literature, please contact Karen Storz, Research and Instruction Librarian, kstorz@wellesley.edu, or make an appointment on my calendar!
Full-text scholarly journal articles and books on all aspects of literature, along with literary reference works (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, and topic overviews) and the full text of thousands of literary works from the 8th century to the present.
SuperSearch can be a great place to start to find out what's out there on your topic. SuperSearch will find books, journal articles, films, news, and almost everything else the library has — from popular to scholarly sources. You can use the filters on the results screen to improve your results.
For searching with more focus and precision, try one of the databases recommended on this guide.
