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Poem Explication/Oral Report (10th Grade): Databases and Other Online Resources

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General Encyclopedias

These general sources will provide a great overview of your poet.   In addition, each article contains links to websites and in many cases, periodicals (magazines) as well.  

Scholarly Websites

Search scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.  Remember on Google Scholar you are searching academic papers and not journals.  To search for academic journals, use JSTOR.

Google Scholar Search

Try these databases for biographical information, literary criticism, and scholarly articles: