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Literary Analysis & Biography

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Person Search: Biographical articles often discuss social, cultural and political context of the writer's life and work. Literary criticism and reviews of each writer's collective works are often available.

Works Search: Find specific works, reviews and criticism of those works.

More Biographical Information

Biography: Gale In Context This link opens in a new window
Background information on people who have shaped the world. The database is regularly updated to provide the most up-to-date information.
Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
More than 700,000 full-text biographical articles, 35,000 images and additional summaries from both academic journals and popular magazines.
Biography Reference Center This link opens in a new window
More than 400,000 biographical articles. Search by keyword or locate biographies by subject occupation, nationality, activity, gender, lifespan, birthplace, birthday, and more.

Digging Deeper

World History - Gale In Context This link opens in a new window
Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. and World History. Use search box drop-down menu to focus results.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
A rich, multi-disciplinary database which includes thousands of full-text peer-reviewed journals, select open-access journals, and ahead-of-print content.

Research Databases - organized by subject
Find links to individual QVCC library databases, organized by subject. Within each database, narrow down to "academic" or "peer-reviewed" to limit your results to scholarly articles. If accessing from off-campus, you will be prompted to log in with your Banner ID and password.

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