Research databases contain abstracts, journal articles and conference papers on specific subjects. They should be used for searching around a topic and for when you need to conduct a more focused search than the Library Search provides. The key databases for English and Creative Writing research are listed below.
Contains works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies, criticism and reference resources.
This link opens in a new windowDetailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes titles from J-STOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text.
Project Muse provides full-text, high quality articles for the humanities and social sciences from over 120 publishers
A not–for–profit organization dedicated to helping the scholarly community discover, use, and build upon a wide range of intellectual content in a trusted digital archive. The University of Lincoln has full-text access to the JSTOR Full Archive Collection and a selection of eBooks.
Access to journal articles and e-books for the academic, professional and business communities.
Please be aware that we do not have access to all volumes of every title in this collection. Full text coverage varies by title due to publisher restrictions.
Access journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance.
Drama Online has a growing collection of drama texts, audio plays and a video collection that provides an essential study tool.
In-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals. Includes “Treasures from Film Archives”; a detailed index of the silent-era film holdings of archives from around the world.
High quality films of leading theatre productions and detailed analysis of play texts.
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Empire Online charts the story of the rise and fall of empires over five centuries from the explorations of Columbus, Captain Cook, and others, through to de-colonisation in the second half of the twentieth century.
Researchers can explore themes such as colonisation and decolonisation, missionaries, slavery, travel and travel Writing, religion, race, class and imperialism through a wealth of highly indexed manuscript and full text printed material.
Abstracts and some full-text scholarly articles from Cambridge University Press on the humanities, social sciences and STEM displines.
Includes the Digital Journals Archive.
Multi-disciplinary journals, reports and proceedings.
Abstracts and index of academic journals, daily newspapers and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK from 1962 onwards.
