Library Guides: ENG-352 Major Writers: Dostoevsky: Article & Reference/Biography Databases

Reference Databases (Full-text Biographies)

Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
Provides biographies, thematic or structural analysis, reference articles, essays, criticism, literary works, images, videos and timelines.
Bloom's Literature provides biographical information on authors, most studied works of literature, a Character index, featured videos, a Shakespeare Center, strategies for writing essays, resources on literary themes, poems, timelines, and well over 5,000 images.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo's Mind Map: Dostoyevsky
Ebook reference titles emphasizing all key disciplines; includes images, encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and handbooks.
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Gale's Topic Wheel: Dostoevsky
Various subject encyclopedias covering multiple disciplines.
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Literary Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
An authoritative and refereed work focused on literary and cultural history covering all of world literature.
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Literary Index This link opens in a new window
Master index to major literature products produced by Gale; cross-references author names, pseudonyms, title listings.
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Poetry & Short Story Reference Center This link opens in a new window
View Dostoevsky results. Includes biographies, critical analysis, contextual essays, and explications of important works.
Provides information on thousands of poets and short story authors and their works across literary themes, forms, techniques, and movements; includes biographies, critical analyses, contextual essays, and explications of important works.
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Article Databases

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AtlaSerials PLUS® This link opens in a new window
Full-text journals provided by American Theological Library Association (Atla) in many diverse areas of religion and theology. Coverage from over 30 different countries with content in 16 languages. Content includes sacred texts, world religions, interfaith dialogue, contextual and systematic theology, denominational history, ethics, etc.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed articles; some indexing, some free full text. In "settings," select "Library links" and key in, or select, Oral Roberts University Library to include "E-resources @ Oral Roberts."
Citations to journal articles and eBooks will link to full-text if ORU has access to that resource.
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
-- In the MORE drop menu, choose Indexes. For Browse an Index, select Subject Terms. Key in Dostoevsky. Mark terms that are relevant and click the Add button.
-- In advanced search, key in Dostoevsky. Change Select a Field to SU Subject or AU Author Personal.
Full-text content covering all aspects of humanities including articles, interviews, book reviews, reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, etc.
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ScienceDirect Databases (All) This link opens in a new window
A keyword search for Fyodor AND Dostoevsky brings up 100 results. Surprised? Go there.
Provides full-text, peer-reviewed articles from journals related to health & life sciences, physical sciences, and social & behavioral sciences.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly multi-disciplinary full-text database with book reviews, images, and some books with full-text. Areas covered include biology, chemistry, mathematics, multicultural studies, sciences, psychology, religion and theology, women's studies and more.
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America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present; content includes book and media reviews, international perspective on topics and events, and occasional full-text of selected books.
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to free, full-text, quality-controlled, peer-reviewed, research and scholarly journals; many languages and countries represented.
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 2,700 dissertations and these results for a search on Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Provides indexing for millions of dissertations, with the full-text available for immediate free download and many available for purchase in print; the official digital dissertation archive for the Library of Congress.
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